MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE:MDU) Q2 2023 Results Conference Call August 3, 2023 2:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Jason Vollmer - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Dave Goodin - President and CEO

Stephanie Barth - Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller, MDU Resources

Nicole Kivisto - President and CEO, Utility Group

Rob Johnson - President, WBI Energy

Jeff Thiede - President and CEO, MDU Construction Services Group

Conference Call Participants

Dariusz Lozny - Bank of America

Chris Ellinghaus - Siebert Williams Shank

Ryan Levine - Citi

Brian Russo - Sidoti

Operator

Hello, my name is Lynette, and I will be your conference facilitator. At this time, I’d like to welcome everyone to the MDU Resources Group 2023 Second Quarter Conference Call [Operator Instructions]. The webcast can be accessed at www.mdu.com under the Investor Relations heading, select Events & Presentation and click Q2 2023 earnings conference call. After the conclusion of the webcast, a replay will be available at the same location.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Jason Vollmer, Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of MDU Resources Group. Please go ahead, sir.

Jason Vollmer

Thank you, Lynette. And welcome everyone to our second quarter 2023 earnings conference call. You can find our earnings release and supplemental materials for this call on our Web site at www.mdu.com under the Investor Relations tab. Leading today’s discussion along with myself will be Dave Goodin, President and CEO of MDU Resources. Also with us today to answer questions following our prepared remarks will be Stephanie Barth, Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller of MDU Resources; Nicole Kivisto, President and CEO of our Utility Group; Rob Johnson, President of WBI Energy; and Jeff Thiede, President and CEO of MDU Construction Services Group. During our call, we will make certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Although the company believes that its expectations and beliefs are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ materially. For more information about the risks and uncertainties that could result or cause our actual results to vary from any forward-looking statements, please refer to our most recent SEC filings. We may also refer to certain non-GAAP information. For a reconciliation of any non-GAAP information to the appropriate GAAP metric, please reference the earnings news release. I will provide consolidated financial results for the first quarter before handing the call over to Dave for his formal comments and forward-look.