Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:SWX) Q2 2023 Earnings Conference Call August 9, 2023 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Thomas Moran - VP of General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

Karen Haller - President & CEO

Robert Stefani - CFO

Justin Brown - President of Southwest Gas Corporation

Paul Daily - President & CEO, Centuri Group

Chad Van Sweden - CFO, Centuri Group

Conference Call Participants

Richard Sunderland - JPMorgan

Ryan Levine - Citi

Operator

Ladies and gentlemen, good day and welcome to the Southwest Gas Holdings Second Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, today’s conference is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the call over to Tom Moran, Vice-President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Southwest Gas Holdings. Please go ahead.

Thomas Moran

Thank you, Kate. Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Southwest Gas Holdings second quarter 2023 earnings call. Throughout the call, we will be referencing presentation slides, which we have posted on our Investor Relations website.

I'm joined on today's call by Karen Haller, President and CEO of Southwest Gas Holdings; Rob Stefani, Senior Chief Financial Officer of Southwest Gas Holdings; Justin Brown, President of Southwest Gas Corporation; Paul Daily, President and CEO of Centuri Group; and Chad Van Sweden, the CFO of Centuri Group.

Please note that on today's call, the company will address certain factors that may impact this year's earnings and provide some longer-term guidance. Some of the information that will be discussed today contains forward-looking statements.

These statements are based on management's assumptions, which may or may not come true, and you should refer to the language on Slides 2 and 3 of this presentation and in the press release as well as our SEC filings for a description of the factors that may cause actual results to differ from our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are made as of today and we assume no obligation to update any such statements.

I'll now turn the call over to Karen.

Karen Haller

Thanks, Tom. Thank you for joining us today to discuss the Southwest Gas Holdings' second quarter results. Turning to slide 5, we are pleased with our progress on our transformational strategy of returning Southwest Gas to its core foundation as a premier, fully-regulated natural gas utility. We achieved significant milestones this quarter, building on our progress in the first quarter, which continues to position the utility for strength and success, while also advancing the separation of Centuri into stand-alone infrastructure services leader.