Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH) Q2 2022 Earnings Conference Call August 4, 2022 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jerome Nichols - Director of Investor Relations

Linn Evans - President and Chief Executive Officer

Rich Kinzley - Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Paul Zimbardo - Bank of America

Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank

Brian Russo - Sidoti & Company

Brandon Lee - Mizuho Securities

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Black Hills Corporation Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Liz, and I will be your coordinator for today. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Following the prepared remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes.

I would now like to turn the presentation over to Mr. Jerome Nichols, Director of Investor Relations of Black Hills Corporation. Please proceed sir.

Jerome Nichols

Thank you. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Black Hills Corporation's second quarter 2022 earnings conference call. You can find our earnings release and materials for our call this morning at our website at www.blackhillscorp.com, under the Investor Relations heading.

Leading our quarterly earnings discussion today are Linn Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Rich Kinzley, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

During our earnings discussion today, some of the comments we make may contain forward-looking statements as defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and there are a number of uncertainties inherent in such comments. Although we believe that our expectations and beliefs are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ materially. We direct you to our earnings release, Slide two of the investor presentation on our website, and our most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a list of some of the factors that could cause future results to differ materially from our expectations.

I will now turn the call over to Linn Evans.

Linn Evans

Thank you, Jerome. Hello, everyone, and thank you for joining us. I'll start on Slide four of our investor presentation. During the second quarter, we delivered solid financial results and advanced our strategic initiatives. I especially note our progress with our regulatory initiatives and our electric resource planning and we reaffirmed our 2022 earnings guidance, yesterday.

Our success starts with our dedicated team and their commitment to serving our customers with excellence. I'd like to express how proud I am of our team for delivering the high level of operational performance that our customers depend upon every day. Safety and reliability are critical as we journey through the nation's clean energy transition.