CMS Energy Corporation (NYSE:CMS) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call October 26, 2023 9:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Sri Maddipati - Treasurer & Vice President-Finance & Investor Relations

Garrick Rochow - President & Chief Executive Officer

Rejji Hayes - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan

Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Shahriar Pourreza - Guggenheim

Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank

Durgesh Chopra - Evercore ISI

David Arcaro - Morgan Stanley

Nicholas Campanella - Barclays

Travis Miller - Morningstar

Sophie Karp - KeyBanc

Anthony Crowdell - Mizuho

Ross Fowler - UBS

Operator

Good morning, everyone and welcome to the CMS Energy 2023 Third Quarter Results. The earnings news release issued earlier today and the presentation used in this webcast are available on CMS Energy's website in the Investor Relations section. This call is being recorded. After the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session, instructions will be provided at that time. [Operator Instructions]

Just a reminder, there will be a rebroadcast of this conference call today beginning at 12:00 P.M. Eastern Time running through November 2. This presentation is also being webcast and is available on CMS Energy's website in the Investor Relations section.

At this time I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Sri Maddipati, Treasurer and Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations.

Sri Maddipati

Thank you, Harry. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us today. With me are Garrick Rochow, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Rejji Hayes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

This presentation contains forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties. Please refer to our SEC filings for more information regarding the risks and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially. This presentation also includes non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure are included in the appendix and posted on our website.

Now I'll turn the call over to Garrick.

Garrick Rochow

Thank you, Sri and thank you everyone for joining us today. What sets us apart in this industry is clear and it's been proven for over two decades are simple cleaner and leaner investment thesis. We've talked about this in many calls in many investor meetings and it works a long and robust capital runway, a best-in-class ability to take cost out of the business, to create headroom for needed investments and keep bills affordable for customers. Couple that with a constructive top-tier regulatory environment and that is our recipe for premium total shareholder return.