Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 8, 2024 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Jerome Nichols - Director, IR

Linden Evans - President and CEO

Kimberly Nooney - SVP and CFO

Marne Jones - SVP, Utilities

Todd Jacobs - SVP, Growth and Strategy

Conference Call Participants

Anthony Crowdell - Mizuho

Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America

Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q4 and Full Year 2023 Black Hills Corporation Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Jerome Nichols, Director of Investor Relations.

Jerome Nichols

Thank you. Good morning everyone. Welcome to Black Hills Corporation's fourth quarter and full year 2023 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 Lind Evans, President and Chief Executive Officer; and Kimberly Nooney, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Also attending this morning are Marne Jones, Senior Vice President, Utilities; and Todd Jacobs, Senior Vice President, Growth and Strategy.

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 2 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 Lind Evans.

Linden Evans

Thank you, Jerome and thank you all for joining us today. I'll provide an overview of the year, Kimberly will provide our financial update, and Marne and Todd will provide more detail on how we advanced our operational performance and our strategic initiatives.

I'll begin my comments on Slide 3. In addition to our team's core focus of excellent operational performance, we achieved three key objectives for the year; delivering on earnings guidance, strengthening our financial position, and advancing our strategic growth plan.