The Southern Company (NYSE:SO) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 15, 2024 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Scott Gammill - Vice President-Investor Relations & Treasurer

Chris Womack - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer

Dan Tucker - Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Shar Pourreza - Guggenheim Partners

Steve Fleishman - Wolfe Research

Carly Davenport - Goldman Sachs

Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America

Nick Campanella - Barclays

David Arcaro - Morgan Stanley

Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan

Durgesh Chopra - Evercore

Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank

Anthony Crowdell - Mizuho

Agnieszka Storozynski - Seaport

Paul Fremont - Ladenburg

Travis Miller - Morningstar

Ryan Levine - Citi

Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates

Operator

Good afternoon. My name is Malika, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Southern Company Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers' remarks, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, February 15, 2024.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Scott Gammill, Vice President, Investor Relations and Treasurer. Please go ahead, sir.

Scott Gammill

Thank you, Malika. Good afternoon, and welcome to Southern Company's fourth quarter 2023 earnings call. Joining me today are Chris Womack, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company; and Dan Tucker, Chief Financial Officer.

Let me remind you, we'll be making forward-looking statements today in addition to providing historical information. Various important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including those discussed in our Form 10-K and subsequent securities filings.

In addition, we'll present non-GAAP financial information on this call. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measure are included in the financial information we released this morning as well as the slides for this conference call, which are both available on our Investor Relations website at investor.southerncompany.com.

At this time, I'll turn it over to Chris.

Chris Womack

Thank you, Scott. Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us today. 2023 was an exceptional year for Southern Company, a year in which we proved once again that we can do extraordinary things, including delivering strong financial results in the face of unprecedented headwinds and the successful completion of Plant Vogtle Unit 3, the first newly constructed nuclear unit in the United States in over three decades. Since its July 30th in-service date, Unit 3's performance has exceeded our expectations, delivering over 5 million megawatt hours of safe, reliable, carbon-free energy across Georgia.