NiSource Inc. (NYSE:NI) Q4 2023 Earnings Conference Call February 21, 2024 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Chris Turnure – Head of Investor Relations

Lloyd Yates – President and Chief Executive Officer

Michael Luhrs – Executive Vice President of Strategy and Risk and Chief Commercial Officer

Shawn Anderson – Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Melody Birmingham – Executive Vice President and Group President, NiSource Utilities

Conference Call Participants

Nick Campanella – Barclays Capital

Shar Pourreza – Guggenheim Partners

Durgesh Chopra – Evercore ISI

Travis Miller – Morningstar

Operator

Good day, and welcome to NiSource Company Conference Call. Participants will be able to listen-only until the question-and-answer portion of this call. Please note that today’s call is being recorded. [Operator Instructions]

I’d now like to introduce to the call Chris Turnure, Head of Investor Relations. You may now proceed. Thank you.

Chris Turnure

Good morning, and welcome to the NiSource Fourth Quarter 2023 Investor Call. Joining me today are President and Chief Executive Officer, Lloyd Yates; Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Shawn Anderson; Executive Vice President of Strategy and Risk and Chief Commercial Officer, Michael Luhrs; and Executive Vice President and Group President, NiSource Utilities, Melody Birmingham.

The purpose of this presentation is to review NiSource’s financial performance for the fourth quarter of 2023 as well as provide an update on our operations and growth drivers. Following prepared remarks, we’ll open the call to your questions. Slides for today’s call are available in the Investor Relations section of our website.

We would like to remind you that some of the statements made during this presentation will be forward-looking. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Information concerning such risks and uncertainties is included in the risk factors and MD&A sections of our periodic SEC filings.

Additionally, some of the statements made on this call relate to non-GAAP measures. Please refer to the supplemental slides, segment information and full financial schedules for information on the most directly comparable GAAP measure and a reconciliation of these measures.

I’d now like to turn the call over to Lloyd.

Lloyd Yates

Thanks, Chris. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. I’m excited to be with you this morning to share outstanding financial results and to discuss the advancement of key business initiatives, which are devoted and talented workforce delivered to support our customers, communities and our shareholders across all of 2023.