Black Hills Corporation (NYSE:BKH) Q1 2024 Results Conference Call May 9, 2024 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Dave Soderquist - Investor Relations Manager
Linden Evans - President and CEO
Kimberly Nooney - SVP and CFO
Marne Jones - SVP, Utilities
Todd Jacobs - SVP, Growth and Strategy

Conference Call Participants

Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank
Brandon Lee - Mizuho

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Black Hills Corporation's First Quarter 2024 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 Dave Soderquist, Investor Relations Manager. Please go ahead.

Dave Soderquist

Thank you, Liz. Good morning everyone. Welcome to Black Hills Corporation's first quarter 2024 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 Linden 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.

Before we begin today, we would like to note that Black Hills will be attending the American Gas Association Financial Forum the week of May 19th. Our leadership team will be meeting with investors at the conference and an investor presentation will be posted on our website prior to the event.

During our earnings discussion today, 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 are based on reasonable assumptions, actual results may differ materially. We would 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 Lin Evans.

Linden Evans

Thank you, Dave. Good morning and thank you all for joining us today. I'll start this morning by congratulating Brian Iverson, our General Counsel, who recently announced he intends to retire in October. Brian has worn many strategic hats over his 20 plus year career with us, and Brian's guidance, insights and strategic mindset will be missed, and we wish him and his family all the best, as they begin to think about their next chapter. We have started our search for our next General Counsel, but congratulations to Brian and his family.