Xcel Energy Inc. (NASDAQ:XEL) Q2 2024 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2024 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

Paul Johnson - Vice President, Treasurer & Investor Relations
Bob Frenzel - Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
Brian Van Abel - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer.

Conference Call Participants

Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan
Carly Davenport - Goldman Sachs
Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Jefferies
Sophie Karp - KeyBanc
Nick Campanella - Barclays
Travis Miller - Morningstar
Ryan Levine - Citi

Operator

Hello, and welcome to Xcel Energy Second Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call. My name is George, and I will be coordinator for today's event. Please note this conference is being recorded. And for the duration of the call, your lines will be in a listen-only mode. However, a question-and-answer session will follow-up at the prepared remarks and questions will only be taken from institutional investors and analysts, reporters can contact media relations with inquiries and individual investors and others can reach out to Investor Relations. [Operator Instructions]

I'd now like to hand the call over to your host, Mr. Paul Johnson, Vice President, Treasurer and Investor Relations to begin today’s conference. Please go ahead, sir.

Paul Johnson

Thank you. Good morning, and welcome to Xcel Energy's 2024 second quarter earnings call. Joining me today are Bob Frenzel, Chairman, President and President and Chief Executive Officer; and Brian Van Abel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, we have other members of the management team in the room to answer questions if needed.

This morning, we will review our 2024 second quarter results and highlights and share recent business developments. Slides that accompany today's call are available on our website.

As a reminder, some comments made during today's call may contain forward-looking information. Significant factors that could cause results to differ from those anticipated are described in our earnings release and SEC filings. Today, we'll also discuss certain metrics that are non-GAAP measures. Information on comparable GAAP measures and reconciliations are included in our earnings release.

With that, I'll now turn the call over to Bob.

Bob Frenzel

Thank you, Paul, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us today. I'm pleased to report that the company delivered another quarter of solid operational and financial progress. Our long-term business model remains robust. We continue to deploy capital for the benefit of our customers and communities. We enable a future powered by cleaner fuels and a more resilient and intelligent grid. We partner with stakeholders to encourage economic development, we provide products and services capable of meeting our customers' most important needs.