California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Q2 2024 Results Conference Call August 1, 2024 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

James Lynch - Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Martin Kropelnicki - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Greg Milleman - Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs

Conference Call Participants

Michael Gaugler - Janney Montgomery Scott
Davis Sunderland - Baird
Jonathan Reeder - Wells Fargo

Operator

Thank you for standing by. I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the California Water Service Group Q2 2024 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] Thank you.

I would now like to turn the call over to James Lynch, Senior Vice President, CFO and Treasurer. Please go ahead.

James Lynch

Thank you. Welcome, everyone, to our second quarter 2024 results call for California Water Service Group. With me today is Martin Kropelnicki, our Chairman and CEO; and Greg Milleman, Vice President of Rates and Regulatory Affairs.

A replay dial-in information for this call can be found in our quarterly results earnings release, which was issued earlier today. The replay will be available until September 30, 2024.

As a reminder, before we begin, the company has a slide deck to accompany today's earnings call. The slide deck was furnished with an 8-K and is also available at the company's website at www.calwatergroup.com.

Before looking at second quarter 2024 results, I'd like to take a few moments to cover forward-looking statements. During the course of the call, the company may make certain forward-looking statements. Because these statements deal with future events, they are subject to various risks and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from the company's current expectations.

As a result, the company strongly advises all current shareholders as well as interested parties to carefully read and understand the company's disclosures on risks and uncertainties found in our Forms 10-K, 10-Q, press releases and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

I will now turn the call over to Marty to start this off.

Martin Kropelnicki

Thank you, Jim. Good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us here today. It's been a busy quarter, and we have a number of items we want to update you on today. First, I'm going to ask Jim to give you an update on our financial performance for the quarter. And I'll just lead into that by saying what a difference a year makes. Last year, no rate relief this year, hitting the 21 rate case some concluded and on the books has made a big difference. Also ask Jim to include some of the highlights of our capital program for 2024 Infrastructure Improvement Plan.