Evergy (EVRG) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript

Evergy Inc. (NASDAQ:EVRG) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 24, 2023 9:00 AM ET

Company Participants

David Campbell - President, Chief Executive Officer

Kirk Andrews - Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Peter Flynn - Director, Investor Relations

Conference Call Participants

Michael Sullivan - Wolfe Research

Shahriar Pourreza - Guggenheim

Nicholas Campanella - Credit Suisse

Durgesh Chopra - Evercore

Angie Storozynski - Seaport

Paul Patterson - Glenrock Associates

Ashar Khan - Verition

Operator

Thank you for standing by, and welcome to Evergy’s fourth quarter 2022 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during this session, you will need to press star-one-one on your telephone.

I would now like to hand the call over to Peter Flynn, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Peter Flynn

Thank you Latif, and good morning everyone. Welcome to Evergy’s fourth quarter 2022 earnings conference call. Our webcast slides and supplemental financial information are available on our Investor Relations website at investors.evergy.com.

Today’s discussion will include forward-looking information. Slide 2 and the disclosures in our SEC filings contain a list of some of the factors that could cause future results to differ materially from our expectations. They also include additional information on our non-GAAP financial measures.

Joining us on today’s call are David Campbell, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Kirk Andrews, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. David will cover 2022 highlights, provide upcoming regulatory and legislative updates, and discuss our upcoming integrated resource plan. Kirk will cover our fourth quarter and full year results, retail sales trends, as well as our financial outlook for 2023. Other members of management are with us and will be available during the question and answer portion of the call.

I will now turn the call over to David.

David Campbell

Thanks Pete and good morning everyone. I’d be remiss if I did not start with the recognition of the Kansas City Chiefs and their victory in Super Bowl LVII. For football fans who have never been to Arrowhead Stadium, definitely add it to your list. Chiefs Kingdom is quite something to behold.

I’ll begin on Slide 5, and I’ll start by thanking our employees who worked tirelessly throughout the year to advance our strategic objectives of affordability, reliability and sustainability. I’m proud and honored to lead the Evergy team.