Jerome Nichols | Director, IR |
David Emery | Chairman and CEO |
Richard Kinzley | SVP and CFO |
Michael Weinstein | Credit Suisse |
Insoo Kim | RBC Capital Markets |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America |
Christopher Turnure | JPMorgan |
Lasan Johong | Auvila Research Consulting |
Joe Zhou | Avon Capital Advisors |
Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Black Hills Corporation Third Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. My name is Vitoria and I will be your coordinator for today. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. I will now like to turn the presentation over to Mr. Jerome Nichols, Director of Investor Relations of Black Hills Corporation.