Darcy Reese | VP, IR |
Nick Akins | Chairman, President and CEO |
Julie Sloat | EVP and CFO |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America |
Steve Fleishman | Wolfe Research |
Shar Pourreza | Guggenheim Partners |
Jeremy Tonet | JPMorgan |
Durgesh Chopra | Evercore ISI |
Sophie Karp | Keybanc |
Michael Lapides | Goldman Sachs |
[Technical difficulty]
…fourth quarter, we are maintaining that momentum and delivering strong results for the first quarter of 2022 with operating earnings for the first quarter coming in at $1.22 per share or $616 million. Earlier this year, we made a number of refinements to our strategic initiatives and financial targets. We raised our 2022 operating earnings guidance range and increased our long-term earnings growth rate and we have hit the ground running in 2022. Today we are reaffirming our 2022 full-year operating earnings guidance.