Gale E. Klappa | WEC Energy Group, Inc. |
Scott J. Lauber | WEC Energy Group, Inc. |
Julien Dumoulin-Smith | Bank of America Merrill Lynch |
Greg Gordon | Evercore ISI |
Michael Weinstein | Credit Suisse Securities (NYSE:USA) LLC |
Praful Mehta | Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. |
Michael Lapides | Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC |
Jonathan Philip Arnold | Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. |
Paul T. Ridzon | KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc. |
Vedula Murti | Avon Capital |
Andrew Stuart Levi | ExodusPoint Capital Management LP |
Paul Patterson | Glenrock Associates LLC |
Good afternoon and welcome to WEC Energy Group's conference call for third quarter 2018 results. This call is being recorded for rebroadcast and all participants are in a listen-only mode at this time.
Before the conference call begins, I remind you all that statements in the presentation, other than historical facts, are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that are subject to change at any time. Such statements are based on management's expectations at the time they are made.
In addition to the assumptions and other factors referred to in connection with the statements, factors described in WEC Energy Group's latest Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with Securities and Exchange Commission could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated.