Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. Common Shares

Hello and welcome to the Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp fourth quarter and year end 2024 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star and the number one on your telephone keypad. I will now turn the conference over to Mr. Brian Chin, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator, and good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for our fourth quarter and full year 2024 earnings conference call. Joining me on the call today will be Chris Huskelson, Chief Executive Officer, Rod West, Incoming Chief Executive Officer, Darren Myers, Chief Financial Officer, and Sarah McDonald, Chief Transformation Officer. To accompany today's earnings call, we have a supplemental webcast presentation available on our website, algonquinpower.com. Our financial statements and management discussion and analysis are also available on the website, as well as on CEEDARplus and EDGAR. We would like to remind you that our discussion during the call will include certain forward-looking information and non-GAAP measures. Actual results could differ materially from any forecast or projection contained in such forward-looking information. Certain material factors and assumptions were applied in making the forecasts and projections reflected in such forward-looking information. Please note and review the related disclaimers located on slide two of our earnings call presentation at the investor relations section of our website at algonquinpower.com. Please also refer to our most recent MD&A filed on Cedar Plus and Edgar and available on our website for additional important information on these items. On the call this morning, Chris and Rod will provide comments on the company's recently announced leadership transition. Chris will then review key highlights and operational updates for the quarter. followed by Darren and myself with our financial results and forward-looking commentary. We will then open the lines for questions. We ask that you kindly restrict your questions to two, then re-queue if you have any additional questions to allow others the opportunity to participate. And with that, I'll turn it over to Chris.

Thank you, Brian, and good morning, everyone. Thank you once again for your interest in Algonquin and for supporting us through our strategic transformation journey. Before I jump into our regular quarterly update, it's my distinct pleasure to introduce Roderick West, our incoming CEO. Rod has over 25 years of experience at Entergy, where he was responsible for leading Entergy's regulated utilities and helped engineer that company's transition from an integrated utility to a pure-play regulated one. I'm confident Rod has the right set of leadership skills, expertise, experience, and vision to lead Algonquin to new heights as a regulated utility. As of noon today, Rod will be stepping into the Chief Executive Officer position. I will be resuming my prior place as a member of the Board of Directors, and I'm committed to facilitating a smooth transition. Rod, I can say without a doubt that everyone here, from our employees to the board, is extremely excited to start this new chapter with you. Welcome. We're delighted to have you here.