CMS Energy Corporation

Good morning everyone and welcome to the CMS Energy 2022 Year-End Results Call. The earnings news release issued earlier today and the presentation used in this webcast are available on CMS Energy's website in the Investor Relations section. This call is being recorded. After the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. Instructions will be provided at that time. If at any time during the conference you need to reach an operator, please press star followed by zero on your telephone keypad. Just a reminder, there will be a rebroadcast of this conference call today beginning at 12pm Eastern Time running through February 9th. This presentation is also being webcast and is available on CMS Energy's website in the Investor Relations section. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Mr. Sri Madipati, Treasurer and Vice President of Investor Relations and Finance.

Thank you, Adam. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. With me are Garrick Rochelle, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Reggie Hayes, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. This presentation contains forward-looking statements which are subject to risk and uncertainty. please refer to our SEC filings for more information regarding the risk and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially. This presentation also includes non-GAAP measures. Reconciliations of these measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the appendix and posted on our website. Now I'll turn the call over to Gary.

Thank you, Sri, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today. 2022, an outstanding year at CMS Energy, both operationally and financially. And even more than that, 2022 marks the 20th year CMS Energy has consistently delivered industry-leading financial performance. Many of you have been on this journey with us, and I appreciate you and I thank you. You've seen us put our words into action. Our performance is supported by our simple investment thesis, which delivers for our customers, and investors. We continue to lead the clean energy transformation. Our net zero commitments, backed up by the solid plans in our approved integrated resource plan, IRP, provide certainty for our investment in clean energy and highlight the supportive regulatory construct in Michigan. Across the company, we are disciplined about taking costs out and working every day to get better. We use the CE way from corporate functions to the front line to achieve our operational and financial objectives. This focus keeps customer bills affordable.