CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co)

Good morning and welcome to CenterPoint Energy third quarter 2024 earnings conference call with senior management. During the company's prepared remarks, all participants will be in the listen-only mode. There will be a question and answer session after management's remarks. To ask a question, please press star 11 on your touchtone keypad. I will now turn the call over to Jackie Rickert, Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning, Investor Relations, and Treasurer.

Ms. Rickert, please go ahead.

Good morning, and welcome to CenterPoint Energy's third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. Jason Wells, our CEO, and Chris Foster, our CFO, will discuss the company's third quarter results. Management will discuss certain topics that will contain projections and other forward-looking information and statements that are based on management's beliefs, assumptions, and information currently available to management. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially based upon various factors as noted in our Form 10-Q, other SEC filings, and our earnings materials. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements. We will be discussing certain non-GAAP measures on today's call. When providing guidance, we use the non-GAAP EPS measure of diluted adjusted earnings per share on a consolidated basis, referred to as non-GAAP EPS. For information on our guidance methodology and reconciliation of the non-GAAP measures discussed on this call, please refer to today's news release and presentation on our website. We use our website to announce material information. This call is being recorded. Information on how to access the replay can be found on our website. Now, I'd like to turn the call over to Jason.