FirstEnergy Corp.

Greetings and welcome to the First Energy Corp Fourth Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone should require operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your hosts, Irene Prezel, Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications,

for First Energy Corp.

Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to First Energy's fourth quarter 2023 earnings review. Our president and chief executive officer, Brian Tierney, will lead our call today, and he will be joined by John Taylor, our senior vice president and chief financial officer. Our earnings release, presentation slides, and related financial information are available on our website at firstenergycorp.com. and we plan to file our Form 10-K next week. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our results to differ materially from these statements can be found in our SEC filings. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information along with the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. Now it's my pleasure to turn the call over to Brian.