MDU Resources Group, Inc.

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Hello, my name is Sylvie, and I will be your conference facilitator. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the MCU Resources Group 2025 Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call. Note that all lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer period. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press start and the number one on your telephone keypad. And if you would like to withdraw from the question queue, please press star two on your telephone keypad. The webcast can be accessed at www.mdu.com under the investor heading. Select events and presentations and click Q2 2025 earnings conference call. After the conclusion of the webcast, a replay will be available at the same location. I would now like to turn the conference over to Jason Vollmer Chief Financial Officer of MDU Resources Group. Thank you. Mr. Vollmer, you may begin.

Thank you, Operator, and welcome everyone to our second quarter 2025 earnings conference call. You can find our earnings release and supplemental materials for this call on our website at www.mdu.com under the Investors tab. Meeting today's discussion with me is Nicole Cavisto, President and CEO of MDU Resources Group. During the call we'll make certain forward looking statements within the meaning of federal securities laws. For more information about the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to vary from any forward looking statements, please refer to our most recent SEC filings. I'll begin by providing consolidated financial results, excuse me, I will provide consolidated financial results later during the call, but first we'll turn the call over to Nicole for her formal remarks.