AGL Energy Limited (AGL) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

Investor webinar replay

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Thank you for standing by and welcome to the AGL Energy 2024 half-year results briefing conference call. All participants will be in listen-only mode. There will be a presentation followed by a question and answer session. I would now like to hand over the conference to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Damien Nix. Please go ahead. Good morning, everyone. Thank you for joining us for the webcast of AGL's first half results for the financial year 2024. I'd like to begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land I'm on today, the Gadigal people of the Aurora Nation, and pay my respects to their elders past, present, and emerging. I'd also like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the various lands from which you're all joining from, and any people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin on the webcast. Today, I'm joined by Gary Brown, Chief Financial Officer, Joe Egan, Chief Customer Officer, and Marcus Brockoff, Chief Operating Officer. I'll get us started. and we'll have time for questions at the end. This slide provides a good overview of the key themes Gary and I will cover today. Firstly, our strong first-half performance, which I'll speak to in more detail shortly. Secondly, we'll continue to strive to connect our customers to a sustainable future. We've generated strong momentum on wholesale and large business contracts. OVO Australia continues to deliver growth. improve customer experience and rapid innovation. And importantly, I'll speak to how we're helping our customers manage ongoing cost of living pressures. We've also made significant progress in transitioning our energy portfolio. Our development pipeline has almost doubled to 5.8 gigawatts since our inaugural climate transition action plan was released in September,...