CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co) (CNP) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Good morning and welcome to CenterPoint Energy's first quarter 2026 earnings conference call with senior management. During the company's prepared remarks, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. There will be a question-and-answer session after management's remarks. To ask a question, please press star 1-1 on your touch-tone keypad. I will now turn the call over to Ben Vallejo, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning. Please go ahead. Good morning, and welcome to CenterPoint's Q1 2026 earnings conference call. Jason Wells, our chair and CEO, and Chris Foster, our CFO, will discuss the company's first quarter 2026 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 on 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 statement other than as required under applicable securities laws. We reported $0.48 per diluted share for the first quarter of 2026 on a GAAP basis. Management will be discussing certain non-GAAP measures on today's call. When providing guidance, we used 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 used in providing guidance, please refer to our earnings news release and presentation on our website. We use our website to announce material information. This cal...