Ben Vallejo
Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning
Replay available
CenterPoint Energy, Inc (Holding Co) (NYSE: CNP) Q2 2026 earnings conference call, held 2026-07-28. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning
Chair and CEO
Chief Financial Officer
Analyst at Wells Fargo Securities
Analyst at Barclays
Analyst at Jefferies
Analyst at Wolfe Research
Analyst at J.P. Morgan
Analyst at Truist Securities
Analyst at KeyBank
Analyst at Mizuho Group
Good morning and welcome to CenterPoint Energy's second 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 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 Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Jason Wells, our Chair and CEO, and Chris Foster, our CFO, will discuss the company's second 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 10Q, 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 37 cents per diluted share for the second quarter of 2026 on a GAAP basis. Management will be discussing certain non-GAAP measures on today's call. When providing guidance, 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 call is being recorded. Information on how to access the replay can be found on our website. I'd like to turn it over to Jaso...