Duke Energy Corporation (Holding Company) (DUK) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Duke Energy Corporation's second quarter earnings conference call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host the question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star one to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star one again. I will now hand the conference over to Mike Switzer, Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. Mike, please go ahead. Thank you, Lucas, and good morning, everyone. Welcome to Duke Energy's second quarter 2026 earnings review and business update. Leading our call today is Harry Sideris, President and CEO, along with Brian Savoy, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today's discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information. Actual results may differ from forward-looking statements due to factors disclosed in today's materials and in Duke Energy's SEC filings. The appendix of today's presentation includes supplemental information along with the reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures. With that, let me turn the call over to Harry. Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. It's great to be with you for our second quarter earnings call. Today, we announced adjusted earnings per share of $1.43, continuing our strong execution in the first half of the year. The results were driven by growth at our electric utilities as we continue to make critical infrastructure investments to meet growing customer demand in our service territories. With our largest quarter still ahead of us, we remain firmly on track to achieve our 2026 guidance range of 655 to 680. We are also reaffirming our long-term earnings per share growth rate of 5% to 7% through 2030. And we are more confident than ever...