Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Q1 2025 Earnings Call

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star one again it is my pleasure to turn the call over to mr bryan bring your dissin you may begin thank you good morning everyone and thank you for joining us for our first quarter 2025 earnings call if you did not receive a copy of the press release you can find it on our investor relations website the slides will also be found there as will be a webcast of the event as a reminder some of the matters discussed during this call may include forward-looking statements that involve risk, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the actual results to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Please refer to our most recent 10Q, 10K, and other SEC filings for a description of such risk and uncertainties. During the course of this call, reference may be made to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of any non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures is posted on the website. We will begin the call with Chris Franklin, our chairman and CEO, who will provide an update on the company. Then Mike Hewer, the president of our gas business, will provide an update on the gas business. And then Dan Shuler, our chief financial officer, will provide an overview of the financial results before Chris closes the call and opens it up for questions. With that, I will turn it over to Chris Franklin. Hey, thanks, Brian, and good morning, everyone. Thanks for joining us today, and let's begin on slide five with some highlights. First, we posted strong results this quarter, $3 gap earnings per share, a 6% increase over last year's quarter results. Both our water and gas businesses performed well, as expected. You'll hear more about our gas business from Mike Huer in just a few moments, as Brian mentioned. With those fi...