Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to Essential Utilities Inc. Q1 2026 Earnings Call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your keypad to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I will now hand the conference over to Brian Dingerdissen Brian, please go ahead. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our first quarter 2026 earnings call. If you did not receive a copy of the press release, you can find it on our investment relations website. The slides can also be found on the website along with a webcast. As a reminder, some of the matters discussed today 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 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. References may be made to certain non-GAAP financial measures. Reconciliation of any non-GAAP to GAAP financial measures is posted in the investor relations section of our website. We will begin with Chris Franklin, our chairman and CEO, who will provide an update on the company. Then Dan Shuler, our chief financial officer, will provide an overview of the financial results. With that, I will turn it over to Chris Franklin. All right, thanks, Brian, and good morning, everyone. Let's begin with a few updates on slide five. First, on the merger. As you likely saw in a press release we put out two weeks ago, we accomplished our first milestone regarding regulatory approval. The Kentucky Public Service Commission...