Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Q2 2025 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for standing by. My name is Desiree and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the essential Q2 2025 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star followed by the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, again, press the star one. I would now like to turn the conference over to Brian Dingerdissen. You may begin. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for the second quarter 2025 earnings call. If you did not receive a copy of the press release, you can find it by visiting our website. The slides are also found on the website. 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 10-Q, 10-K, and other SEC filings for a description of such risk and uncertainties. During the course of this call, references may be made to certain non-GAAP financial measures Reconciliation of any non-gap-to-gap financial measures is posted on our website. We will begin the call with Chris Franklin, our chairman and CEO, who will provide an update on the company. Then Colleen Arnold, the president of our aqua business, will provide an update on the water business. Dan Shuler, our chief financial officer, will then provide an overview of the financial results before Chris closes the ca...