Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Q3 2025 Earnings Call

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Thank you for standing by and welcome to the essential Q3 2025 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. I would now like to turn the conference over to Brian Vingerdissen. You may begin. Thank you. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us for our third 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 can also be found on the website along with a webcast of the event. 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 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 on the 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. Hey, thanks, Brian, and good morning, everyone. Let's begin with the big news from last week, our merger with American Water, detailed here on slide 5. This transaction represents a truly transformational opportunity designed to integrate the assets and the expertise of two industry leaders, resulting in some synergies over time and creating a combined entity that is demonstrably greater than the sum of its parts. Now, the combined entity will result in the emergence of th...