MDU Resources Group, Inc. (MDU) Q2 2026 Earnings Call

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Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us and welcome to the MDU Resources Group, Inc. Q2 2026 Earnings Conference Call. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please raise your hand. If you've dialed into today's call, please press star 1 to raise your hand. I will now hand the conference over to Brent Miller, Treasurer of MDU Resources Group. Brent, please go ahead. Thank you and welcome everyone to the MDU Resources Group second quarter 2026 earnings conference call. Our earnings release and supporting materials for this call are available on our website at mdu.com under the investors section. Leading today's call are Nicole Kivisto, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Jason Vollmer, Chief Financial Officer of MDU Resources Group. During today's call, we will make certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Please refer to our SEC filings for a discussion of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ. I will now turn the call over to Nicole for her prepared remarks. Thank you, Brent, and good afternoon, everyone. We appreciate you joining us today and for your continued interest in MDU Resources. This morning, we reported second quarter 2026 earnings of 21.3 million, or 10 cents per share. Our results reflected continued execution across our regulated utility and pipeline businesses. New rates, customer growth, investments such as Badger Wind Farm and higher retail sales volumes helped drive the results. We delivered solid results while also continuing to advance strategic infrastructure opportunities that continue to support long-term growth. A key highlight for the quarter was certainly the continued advancement o...