The AES Corporation (AES) Q2 2024 Earnings Call

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Hello everyone and a warm welcome to the AES Corporation Q2 2024 Financial Review Call. My name is Emily and I'll be coordinating your call today. After the presentation, you will have the opportunity to ask any questions, which you can do so by pressing start, followed by the number one on your telephone keypads. I will now hand over to our host, Vice President of Investor Relations, Susan Harcourt to begin. Susan, please go ahead. Thank you, Operator. Good morning and welcome to our second quarter 2024 financial review call. Our press release, presentation, and related financial information are available on our website at aes.com. Today, we will be making forward-looking statements. There are many factors that may cause future results to differ materially from these statements, which are disclosed in our most recent 10-K and 10-Q filed with the SEC. Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures can be found on our website along with the presentation. Joining me this morning are Andres Skluski, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Steve Coughlin, our Chief Financial Officer, and other senior members of our management team. With that, I will turn the call over to Andres. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining our second quarter 2024 financial review call. We are very pleased with our financial performance so far this year. Today, I will discuss our results, the significant advancements we have made with large technology customers, and the work we are doing to incorporate generative AI in our portfolio to develop new competitive advantages. Beginning on slide three with our second quarter results, we had a strong second quarter that was in line with our expectations. With adjusted EBITDA with tax attributes of $843 million, adjusted EBI...