Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) Q1 2026 Earnings Call

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Hello, and welcome to the Xcel Energy 2026 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call. My name is Jordan, and I'll be your coordinator for today's event. Please note, this conference is being recorded, and for the duration of the call, your lines will be in a listen-only mode. A question and answer session will follow the prepared remarks, and questions will only be taken from institutional investors and analysts. Reporters can contact media relations with inquiries and individual investors and others can reach out to investor relations. I'll now turn the call over to your host today, Mr. Rupesh Agarwal, Vice President, Investor Relations, to begin the conference. Please go ahead, sir. Thank you, Jordan. Good morning and welcome to Xcel Energy's 2026 first quarter earnings call. Joining me today are Bob Frenzel, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Van Abel, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In addition, we have other members of the management team in the room to answer your questions if needed. This morning, we will review our 2026 first quarter results and highlights, provide updated 2026 assumptions, and share recent business and regulatory updates. Slides that accompany today's call are available on our website. Some comments during today's call may contain forward looking information. Significant factors that could cause results to differ from those anticipated are described in our earnings release and SEC filings. Today we will discuss certain metrics that are non gap measures. Information on the comparable gap measures and reconciliations are included in our earnings release. In the first quarter of 2026, the ALJ for the Prairie Island outage case recommended an additional $41 million disallowance of replacement power cost...