FirstEnergy Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (FE)

FirstEnergy (FE)
Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call
February 15th 2006, 1:00 PM.

Executives:

Kurt Turosky, Director, IR
Rich Marsh, SVP & CFO
Tony Alexander, President & CEO
Harvey Wagner, VP & Controller

Analysts:

Gregg Orrill, Citigroup
Charles Fishman, AG Edward
Bill Benjamin, Morgan Stanley
Steve Fleishman, Merrill Lynch
David Frank, Peacock Capital
Hugh Wynne, Sanford Bernstein
Paul Ridzon, Key McDonald
Ashar Khan, SAC Capital.
Paul Patterson, Glenrock Associates
Gregg Orrill, Lehman Brothers
Paul Fremont, Jeffries.
Margaret Brown, Citigroup
Vens Bunk, Womerns Management
Glen Wynne, Glenrock

Presentation

Operator

Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. My name is Natasha, and I will be your conference facilitator today. At this time I would like to welcome everyone to FirstEnergy Fourth Quarter Earnings Conference Call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speakers remarks there will be a question and answer period. If you would like to ask a question during this time, please press “*