SJW Corp.'s (SJW) CEO Eric Thornburg on Q1 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

SJW Group (SJW) Q1 2019 Earnings Conference Call April 25, 2019 1:00 PM ET

Company Participants

Suzy Papazian - General Counsel
Eric Thornburg - Chairman, President and CEO
James Lynch - CFO
Andrew Gere - President and COO, San Jose Water
Palle Jensen - EVP, San Jose Water

Conference Call Participants

Durgesh Chopra - Evercore ISI
Jonathan Reeder - Wells Fargo
Anand Rao - KOR Capital

Operator

Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the SJW Group First Quarter 2019 Financial Results Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later, there will be a question-and-answer session, and instructions will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference call is being recorded.

I would now like to turn the conference over to Suzy Papazian, General Counsel. Ma'am you may begin.

Suzy Papazian

Thank you, operator. Welcome to the first quarter 2019 financial results conference call for SJW Group. Presenting today are Eric Thornburg, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer; James Lynch, Chief Financial Officer; and Andrew Gere, President and Chief Operating Officer of San Jose Water.

For those who would like to follow along, slides accompanying these remarks are available on our website at www.sjwgroup.com.

Before we begin today's presentation, I would like to remind you that this presentation and related materials posted on our website may contain forward-looking statements. These statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by the company in light of its experience, historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments as well as other factors that the company believes are appropriate under the circumstances.

Many factors could cause the company's actual results and performance to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. For a description of some of the factors that