Entergy Corporation (ETR) CEO Leo Denault on Q1 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

Entergy Corporation. (NYSE:ETR) Q1 2019 Results Earnings Conference Call May 1, 2019 10:00 AM ET

Company Participants

David Borde - Investor Relations
Leo Denault - Chief Executive Officer
Andrew Marsh - EVP and Chief Financial Officer
Rod West - Group President, Utility Operations
Chris Bakken - EVP-Nuclear Operations & Chief Nuclear Officer

Conference Call Participants

Praful Mehta - Citigroup
Angie Storozynski - Macquarie
Steve Fleishman - Wolfe Research
Greg Gordon - Evercore
Jonathan Arnold - Deutsche Bank
Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America
Charles Fishman - MorningStar Research

Operator

Good day ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Entergy First Quarter 2019 Earnings Release Teleconference. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder, today’s conference call is being recorded.

I’d now like to introduce your host for today’s conference, Mr. David Borde, Vice President of Investor Relations. Sir, please go ahead.

David Borde

Thank you. Good morning, and thank you for joining us. We will begin today with comments from Entergy's Chairman and CEO, Leo Denault. And then Drew Marsh, our CFO, will review results. In an effort to accommodate everyone who has questions, we request that each person ask no more than one question and one follow-up.

In today's call, management will make certain forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from these forward-looking statements.

Management will also discuss non-GAAP financial information. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measures are included in today's press release and slide presentation, both of which can be found on the Investor Relations section of our website.

And now I will turn the call over to Leo.

Leo Denault

Thank you, David, and good morning, everyone. We had a productive start to the year and today, we are reporting first quarter adjusted earnings of $0.82 per share. While weather was a headwind, we remain firmly on