California Water Service Group (CWT) CEO Martin Kropelnicki on Q4 2019 Results - Earnings Call Transcript

California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) Q4 2019 Earnings Conference Call February 27, 2020 11:00 AM ET

Company Participants

David Healey - VP and Corporate Controller
Tom Smegal - VP and CFO
Paul Townsley - VP of Business Development and Chief Regulatory Officer
Martin Kropelnicki - President and CEO

Conference Call Participants

Operator

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the California Water Service Group, Fourth Quarter and Year-End 2019 Earnings Results Teleconference. At this time all participants are in a listen-only mode. Later we will conduct a question-and-answer session and instruction will follow at that time. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder this conference call is being recorded.

I'd now like to turn the conference over to Mr. David Healey, Vice President and Corporate Controller. Please go ahead, sir.

David Healey

Thank you, Tiffany. Welcome everyone to the 2019 fourth quarter and year-end earnings call for California Water Service Group. With me today are Martin Kropelnicki, our President and CEO; Tom Smegal, our Vice President, Chief Financial Officer; and Paul Townsley, our Vice President of Business Development and Chief Regulatory Officer.

Replay dial-in information for this call can be found in our year-end and fourth quarter earnings release, which was issued earlier today. The replay will be available until April 27, 2020. As a reminder, before we begin, the Company has a slide deck to accompany the earnings call this quarter.

The slide deck was furnished with an 8-K this morning and is also available at the Company’s website at www.calwatergroup.com. Before looking at the year-end and fourth quarter results, we would like to take a few moments to cover forward-looking statements. During the course of the call, the Company may make certain forward-looking statements. Because these statements deal with future events, they're subject to various risk and uncertainties, and actual results could differ materially from the