Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer - Jeffry Householder Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Policy and Risk Officer - James Moriarty Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Jeffrey Sylvester Head of Investor Relations - Lucia Dempsey Operator: Welcome to Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Lucia Dempsey, Head of Investor Relations. Lucia Dempsey: Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Today's presentation can be accessed on our website under the Investors page and Events and Presentations subsection.
After our prepared remarks, we will open up the call for questions. On Slide 2, we show our typical disclaimers, while I remind you that matters discussed on this conference call may include forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements and projections could differ materially from our actual results.
The safe harbor for forward-looking statements section of our 2025 annual report on Form 10-K and in our second quarter Form 10-Q provide further information on the factors that could cause such statements to differ from our actual results. Additionally, the company evaluates its performance based on certain non-GAAP measures, including adjusted gross margin, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share, and the information presented today includes the appropriate disclosures in accordance with the SEC's Regulation G. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the related GAAP measures have been provided in the appendix of this presentation in our earnings release and our second quarter Form 10-Q.
Here at Chesapeake Utilities, safety is our first priority. We start all meetings with a safety moment, and we'll do so here as highlighted on Slide 3. Given the impact that wildfires have caused across the country lately, today's safety moment focuses on wildfire smoke.
Wildfire smoke contains fine particles and harmful gases that can irritate the eyes and lungs, worsen asthma or heart conditions and reduce air quality even far from the fire itself. When smoke levels are elevated, limit time outdoors, keep windows and doors closed and use air conditioning or air purifiers as available. I'll now introduce our presenters today.
Jeffry Householder, Chair of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, will provide an update on this quarter's key accomplishments and our capital growth program. James Moriarty, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary and Chief Policy and Risk Officer, will discuss the Florida City Gas rate case and stakeholder engagement. And then Jeffrey Sylvester, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will discuss our financial results in more detail.
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