Operator

Welcome to Chesapeake Utilities Corporation's First 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
Head of Investor Relations

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. Today's presentation can be accessed on our website under the Investors page and Events & 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 first 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 has been provided in the Appendix of this presentation, our earnings release and our first quarter Form 10-Q. Here at Chesapeake