The Southern Company (SO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

The Southern Company (SO) Q2 2026 Earnings Call July 30, 2026 1:00 PM EDT Company Participants Greg MacLeod - Director of Investor Relations Christopher Womack - CEO, President & Chairman David Poroch - Executive VP & CFO Conference Call Participants Nicholas Campanella - Barclays Bank PLC, Research Division Shahriar Pourreza - Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Research Division Carly Davenport - Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Research Division Stephen D’Ambrisi - RBC Capital Markets, Research Division Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan Chase & Co, Research Division Steven Fleishman - Wolfe Research, LLC Andrew Weisel - Scotiabank Global Banking and Markets, Research Division Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Jefferies LLC, Research Division Richard Sunderland - Truist Securities, Inc., Research Division Travis Miller - Morningstar Inc., Research Division Presentation Operator Good afternoon. My name is Christine, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to The Southern Company Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. I would now like to turn the call over to Mr. Greg MacLeod, Director of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Greg MacLeod Director of Investor Relations Thank you, Christine. Good afternoon, and welcome to Southern Company's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Call. Joining me today are Chris Womack, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Company; and David Poroch, Chief Financial Officer. Let me remind you that we will make forward-looking statements today in addition to providing historical information. Various important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including those discussed in our Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and subsequent securities filings. In addition, we will present non-GAAP financial information on this call. Reconciliations to the applicable GAAP measure are included in the financial information we released this morning as well as the slides for this conference call,