 American Electric Power Company, Inc. NASDAQ:AEP Q1 2022 Earnings Conference Call April 28, 2022 9:00 AM ET Company Participants Darcy Reese - VP, IR Nick Akins - Chairman, President and CEO Julie Sloat - EVP and CFO Conference Call Participants Julien Dumoulin-Smith - Bank of America Steve Fleishman - Wolfe Research Shar Pourreza - Guggenheim Partners Jeremy Tonet - JPMorgan Durgesh Chopra - Evercore ISI Sophie Karp - Keybanc Michael Lapides - Goldman Sachs Operator Technical difficulty Nick Akins ...fourth quarter, we are maintaining that momentum and delivering strong results for the first quarter of 2022 with operating earnings for the first quarter coming in at 1.22 per share or 616 million. Earlier this year, we made a number of refinements to our strategic initiatives and financial targets. 