Essential Utilities, Inc.
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- CEO
- Christopher H. Franklin
- Full Time Employees
- 3,303
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Regulated Water
- Address
- 762 West Lancaster Avenue Bryn Mawr PA United States of America 19010-3489
- IPO Date
- Mar 17, 1980
- CIK
- 0000078128
- Website
- essential.co
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- Business
- Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) operates as a holding company for regulated utilities that deliver water, wastewater, and natural gas distribution services across multiple U.S. states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, and Kentucky; its core offerings encompass drinking water supply and treatment, wastewater collection and treatment infrastructure, natural gas distribution to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, operating and maintenance contracts for municipal water systems, and utility service line protection and repair solutions, primarily through its flagship subsidiaries Aqua (water and wastewater services under brands like Aqua Pennsylvania, serving about 3 million people) and Peoples (natural gas distribution to over 740,000 customers). Founded in 1886 as the Springfield Water Company in Pennsylvania and headquartered in Bryn Mawr with the natural gas operations based in Pittsburgh, the company serves approximately 5.5 million total customers in the regulated utilities sector, focusing on residential, commercial, fire protection, industrial, and other water and wastewater end-users. In October 2025, Essential Utilities agreed to an all-stock merger with American Water Works Company, Inc., valued at $63 billion including debt and expected to close in early 2027, under which American Water shareholders will own about 69% of the combined entity; recent activities include the 2024 sale of its West Virginia gas utility and most nonregulated assets, the acquisition of the City of Beaver Falls Wastewater System by Aqua Pennsylvania with planned $10 million in infrastructure upgrades, and ongoing capital investments of $1.3 billion to $1.4 billion in 2024 for system improvements, building on the transformative 2018 $4.27 billion acquisition of Peoples Natural Gas and the 2020 rebranding from Aqua America, Inc.
Company News
Essential Utilities (WTRG) Up 5% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue?
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170,133 Shares in Essential Utilities Inc. $WTRG Acquired by Deutsche Bank AG
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American Water and Essential Utilities Announce Expiration of Hart-Scott-Rodino Waiting Period for Proposed Merger
Essential Utilities Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Essential Utilities Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
WTRG Q2 Earnings Meet Estimates, Revenues Beat on Water Growth
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
Essential Utilities (WTRG) Matches Q2 Earnings Estimates
Essential Utilities Reports Q2 2026 Results
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