Essential Utilities (NYSE: WTRG) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Essential Utilities provides water and natural gas services across the US, focusing on sustainability and infrastructure investment.
Essential Utilities
Essential Utilities is a utility holding company that provides drinking water, wastewater treatment, and natural gas utility services across multiple states in the United States. Operating primarily through its major subsidiaries, Aqua and Peoples, the company delivers regulated water and wastewater services alongside natural gas distribution infrastructure. Its operations serve millions of residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers across states including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, and Virginia. Essential Utilities focuses on utility infrastructure management, network modernization, water quality compliance, safe natural gas transportation, and environmental stewardship across its regulated service territories.
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Operations
Products and/or services of Essential Utilities
- Regulated Water Utility Operations: Provision of municipal and residential drinking water services, operating extensive treatment facilities, storage reservoirs, and distribution mains supplying millions of customer connections across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, and Virginia.
- Regulated Wastewater Utility Operations: Collection, transport, and treatment of municipal and industrial wastewater through regional treatment plants and sanitary collection networks, maintaining environmental compliance and discharge standards across multiple state service areas.
- Natural Gas Utility Distribution: Supply and pipeline distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial end-users through thousands of miles of distribution pipelines, gas mains, and customer metering infrastructure across Pennsylvania and Kentucky.
- Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Modernization: Execution of capital improvement programs focused on replacing aging water mains, upgrading wastewater treatment plants, removing lead service lines, and enhancing system reliability across regulated municipal utility territories.
- Natural Gas Pipeline Replacement and Safety: Systematic replacement of legacy cast iron and bare steel gas distribution pipes with modern polyethylene and protected steel mains to improve pipeline safety, reduce emissions, and increase operating capacity.
- Municipal Utility Acquisition and Expansion: Acquisition and integration of municipal water and wastewater systems under state fair market value legislation, expanding regulated utility footprint and connecting non-viable municipal systems to regional networks.
Essential Utilities executive team
- Mr. Christopher H. FranklinChairman, President & CEO
- Mr. Daniel J. Schuller Ph.D.Executive VP & CFO
- Mr. Christopher Paul Luning J.D.Executive VP, General Counsel & Compliance Officer
- Ms. Colleen M. ArnoldPresident of Aqua Water
- Mr. Michael A. HuwarPresident of Peoples Natural Gas
- Mr. Bradley PalmerVP & Chief Accounting Officer
- Mr. Sumit NairVP & Chief Information Officer
- Ms. Whitney S. KellettSenior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer
- Mr. Brian DingerdissenVice President of Financial Planning & Analysis, Treasury, and Investor Relations
- Mr. David KralleVice President of Public Affairs