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Essential Utilities and Employees Team Up for $800,000 Donation to United Way

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announced today more than $800,000 in total contributions for the United Way during the company’s 2023-2024 giving campaign, The Essential Way.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announced today more than $800,000 in total contributions for the United Way during the company’s 2023-2024 giving campaign, The Essential Way.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240403781019/en/
    More than 2,000 employees participated in the campaign to support 479 deserving community organizations, including United Way organizations across Essential’s nine-state footprint and many other nonprofits in the United Way network.
  • Aqua and Peoples have partnered with the United Way for more than two decades, donating more than $3.1 million in just the past four years since the companies united under Essential Utilities.
  • The United Way employee giving program allows team members to direct their contributions to causes that are important to them and their local community.

Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Q1 2024

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Monday, March 25, 2024

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) expects to report earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, following market close on May 2, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) expects to report earnings for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, following market close on May 2, 2024.
  • The company’s conference call with financial analysts will take place on Friday, May 3, 2024, at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
  • The conference call will be archived in the Investor Relations section of the company’s website for 90 days following the call.
  • Additionally, the call will be recorded and made available for replay at 2 p.m. on May 3, 2024, for 10 business days following the call.

Essential Utilities Reports Financial Results for Full-Year 2023 and Announces Guidance

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2023.
  • “Despite the winter weather that was significantly warmer than normal in 2023, we successfully delivered earnings per share that met our 2023 guidance expectations,” said Essential Utilities Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Christopher Franklin.
  • “Also, for the third consecutive year, Essential has been named to Newsweek’s list of America’s Most Responsible Companies.
  • Essential reported net income of $135.4 million for the fourth quarter of 2023, compared to $114.9 million for the same quarter in 2022.

Essential Declares June 2024 Dividend

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable June 1, 2024, to all shareholders of record on May 10, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable June 1, 2024, to all shareholders of record on May 10, 2024.
  • The June 2024 dividend payment of $0.3071 per share represents a $0.0201, or 7% increase over the June 2023 dividend payment of $0.2870 per share.
  • Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 79 years and has increased the dividend 33 times in the last 32 years.

Essential Utilities to Report Earnings for Full-Year 2023

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Friday, February 2, 2024

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) expects to report earnings for the quarter and 2023 year end, and announce guidance, following market close on Feb. 22, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) expects to report earnings for the quarter and 2023 year end, and announce guidance, following market close on Feb. 22, 2024.
  • The company’s conference call with financial analysts will take place on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, at 11 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
  • The call and presentation will be webcast live so interested parties may listen over the internet by logging on to Essential.co and following the link for Investors .
  • The conference call will be archived in the Investor Relations section of the company’s website for 90 days following the call.

Essential Utilities Completes Sale of Allegheny County Microgrid and District Energy Projects to Cordia

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today closed the sale of its three non-utility microgrid and district energy properties in Allegheny County to Cordia , a sustainability-driven energy solutions provider.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today closed the sale of its three non-utility microgrid and district energy properties in Allegheny County to Cordia , a sustainability-driven energy solutions provider.
  • The agreement covers innovative microgrids and district energy systems developed by Peoples , Essential’s gas operations subsidiary based in Pittsburgh, where the assets are located.
  • Cordia currently operates energy systems in Pittsburgh’s Uptown and North Shore neighborhoods, as well as the on-campus energy system for Duquesne University.
  • “These microgrid projects demonstrated the ability of natural gas to meet all the energy needs of major institutions, like the groundbreaking microgrid at Pittsburgh International Airport,” said Essential Utilities CEO Chris Franklin.

Peoples Natural Gas Warms Hearts, Homes Through Support of Local Holiday Events and Community Organizations

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Monday, December 18, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231218195750/en/
    A large crowd walks through the Peoples Gas Holiday Market in downtown Pittsburgh during the 2023 holiday season.
  • (Photo: Business Wire)
    Peoples, an Essential Utilities (NYSE:WTRG) company, brings together one-of-a-kind artisans from around the world at the 12th annual Peoples Gas Holiday Market™.
  • As a new Holiday Market exclusive, shoppers can receive a limited-edition souvenir ornament from Peoples when donating to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank.
  • Peoples is a longtime supporter of the Food Bank, helping them become the primary non-profit partner of the Peoples Gas Holiday Market.

Essential Declares March 2024 Dividend

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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable March 1, 2024, to all shareholders of record on February 9, 2024.

Key Points: 
  • The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable March 1, 2024, to all shareholders of record on February 9, 2024.
  • The March 2024 dividend payment of $0.3071 per share represents a $0.0201, or 7% increase over the March 2023 dividend payment of $0.2870 per share.
  • Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 79 years and has increased the dividend 33 times in the last 32 years.

Essential Utilities Announces Election of Roderick K. West to Board of Directors

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Friday, October 27, 2023

Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announces the election of Rod West to the Essential board of directors.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) announces the election of Rod West to the Essential board of directors.
  • As president and CEO of Entergy New Orleans from 2007-2010, West led the company out of its post-Hurricane Katrina bankruptcy and back to profitability.
  • “Rod’s vast utility experience and his strategic and commercial acumen will have an immediate, tangible impact on the Essential Board of Directors and our colleagues, customers and shareholders,” said Essential Utilities Chairman and CEO Christopher H. Franklin.
  • West is a life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., and Sigma Pi Phi (The Boulé).

Essential Declares December 2023 Dividend

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 25, 2023

The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable December 1, 2023, to all shareholders of record on November 10, 2023.

Key Points: 
  • The board of directors of Essential Utilities Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) today declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3071 per share, payable December 1, 2023, to all shareholders of record on November 10, 2023.
  • The December 2023 dividend payment of $0.3071 per share represents a $0.0201, or 7% increase over the December 2022 dividend payment of $0.2870 per share.
  • Essential Utilities has paid consecutive quarterly cash dividends for 78 years and has increased the dividend 33 times in the last 32 years.