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Operating Expense Breakdown
Details core costs like maintenance, labor, and infrastructure, offering insight into how efficiently Essential Utilities manages its resources and where it’s prioritizing investment to ensure reliable water and wastewater services.Essential Utilities is building a bigger regulated asset base: depreciation rises steadily, implying sustained capex that will increase non‑cash charges and pressure reported margins absent rate relief. Amortization’s uptick in 2024–25 points to recent intangibles or deal activity. Operations & maintenance shows modest secular growth with seasonal Q4/Q1 bumps, but purchased gas is the primary source of earnings volatility—large winter spikes drive quarter‑to‑quarter swings. Taxes are stable. Key risks/monitoring items: capex pace, rate case timing/allowances and gas hedging that determine cash flow and dividend coverage.
Date | Depreciation | Amortization | Operations and Maintenance | Purchased Gas | Taxes Other Than Income Taxes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 30, 2026 | $109.58M | $3.71M | $153.63M | $46.20M | $24.45M |
Mar 31, 2026 | $107.11M | $3.62M | $175.79M | $238.62M | $25.98M |
Dec 31, 2025 | $103.56M | $3.95M | $200.18M | $139.94M | $24.48M |
Sep 30, 2025 | $103.32M | $3.74M | $153.09M | $22.51M | $24.54M |
Jun 30, 2025 | $99.54M | $3.98M | $148.51M | $56.73M | $20.87M |
Mar 31, 2025 | $96.76M | $2.61M | $137.82M | $184.64M | $22.88M |
Dec 31, 2024 | $94.16M | $2.34M | $163.47M | $94.51M | $23.27M |
Sep 30, 2024 | $91.45M | $1.15M | $144.37M | $19.09M | $24.10M |
Jun 30, 2024 | $89.58M | $1.07M | $142.51M | $33.73M | $22.23M |
Mar 31, 2024 | $88.72M | $1.09M | $136.90M | $129.68M | $25.02M |