Segment Information (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Information [Abstract]

Company's Segment Information, Continuing Operations

	Three Months Ended								Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2022								September 30, 2021
	Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated		Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	301,335	$	118,985	$	14,298	$	434,618	$	259,859	$	94,752	$	7,249	$	361,860
Operations and maintenance expense		94,854		51,850		4,657		151,361		86,923		53,954		(1,522)		139,355
Purchased gas		-		41,124		10,917		52,041		-		20,386		5,102		25,488
Depreciation and amortization		51,522		30,295		913		82,730		45,506		28,194		807		74,507
Taxes other than income taxes		16,809		5,073		743		22,625		16,291		4,271		496		21,058
Operating income (loss)		138,150		(9,357)		(2,932)		125,861		111,139		(12,053)		2,366		101,452
Interest expense, net (a)		27,762		20,323		10,893		58,978		27,389		18,406		5,772		51,567
Allowance for funds used during construction		(5,161)		(651)		-		(5,812)		(5,407)		(675)		-		(6,082)
Other		(2,219)		838		641		(740)		(1,896)		5,329		266		3,699
Income before income taxes		117,768		(29,867)		(14,466)		73,435		91,053		(35,113)		(3,672)		52,268
Provision for income taxes (benefit)		19,182		(12,734)		(1,651)		4,797		9,230		(6,821)		(644)		1,765
Net income (loss)	$	98,586	$	(17,133)	$	(12,815)	$	68,638	$	81,823	$	(28,292)	$	(3,028)	$	50,503
	Nine Months Ended								Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2022								September 30, 2021
	Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated		Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	809,888	$	731,897	$	40,864	$	1,582,649	$	736,389	$	579,429	$	26,639	$	1,342,457
Operations and maintenance expense		273,757		156,209		(1,043)		428,923		243,071		157,614		(8,740)		391,945
Purchased gas		-		321,822		33,074		354,896		-		183,062		19,476		202,538
Depreciation and amortization		150,498		89,130		624		240,252		136,189		83,905		1,529		221,623
Taxes other than income taxes		48,262		16,878		2,212		67,352		47,756		13,356		2,107		63,219
Operating income		337,371		147,858		5,997		491,226		309,373		141,492		12,267		463,132
Interest expense, net		82,920		60,146		23,336		166,402		80,971		56,125		16,551		153,647
Allowance for funds used during construction		(15,657)		(2,145)		-		(17,802)		(13,091)		(831)		-		(13,922)
Other		(5,891)		404		2,144		(3,343)		(5,265)		4,462		(1,213)		(2,016)
Income before income taxes		275,999		89,453		(19,483)		345,969		246,758		81,736		(3,071)		325,423
Provision for income taxes (benefit)		40,528		(44,378)		(486)		(4,336)		22,056		(11,128)		(611)		10,317
Net income (loss)	$	235,471	$	133,831	$	(18,997)	$	350,305	$	224,702	$	92,864	$	(2,460)	$	315,106
Capital expenditures	$	382,853	$	335,738	$	1,097	$	719,688	$	404,894	$	269,958	$	993	$	675,845

^(a) The regulated water and regulated natural gas segments report interest expense that includes long-term debt that was pushed-down to the regulated operating subsidiaries from Essential Utilities, Inc.

Company's Segment Information, Assets

	September 30,		December 31,
	2022		2021
Total assets:
Regulated water	$	8,666,230	$	8,403,586
Regulated natural gas		6,163,931		5,960,602
Other		449,631		294,090
Consolidated	$	15,279,792	$	14,658,278