Segment Information (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Segment Information [Abstract]

Company's Segment Information, Continuing Operations

	Three Months Ended								Three Months Ended
	June 30, 2023								June 30, 2022
	Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated		Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	293,672	$	138,983	$	4,045	$	436,700	$	269,355	$	167,729	$	11,672	$	448,756
Operations and maintenance expense		93,227		41,114		(833)		133,508		92,815		44,907		(2,741)		134,981
Purchased gas		-		39,665		2,268		41,933		-		63,392		11,751		75,143
Depreciation and amortization		53,231		32,188		242		85,661		50,260		29,131		(215)		79,176
Interest expense, net (a)		30,523		20,982		16,707		68,212		27,604		19,171		7,622		54,397
Allowance for funds used during construction		(2,940)		(484)		-		(3,424)		(5,347)		(804)		-		(6,151)
Provision for income taxes (benefit)		15,859		(13,314)		(2,808)		(263)		13,847		(5,170)		(577)		8,100
Net income (loss)		90,027		13,630		(12,389)		91,268		76,342		11,478		(5,529)		82,291
	Six Months Ended								Six Months Ended
	June 30, 2023								June 30, 2022
	Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated		Regulated Water		Regulated Natural Gas		Other		Consolidated
Operating revenues	$	560,972		580,278	$	21,900	$	1,163,150	$	508,553		612,912	$	26,566	$	1,148,031
Operations and maintenance expense		176,029		98,264		(2,791)		271,502		178,903		104,359		(5,700)		277,562
Purchased gas		-		281,521		16,727		298,248		-		280,698		22,157		302,855
Depreciation and amortization		106,698		62,316		441		169,455		98,976		58,835		(289)		157,522
Interest expense, net (a)		60,236		48,489		31,336		140,061		55,159		39,823		12,442		107,424
Allowance for funds used during construction		(7,886)		(1,226)		-		(9,112)		(10,496)		(1,493)		(1)		(11,990)
Provision for income taxes (benefit)		29,373		(56,798)		(4,475)		(31,900)		21,346		(31,645)		1,166		(9,133)
Net income (loss)		167,429		137,176		(21,903)		282,702		136,885		150,964		(6,182)		281,667
Capital expenditures		329,862		215,212		2,526		547,600		216,612		207,394		639		424,645

^(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

	June 30,		December 31,
	2023		2022
Total assets:
Regulated water	$	9,144,894	$	8,792,633
Regulated natural gas		6,548,153		6,528,654
Other		408,888		397,820
Consolidated	$	16,101,935	$	15,719,107