Discontinued — last reported Q4 '23
Non-Current Assets
Regulatory assets
FirstEnergy Regulatory assets increased by 31.7% to $1.09B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 71.7%, from $636.00M to $1.09B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Regulatory assets shows an upward trend with a 58.8% CAGR.
Analysis
StatementBalance Sheet Statement
SectionNon-Current Assets
CategoryOther
SignalContext dependent
VolatilityStable
First reportedQ4 2014
Last reportedQ4 2023
How to read this metric
An increase suggests the utility is deferring costs for future recovery, which may impact future rate cases, while a decrease indicates the amortization or recovery of these costs.
Detailed definition
These represent costs that have been incurred by the utility but are deferred for future recovery from ratepayers as aut...
Peer comparison
Unique to regulated utilities; peers will have similar line items reflecting their specific regulatory jurisdictions and cost-recovery mechanisms.
Metric ID:
utility_regulatory_assetsHistorical Data
20 periods
| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $97.00M | $90.00M | $71.00M | $70.00M | $99.00M | $14.00M | $33.00M | $42.00M | $311.00M | $353.00M | $369.00M | $333.00M | $405.00M | $485.00M | $617.00M | $636.00M | $765.00M | $793.00M | $829.00M | $1.09B |
| QoQ Change | — | -7.2% | -21.1% | -1.4% | +41.4% | -85.9% | +135.7% | +27.3% | +640.5% | +13.5% | +4.5% | -9.8% | +21.6% | +19.8% | +27.2% | +3.1% | +20.3% | +3.7% | +4.5% | +31.7% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +2.1% | -84.4% | -53.5% | -40.0% | +214.1% | >999% | >999% | +692.9% | +30.2% | +37.4% | +67.2% | +91.0% | +88.9% | +63.5% | +34.4% | +71.7% |
Range$14.00M – $1.09B
CAGR+66.5%
Avg YoY Growth+290.9%
Median YoY Growth+65.4%
Current Streak8 quarters growth
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is FirstEnergy's regulatory assets?
- FirstEnergy (FE) reported regulatory assets of $1.09B in Q1 2026.
- How has FirstEnergy's regulatory assets changed year-over-year?
- FirstEnergy's regulatory assets increased by 71.7% year-over-year, from $636.00M to $1.09B.
- What is the long-term trend for FirstEnergy's regulatory assets?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), FirstEnergy's regulatory assets has grown at a 58.8% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $82.00M to $829.00M.
- What does regulatory assets mean?
- Costs incurred by the utility that regulators have agreed can be recovered from customers in future rate cycles.