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Essential Utilities WTRG Regulatory assets
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Where this comes from
Reported directly by Essential Utilities in its filing.
Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:RegulatoryAssetsCurrent.
The source filing: Essential Utilities’s 10-Q, filed May 7, 2026.
- Filed
- May 7, 2026, 3:41 PM EDT
- Fiscal quarter
- Q1 FY2026
- Calendar quarter
- Q1 2026
- Accession
- 0001562762-26-000060
| Assets | March 31, 2026 | December 31, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory - materials and supplies | 56,449 | 51,767 |
| Inventory - gas stored | 15,747 | 60,686 |
| Prepayments and other current assets | 36,221 | 59,110 |
| Regulatory assets | 19,749 | 19,779 |
| Total current assets | 622,630 | 610,396 |
| Regulatory assets | 2,215,042 | 2,089,669 |
| Deferred charges and other assets, net | 123,294 | 122,217 |
| Funds restricted for construction activity | 1,451 | 1,445 |
Cover / Front Matter
FAQ
- What is Essential Utilities's regulatory assets?
- Essential Utilities (WTRG) reported regulatory assets of $19.75M in Q1 2026.
- How has Essential Utilities's regulatory assets changed year-over-year?
- Essential Utilities's regulatory assets increased by 13.2% year-over-year, from $17.45M to $19.75M.
- What is the long-term trend for Essential Utilities's regulatory assets?
- Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Essential Utilities's regulatory assets has grown at a 31.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $5.09M to $19.78M.
- What does regulatory assets mean?
- These are costs that have been deferred because they are probable of future recovery from ratepayers through the regulatory process. They represent a unique aspect of utility accounting where regulators allow the company to capitalize expenses that would otherwise be recognized immediately. This asset class is fundamental to the utility's long-term financial stability.
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