HighGravityDataEssential Utilities — Feb 26, 2025 release
Fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0001552781-25-000041
Showing in the filing
Combined regulated utility rate base compounded annual growth rate
“over 8%”
Period
FY2029
Measure
Company-defined measure
Source
Prose
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EPS for FY2025
“$2.07 - $2.11”
Multi-year earnings (compounded annual growt… for the long term
“5-7% from $1.97 (Non-GAAP)”
Quarterly cash dividend declared for FY2025
“$0.3255 per share”
Quarterly cash dividend
“$0.3255 per share of common stock”
PFAS capital projects investment for FY2025
“at least $450.0 million”
PFAS capital projects
“at least $450.0 million”
Diluted earnings per share for FY2025
“$2.07 to $2.11”
Long-term earnings per share compounded annu… for the long term
“5 to 7% from the adjusted 2024 earnings per share of $1.97 (Non-GAAP)”
Long-term earnings per share compounded annu… for the long term
“5 to 7%”
Infrastructure investment expectation for FY2025
“$1.4 to $1.5 billion”
Regulated infrastructure investments for FY2025
“$1.4 to $1.5 billion”
Regulated infrastructure investments for FY2029
“approximately $7.8 billion”
Infrastructure investment plan for FY2025
“approximately $7.8 billion”
Regulated water segment rate base compounded… for FY2029
“approximately 6%”
Regulated natural gas segment rate base comp… for FY2029
“approximately 11%”
Combined regulated utility rate base compoun… for FY2029
“over 8%”
Regulated water customer base (equivalent dw… for the long term
“between 2 and 3%”
Regulated natural gas customer base for FY2025
“stable”
Equity raise via ATM program for FY2027
“expects to raise equity via its ATM program”
Equity raised via ATM program for FY2025
“approximately $315 million”
Reduction of Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse … for FY2035
“60%”
Multiyear plan for finished water PFAS compl… for the long term
“does not exceed the federal maximum contaminant level of the six EPA-regulated PFAS chemicals”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
… earlier in the release
· Through
2029, the regulated natural gas segment rate base will grow at a compounded annual growth
rate of approximately 11%.
· Through
2029, the combined regulated utility rate base will grow at a compounded annual growth rate
of over 8%.
· The
regulated water customer base (or equivalent dwelling units) of the business will grow at
an average annual growth rate of between 2 and 3% from acquisitions and organic customer
growth over the long term.
· The
regulated natural gas customer base of the business will be stable for 2025.
· Through
2027, the company expects to raise equity via its ATM program. In 2025, the company expects
to raise a total of approximately $315 million in equity.
· Reduction
of Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2035 from the company’s 2019
baseline.
· Multiyear
plan to ensure that finished water does not exceed the federal maximum contaminant level
of the six EPA-regulated PFAS chemicals.
Essential reaffirms
its commitment to substantially reduce Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2035. The company plans to achieve these reductions
through extensive gas pipeline replacement, the purchase of renewable energy, accelerated methane leak detection and repair, and various
other planned initiatives. Essential continues to be an industry leader regarding water quality with its commitment to test and treat
for six regulated PFAS
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Text is the filed exhibit, verbatim.