American Water, Essential Utilities, other parties file for Pa. settlement
By Curtis Eichelberger and Wesley Brown ( September 17, 2026, 20:27 GMT | Comment) -- American Water, Essential Utilities and other parties in the companies’ merger regulatory review filed a joint petition for non-unanimous settlement in Pennsylvania. The proposal includes about $82 million for a shareholder-funded stabilization fund, providing a one-time $40 credit to the combined company's water, wastewater and gas subsidiaries' customers within a year of closing – an improvement on the companies’ previous $25-per-customer proposal.American Water, Essential Utilities and certain divisions within the Pennsylvania state government filed a joint petition for a non-unanimous regulatory settlement of the companies' water and gas merger with two administrative law judges, and details were made public today for the first time. ...
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