American Water and Essential Utilities Receive Kentucky Public Service Commission Approval for Proposed Merger
Essential Utilities, Inc. (WTRG)
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CAMDEN, N.J. & BRYN MAWR, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--American Water Works Company, Inc. (NYSE: AWK) (“American Water”) and Essential Utilities, Inc. (NYSE: WTRG) (“Essential Utilities”) today announced that the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved the companies’ proposed merger, marking the first regulatory approval obtained in the path toward completing the combination of the two companies.The Kentucky PSC’s approval follows the overwhelming approval of the transaction by shareholders of both companies at their respective special shareholder meetings held in February 2026. The all-stock transaction, announced October 27, 2025, will create a combined company serving more than 4.7 million water and wastewater customer connections and more than 740,000 gas customer connections. The combined company will operate under the American Water name and be headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.The merger is expected to close by the end of the first quarter of 2027, but remains subj
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