Essential Utilities Operating Expense Breakdown

Period Ending	Mar 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Sep 30, 2023	Jun 30, 2023	Mar 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Sep 30, 2022	Jun 30, 2022	Mar 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Mar 31, 2021
Operations and Maintenance	625.64M	640.10M	618.09M	-	-	613.65M	587.56M	575.55M	568.09M	582.70M	-
Operations and Maintenance Growth	6.48%	11.22%	8.80%	-	-	5.31%	4.88%	4.74%	7.47%	27.58%	-
Purchased Gas	225.67M	352.31M	561.94M	597.39M	630.60M	602.00M	492.62M	466.07M
Purchased Gas Growth	-64.21%	-41.48%	14.07%	28.18%	44.69%	76.92%	66.79%	62.62%
Depreciation	344.45M	338.66M	332.25M	328.37M	320.86M	315.81M	310.96M	303.09M
Depreciation Growth	7.35%	7.23%	6.85%	8.34%	7.51%	8.08%	8.43%	7.35%
Taxes Other Than Income Taxes	92.35M	90.21M	90.11M	88.52M	89.90M	90.02M	90.77M	89.21M
Taxes Other Than Income Taxes Growth	2.74%	0.20%	-0.74%	-0.77%	1.45%	3.90%	8.85%	7.62%
Amortization	5.26M	5.04M	4.17M	4.74M	5.77M	5.37M	5.62M	5.27M
Amortization Growth	-8.88%	-6.08%	-25.84%	-9.93%	17.21%	-6.86%	-3.38%	-7.39%

Source: Business metrics provided by Main Street Data and sourced from official company press releases and documents.