Corporate PAC · PA

Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee

Registered with the Federal Election Commission as C00340455.

Which side

Mostly helps Republicans

65% of the $22K it gave candidates or spent on races helped Republicans. Spending against a candidate counts as help for the other party.4

Helps Democrats 35%Helps Republicans 65%

Backs

  1. Donald NorcrossDemocrat$6,000
  2. David McCormickRepublican$4,000
  3. H4PA07118$3,500
  4. Daniel MeuserRepublican$2,500
  5. Guy ReschenthalerRepublican$2,000

Run by David Kralle (treasurer) · Essential Utilities (connected company) More

On the record

Type
Corporate PAC1
Based in
Bryn Mawr, PA1

Who runs it

The FEC makes every committee name a treasurer, who signs its reports, and a custodian of its records. It does not make PACs list their officers or board.

Treasurer
David Kralle1
Connected to
Essential Utilities1

Who runs the company behind it

PACs report a treasurer to the FEC, not a board. This PAC is connected to Essential Utilities; these are the company's board members and top officers.7

  • Chris FranklinChief executive officer
  • Chris FranklinBoard member
  • Christopher L. BrunerBoard member
  • Daniel J. Hilferty Iii.Board member
  • David Alan CiesinskiBoard member
  • Elizabeth B. AmatoBoard member
  • Tamara Louise LindeBoard member
  • Wilbert Bryan LewisBoard member

Who funds it

It reported raising $298K: $298K from individuals and $0 from other committees.4

Individuals

We show individual donors only as totals, never by name: FEC rules bar using their names for soliciting or commercial purposes.

  • $258K from 2,074 itemized gifts by individuals6
  • Top states: Pennsylvania $173K, Ohio $22K, New Jersey $12K, North Carolina $10K, Kentucky $9,3866

Where its donors work6

Essential Utilities397 gifts$63,021
Aqua Pennsylvania444 gifts$52,649
PNG Companies305 gifts$39,768
Aqua Services200 gifts$28,946
Aqua Ohio212 gifts$21,724
Peoples Natural Gas LL95 gifts$10,964
Aqua North Carolina121 gifts$10,512
Delta Natural Gas65 gifts$9,386
Aqua Illinois77 gifts$8,147
Aqua Texas65 gifts$5,180

Employers as donors wrote them. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.

Money, 2025–26

As reported to the FEC through September 30, 2026.2

Raised$298K
Spent$368K
Cash on hand$82K
Given to candidates and committees$72K
  • From individuals $298K

Who it gives to

12 candidates, $25K in direct gifts.3

Donald Norcross DemocratU.S. House, New Jersey 1st District (2026)$6,000
David McCormick RepublicanU.S. Senate, Pennsylvania (2030)$4,000
Candidate H4PA07118 (FEC record)$3,500
Daniel Meuser RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 9th District (2026)$2,500
Guy Reschenthaler RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 14th District (2026)$2,000
Michael J Rogers RepublicanU.S. Senate, Michigan (2026)$2,000
John Joyce RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 13th District (2026)$1,000
Dan Sullivan RepublicanU.S. Senate, Alaska (2026)$1,000
Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. RepublicanU.S. House, Pennsylvania 8th District (2026)$1,000
Lisa Blunt Rochester DemocratU.S. Senate, Delaware (2030)$1,000
David J. Taylor RepublicanU.S. House, Ohio 2nd District (2026)$500
Adam Clay Miller DemocratU.S. House, Ohio 15th District (2026)$500

Sources

Every number on this page points here. Each one links to the public record.

  1. 1
    FEC committee record: Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee (C00340455)https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00340455/
    Retrieved October 16, 2026
  2. 2
    FEC: Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee financial summary, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00340455/?cycle=2026#financial-summary
    Through September 30, 2026 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  3. 3
    FEC: contributions from Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee to candidates, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00340455&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Bulk file pas226 · Retrieved October 16, 2026
  4. 4
    Federal Election Commission bulk data, 2025–26 cyclehttps://www.fec.gov/data/browse-data/?tab=bulk-data
    Retrieved October 16, 2026 · Public record
  5. 5
    FEC: receipts of Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/?committee_id=C00340455&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Itemized receipts, bulk files indiv26 and oth26 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  6. 6
    FEC: itemized individual contributions to Essential Utilities, Inc. Political Action Committee, 2025–26https://www.fec.gov/data/receipts/individual-contributions/?committee_id=C00340455&two_year_transaction_period=2026
    Gifts over $200 · Retrieved October 17, 2026
  7. 7
    On the record: Essential Utilities (board and officers from SEC filings and Wikidata)/company/wtrg/