UNITIL CORP Segments Disclosure
Note 2: Segment Information
The Company’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM), consists of the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Administrative Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Accounting Officer. These individuals assess financial performance and make decisions, including the allocation of resources to the various operating segments, based on meeting with the managers of each segment and through their review of reports and analyses that are regularly provided to the CODM. The CODM uses Net Income Applicable to Common Shares for each segment predominantly in the annual budget and forecasting process. The CODM considers budget-to-actual variances on a quarterly basis when making decisions about the allocation of operating and capital resources to each segment. Unitil reports two operating and reportable segments: utility electric operations and utility gas operations.
Unitil’s principal business is the local distribution of electricity in the southeastern seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire and the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts and the local distribution of natural gas in southeastern New Hampshire, portions of southern Maine to the Lewiston-Auburn area, portions of central Maine including Augusta and the Bangor area, and in the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts. Unitil has five distribution utility subsidiaries, Unitil Energy, which operates in New Hampshire, Fitchburg, which operates in Massachusetts, Northern Utilities, which operates in New Hampshire and Maine, Bangor, which operates in Maine and Maine Natural, which operates in Maine. Unitil Energy and the electric division of Fitchburg are included in the electric segment. Northern Utilities, Bangor, Maine Natural and the gas division of Fitchburg are included in the gas segment. Unitil Energy, Fitchburg, Northern Utilities, Bangor
and Maine Natural have a well-diversified customer mix and are not dependent on a single customer, or a few customers, for their electric and natural gas sales. Granite State is an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline company, operating 85 miles of underground gas transmission pipeline primarily located in Maine and New Hampshire. Granite State provides Northern Utilities with interconnection to three major natural gas pipelines and access to domestic natural gas supplies in the south and Canadian natural gas supplies in the north. Granite State derives its revenues principally from the transmission services provided to Northern Utilities and, to a lesser extent, third-party marketers. Granite State is included in the utility gas operations segment.
Unitil Corp. (the holding company), and Unitil Resources are included in the “Other” category (ASC 280-10-50-15). The holding company has no operating income of its own. The earnings of the holding company are principally derived from income earned on short-term investments. Unitil Resources is the Company’s wholly-owned non-regulated subsidiary and currently does not have any activity. Unitil Service provides centralized management and administrative services, including information systems management and financial record keeping to support the affiliated Unitil companies. Unitil Realty owns certain real estate, principally the Company’s corporate headquarters in Hampton, New Hampshire and land in Kingston, New Hampshire on which Unitil Energy’s solar facility is located, which became operational in May 2025. Unitil Service’s and Unitil Realty’s costs are allocated to the Electric and Gas segments based on cost allocation factors. Unitil Water does not have any activity.
The segments follow the same accounting policies as described in the Summary of Significant Accounting Policies. Intrasegment sales take place at cost and the effects of all intrasegment and/or intercompany transactions are eliminated in the consolidated financial statements. Segment profit or loss is based on Net Income Applicable to Common Shares. Expenses used to determine operating income before taxes are charged directly to each segment or are allocated based on cost allocation factors included in rate applications approved by the FERC, NHPUC, MDPU, and MPUC. Assets allocated to each segment are based upon specific identification of such assets provided by Company records.
The following tables provide significant segment financial data for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 (millions):
Year Ended December 31, 2025 |
|
Electric |
|
|
Gas |
|
|
Total Reportable Segments |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Total Operating Revenues |
|
$ |
236.4 |
|
|
$ |
299.6 |
|
|
$ |
536.0 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
536.0 |
|
Energy Supply Costs |
|
|
121.8 |
|
|
|
100.5 |
|
|
|
222.3 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
222.3 |
|
Operation and Maintenance |
|
|
38.8 |
|
|
|
48.9 |
|
|
|
87.7 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
|
|
|
92.5 |
|
Depreciation and Amortization Expense |
|
|
31.9 |
|
|
|
56.8 |
|
|
|
88.7 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
88.7 |
|
Other Segment Expenses (Income) |
|
|
12.6 |
|
|
|
18.0 |
|
|
|
30.6 |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
30.3 |
|
Interest Income |
|
|
(3.3 |
) |
|
|
(3.8 |
) |
|
|
(7.1 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(7.1 |
) |
Interest Expense |
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
25.1 |
|
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
43.8 |
|
Provision for Income Taxes |
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
14.0 |
|
|
|
17.8 |
|
|
|
(2.5 |
) |
|
|
15.3 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Commons Shares |
|
|
15.8 |
|
|
|
40.1 |
|
|
|
55.9 |
|
|
|
(5.7 |
) |
|
|
50.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Segment Assets |
|
|
733.5 |
|
|
|
1,367.8 |
|
|
|
2,101.3 |
|
|
|
32.9 |
|
|
|
2,134.2 |
|
Capital Expenditures |
|
|
73.5 |
|
|
|
110.0 |
|
|
|
183.5 |
|
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
185.1 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
|
Electric |
|
|
Gas |
|
|
Total Reportable Segments |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Total Operating Revenues |
|
$ |
248.3 |
|
|
$ |
246.5 |
|
|
$ |
494.8 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
494.8 |
|
Energy Supply Costs |
|
|
141.0 |
|
|
|
79.6 |
|
|
|
220.6 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
220.6 |
|
Operation and Maintenance |
|
|
34.9 |
|
|
|
41.7 |
|
|
|
76.6 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
77.6 |
|
Depreciation & Amortization Expense |
|
|
29.3 |
|
|
|
46.8 |
|
|
|
76.1 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
76.1 |
|
Other Segment Expenses (Income) |
|
|
12.9 |
|
|
|
17.3 |
|
|
|
30.2 |
|
|
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
30.1 |
|
Interest Income |
|
|
(3.6 |
) |
|
|
(4.6 |
) |
|
|
(8.2 |
) |
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
(8.4 |
) |
Interest Expense |
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
|
23.7 |
|
|
|
37.1 |
|
|
|
0.6 |
|
|
|
37.7 |
|
Provision for Income Taxes |
|
|
3.8 |
|
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
|
|
(1.0 |
) |
|
|
14.0 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Commons Shares |
|
|
16.6 |
|
|
|
30.8 |
|
|
|
47.4 |
|
|
|
(0.3 |
) |
|
|
47.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment Assets |
|
|
647.2 |
|
|
|
1,115.3 |
|
|
|
1,762.5 |
|
|
|
32.0 |
|
|
|
1,794.5 |
|
Capital Expenditures |
|
|
61.8 |
|
|
|
103.9 |
|
|
|
165.7 |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
|
|
169.9 |
|
Year Ended December 31, 2023 |
|
Electric |
|
|
Gas |
|
|
Total Reportable Segments |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Total Operating Revenues |
|
$ |
306.5 |
|
|
$ |
250.6 |
|
|
$ |
557.1 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
557.1 |
|
Energy Supply Costs |
|
|
202.4 |
|
|
|
96.1 |
|
|
|
298.5 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
298.5 |
|
Operation and Maintenance |
|
|
34.5 |
|
|
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
75.2 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
75.6 |
|
Depreciation & Amortization Expense |
|
|
26.0 |
|
|
|
40.4 |
|
|
|
66.4 |
|
|
|
1.0 |
|
|
|
67.4 |
|
Other Segment Expenses (Income) |
|
|
13.1 |
|
|
|
16.9 |
|
|
|
30.0 |
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
28.5 |
|
Interest Income |
|
|
(2.6 |
) |
|
|
(2.4 |
) |
|
|
(5.0 |
) |
|
|
(1.2 |
) |
|
|
(6.2 |
) |
Interest Expense |
|
|
11.2 |
|
|
|
20.7 |
|
|
|
31.9 |
|
|
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
34.9 |
|
Provision for Income Taxes |
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
9.4 |
|
|
|
13.4 |
|
|
|
(0.2 |
) |
|
|
13.2 |
|
Net Income Attributable to Commons Shares |
|
|
17.9 |
|
|
|
28.8 |
|
|
|
46.7 |
|
|
|
(1.5 |
) |
|
|
45.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Segment Assets |
|
|
612.6 |
|
|
|
1,031.8 |
|
|
|
1,644.4 |
|
|
|
26.0 |
|
|
|
1,670.4 |
|
Capital Expenditures |
|
|
44.2 |
|
|
|
92.7 |
|
|
|
136.9 |
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
141.0 |
|
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 9, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 13, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 14, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| 2020 | Feb 2, 2021 | |
| 2019 | Jan 30, 2020 | |
| 2018 | Jan 31, 2019 | |
| 2017 | Feb 1, 2018 | |
| 2016 | Feb 2, 2017 | |
| 2015 | Jan 28, 2016 | |
About Segments Disclosures
Segment disclosures break a company into its reportable operating units, revealing revenue, profit, and asset allocation that consolidated financial statements obscure. Under ASC 280, segments must match how the chief operating decision maker views the business, providing a window into internal management structure and resource allocation priorities.
Key signals: compare segment margins to identify which units drive profitability and which destroy value. Watch for changes in the number of reportable segments — segment aggregation or disaggregation often coincides with strategic shifts or attempts to obscure declining performance. Intersegment elimination patterns reveal internal pricing practices. The reconciliation between segment totals and consolidated figures exposes corporate overhead allocation and unallocated items. Geographic revenue concentration highlights regulatory and currency exposure. Compare segment-level capital expenditure against segment revenue to assess where management is investing for future growth versus harvesting existing assets.