UNITIL CORP
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 13, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 13, 2024
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Unitil Corporation
In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the “Company”, “Unitil”, “we”, and “our” refer to Unitil Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise. Unitil is a public utility holding company incorporated under the laws of the State of New Hampshire in 1984. The following companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Unitil:
| Company Name | State and Year ofOrganization | Principal Business |
|---|---|---|
| Unitil Energy Systems, Inc. (Unitil Energy) | NH - 1901 | Electric Distribution Utility |
| Fitchburg Gas and Electric Light Company (Fitchburg) | MA - 1852 | Electric & Natural Gas Distribution Utility |
| Northern Utilities, Inc. (Northern Utilities) | NH - 1979 | Natural Gas Distribution Utility |
| Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc. (Granite State) | NH - 1955 | Natural Gas Transmission Pipeline |
| Unitil Power Corp. (Unitil Power) | NH - 1984 | Wholesale Electric Power Utility |
| Unitil Service Corp. (Unitil Service) | NH - 1984 | Utility Service Company |
| Unitil Realty Corp. (Unitil Realty) | NH - 1986 | Real Estate Management |
| Unitil Resources, Inc. (Unitil Resources) | NH - 1993 | Non-regulated Energy Services |
Unitil and its subsidiaries are subject to regulation as a holding company system by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) under the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Unitil’s principal business is the local distribution of electricity and natural gas to approximately 196,900 customers throughout its service territories in the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine. Unitil is the parent company of three wholly-owned distribution utilities: i) Unitil Energy, which provides electric service in the southeastern seacoast and state capital regions of New Hampshire, including the capital city of Concord, ii) Fitchburg, which provides both electric and natural gas service in the greater Fitchburg area of north central Massachusetts, and iii) Northern Utilities, which provides natural gas service in southeastern New Hampshire and portions of southern and central Maine, including the city of Portland, which is the largest city in northern New England. In addition, Unitil is the parent company of Granite State, an interstate natural gas transmission pipeline company that provides interstate natural gas pipeline access and transportation services to Northern Utilities in its New Hampshire and Maine service territory. Together, Unitil’s three distribution utilities serve approximately 108,500 electric customers and 88,400 natural gas customers.
| Residential | Commercial &Industrial (C&I) | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electric: | |||
| Unitil Energy | 66,762 | 11,352 | 78,114 |
| Fitchburg | 26,211 | 4,129 | 30,340 |
| Total Electric | 92,973 | 15,481 | 108,454 |
| Natural Gas: | |||
| Northern Utilities | 55,040 | 17,011 | 72,051 |
| Fitchburg | 14,612 | 1,734 | 16,346 |
| Total Natural Gas | 69,652 | 18,745 | 88,397 |
| Total Customers Served | 162,625 | 34,226 | 196,851 |
Unitil had an investment in Net Utility Plant of $1,420.9 million at December 31, 2023. The Company’s total operating revenue was $557.1 million in 2023. Unitil’s operating revenue is substantially derived from regulated electric and natural gas distribution utility operations. A fifth utility subsidiary, Unitil Power, formerly functioned as the full requirements wholesale power supply provider for Unitil Energy, but ceased being the wholesale supplier of Unitil Energy with the implementation of industry restructuring and divested its long-term power supply contracts.
Unitil has three other wholly-owned non-utility subsidiaries: Unitil Service, Unitil Realty, and Unitil Resources. Unitil Service provides, at cost, a variety of administrative and professional services, including regulatory, financial, accounting, human resources, engineering, operations, technology and energy supply management services on a centralized basis to its affiliated Unitil companies. Unitil Realty owns and manages the Company’s corporate office in Hampton, New Hampshire.
Unitil Resources is the Company’s wholly-owned non-regulated subsidiary which currently does not have any activity. For segment information relating to each segment’s revenue, earnings and assets, see Note 2 (Segment Information) to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 (Financial Statements and Supplementary Data) of this report. All of the Company’s revenues are attributable to customers in the United States of America and all its long-lived assets are located in the United States of America.
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