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PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INC

For the period ended Apr 21, 2026. Filed Mar 12, 2026.

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Apr 21, 2026 · Filed Mar 12, 2026

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION

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Securities Exchange Act of 1934

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PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT - SUBJECT TO COMPLETION Logo PSEG 2026 Proxy Statement Ready for tomorrow. Notice of Annual Meeting April 21, 2026 – 1 P.M. ET Virtual Only

RECENT AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS 2026 America’s Most Responsible Companies – Newsweek and Statista, Inc. 2025 #1 in Customer Satisfaction with Residential Electric Service in the East Among Large Utilities - J.D. Power Studies ReliabilityOne® Outstanding System Resiliency Award - PA Consulting ReliabilityOne® Outstanding Customer Engagement Award - PA Consulting ReliabilityOne® Award for Outstanding Metropolitan Service Area Reliability Performance in the Mid-Atlantic Region for the 24th consecutive year - PA Consulting Most Trusted Companies in America - Forbes Customer Champion, Most Trusted Brands (residential), and Easiest to do Business With (residential) - Escalent Corporate Partner of the Year - Institute for Supply Management-New Jersey America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion and Diversity - Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group America’s Most Responsible Companies - Newsweek and Statista, Inc. America’s Most JUST Companies - JUST Capital and CNBC

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

AND PROXY STATEMENT OF PSEG

The Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG or Company) will be held on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time in a virtual-only format via live webcast on the Internet. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person. We designed the format of the virtual Annual Meeting to ensure that our stockholders who attend the virtual Annual Meeting will be afforded comparable rights and opportunities to participate as they would at an in-person meeting. Stockholders of record as of the close of business on February 20, 2026, will be able to attend, vote and submit questions during the virtual meeting by registering at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PEG2026.

DATE April 21, 2026at 1:00 P.M., Eastern Time VIRTUAL MEETING To attend the meeting register at: www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PEG2026 Scan this QR code to access the 2026 PSEG Proxy Statement and 2025 Annual Report on your mobile deviceRECORD DATE Stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting are the holders of common stock of record at the close of business on February 20, 2026You are encouraged to vote your shares in advance of the Annual Meeting for the following items: 1. Elect eleven members of the Board of Directors (Board) to hold office until the Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2027, or until each Director’s respective successor is elected and qualified;2. Approve on an advisory basis, our executive compensation;3. Consider and act upon three management proposals to approve amendments to our Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws to eliminate supermajority voting requirements;4. Approve an increase in number of shares available under the PSEG Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP); 5. Ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) as independent auditor for 2026; and6. Transact any other business that is properly presented at the meeting.By order of the Board,Justin B. IncardoneSecretaryMarch 12, 2026YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE PROMPTLY VOTE YOUR SHARES VIA THE INTERNET, BY TELEPHONE OR FOR THOSE WHO REQUEST PAPER COPIES OF THE PROXY MATERIALS, BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE PROXY CARD MAILED TO YOU.IF YOU HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS, YOU MAY RECEIVE MORE THAN ONE VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM AND RELATED MATERIALS. PLEASE VOTE EACH VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM THAT YOU RECEIVE. THANK YOU FOR VOTING. Voting Methods for Stockholders
MAIL PROXY CARDVote Processing, c/o Broadridge51 Mercedes WayEdgewood, NY 11717
INTERNET/MOBILEwww.proxyvote.comPHONE1-800-690-6903

PLEASE VOTE ON THESE ITEMS

PROPOSAL
1Election of Directors2Advisory Vote on theApproval of ExecutiveCompensation3Management Proposal to Eliminate SupermajorityVoting Requirements4Approval of Increase in Number of Shares Available Under the ESPP5Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Auditor

To Submit Proposals for the 2027 Annual Meeting

FINAL DATE November 12, 2026(last day for receipt by us)CONTACT Office of the Corporate SecretaryPSEG80 Park Plaza, T4BNewark, NJ 07102

To help protect the environment and save costs, we use the “Notice and Access” method of delivery of proxy materials. Instead of receiving paper copies of our proxy materials in the mail, shareholders receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (Notice), which provides an Internet website address where shareholders can access electronic copies of the proxy materials and vote. The website also has instructions for voting by phone and requesting paper or e-mail copies of the proxy materials and proxy card.

If your shares are held by a bank, broker or other holder of record (sometimes referred to as holding shares “in street name”), including those in the various stockholder and employee plans that we offer, please follow the voting instructions from your bank, broker or plan administrator. For more information, see page 91.

The approximate date on which a Notice, this Proxy Statement and the accompanying proxy card were first sent or given to security holders and made available electronically via the Internet was March 12, 2026.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be Held on April 21, 2026.

The 2026 Proxy Statement and our 2025 Annual Report to Stockholders are available at pseg.com/annualmeeting.

Electronic Delivery

You may sign up for electronic delivery of future proxy statements and related documents, such as the Annual Report and Form 10-K at the website below, depending on the nature of your ownership. Please note that these are not the same websites to use for voting. For further information about how to vote, see the Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and page 91.

If you are a stockholder of record, please go to enroll.icsdelivery.com/peg.

For shares held in Employee Benefit Plans, please go to enroll.icsdelivery.com/peg.

If your shares are held by a bank or broker, please go to enroll.icsdelivery.com/peg.

PSEG 2026 Proxy Statementi

PROXY STATEMENT SUMMARY1
Proposal 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS8
OVERVIEW OF BOARD NOMINEES8
Diversity of Skills, Qualifications and Experience8
Gender, Racial and Ethnic Diversity10
Average Age10
Board Independence10
Board Refreshment and Tenure11
Board Membership Selection12
Board Selection Criteria and Qualifications12
NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR12
Biographical Information13
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE19
Role of the Board19
Board Leadership Structure19
The Role of Our Lead Independent Director19
Our Corporate Governance Principles19
Board and Committee Self-Assessment Process20
Director Education and Orientation20
Board and Committee Meetings and Attendance21
Outside Time Commitments21
Board Committees21
Integrated Approach to Shareholder Engagement25
Board and Committee Oversight of Risk Management26
Board Oversight of Cybersecurity27
Our Approach to Sustainability28
Our Sustainable Priorities28
Our People29
Our Governance Priorities32
Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions34
Conflicts of Interest34
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS, MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS35
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports36
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION37
How Our Directors Are Compensated38
Proposal 2: ADVISORY VOTE ON THE APPROVAL OF EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION40
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION SUMMARY41
2025 Named Executive Officers41
2025 Company Performance Overview42
Executive Compensation Philosophy and Pay for Performance43
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION44
Say-On-Pay and Shareholder Engagement44
Executive Compensation Best Practices44
Peer Comparison and Benchmarking45
How We Compensate Our Executives46
Our Compensation Elements Explained47
Executive Compensation Governance Features and Controls53
Accounting and Tax Implications55
Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation55
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE REPORT56
EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION TABLES57
2025 Summary Compensation Table57
2025 Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table59
Material Factors Concerning Awards Shown in Summary Compensation Table, Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table60
Outstanding Equity Awards at Year-End December 31, 2025 Table61
Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2025 Table63
2025 Pension Benefits Table64
Qualified and Non-Qualified Pension Plans65
2025 Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Table67
Deferred Compensation67
POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CHANGE-IN-CONTROL69
Retirement69
Termination Without Cause69
Death and Disability69
Termination Following a Change-In-Control69
PAY RATIO73
PAY VERSUS PERFORMANCE74
Discussion and Analysis76
Proposal 3: MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL TO ELIMINATE SUPERMAJORITY VOTING REQUIREMENTS79
Proposal 4: APPROVAL OF INCREASE IN NUMBER OF SHARES AVAILABLE UNDER THE EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN81
Proposal 5: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR85
OVERSIGHT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR86
Pre-Approval of Services86
Fees Billed by Deloitte for 2025 and 202486
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT87
ANNUAL MEETING, VOTING AND PROCEDURES88
APPENDIX A: OPERATING EARNINGS (Non-GAAP) RECONCILIATIONSA-1
APPENDIX B: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATIONB-1
APPENDIX C: PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWSC-1
APPENDIX D: RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATIOND-1
APPENDIX E: ESPPE-1

ii PSEG 2026 Proxy Statement

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward-Looking Statements

The statements contained in this Proxy Statement that are not purely historical are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements are based on management’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. When used herein, the words “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect,” “plan,” “should,” “hypothetical,” “potential,” “forecast,” “project” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ are often presented with the forward-looking statements themselves. Other factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in any forward-looking statements made by us herein are discussed in filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our 2025 Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed with the SEC, and available on our website: investor.pseg.com. All of the forward-looking statements made in this Proxy Statement are qualified by these cautionary statements and we cannot assure you that the results or developments anticipated by management will be realized, or even if realized, will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, us or our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements in making any investment decision. Forward-looking statements made in this Proxy Statement apply only as of the date hereof. While we may elect to update forward-looking statements from time to time, we specifically disclaim any obligation to do so, even in light of new information or future events, unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws. Information on our website should not be deemed incorporated into, or a part of, this Proxy Statement.

From time to time, PSEG and Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) release important information via postings on their corporate Investor Relations website atinvestor.pseg.com. Investors and other interested parties are encouraged to visit the Investor Relations website to review new postings. You can sign up for automatic email alerts regarding new postings at the bottom of the webpage atinvestor.pseg.comor by navigating to the Email Alerts webpage investor.pseg.com/resources/email-alerts/default.aspx. Information oninvestor.pseg.com andinvestor.pseg.com/resources/email-alerts/default.aspx is not and shall not be deemed to be incorporated herein and is not part of this Proxy Statement.

PSEG 2026 Proxy Statementiii

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