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AMERICAN STATES WATER vs Essential Utilities

On overall TruNorth grade, AMERICAN STATES WATER scores higher (AMERICAN STATES WATER: B, Essential Utilities: C). Both graded from public records across nine values categories.

B
AMERICAN STATES WATER
62/100
C
Essential Utilities
49.6/100

Political donations

AMERICAN STATES WATER

FEC: $109K in executive political donations; partisan lean split across 7 executive donors.

Essential Utilities

FEC: $4K PAC donations; 0% to Republican, 100% to Democratic committees.

Environment

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

environmental violation: $1.1M in federal penalties (Violation Tracker).

Labor

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

113 federal penalties totaling $2.8M since 2000 (Violation Tracker).

DEI

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

Charity

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

Animal testing

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

Firearms

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

Privacy

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

Executive pay

AMERICAN STATES WATER

No public record found.

Essential Utilities

No public record found.

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