---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001552781-25-000039"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WTRG"
cik: "0000078128"
company_name: "Essential Utilities, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-26T18:07:48.102125+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Director Roderick K. West resigns from Essential Utilities Board, effective Feb 15, 2025

## Summary
- West resigned immediately on Feb 15, 2025, citing anticipated time commitments as new CEO of Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN).
- He was a member of the Corporate Governance Committee and Executive Compensation Committee.
- Resignation was not due to any disagreement with Essential's operations, policies, or practices.
- Board now has 10 members; no replacement announced as of filing date.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001552781-25-000039
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WTRG
- cik: 0000078128
- company_name: Essential Utilities, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-02-18T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278125000039/0001552781-25-000039-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278125000039/e25053_wtrg-8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-25-000039
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-25-000039.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001552781-25-000039.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Roderick K. West resigned as Director at Essential Utilities, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On February 15, 2025, Roderick K. West, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Essential Utilities, Inc. (the “Company”) since 2023, informed the Company of his resignation as a director and as a member on all Board committees on which he served, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/78128/000155278125000039/0001552781-25-000039-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.