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86 public companies. The median chief executive was paid $5.5M; the middle half $2.3M to $10.9M.

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CompanyChief executiveTotal payYear
Aedis Energy Inc.Joseph E. Duey$461K2023
AMEREN CORPMartin J. Lyons$14.1M2025
AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO INCWilliam J. Fehrman$36.6M2025
AMERICAN STATES WATER CORobert J. Sprowls$5M2025
American Water Works Company, Inc.John C. Griffith$7.1M2025
Antero Midstream CorpPaul M. Rady$11.1M2025
ATMOS ENERGY CORPChristopher T. Forsythe$3.1M2025
AVISTA CORPH. L. Rosentrater$4.8M2025
BLACK HILLS CORP /SD/Kimberly F. Nooney$3.2M2025
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUPMartin A. Kropelnicki$6.9M2025
CENTERPOINT ENERGY INCJason P. Wells$12.1M2025
Centuri Holdings, Inc.Gregory A. Izenstark$2M2025
Cheniere Energy, Inc.Jack A. Fusco$25.6M2025
CHESAPEAKE UTILITIES CORPJeffry M. Householder$4.5M2025
Clean Energy Fuels Corp.Andrew J. Littlefair$2.7M2024
CLEAN HARBORS INCEric W. Gerstenberg$5.9M2025
Clearway Energy, Inc.Craig Cornelius$2.9M2025
CMS ENERGY CORPGarrick J. Rochow$10.5M2025
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd.Frederick W. McTaggart$1.2M2025
Constellation Energy CorpJoseph Dominguez$17.1M2025
CONSUMERS ENERGY COGarrick J. Rochow$10.5M2025
DEEP FISSION, INC.Elizabeth A. Muller$7.1M2025
Deep Isolation Nuclear, Inc.Rod Baltzer$392K2024
DT Midstream, Inc.David Slater$9.3M2025
DTE ENERGY COTrevor F. Lauer$4.1M2025
Duke Energy CORPHarry K. Sideris$13.7M2025
ENTERGY CORP /DE/Andrew S. Marsh$16.8M2025
Essential Utilities, Inc.Christopher H. Franklin$9.2M2025
Excelerate Energy, Inc.Steven M. Kobos$5.4M2024
EXELON CORPCalvin G. Butler Jr.$14.7M2024
FIRSTENERGY CORPK. Jon Taylor$4.8M2025
Global Water Resources, Inc.Michael J. Liebman$610K2025
GridAI Technologies Corp.Sarah Romano$451K2024
H2O AMERICAAndrew F. Walters$2.9M2025
HALLADOR ENERGY COHeath A. Lovell$953K2025
HAWAIIAN ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES INCScott W. H. Seu$4.4M2025
IDACORP INCLisa A. Grow$7.5M2025
KINDER MORGAN, INC.Kimberly A. Dang$12.3M2025
Kinetik Holdings Inc.Jamie Welch$6.2M2025
MDU RESOURCES GROUP INCJason L. Vollmer$2.3M2025
MGE ENERGY INCJeffrey M. Keebler$3.6M2025
MIDDLESEX WATER CONadine Leslie$1.9M2025
Montauk Renewables, Inc.Kevin Van Asdalan$492K2025
Nano Nuclear Energy Inc.Jay Jiang Yu$390K2024
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODavid P. Bauer$9.1M2025
NEW JERSEY RESOURCES CORPRoberto F. Bel$1.3M2025
NextDecade CorpVera de Gyarfas$3.5M2025
NEXTERA ENERGY INCJohn W.$24.2M2025
NISOURCE INC.Lloyd Yates$13.2M2025
NorthWestern Energy Group, Inc.Brian Bird$5M2025
NRG ENERGY, INC.Lawrence S. Coben$5.5M2024
OGE ENERGY CORP.S. Trauschke$10.1M2024
Oklo Inc.Caroline DeWitte$2M2025
ONE Gas, Inc.Robert S. McAnnally$5.6M2025
ONEOK INC /NEW/Pierce H. Norton II$12M2025
OPAL Fuels Inc.Jonathan Maurer$3M2024
ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Assaf Ginzburg$2M2025
Otter Tail CorpCharles S. MacFarlane$6.8M2025
PG&E CorpPatricia K. Poppe$19.8M2025
PINNACLE WEST CAPITAL CORPTheodore N. Geisler$8.4M2025
PUBLIC SERVICE ENTERPRISE GROUP INCDaniel J. Cregg$4.8M2025
PURE CYCLE CORPMarc S. Spezialy$328K2025
Quest Resource Holding CorpPerry W. Moss$1.5M2025
RenX Enterprises Corp.Nicolai Brune$327K2025
REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC.Brian M. DelGhiaccio$4.1M2025
SEMPRAJeffrey W. Martin$22.2M2025
Sky Quarry Inc.Marcus Laun$338K2025
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CoPedro J. Pizarro$11.8M2019
SOUTHERN COChristopher C. Womack$28.2M2025
SPIRE INCScott E. Doyle$3.3M2025
SPRUCE POWER HOLDING CORPThomas J. Cimino$848K2025
Stabilis Solutions, Inc.Andrew Puhala$536K2025
Summit Midstream CorpJ. Heath Deneke$6M2025
Talen Energy CorpMark McFarland$18.7M2025
Targa Resources Corp.Jennifer R. Kneale$8.9M2025
TXNM ENERGY INCJoseph D. Tarry$3.9M2025
UGI CORP /PA/Bob Flexon$9M2025
Venture Global, Inc.Jonathan Thayer$9.1M2025
Vistra Corp.James A. Burke$16M2025
Vivakor, Inc.James Ballengee$1.1M2024
WASTE MANAGEMENT INCJames C. Fish$19M2025
WEC ENERGY GROUP, INC.Scott J. Lauber$12.2M2025
WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC.Robert R. Wingo$6.1M2025
XCEL ENERGY INCBob Frenzel$16M2025
XPLR Infrastructure, LPAlan Liu$2.4M2025
YORK WATER COJoseph T. Hand$498K2024

Source: each company's latest definitive proxy statement (SEC Form DEF 14A), Summary Compensation Table. Figures are as reported. Snapshot as of 2026-10-28.

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