Energy and Policy Institute Analysis: Utility CEO Compensation & Corporate Earnings 2025 

A new analysis from the Energy and Policy Institute finds a sharpening disparity between utility corporations and their customers: investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $626 million in 2025. Top 10 paid utility CEOs received more than $220 million as customers struggled with and fell increasingly behind on energy bills.

The analysis includes:

• Compensation of the top earning utility CEOs + how many years it would take an average worker in state to match their pay
• Customers’ energy affordability struggle by utility 
• Case studies of utilities with poor customer satisfaction yet increasing CEO pay  
• Utilities backsliding on diversity, equity and inclusion
• Utilities lowering environmental standards, shifting incentives toward earnings-related goals