[6] In late 2014, the company committed to transitioning its Pennsylvania vehicle fleet to compressed natural gas (CNG) within five years.

[8] However, US and global companies have business models which involve the privatization of utilities to achieve profitability from economy of scale.

[10] In recent years, the company has purchased smaller private utilities across 12 states, gradually extending southward.

[13][14][15][16] In October 2018 Aqua announced that it was going to purchase Peoples Natural Gas in Pittsburgh PA for $4.27 billion.

This deal entered Aqua into the competitive Pittsburgh water market while taking their first step into gas utilities.