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Acquisitions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, Transaction between Entities under Common Control, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]  
Acquisitions Acquisitions
Quadvest acquisition
On July 7, 2025, the Company, through its indirect subsidiary, TWC, entered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Regulated Business APA”)”, with Quadvest, L.P. (“Quadvest Retail”) and the Company, as guarantor, pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Quadvest Retail has agreed to sell, and TWC has agreed to acquire, substantially all of the assets of Quadvest L.P. related to the operation of Quadvest L.P.’s water and sewer utility business at a purchase price consisting of a base amount of $483,600, with certain adjustments based on capital expenditures (the “Regulated Business Transaction”). The Regulated Business Transaction will be subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions set forth in the Regulated Business APA, including satisfaction of the closing conditions with respect to the Wholesale Business Transaction described below.
Concurrently on July 7, 2025, the Company, its indirect subsidiaries, TWOS and TWC (together with the Company and TWOS, the “Purchasers”), entered into another asset purchase agreement (the “Wholesale Business APA”), with Quadvest Retail and its affiliate, Quadvest Wholesale, LLC, (“Quadvest Wholesale”) pursuant to which, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, Quadvest Wholesale has agreed to sell, and TWOS has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Quadvest Wholesale related to the operation of Quadvest Wholesale’s wholesale water and sewer business at a purchase price consisting of a base amount of $56,400, with certain adjustments based on capital expenditures (the “Wholesale Business
Transaction”). The Wholesale Business Transaction will be subject to the satisfaction of various closing conditions set forth in the Wholesale Business APA, including the simultaneous closing of the Regulated Business Transaction described above.
On July 9, 2025, TWC filed a request with the PUCT to use FMV to support its acquisition of Quadvest Retail. On August 7, 2025, the PUCT appointed three appraisers to determine the FMV. In December 2025, TWC received the appraised FMV from the PUCT-appointed appraisers for the assets of Quadvest Retail. In accordance with Texas’ FMV statute, the purchase price of $483.6 million will serve as the ratemaking rate base. TWC filed its STM application with the PUCT in January 2026.