$1,116,000 attributable to REC, which was acquired in the fourth quarter of 2023, and incremental audit, audit related and professional fees of approximately $721,000.
Other income, net, increased to $1,560,650 for 2024 from $522,256 for 2023 primarily due to $945,449 of additional interest income resulting from additional interest earned on higher balances of interest earning assets and higher late payment charges on delinquent accounts receivable balances due from the WSC.
Results by Segment
Retail Segment:
The retail segment contributed $917,221 to our income from operations for 2024 and recorded a loss from operations of ($470,573) for 2023, respectively.
Revenue generated by our retail water operations increased to $24,392,814 in 2024 from $22,560,998 in 2023 due to a 6.9% increase in the volume of water sold. We believe the increase in the volume of water sold in 2024 resulted in part from a 4.8% increase in the number of customer accounts in our license area from September 30, 2023 to September 30, 2024
Retail segment gross profit increased to $13,564,393 (56% of retail revenue) for 2024 from $12,205,181 (54% of retail revenue) for 2023 due to the revenue increase. Retail segment gross profit as a percentage of revenue increased in 2024 as compared to 2023 due to the overall increase in water volume sold.
Consistent with prior periods, we record all non-direct G&A expenses in our retail segment and do not allocate any of these non-direct costs to our other three business segments. Retail G&A expenses remained relatively consistent at $12,842,624 for 2024 as compared to $12,668,467 for 2023.
Bulk Segment:
The bulk segment contributed $6,836,571 and $6,896,492 to our income from operations for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Bulk segment revenue was $25,557,220 and $25,975,483 for 2024 and 2023, respectively. The decrease in bulk revenue from 2023 to 2024 reflects a decrease in the price of energy for CW-Bahamas, which decreased the energy pass-through component of CW-Bahamas’ rates.
Gross profit for our bulk segment remained consistent at $7,925,210 (31% of bulk revenue) and $7,964,765 (31% of bulk revenue) for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Bulk segment G&A expenses remained relatively consistent at $1,088,639 for 2024 as compared to $1,080,543 for 2023.
Services Segment:
The services segment contributed $7,219,793 and $16,921,397 to our income from operations for 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Services segment revenue decreased to $42,017,917 for 2024 from $66,243,328 for 2023. Construction revenue was $16,165,312 in 2024 as compared to $52,563,822 in 2023. We recognized approximately $8.3 million and $44.1 million in construction revenue for the Liberty Utilities contract in 2024 and 2023, respectively. This contract was substantially completed as of June 30, 2024. Revenue generated under operations and maintenance contracts increased to $21,660,396 in 2024 from $12,750,902 in 2023. The acquisition of REC effective October 2023 constituted $5,880,002 of this operations and maintenance contracts revenue increase and the remainder of the increase related to new PERC contracts.
Gross profit for the services segment decreased to $11,481,116 (27% of services revenue) in 2024 from $19,776,464 (30% of services revenue) in 2023 due to the decreased revenue.