RTO Policies For 23 Major Energy & Utilities Companies
Last updated: April 22, 2026
We tracked the return-to-office policies of 23 Fortune 500 companies in the Energy & Utilities industry. Below you’ll find each company’s current policy, office day requirements, and when they first mandated employees return. We’re sharing 9 of them below as a preview — get the full dataset for all 23.
What counts as a return to office? (Definition)
Return to office: A “return to office” date is the day on which a company has announced it will expect employees to show up in-person after being temporarily allowed to work remotely.
How we define each workplace policy:
- Office First: In-office processes lead the company’s operations. The company defaults to office-based interactions.
- Remote First: Remote processes lead the company’s operations, with in-office processes coming second.
- Fully Remote: The company does not have any physical office locations.
- Hybrid: Employees work from home part of the time and in an office part of the time, or can choose between both.
Office visit expectations:
- 1–5 days/week: The number of days per week employees are required in the office.
- 50%: Employees are expected to spend half their time in the office.
- 0 days/week: The company has publicly stated it does not require a set number of weekly office visits.
- Unknown: The company has not publicly stated its office visit expectations.
Top 9 Fortune 500 Energy & Utilities Companies
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Exxon Mobil (Fortune 500 #7)
- Policy: Office First
- Office days: 5 days/week
- RTO start date: 5/17/2021
- Days notice given: 20 days
- HQ: Spring, Texas
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Chevron (Fortune 500 #15)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: 3 days/week
- RTO start date: 2/14/2022
- HQ: Houston, Texas
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Phillips 66 (Fortune 500 #26)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: 4 days/week
- RTO start date: 12/1/2024
- HQ: Houston, Texas
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Valero Energy (Fortune 500 #29)
- Policy: Office First
- Office days: 5 days/week
- RTO start date: 6/1/2020
- HQ: San Antonio, Texas
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ConocoPhillips (Fortune 500 #68)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: 3 days/week
- RTO start date: 7/1/2021
- HQ: Houston, Texas
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World Kinect (Fortune 500 #93)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: 2 days/week
- RTO start date: 10/5/2023
- HQ: Miami, Florida
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Duke Energy (Fortune 500 #148)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: Not stated publicly
- RTO start date: 10/31/2021
- HQ: Charlotte, North Carolina
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Occidental Petroleum (Fortune 500 #149)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: 3 days/week
- RTO start date: 12/21/2021
- HQ: Houston, Texas
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NRG Energy (Fortune 500 #150)
- Policy: Hybrid
- Office days: Not stated publicly
- RTO start date: 7/11/2022
- HQ: Houston, Texas
📊 14 more companies in the full dataset
The list above is a preview. The complete Fortune 500 RTO database includes all 23 companies — with RTO start dates, notice periods, office day requirements, employee counts, and more.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Methodology
This data is sourced from our Fortune 500 Return to Office Tracker, which monitors RTO announcements, policy changes, and office-day requirements across all Fortune 500 companies. Industry classifications follow Fortune 500 categorizations. Data is updated regularly as companies revise their policies — individual company pages reflect the most current information available.
For the complete dataset including all companies, RTO start dates, days notice given, employee counts, and more, see the full Fortune 500 RTO database →
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Company Policies
- Occidental Petroleum's RTO Policy →
- ConocoPhillips's RTO Policy → · ConocoPhillips's DEI Policy →
- Valero Energy's RTO Policy → · Valero Energy's DEI Policy →
- World Kinect's RTO Policy → · World Kinect's DEI Policy →
- Duke Energy's RTO Policy →
- Phillips 66's RTO Policy → · Phillips 66's DEI Policy →
- Exxon Mobil's RTO Policy → · Exxon Mobil's DEI Policy →
- NRG Energy's RTO Policy →
- Chevron's RTO Policy → · Chevron's DEI Policy →
