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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-064114"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSEX"
cik: "0000066004"
company_name: "MIDDLESEX WATER CO"
filed_at: "2023-05-24T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T16:20:23.001648+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Middlesex Water CEO Dennis Doll to retire Dec 2023; Q1 net income drops 51% to $5.9M

## Summary
- Shareholders re-elected Class III directors and approved say-on-pay; Baker Tilly ratified as auditor.
- Q1 2023 net income $5.9M ($0.33 EPS) vs $12.1M ($0.68) prior year; prior year included gain on wastewater sale.
- CEO Dennis Doll to retire December 2023; no successor named yet.
- 2023 capex plan of $111M includes PFAS treatment, lead service line replacement, and DE system interconnections.
- Filed for $34M (31.2%) base rate increase in NJ; Tidewater expected to file for rate increase H2 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-064114
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSEX
- cik: 0000066004
- company_name: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
- filed_at: 2023-05-24T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/000110465923064114/0001104659-23-064114-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/66004/000110465923064114/tm2316610d1_8k.htm

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