---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-112206"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CWT"
cik: "0001035201"
company_name: "CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP"
filed_at: "2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-09T06:38:29.106873+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CWT adds former Metropolitan Water District CEO Jeffrey Kightlinger to board

## Summary
- Board size increased to 11; Kightlinger effective Nov 1, 2023.
- He was longest-serving CEO of Metropolitan Water District, overseeing $1.8B budget serving 19M residents.
- Negotiated Colorado River agreements and 50-year Hoover Dam power renewal.
- Now owns Acequia Consulting, providing strategic advice on water and energy.
- No material arrangements or related-party transactions with Kightlinger.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-112206
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CWT
- cik: 0001035201
- company_name: CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP
- filed_at: 2023-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465923112206/0001104659-23-112206-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465923112206/tm2329332d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-112206
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-112206.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-112206.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jeffrey Kightlinger was elected as Director at CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: elect Jeffrey Kightlinger to the Board, effective November 1, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1035201/000110465923112206/0001104659-23-112206-index.htm

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