---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001410636-24-000116"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWK"
cik: "0001410636"
company_name: "American Water Works Company, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T15:10:20.961095+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# American Water subsidiary petitions KPSC rehearing on water rate order

## Summary
- Kentucky-American Water filed May 16 petition for rehearing of May 3 KPSC order on water base rate adjustment.
- Petition seeks clarification/correction of computational inconsistencies in authorized annualized water revenues.
- Timing of KPSC action on the rehearing petition cannot be predicted.
- At May 15 annual meeting, all nine director nominees elected, say-on-pay approved, PwC ratified as auditor.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001410636-24-000116
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWK
- cik: 0001410636
- company_name: American Water Works Company, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000116/0001410636-24-000116-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000116/awk-20240515.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-24-000116
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-24-000116.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-24-000116.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 659d947c18cf8100ead5fdfd4b1742a2ebeed284
  claim: American Water Works Company, Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent auditor for 2024 at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The ratification of the appointment, by the Audit, Finance and Risk Committee of the Board of Directors, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024, was approved by the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000116/0001410636-24-000116-index.htm
- claim_id: a0e9e0e77bdb9595778f66930e7123ab18d356b4
  claim: American Water Works Company, Inc. shareholders approved Election of nine director nominees at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The following nine nominees were elected as directors of the Company for a term expiring at the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, and received the votes set forth adjacent to their names below:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000116/0001410636-24-000116-index.htm
- claim_id: e6dd0659d49842f554ef960db11d38b5bb9bb6e8
  claim: American Water Works Company, Inc. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-15 meeting.
  evidence_excerpt: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers by the following vote:
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063624000116/0001410636-24-000116-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.