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Issuer:     American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)
CIK:        0001410636
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-01-27T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001410636-26-000007
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Illinois American Water files $134M rate case with ICC for $577M in capital investments
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- Two-step rate increase: $119M effective Jan 1, 2027, plus $15M effective Jan 1, 2028, based on 10.75% ROE.
- Request supports ~$577M in water/wastewater investments through Dec 2027, including 42 miles of pipeline replacement.
- Typical residential water customer bill would rise ~$14/month; wastewater customer ~$28/month, if approved.
- ICC 11-month review process; new rates would take effect Jan 2027 if approved by the Commission.
- Proposed modified allowance discounts first 2,000 gallons for residential water users to improve affordability.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000007/0001410636-26-000007-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000007/awk-20260127.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-26-000007

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