secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWK)
CIK:        0001410636
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-03-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001410636-26-000056
Event type: regulatory
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.65
Item codes: 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

West Virginia American Water gets PSC approval for $20.5M annual rate increase
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- Authorized annualized revenue increase of $20.5M, excludes $12.7M in prior infrastructure surcharges.
- Order based on 9.8% ROE, 51.0% common equity ratio, and $1.1B rate base.
- Supports $239M in water and wastewater system investments since last rate case in 2024.
- Residential water bill up ~$6/month; wastewater up ~$7/month for 3,000-gallon usage.
- New 20% discount for low-income customers on SRRRS tariff introduced alongside rate change.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000056/0001410636-26-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000141063626000056/awk-20260305.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001410636-26-000056

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