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accession: "0001628280-24-048845"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "AWR"
cik: "0001056903"
company_name: "AMERICAN STATES WATER CO"
filed_at: "2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-29T20:19:54.289982+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# CPUC proposed decision adopts GSWC rate case settlement; $573M capital investment authorized

## Summary
- Proposed decision approves settlement in full for 2025-2027 rates; CPUC vote scheduled Dec 19, 2024.
- Authorizes $573.1M capital infrastructure investment over three years, plus $58.2M projects already underway.
- Rejects full sales decoupling mechanism; orders transition to Monterey-style WRAM and incremental cost balancing account.
- Rejects PFAS cost tracking memorandum account; PFAS projects to be recovered via separate application or future rate case.
- CEO notes disappointment on decoupling rejection but remains committed to infrastructure investment and service delivery.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-24-048845
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: AWR
- cik: 0001056903
- company_name: AMERICAN STATES WATER CO
- filed_at: 2024-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1056903/000162828024048845/0001628280-24-048845-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/92116/000162828024048845/awr-20241115.htm

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