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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
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Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2005 or
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Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
for the transition period from ___ to ___
Commission file number 001-14431
American States Water Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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California
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95-4676679 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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630 East Foothill Boulevard, San Dimas
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91773 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
Commission file number 001-12008
Southern
California Water Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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California
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95-1243678 |
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(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
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630 East Foothill Boulevard, San Dimas
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91773 |
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since Last Report)
Indicate by check mark whether Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
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American States Water Company |
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Southern California Water Company |
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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act.).
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American States Water Company |
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Southern California Water Company |
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As of August 5, 2005, the number of Common Shares outstanding, of American States Water Company was
16,779,869 shares.
As of August 5, 2005, all of the 122 outstanding Common Shares of Southern California Water Company
were owned by American States Water Company.
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
and
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
FORM 10-Q/A
Amendment No. 1
INDEX
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Financial Information |
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Financial Statements |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets of American States Water Company as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income of American States Water Company for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income of American States Water Company for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow of American States Water Company for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
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Consolidated Balance Sheets of Southern California Water Company as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income of Southern California Water Company for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Income of Southern California Water Company for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2004 |
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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow of Southern California Water Company for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and June 30, 2004 |
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements |
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13-26 |
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Part II |
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Other Information |
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Exhibits |
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Signature |
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EX-31.1 |
EX-31.1.1 |
EX-31.2 |
EX-31.2.1 |
EX-32.1 |
EX-32.2 |
1
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The purpose of this amendment is to correct a printers error in the header to the tables in
Note 11 of the consolidated financial statements. As a result of this error, Item I of Part I is
being re-filed with this correction.
PART I
Item 1. Financial Statements
General
The basic financial statements included herein have been prepared by Registrant, without
audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements,
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America, have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of
management, all adjustments consisting of normal recurring items and estimates necessary for a fair
statement of results for the interim period have been made.
It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial
statements and notes thereto in the latest Annual Report on Form 10-K of American States Water
Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Southern California Water Company.
Filing Format
This quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A is a combined report being filed by two separate
Registrants: American States Water Company (hereinafter AWR) and Southern California Water
Company (hereinafter SCW). For more information, please see Note 1 to the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements and the heading entitled General in Item 2 Managements Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation. References in this report to Registrant
are to AWR and SCW collectively, unless otherwise specified. SCW makes no representations as to the
information contained in this report relating to AWR and its subsidiaries, other than SCW.
2
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
(Unaudited)
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
(in thousands) |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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Utility Plant, at cost |
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Water |
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$ |
791,595 |
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$ |
778,238 |
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Electric |
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58,549 |
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58,667 |
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850,144 |
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836,905 |
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Less Accumulated depreciation |
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(253,106 |
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(241,717 |
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597,038 |
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595,188 |
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Construction work in progress |
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90,386 |
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68,977 |
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Net utility plant |
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687,424 |
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664,165 |
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Other Property and Investments |
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Goodwill |
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11,883 |
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11,925 |
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Other property and investments |
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9,814 |
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9,792 |
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Total other property and investments |
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21,697 |
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21,717 |
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Current Assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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5,104 |
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4,303 |
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Accounts receivable-customers (less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $757 in 2005 and $782 in 2004) |
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11,950 |
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10,970 |
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Unbilled revenue |
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17,633 |
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13,743 |
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Other accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $234 in 2005 and $201 in 2004) |
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3,092 |
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3,384 |
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Income taxes receivable |
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5,833 |
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Materials and supplies, at average cost |
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1,436 |
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1,496 |
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Regulatory assets current |
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5,428 |
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7,104 |
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Prepayments and other current assets |
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3,364 |
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3,466 |
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Deferred income taxes current |
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1,736 |
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2,725 |
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Total current assets |
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49,743 |
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53,024 |
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Regulatory and Other Assets |
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Regulatory assets |
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53,621 |
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54,404 |
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Other accounts receivable |
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8,607 |
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8,400 |
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Other |
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8,708 |
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8,567 |
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Total regulatory and other assets |
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70,936 |
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71,371 |
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Total Assets |
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$ |
829,800 |
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$ |
810,277 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
3
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
(Unaudited)
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June 30, |
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December 31, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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Capitalization |
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Common shares, no par value, no stated value |
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165,922 |
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$ |
165,270 |
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Earnings reinvested in the business |
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91,408 |
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89,454 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(3,259 |
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(3,259 |
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Total common shareholders equity |
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254,071 |
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251,465 |
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Long-term debt |
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228,892 |
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228,902 |
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Total capitalization |
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482,963 |
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480,367 |
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Current Liabilities |
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Notes payable to banks |
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49,000 |
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45,000 |
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Long-term debt current |
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658 |
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880 |
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Accounts payable |
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18,782 |
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18,206 |
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Income taxes payable |
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3,356 |
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Accrued employee expenses |
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4,744 |
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4,260 |
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Accrued interest |
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1,877 |
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1,670 |
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Regulatory liabilities current |
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3,697 |
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3,441 |
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Other |
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10,263 |
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12,879 |
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Total current liabilities |
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92,377 |
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86,336 |
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Other Credits |
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Advances for construction |
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83,300 |
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81,351 |
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Contributions in aid of construction net |
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76,223 |
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73,100 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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60,993 |
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59,839 |
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Unamortized investment tax credits |
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2,564 |
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2,609 |
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Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits |
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12,518 |
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8,793 |
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Regulatory liabilities |
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10,545 |
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9,731 |
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Other |
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8,317 |
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8,151 |
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Total other credits |
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254,460 |
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243,574 |
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Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10) |
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Total Capitalization and Liabilities |
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$ |
829,800 |
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$ |
810,277 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
4
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended |
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June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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Operating Revenues |
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Water |
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$ |
53,551 |
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$ |
53,576 |
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Electric |
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6,091 |
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5,449 |
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Other |
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854 |
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319 |
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60,496 |
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59,344 |
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Operating Expenses |
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Water purchased |
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12,277 |
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12,802 |
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Power purchased for pumping |
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2,184 |
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2,415 |
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Power purchased for resale |
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2,710 |
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2,538 |
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Unrealized (gain) loss on purchased power contracts |
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(459 |
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76 |
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Gain on sale of water rights |
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(5,675 |
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Groundwater production assessment |
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1,843 |
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1,338 |
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Supply cost balancing accounts |
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(550 |
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3,598 |
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Other operating expenses |
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5,218 |
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5,283 |
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Administrative and general expenses |
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11,495 |
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11,497 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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5,696 |
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5,073 |
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Maintenance |
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2,522 |
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2,609 |
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Taxes on income |
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4,808 |
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5,086 |
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Other taxes |
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2,221 |
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2,105 |
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Total operating expenses |
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49,965 |
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48,745 |
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Operating Income |
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10,531 |
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10,599 |
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Other Income (Loss) |
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Other income (loss), net |
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(121 |
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851 |
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Taxes on other income (loss) |
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69 |
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(313 |
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Total other income (loss), net |
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(52 |
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538 |
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Interest Charges |
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Interest on long-term debt |
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4,054 |
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4,052 |
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Other interest and amortization of debt expense |
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690 |
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375 |
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Total interest charges |
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4,744 |
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4,427 |
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Net Income |
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$ |
5,735 |
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$ |
6,710 |
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Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding |
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16,773 |
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15,248 |
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Basic Earnings Per Common Share |
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$ |
0.34 |
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$ |
0.44 |
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Weighted Average Number of Diluted Shares |
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16,834 |
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15,269 |
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Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share |
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$ |
0.34 |
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$ |
0.44 |
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Dividends Declared Per Common Share |
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$ |
0.225 |
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$ |
0.221 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
5
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
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Six Months Ended |
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June 30, |
(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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Operating Revenues |
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Water |
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$ |
95,048 |
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$ |
92,318 |
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Electric |
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13,561 |
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13,076 |
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Other |
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1,681 |
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601 |
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110,290 |
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105,995 |
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Operating Expenses |
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Water purchased |
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19,963 |
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21,683 |
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Power purchased for pumping |
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3,671 |
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4,132 |
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Power purchased for resale |
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6,847 |
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7,367 |
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Unrealized gain on purchased power contracts |
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(3,474 |
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(481 |
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Gain on settlement for removal of wells |
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(760 |
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Gain on sale of water rights |
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(5,675 |
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Groundwater production assessment |
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3,764 |
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3,160 |
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Supply cost balancing accounts |
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528 |
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3,819 |
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Other operating expenses |
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10,287 |
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9,720 |
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Administrative and general expenses |
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21,624 |
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20,576 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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11,331 |
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10,250 |
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Maintenance |
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4,988 |
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4,936 |
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Taxes on income |
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8,024 |
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6,028 |
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Other taxes |
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4,493 |
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4,331 |
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Total operating expenses |
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91,286 |
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89,846 |
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Operating Income |
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19,004 |
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16,149 |
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Other Income (Loss) |
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Other income (loss) |
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(242 |
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669 |
|
Taxes on other income (loss) |
|
|
141 |
|
|
|
(214 |
) |
|
|
|
Total other income (loss) |
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on long-term debt |
|
|
8,106 |
|
|
|
8,102 |
|
Other interest and amortization of debt expense |
|
|
1,298 |
|
|
|
646 |
|
|
|
|
Total interest charges |
|
|
9,404 |
|
|
|
8,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
9,499 |
|
|
$ |
7,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding |
|
|
16,769 |
|
|
|
15,236 |
|
Basic Earnings Per Common Share |
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Number of Diluted Shares |
|
|
16,821 |
|
|
|
15,265 |
|
Fully Diluted Earnings Per Share |
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends Declared Per Common Share |
|
$ |
0.450 |
|
|
$ |
0.442 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
6
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR THE SIX MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
9,499 |
|
|
$ |
7,856 |
|
Adjustments for non-cash items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
11,331 |
|
|
|
10,250 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts |
|
|
235 |
|
|
|
257 |
|
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
|
|
3,219 |
|
|
|
651 |
|
Unrealized gain on purchased power contracts |
|
|
(3,474 |
) |
|
|
(481 |
) |
Impairment loss on assets removed from rate-base |
|
|
|
|
|
|
482 |
|
Non-cash compensation expense on stock units issued |
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
778 |
|
Other net |
|
|
(107 |
) |
|
|
970 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable customers |
|
|
(1,182 |
) |
|
|
(479 |
) |
Unbilled revenue |
|
|
(3,890 |
) |
|
|
(2,059 |
) |
Other accounts receivable |
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
8,282 |
|
Materials and supplies |
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
(107 |
) |
Prepayments and other current assets |
|
|
1,549 |
|
|
|
1,820 |
|
Regulatory assets supply cost balancing accounts |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
(46 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
576 |
|
|
|
(3,247 |
) |
Income taxes receivable/payable |
|
|
9,189 |
|
|
|
5,135 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
4,871 |
|
|
|
(4,802 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash provided |
|
|
32,889 |
|
|
|
29,079 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Investing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction expenditures |
|
|
(35,834 |
) |
|
|
(30,592 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash used |
|
|
(35,834 |
) |
|
|
(30,592 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common shares |
|
|
555 |
|
|
|
1,204 |
|
Receipt of advances for and contributions in aid
of construction |
|
|
8,128 |
|
|
|
5,175 |
|
Refunds on advances for construction |
|
|
(2,372 |
) |
|
|
(2,287 |
) |
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(353 |
) |
|
|
(331 |
) |
Net change in notes payable to banks |
|
|
4,000 |
|
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
Cash received on financing portion of purchased
power contracts |
|
|
1,333 |
|
|
|
658 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(7,545 |
) |
|
|
(6,732 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash provided (used) |
|
|
3,746 |
|
|
|
(4,313 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
801 |
|
|
|
(5,826 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
4,303 |
|
|
|
12,775 |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
$ |
5,104 |
|
|
$ |
6,949 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
7
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
BALANCE SHEETS
ASSETS
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Utility Plant, at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water |
|
$ |
747,710 |
|
|
$ |
734,662 |
|
Electric |
|
|
58,549 |
|
|
|
58,667 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
806,259 |
|
|
|
793,329 |
|
Less Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(240,502 |
) |
|
|
(229,664 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
565,757 |
|
|
|
563,665 |
|
Construction work in progress |
|
|
84,487 |
|
|
|
65,136 |
|
|
|
|
Net utility plant |
|
|
650,244 |
|
|
|
628,801 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Property and Investments |
|
|
7,438 |
|
|
|
7,419 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
3,323 |
|
|
|
2,702 |
|
Accounts receivable-customers (less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $720 in 2005 and $758 in 2004) |
|
|
11,814 |
|
|
|
10,818 |
|
Unbilled revenue |
|
|
17,255 |
|
|
|
13,466 |
|
Inter-company receivable |
|
|
707 |
|
|
|
1,126 |
|
Other accounts receivable (less allowance for doubtful
accounts of $234 in 2005 and $201 in 2004) |
|
|
2,053 |
|
|
|
2,465 |
|
Income taxes receivable from Parent |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,187 |
|
Materials and supplies, at average cost |
|
|
1,410 |
|
|
|
1,473 |
|
Regulatory assets current |
|
|
5,428 |
|
|
|
7,104 |
|
Prepayments and other current assets |
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
|
3,248 |
|
Deferred income taxes current |
|
|
1,791 |
|
|
|
2,795 |
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
46,973 |
|
|
|
49,384 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory and Other Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regulatory assets |
|
|
53,292 |
|
|
|
54,219 |
|
Other accounts receivable |
|
|
8,607 |
|
|
|
8,400 |
|
Other |
|
|
7,884 |
|
|
|
8,053 |
|
|
|
|
Total regulatory and other assets |
|
|
69,783 |
|
|
|
70,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
$ |
774,438 |
|
|
$ |
756,276 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
8
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
BALANCE SHEETS
CAPITALIZATION AND LIABILITIES
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Capitalization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common shares, no par value |
|
$ |
159,387 |
|
|
$ |
159,290 |
|
Earnings reinvested in the business |
|
|
89,793 |
|
|
|
87,817 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
|
(3,259 |
) |
|
|
(3,259 |
) |
|
|
|
Total common shareholders equity |
|
|
245,921 |
|
|
|
243,848 |
|
Long-term debt |
|
|
221,687 |
|
|
|
221,697 |
|
|
|
|
Total capitalization |
|
|
467,608 |
|
|
|
465,545 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt current |
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
282 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
17,430 |
|
|
|
17,196 |
|
Inter-company payable |
|
|
29,383 |
|
|
|
23,925 |
|
Income taxes payable to Parent |
|
|
3,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued employee expenses |
|
|
4,400 |
|
|
|
3,951 |
|
Accrued interest |
|
|
1,796 |
|
|
|
1,636 |
|
Regulatory liabilities current |
|
|
3,697 |
|
|
|
3,441 |
|
Other |
|
|
9,945 |
|
|
|
12,601 |
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
70,672 |
|
|
|
63,032 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Credits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advances for construction |
|
|
71,271 |
|
|
|
70,206 |
|
Contributions in aid of construction-net |
|
|
75,393 |
|
|
|
72,574 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
57,431 |
|
|
|
56,684 |
|
Unamortized investment tax credits |
|
|
2,564 |
|
|
|
2,609 |
|
Accrued pension and other postretirement benefits |
|
|
12,518 |
|
|
|
8,793 |
|
Regulatory liabilities |
|
|
9,785 |
|
|
|
9,731 |
|
Other |
|
|
7,196 |
|
|
|
7,102 |
|
|
|
|
Total other credits |
|
|
236,158 |
|
|
|
227,699 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Capitalization and Liabilities |
|
$ |
774,438 |
|
|
$ |
756,276 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
9
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE THREE MONTHS
ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Operating Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water |
|
$ |
51,797 |
|
|
$ |
51,897 |
|
Electric |
|
|
6,091 |
|
|
|
5,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,888 |
|
|
|
57,346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water purchased |
|
|
12,100 |
|
|
|
12,609 |
|
Power purchased for pumping |
|
|
2,045 |
|
|
|
2,294 |
|
Power purchased for resale |
|
|
2,710 |
|
|
|
2,538 |
|
Unrealized (gain) loss on purchased power contracts |
|
|
(459 |
) |
|
|
76 |
|
Gain on sale of water rights |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,675 |
) |
Groundwater production assessment |
|
|
1,878 |
|
|
|
1,338 |
|
Supply cost balancing accounts |
|
|
(550 |
) |
|
|
3,598 |
|
Other operating expenses |
|
|
4,697 |
|
|
|
4,914 |
|
Administrative and general expenses |
|
|
9,653 |
|
|
|
9,418 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
5,415 |
|
|
|
4,835 |
|
Maintenance |
|
|
2,304 |
|
|
|
2,375 |
|
Taxes on income |
|
|
5,207 |
|
|
|
6,024 |
|
Other taxes |
|
|
2,112 |
|
|
|
2,015 |
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
47,112 |
|
|
|
46,359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
|
10,776 |
|
|
|
10,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (loss), net |
|
|
(140 |
) |
|
|
851 |
|
Taxes on other income (loss) |
|
|
77 |
|
|
|
(322 |
) |
|
|
|
Total other income (loss), net |
|
|
(63 |
) |
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on long-term debt |
|
|
3,956 |
|
|
|
3,939 |
|
Other interest and amortization of debt expense |
|
|
460 |
|
|
|
258 |
|
|
|
|
Total interest charges |
|
|
4,416 |
|
|
|
4,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
6,297 |
|
|
$ |
7,319 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
10
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED
JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
June 30, |
Operating Revenues |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water |
|
$ |
91,951 |
|
|
$ |
89,358 |
|
Electric |
|
|
13,561 |
|
|
|
13,076 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105,512 |
|
|
|
102,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Water purchased |
|
|
19,670 |
|
|
|
21,329 |
|
Power purchased for pumping |
|
|
3,457 |
|
|
|
3,935 |
|
Power purchased for resale |
|
|
6,847 |
|
|
|
7,367 |
|
Unrealized gain on purchased power contracts |
|
|
(3,474 |
) |
|
|
(481 |
) |
Gain on sale of water rights |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,675 |
) |
Groundwater production assessment |
|
|
3,799 |
|
|
|
3,160 |
|
Supply cost balancing accounts |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
Other operating expenses |
|
|
9,310 |
|
|
|
9,007 |
|
Administrative and general expenses |
|
|
18,472 |
|
|
|
17,154 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
10,772 |
|
|
|
9,772 |
|
Maintenance |
|
|
4,613 |
|
|
|
4,628 |
|
Taxes on income |
|
|
8,386 |
|
|
|
7,360 |
|
Other taxes |
|
|
4,272 |
|
|
|
4,140 |
|
|
|
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
86,652 |
|
|
|
85,515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Income |
|
|
18,860 |
|
|
|
16,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Income (Loss) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income (loss), net |
|
|
(264 |
) |
|
|
664 |
|
Taxes on other income (loss) |
|
|
150 |
|
|
|
(221 |
) |
|
|
|
Total other income (loss), net |
|
|
(114 |
) |
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Charges |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest on long-term debt |
|
|
7,903 |
|
|
|
7,874 |
|
Other interest and amortization of debt expense |
|
|
867 |
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
|
Total interest charges |
|
|
8,770 |
|
|
|
8,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income |
|
$ |
9,976 |
|
|
$ |
9,038 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
11
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
CASH
FLOW STATEMENTS
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2005 AND 2004
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
(in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Cash Flows From Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
9,976 |
|
|
$ |
9,038 |
|
Adjustments for non-cash items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
10,772 |
|
|
|
9,772 |
|
Provision for doubtful accounts |
|
|
218 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits |
|
|
2,782 |
|
|
|
354 |
|
Unrealized gain on purchased power contracts |
|
|
(3,474 |
) |
|
|
(481 |
) |
Impairment loss on assets removed from rate-base |
|
|
|
|
|
|
482 |
|
Non-cash compensation expense on stock units issued |
|
|
97 |
|
|
|
778 |
|
Other net |
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
1,028 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable customers |
|
|
(1,181 |
) |
|
|
(553 |
) |
Unbilled revenue |
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
|
|
(2,030 |
) |
Other accounts receivable |
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
8,348 |
|
Materials and supplies |
|
|
63 |
|
|
|
(108 |
) |
Prepayments and other current assets |
|
|
1,503 |
|
|
|
1,864 |
|
Regulatory assets supply cost balancing accounts |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
3,819 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
(118 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
(2,579 |
) |
Inter-company receivable/payable |
|
|
(2,423 |
) |
|
|
(1,533 |
) |
Income taxes receivable/payable from/to Parent |
|
|
7,979 |
|
|
|
6,788 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
3,920 |
|
|
|
(5,074 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash provided |
|
|
27,973 |
|
|
|
30,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Investing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Construction expenditures |
|
|
(33,437 |
) |
|
|
(29,266 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash used |
|
|
(33,437 |
) |
|
|
(29,266 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows From Financing Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receipt of advances for and contributions in aid of construction |
|
|
7,013 |
|
|
|
5,170 |
|
Refunds on advances for construction |
|
|
(2,377 |
) |
|
|
(2,274 |
) |
Repayments of long-term debt |
|
|
(184 |
) |
|
|
(174 |
) |
Net change in intercompany borrowings |
|
|
8,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received on financing portion of purchased power contracts |
|
|
1,333 |
|
|
|
658 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(8,000 |
) |
|
|
(7,700 |
) |
|
|
|
Net cash provided (used) |
|
|
6,085 |
|
|
|
(4,320 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
621 |
|
|
|
(3,551 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
2,702 |
|
|
|
8,306 |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
$ |
3,323 |
|
|
$ |
4,755 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
12
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
AND
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Note 1 Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
General: American States Water Company (AWR) is the parent company of Southern
California Water Company (SCW), American States Utility Services, Inc. (ASUS) and its
subsidiary, Fort Bliss Water Services Company (FBWS), and Chaparral City Water Company (CCWC).
More than 90% of AWRs assets consist of the common stock of SCW. SCW is a public utility engaged
principally in the purchase, production, distribution and sale of water in three regions in
California. SCW also distributes electricity in the Big Bear Lake area in California. The
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) regulates SCWs water and electric businesses,
including properties, rates, services, facilities and other matters. CCWC is a public utility
regulated by the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). ASUS performs water related services and
operations on a contract basis. On October 1, 2004, ASUSs wholly-owned subsidiary, FBWS, commenced
operation of the water and wastewater systems at Fort Bliss located near El Paso, Texas pursuant to
the terms of a 50-year contract with the U.S. Government. FBWS holds a Certificate of Convenience
and Necessity from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ). There is no direct
regulatory oversight by either the CPUC or the ACC of the operation or rates of ASUSs contracted
services or AWR. Unless otherwise stated in this report, the term Registrant applies to both AWR
and SCW, collectively.
Basis of Presentation: The consolidated financial statements of AWR include the
accounts of AWR and its wholly-owned subsidiaries SCW, ASUS, FBWS and CCWC, and are prepared in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated in the AWR consolidated financial
statements. The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by Registrant,
without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America for annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations. The preparation of the consolidated financial statements requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure
of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported
amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those
estimates. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items and
estimates necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods, have been made. It
is suggested that these consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the
consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2004 filed with the SEC. Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to
conform to current year presentation. None of these reclassifications had an impact on Registrants
Shareholders Equity or Net Income.
SCWs Related Party Transactions: SCW and other subsidiaries provide and receive
various services to and from their parent, AWR, and among themselves. In addition, AWR has an $85
million syndicated credit facility. AWR borrows under this facility and provides funds to SCW in
support of its operations. Amounts owed to AWR for borrowings under this facility represent the
majority of SCWs inter-company payables on SCWs balance sheets as of June 30, 2005 and December
31, 2004. Interest is charged to SCW in an amount sufficient to cover AWRs interest cost under
the credit facility. SCW also allocates certain corporate office administrative and general costs
to its affiliates using CPUC approved allocation factors.
13
Note 2 Regulatory Matters: In accordance with accounting principles for rate-regulated
enterprises, Registrant records regulatory assets, which represent probable future revenue
associated with certain costs that will be recovered from customers through the rate-making
process, and regulatory liabilities, which represent probable future reductions in revenue
associated with amounts that are to be credited to customers through the rate-making process. At
June 30, 2005, Registrant had $24.5 million of regulatory assets not accruing carrying costs. Of
this amount, $15.1 million relates to the regulatory asset for costs deferred on the Aerojet matter
disclosed below as a non-yielding regulatory asset. In addition, other regulatory assets not
accruing carrying costs include a deferred income tax balance of $6.7 million representing
accelerated tax benefits previously flowed-through to ratepayers, which will be included in rates
concurrently with recognition of the associated tax expense. Finally, there are other expenses that
Registrant recovers in rates over a short period that do not provide for recovery of carrying
costs. At June 30, 2005, $2.7 million was recorded as other regulatory assets for such costs to be
recovered.
Regulatory assets, less regulatory liabilities, included in the consolidated balance sheets
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
(In thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
SCW |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supply cost balancing accounts |
|
$ |
21,923 |
|
|
$ |
23,537 |
|
Costs deferred for future recovery on Aerojet case |
|
|
15,122 |
|
|
|
15,347 |
|
Flow-through taxes, net |
|
|
6,658 |
|
|
|
7,733 |
|
Electric transmission line abandonment costs |
|
|
3,488 |
|
|
|
3,546 |
|
Asset retirement obligations |
|
|
3,230 |
|
|
|
3,038 |
|
Low income balancing accounts |
|
|
2,436 |
|
|
|
2,134 |
|
General rate case memorandum accounts |
|
|
1,424 |
|
|
|
2,168 |
|
Refund of water right lease revenues |
|
|
(6,199 |
) |
|
|
(5,889 |
) |
Revenues subject to refund |
|
|
(3,518 |
) |
|
|
(3,487 |
) |
Supply cost memorandum accounts net over-collections |
|
|
(643 |
) |
|
|
(1,818 |
) |
Other regulatory assets |
|
|
1,317 |
|
|
|
1,842 |
|
|
|
|
Total SCW |
|
$ |
45,238 |
|
|
$ |
48,151 |
|
|
|
|
CCWC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset retirement obligations |
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
$ |
41 |
|
Other regulatory assets/liabilities, net |
|
|
(474 |
) |
|
|
144 |
|
|
|
|
Total AWR |
|
$ |
44,807 |
|
|
$ |
48,336 |
|
|
|
|
Supply Cost Balancing Accounts:
Electric
Supply Cost Balancing Account Electric power costs incurred by SCWs Bear Valley
Electric division continue to be charged to its electric supply cost balancing account. The
under-collection in the electric supply cost balancing account is $21.6 million at June 30, 2005
which was mostly incurred during the energy crisis in late 2000 and early 2001. The CPUC has
authorized SCW to collect a surcharge from its customers of 2.2¢ per kilowatt hour through August
2011, to enable SCW to recover the under-collection. SCW sold 30,120,267 and 29,204,086 kilowatt
hours of electricity to its Bear Valley Electric division customers for the three months ended June
30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, and 70,314,814 and 69,955,975 kilowatt hours for the six months
ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively. SCW anticipates electricity sales to be sufficient for
it to recover the amount of the under-collection by August 2011. SCW records both purchased energy
and power system delivery costs in the supply cost balancing account. By terms of the settlement
with the CPUC, the purchased energy costs that are recorded in the supply cost balancing account
are subject to a price cap. SCW is allowed to include only up to a weighted annual energy purchase
cost of $77 per MWh each year through August 2011 in its electric supply cost balancing account for
purchased energy costs. To the extent that the actual weighted average annual cost for power
purchased exceeds the $77 per MWh amount, SCW will not be able to include these amounts in its
balancing account and such amounts will be expensed. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and
2004, SCW expensed approximately $48,100 and $224,400, respectively, for costs over $77 per MWh.
14
Note 2 Regulatory Matters (Continued):
Water Memorandum Supply Cost Accounts:
In a CPUC decision issued on June 19, 2003 related to memorandum supply cost accounts, all
water utilities regulated by the CPUC are required to seek review of under- and over- collections
by filing an advice letter annually. As of June 30, 2005, SCW has filed advice letters for Regions
I and II for the period from November 29, 2001 to December 31, 2004 with respect to an approximate
$1.8 million cumulative net over-collection, which has been recorded as a regulatory liability. In
June 2005, the CPUC approved these advice letters, as filed, for the 2001, 2002 and 2003 years
totaling $1.4 million over-collection which has been transferred to the supply cost balancing
accounts. The advice letter for the 2004 year is awaiting approval. An additional $223,000 of net
over-collection related to the six months ended June 30, 2005 has also been recorded as a
regulatory liability at June 30, 2005.
SCW also filed advice letters with the CPUC for review of the activity in the Region III
memorandum supply cost account for the period from November 29, 2001 to December 31, 2004 totaling
a cumulative $4.3 million under-collection. A regulatory asset with respect to this
under-collection is not recorded until receipt of a CPUC decision authorizing the recovery of the
under-collection. In June 2005, the CPUC approved the transfer of an approximate $1.3 million
under-collection in Region IIIs 2004 memorandum supply cost account into the water supply cost
balancing account as of June 30, 2005. The advice letters for the 2001-2003 years are awaiting
approval.
Costs Deferred for Future Recovery:
SCW sued Aerojet-General Corporation (Aerojet) for causing the contamination of the
Sacramento County Groundwater Basin, which affected certain SCW wells. On a related matter, SCW
also filed a lawsuit against the State of California (the State). The CPUC authorized memorandum
accounts to allow for recovery, from customers, of costs incurred by SCW in prosecuting the cases
against Aerojet and the State, less any recovery from the defendants or others. On October 30,
2003, SCW, in its Region I abbreviated general rate case, filed for recovery of the cumulative
balance of approximately $22 million in its memorandum account. This balance consisted primarily of
deferred litigation costs and carrying costs. The filing with the CPUC requested recovery of the
balance over a 20-year amortization period. As of June 30, 2005, approximately $15.1 million has
been recorded as a non-yielding regulatory asset representing primarily the legal costs incurred to
date in connection with prosecuting the cases. The difference between the amount filed with the
CPUC for recovery in rates and those recorded primarily relate to previously incurred carrying
costs pertaining to certain capital investments required to restore the water supply.
On July 21, 2005, the CPUC authorized SCW to collect the balance of the Aerojet litigation
memorandum account of approximately $21.3 million, through a rate surcharge, which will continue
for no longer than 20 years. As a result of this decision, SCW, among other things, was ordered
to: (i) impose a surcharge in the Arden-Cordova customer service area to amortize the balance
totaling $21.3 million in the memorandum account and consequently, SCW will reflect an increase of
approximately $6.2 million in its regulatory assets to include previously expensed carrying costs
and record a corresponding gain in its results of operations during the third quarter of 2005; (ii)
restore the appropriate plant accounts by approximately $1.1 million with a corresponding decrease
in depreciation expense during the third quarter of 2005, due to the full reimbursement from
Aerojet on capital expenditures, and (iii) keep the memorandum account open until it is fully
amortized; however, no costs shall be added to the memorandum account, other than cumulative
interest charges approved by the decision. It is managements intention to offset any settlement
proceeds from Aerojet that may occur from these actions against the balance in the memorandum
account at the time of settlement. See Note 10 for further discussion on the Aerojet matter.
15
Note 2 Regulatory Matters (Continued):
Refund of Water Right Lease Revenues:
In 1994, SCW entered into a contract to lease to the City of Folsom, 5,000 acre-feet per year
of water rights from the American River. SCW included all associated revenues in a non-operating
income account. In a decision issued on March 16, 2004, the CPUC ordered SCW to refund 70 percent
of the total amount of lease revenues received since 1994, plus interest, to customers. Pursuant to
the order, SCW recorded a $6.2 million regulatory liability with a corresponding charge against
non-operating income, net of taxes, during the fourth quarter of 2003. A final amount of the refund
was approved by the CPUC in June 2004 and SCW adjusted its estimate to the approved refund amount
of $5.2 million. Management disagreed with the CPUCs decision and filed an appeal to the
decision. The CPUC denied SCWs request for an appeal. SCW filed with the Supreme Court of
California to hear the matter, which was also denied in February of 2005. Subsequently, the Company
filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States.
Pursuant to the order, the apportionment of any lease revenues that SCW may collect from
January 2004 forward, will be determined by a later decision. Therefore, beginning in the first
quarter of 2004, all amounts billed to the City of Folsom are included in a regulatory liability
account and no amounts have been recognized as revenue for 2004 and 2005 until all uncertainties
about this matter are resolved with the CPUC. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, SCW
recorded an additional $286,000 and $572,000 in the regulatory liability account, respectively. In
addition, in 2004 SCW began making refunds to customers pursuant to the March 16, 2004 CPUC order.
Refunds of approximately $142,000 and $261,000 were provided to customers during the three and six
months ended June 30, 2005, respectively. The refunds will be made over a 9-year period.
CCWC Other Regulatory Assets/Liabilities:
Fountain Hills Sanitary District (FHSD) is a political subdivision of the State of Arizona
that provides sanitary sewer service to customers residing within CCWCs water service area. In
connection with its sanitary system, FHSD constructed a recharge system whereby it recharges
treated effluent through multiple aquifer storage and recovery wells. In order for FHSD to secure
an Aquifer Protection Permit for its recharge system, FHSD requested CCWC to permanently cease
using one of its wells. As a possible replacement for this well, FHSD constructed a new well
adjacent to the community center (Community Center Well). However, this well was not able to
produce an equivalent amount of water to CCWCs well that was taken out of production.
Accordingly, in February 2005, CCWC entered into an agreement with FHSD whereby CCWC agreed to
permanently remove from service this well and in return CCWC received a settlement fee of
$1,520,000 from FHSD. Pursuant to the agreement, CCWC will: (i) permanently remove from service and
cap this well, and cap another well which had never been used as a potable source of supply; (ii)
relinquish any legal claim or interest that CCWC may otherwise possess in the Community Center
Well; and (iii) grant an option to FHSD to acquire one of the wells at a future date at fair market
value. The removal of these two wells from service did not have a significant impact on CCWCs
water supply.
For the six months ended June 30, 2005, CCWC has recognized a net gain of $760,000 related to
this settlement agreement and has established a regulatory liability for the remaining $760,000
pending Arizona Corporation Commissions (ACC) review of this matter.
Except as discussed above, there were no other significant changes in regulatory matters
during the three and six months ended June 30, 2005.
16
Note 3 Earnings Per Share / Capital Stock:
Earnings per share for all periods presented have been calculated and presented in accordance
with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 128, Earnings Per Share. Basic
earnings per Common Share are based upon the weighted average number of Common Shares outstanding
and net income. Diluted earnings per Common Share are based upon the weighted average number of
Common Shares including both outstanding shares and shares potentially issuable in connection with
stock options and stock units granted under Registrants 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and the 2003
Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan, and net income. At June 30, 2005 and 2004 there were 688,045 and
498,320 options outstanding, respectively, under these Plans. At June 30, 2005 and 2004, there
were also approximately 30,300 and 31,500 stock units outstanding, respectively, pursuant to the
2003 Non-Employee Directors Stock Plan. Outstanding stock options and stock unit awards, including
those issued for dividend equivalent rights, issued by the Registrant represent the only dilutive
effect reflected in diluted weighted average shares outstanding. The difference between basic and
diluted EPS is the effect of stock options and stock units that, under the treasury share method,
gives rise to common stock equivalents. The following table summarizes the calculation of basic
EPS and diluted EPS:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For The Three Months |
|
For The Six Months |
|
|
Ended June 30, |
|
Ended June 30, |
(in thousands, except per share data) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Weighted average shares outstanding |
|
|
16,773 |
|
|
|
15,248 |
|
|
|
16,769 |
|
|
|
15,236 |
|
Assumed exercise of stock options |
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Assumed stock units are converted to
Common Shares |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
|
Weighted average diluted shares |
|
|
16,834 |
|
|
|
15,269 |
|
|
|
16,821 |
|
|
|
15,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings available for common shareholders |
|
$ |
5,735 |
|
|
$ |
6,710 |
|
|
$ |
9,499 |
|
|
$ |
7,856 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
|
|
|
During the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, Registrant issued 8,588 and 25,454
common shares, which totaled approximately $237,000 and $595,000 under the Registrants Common
Share Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan and 401(k) Plan, respectively. During the six months
ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, Registrant issued 20,685 and 49,666 common shares, which totaled
approximately $555,000 and $1,204,000 under the Registrants Common Share Purchase and Dividend
Reinvestment Plan and 401(k) Plan, respectively. In addition during the three and six months ended
June 30, 2005, Registrant repurchased 12,897 and 21,506 common shares, respectively, under the
Registrants Common Share Purchase and Dividend Reinvestment Plan, 401(k) Plan and anniversary
stock grant program, which were used to satisfy the requirements of these plans.
During the three months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, AWR paid quarterly dividends to the
shareholders, totaling approximately $3.8 million or $0.225 per share and $3.4 million or $0.221
per share, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, AWR paid quarterly
dividends to the shareholders, totaling approximately $7.5 million or $0.450 per share and $6.7
million or $0.442 per share, respectively.
17
Note 4 Credit Facility: In June 2005, AWR amended and restated its credit agreement which
increased its borrowing limit under the revolving credit facility to $85 million and extended the
maturity date to June 2010. Up to $20 million of this facility may be used for letters of credit.
As of June 30, 2005, an aggregate of $49 million in cash borrowings are included in current
liabilities and approximately $11.2 million of letters of credit were outstanding under this
facility.
Note 5 Derivative Instruments: During 2002, SCW entered into block-forward power purchase
contracts that qualified as derivative instruments under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended by SFAS Nos. 138 and 139. Contracts with Pinnacle
West Capital Corporation (PWCC) which became effective in November 2002 have not been designated
as normal purchases and normal sales and, as a result, have been recognized at fair market value on
the balance sheets as of June 30, 2005 and December 31, 2004. This resulted in a pre-tax unrealized
gain of $459,000 and a pre-tax unrealized loss of $76,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2005
and 2004, respectively, and a pre-tax unrealized gain of $3,474,000 and $481,000 for the six months
ended June 30, 2005 and 2004, respectively, due to continued increases in energy prices. On a
monthly basis, the related asset or liability is adjusted to reflect the fair market value at the
end of the month. As this contract moves forward in time and is settled, the realized gains or
losses are recorded in power purchased for resale, and the unrealized gains or losses are reversed.
The market prices used to determine the fair value for this derivative instrument were estimated
based on independent sources such as broker quotes and publications. Settlement of this contract
occurs on a cash or net basis through 2006 and by physical delivery through 2008. Registrant has no
other derivative financial instruments.
Note 6 Income Taxes
As a regulated utility, SCW treats certain temporary differences as flow-through adjustments
in computing its income tax provision consistent with the income tax approach approved by the CPUC
for ratemaking purposes. Flow-through adjustments increase or decrease tax expense in one period,
with an offsetting increase or decrease occurring in another period. Giving effect to these
temporary differences as flow-through adjustments typically results in a greater variance between
the effective tax rate (ETR) and the statutory federal income tax rate in any given period than
would otherwise exist if SCW were not required to account for its income taxes as a regulated
enterprise. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, the recognition of the federal
benefit of state taxes was adjusted to conform to the flow-through method reflected in the tax
calculation for ratemaking purposes, which partially defers the recognition of the benefit to the
subsequent tax year. This resulted in additional income taxes of $389,000, which was partially
offset by other favorable flow-through adjustments applicable to the three and six months ended
June 30, 2005 and 2004.
In October 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Act) was signed into law and
provides a new federal income tax deduction from qualified U.S. production activities, which is
being phased in from 2005 through 2010. Under the Act, qualified production activities include
Registrants production of electricity and potable water. In December 2004, the FASB issued FASB
Staff Position No. 109-1 and proposed that the deduction should be accounted for as a special
deduction in accordance with SFAS No. 109. As such, the special deduction had no effect on
deferred tax assets and liabilities existing at the enactment date. Rather, the impact of the
deduction is to be reported in the period in which the deduction is claimed on Registrants tax
return. Further guidance from tax authorities (including Treasury Regulations) with respect to the
deduction is pending. During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, Registrant completed its initial
evaluation of the provisions of the Act and determined that the amount of the benefit for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2005 was not material.
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Note 7 Stock Incentive Plans: Registrant applies Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB)
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, in accounting for its stock options under its
2000 Stock Incentive Plan. Accordingly, no compensation cost for the Plan has been recognized for
options granted at fair value at the date of grant. Registrant has also adopted the disclosure only
requirements of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation.
At the May 2004 Annual Meeting, the shareholders adopted the 2003 Non-Employee Directors Stock
Plan (New Directors Plan). The New Directors Plan provides the non-employee directors with
supplemental stock-based compensation. Pursuant to the New Directors Plan, directors are entitled
to receive stock options and stock unit awards. As of June 30, 2005, an aggregate of 27,000 stock
options have been granted to the directors under the New Directors Plan. Registrant also applies
APB No. 25 in accounting for the directors stock options. The directors stock options were
granted at fair value at the date of grant; therefore no compensation cost has been recognized for
these options. The stock units are a non-voting unit of measurement which is deemed for bookkeeping
and payment purposes to represent outstanding AWR common shares. Upon adoption of the New
Directors Plan in May 2004, Registrant began recording compensation expense on the stock unit
awards. As of June 30, 2005, the directors have been credited with approximately 30,300 stock
units. Stock units will be paid only in AWR common shares on the date that the participant
terminates service as a director.
If Registrant had elected to adopt the optional recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 for its
stock options and stock units under the 2000 Stock Incentive Plan and the New Directors Plan, net
income and earnings per share applicable to common shareholders would have been changed to the pro
forma amounts indicated below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For The Three Months |
|
For The Six Months |
|
|
Ended June 30, |
|
Ended June 30, |
(dollars in thousands, except EPS) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Earnings available to common
shareholders: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported |
|
$ |
5,735 |
|
|
$ |
6,710 |
|
|
$ |
9,499 |
|
|
$ |
7,856 |
|
Add: Stock-based compensation
expense included in reported net
income, net of tax |
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
461 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
461 |
|
Less: Stock-based compensation
expense determined under the
fair-value accounting method, net
of tax |
|
|
(106 |
) |
|
|
(497 |
) |
|
|
(672 |
) |
|
|
(909 |
) |
|
|
|
Pro forma |
|
$ |
5,681 |
|
|
$ |
6,674 |
|
|
$ |
8,884 |
|
|
$ |
7,408 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.57 |
|
|
$ |
0.52 |
|
Pro forma |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
0.49 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As reported |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.56 |
|
|
$ |
0.51 |
|
Pro forma |
|
$ |
0.34 |
|
|
$ |
0.44 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
$ |
0.49 |
|
19
Note 8 Employee Benefit Plans: The components of net periodic benefit costs, before
allocation to the overhead pool, for Registrants pension plan, postretirement plan, and
Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (SERP) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005
and 2004 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Postretirement |
|
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
Benefits |
|
SERP |
(dollars in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Components of Net Periodic Benefits
Cost: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service Cost |
|
$ |
933 |
|
|
$ |
701 |
|
|
$ |
109 |
|
|
$ |
101 |
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
Interest Cost |
|
|
1,088 |
|
|
|
906 |
|
|
|
151 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Expected Return on Plan Assets |
|
|
(922 |
) |
|
|
(830 |
) |
|
|
(74 |
) |
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of Transition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
105 |
|
|
|
105 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of Prior Service Cost |
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
(50 |
) |
|
|
(50 |
) |
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
Amortization of Actuarial (Gain) Loss |
|
|
313 |
|
|
|
90 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Periodic Pension Cost |
|
$ |
1,453 |
|
|
$ |
907 |
|
|
$ |
282 |
|
|
$ |
270 |
|
|
$ |
88 |
|
|
$ |
100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For The Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Postretirement |
|
|
|
|
Pension Benefits |
|
Benefits |
|
SERP |
(dollars in thousands) |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
|
Components of Net Periodic Benefits
Cost: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Service Cost |
|
$ |
1,866 |
|
|
$ |
1,402 |
|
|
$ |
218 |
|
|
$ |
202 |
|
|
$ |
64 |
|
|
$ |
64 |
|
Interest Cost |
|
|
2,176 |
|
|
|
1,812 |
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
296 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
Expected Return on Plan Assets |
|
|
(1,844 |
) |
|
|
(1,660 |
) |
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
(128 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of Transition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
210 |
|
|
|
210 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amortization of Prior Service Cost |
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
|
|
(100 |
) |
|
|
76 |
|
|
|
74 |
|
Amortization of Actuarial (Gain) Loss |
|
|
626 |
|
|
|
180 |
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Periodic Pension Cost |
|
$ |
2,906 |
|
|
$ |
1,814 |
|
|
$ |
564 |
|
|
$ |
540 |
|
|
$ |
176 |
|
|
$ |
200 |
|
|
|
|
A decrease in the discount rate from 6.25% to 5.75%, and the update of mortality rate
tables resulted in increases in pension and other postretirement benefits between the two periods
presented. Registrant expects to contribute $4,430,000 and $933,000 to pension and postretirement
plans in 2005, respectively. No contributions were made during the three and six months ended June
30, 2005.
Note 9 New Accounting Pronouncements:
In May 2005, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 154,
Accounting Changes and Error Corrections A Replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and FASB Statement
No. 3. SFAS 154 primarily requires retrospective application to prior periods financial
statements for the direct effects of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to
determine either the period-specific effects or the cumulative effect of the change. SFAS 154 is
effective for accounting changes and corrections of errors made in fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2005, and early adoption is permitted. Registrant is required to adopt the provision
of SFAS 154, as applicable, beginning in fiscal 2006.
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Note 9 New Accounting Pronouncements (Continued):
In March 2005, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset
Retirement Obligations, which clarifies that an entity is required to recognize a liability for
the fair value of a conditional asset retirement obligation if the fair value can be reasonably
estimated even though uncertainty exists about the timing and (or) method of settlement.
Registrant is required to adopt Interpretation No. 47 by the end of 2006. Registrant is currently
evaluating the impact Interpretation No. 47 will have on its results of operations and financial
condition.
In December 2004, the FASB issued a revision to SFAS No. 123, Share-Based Payment, (SFAS No.
123R) which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, (SFAS No.
123). SFAS No. 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee
stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on fair values. The pro forma
disclosures previously permitted under SFAS No. 123 no longer will be an alternative to financial
statement recognition. In April 2005, the Securities and Exchange Commission deferred the adoption
date of SFAS No. 123R to the beginning of the fiscal year that begins after June 15, 2005, (January
1, 2006 for calendar year companies) from a July 1, 2005 adoption date previously set by the FASB.
Registrant expects to adopt this standard on January 1, 2006. Based on stock option grants made in
2005 and currently anticipated for 2006, Registrant estimates it will (assuming the modified
prospective method is used) recognize expense for stock options for the year ending December 31,
2006 in an amount consistent to that disclosed in Note 7 which summarizes the pro forma impact of
recognizing stock expense under the fair value accounting method. Registrant assumes that stock
options will be granted in 2006 upon similar terms to options granted in 2005, which provide for
continued vesting of the options following termination of employment, unless the grantee is
terminated for cause. If these assumptions change, the impact of recognizing stock expense under
the fair value accounting method will differ from amounts disclosed in Note 7.
In October 2004, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 (the Act) was signed into law and
provides a new federal income tax deduction from qualified U.S. production activities, which will
be phased in from 2005 through 2010. During the first quarter of fiscal 2005, Registrant completed
its initial evaluation of the provisions of the Act. See Note 6 for further information.
Note 10 Contingencies:
Water Quality-Related Litigation:
In 1997, SCW was named as a defendant in nineteen lawsuits that alleged that SCW and other
water utilities, delivered unsafe water to their customers in the San Gabriel Valley and Pomona
Valley areas of Los Angeles County. Plaintiffs in these actions sought damages, including general,
special, and punitive damages, as well as attorneys fees on certain causes of action, costs of
suit, and other unspecified relief.
On August 4, 2004, SCW was ordered dismissed from all nineteen Los Angeles County cases. The
order was issued by the Trial Judge presiding over these matters, and followed a lengthy legal
proceeding dating back to April 1997 when the first of the cases was filed by over 140 customers in
the San Gabriel Valley, alleging their water had caused personal injuries of varying types and
degrees. The Court found SCW did not violate established water quality standards and dismissed the
cases after allowing reasonable time and opportunity for the plaintiffs to prove otherwise. SCW has
long asserted that it meets or exceeds the requirements to provide water within the standards
established by the health authorities. On September 21, 2004, SCW received notice that several
plaintiffs filed an appeal to the trial courts order to dismiss SCW. SCW is unable to predict the
outcome of this appeal.
21
Note 10 Contingencies (Continued):
SCW is subject to self-insured retention provisions in its applicable insurance policies and
has either expensed the self-insured amounts or has reserved against payment of these amounts as
appropriate. SCWs various insurance carriers have, to date, provided reimbursement for much of the
costs incurred above the self-insured amounts for defense against these lawsuits, subject to a
reservation of rights. In addition, the CPUC has issued certain decisions, which authorize SCW to
establish a memorandum account to accumulate costs for future recovery, to comply with certain
contamination remediation requirements for future recovery. SCW was also dismissed from three
similar lawsuits in Northern California in 2004; the plaintiffs in those cases have not filed an
appeal.
Aerojet:
On October 25, 1999, SCW sued Aerojet for causing the contamination of eastern portions of the
Sacramento County groundwater basin. On October 10, 2003, Registrant entered into a confidential
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Aerojet for the settlement of legal actions brought by
SCW. The MOU set forth the financial terms and the structure of a settlement to cover, over time,
capital and litigation related costs incurred by SCW resulting from the contamination. The MOU and
the settlement embodied therein were found to be binding by the Sacramento Superior Court on
January 18, 2004. On October 12, 2004, Registrant reached a final settlement with Aerojet based on
the terms of the MOU. Under the terms of the settlement, Aerojet paid SCW $8.7 million in the first
quarter of 2004. Aerojet has also agreed to pay SCW an additional $8 million, plus interest
accruing beginning January 1, 2004, over a five year period beginning in December 2009. The $8.7
million payment and guaranteed future payments have been applied directly to reduce SCWs costs of
utility plant and purchased water by $16 million and $735,000, respectively. Prior to the MOU,
Aerojet had reimbursed SCW $4.3 million in capital costs and $171,000 for additional water supply
costs.
Aerojet has also agreed to reimburse SCW $17.5 million, plus interest accruing from January 1,
2004, for its past legal and expert costs. The recovery of the $17.5 million is contingent upon the
issuance of land use approvals for development in a defined area within Aerojet property in Eastern
Sacramento County and the receipt of certain fees in connection with such development.
Aerojet will also transfer its remediated groundwater to the Sacramento County Water Agency,
which will provide treated water for distribution to SCW and other water purveyors affected by the
contamination. SCW has entered into an agreement with Sacramento County Water Agency to receive
water as outlined above. SCW and Aerojet have also signed three separate agreements requiring
Aerojet to pay for certain transmission pipelines and upgrades to SCWs Coloma Treatment Plant as a
contingency plan, should additional wells be impacted. Aerojet has reimbursed SCW for the cost of
these capital improvements. The pipelines are now in service and the upgraded treatment facilities
are expected to be fully operational by the end of 2005.
In 2000, the CPUC authorized the establishment of a memorandum account into which SCW was
allowed to record costs it incurred in prosecuting the contamination suits filed against the State
and Aerojet. The CPUC also authorized SCW periodically to seek recovery of such recorded costs from
ratepayers. In that regard, SCW sought interim cost recovery and was authorized to increase rates,
effective April 28, 2001, in an amount sufficient over a six-year period to offset approximately
$1.8 million in such legal and expert costs recorded in the memorandum account that had been
incurred on or before August 31, 2000. As of June 30, 2005, approximately $15.1 million in legal
and consulting related costs, including the unamortized portion of the $1.8 million, have been
recorded as a deferred charge and included in Regulatory Assets on the SCW balance sheets.
22
Note 10 Contingencies (Continued):
On July 21, 2005, the CPUC authorized SCW to collect the balance of the Aerojet litigation
memorandum account of approximately $21.3 million, through a rate surcharge, which will continue
for no longer than 20 years. As a result of this decision, SCW, among other things, was ordered
to: (i) impose a surcharge in the Arden-Cordova customer service area to amortize the balance
totaling $21.3 million in the memorandum account and consequently, SCW will reflect an increase of
approximately $6.2 million in its regulatory assets to include previously expensed carrying costs
and record a corresponding gain in its results of operations during the third quarter of 2005; (ii)
restore the appropriate plant accounts by approximately $1.1 million with a corresponding decrease
in depreciation expense during the third quarter of 2005, due to the full reimbursement from
Aerojet on capital expenditures, and (iii) keep the memorandum account open until it is fully
amortized; however, no costs shall be added to the memorandum account, other than cumulative
interest charges approved by the decision. Furthermore, it is managements intention to offset any
settlement proceeds from Aerojets proposed land development, first against the guaranteed $8
million note from Aerojet and then against the balance in the memorandum account at the time of
receipt of the settlement payments.
Other Water Quality Litigation:
Perchlorate and/or Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) have been detected in five wells
servicing SCWs San Gabriel System. SCW filed suit in federal court, along with two other affected
water purveyors and the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (WQA), against some of those
responsible for the contamination. Some of the other potential defendants settled with SCW, other
water purveyors and the WQA (the Water Entities) on VOC related issues prior to the filing of the
lawsuit. In response to the filing of the Federal lawsuit, the Potentially Responsible Party
(PRP) defendants filed motions to dismiss the suit or strike certain portions of the suit. The
judge issued a ruling on April 1, 2003 granting in part and denying in part the defendants
motions. A key ruling of the court was that the water purveyors, including the Registrant, by
virtue of their ownership of wells contaminated with hazardous chemicals are themselves PRPs under
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Registrant has, pursuant to permission of the court, amended its suit to claim certain
affirmative defenses as an innocent party under CERCLA. Registrant is presently unable to predict
the outcome of this ruling on its ability to fully recover from the PRPs future costs associated
with the treatment of these wells. In this same suit, the PRPs have filed cross-complaints against
the Water Entities, the Metropolitan Water District, the Main San Gabriel Basin Watermaster and
others on the theory that they arranged for and did transport contaminated water into the Basin for
use by Registrant and the other two affected water providers and for other related claims.
On August 29, 2003, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued Unilateral
Administrative Orders (UAO) against 41 parties deemed responsible for polluting the groundwater
in that portion of the San Gabriel Valley from which two of SCWs impacted wells draw water. SCW
was not named as a party to the UAO. The UAO requires that these parties remediate the
contamination. The judge in the Federal lawsuit has appointed a special master to oversee mandatory
settlement discussions between the PRPs and the Water Entities. EPA is also conducting settlement
discussions with several PRPs regarding the UAO. The Water Entities and EPA are working to
coordinate their settlement discussions in order to arrive at a complete resolution of all issues
affecting the Federal lawsuits and the UAO. Registrant is presently unable to predict the ultimate
outcome of these settlement discussions.
23
Note 10 Contingencies (Continued):
Condemnation of Properties
The laws of the State of California and the State of Arizona provide for the acquisition of
public utility property by governmental agencies through their power of eminent domain, also known
as condemnation, where doing so is in the public interest. In addition, however, the laws of the
State of California also provide: (1) that the owner of the utility property may contest whether
the condemnation is actually in the public interest; and (2) that the owner is entitled to receive
the fair market value of its property if the property is ultimately taken.
Although the City of Claremont, California located in SCWs Region III, has not initiated the
formal condemnation process pursuant to California law, the City has expressed various concerns to
SCW about the rates charged by SCW and the effectiveness of the CPUCs rate setting procedures. The
City hired a consultant to perform an appraisal of the value of Registrants water system serving
the City. Such value was determined by the consultant at $40 $45 million. SCW disagrees with the
Citys valuation assessment. Under California law, the condemning City would be required to pay
fair market value for the water system. As of June 30, 2005, management believes that the fair
market value of the system far exceeds the $33 million recorded net book value of the Claremont
water system.
Except for the City of Claremont, Registrant has not been, within the last three years,
involved in activities related to the condemnation of any of its water customer service areas or in
its Bear Valley Electric customer service area; however, on April 12, 2005, the Town Council of the
Town of Apple Valley voted 5-0 to authorize Town staff to prepare a Request for Proposal for an
evaluation of the feasibility and potential cost of and a timeframe for the potential takeover of
SCWs Apple Valley water systems as well as the water systems of another utility serving the Town.
SCW has not received any formal notice from the Town of its intention to condemn the Registrants
Apple Valley water systems. Management is unable to predict what the results of the Towns
evaluation might be and what action, if any, the Town might take as a result of the evaluation.
However, SCW will vigorously defend itself should the Town determine to proceed towards condemning
its Apple Valley water systems. As of June 30, 2005, the recorded net book value of the Apple
Valley water systems is approximately $2.2 million.
Santa Maria Groundwater Basin Adjudication:
In 1997, the Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District (plaintiff) filed a lawsuit
against multiple defendants, including SCW, the City of Santa Maria, and several other public water
purveyors. The plaintiffs lawsuit seeks an adjudication of the Santa Maria Groundwater Basin.
After some procedural rulings by the superior court, the lawsuit is now a full basin adjudication
involving all entities owning 10 acres or more within the Basin boundaries approximately 1,400
defendants. The plaintiffs stated objective in the adjudication lawsuit is to have the superior
court impose and oversee the implementation of a Basin management plan that ensures the long term
integrity and reliability of the Basin water resources. To protect its groundwater supply so that
sufficient water production rights continue to be available to meet SCWs customers needs in the
Santa Maria customer service area, SCW has been vigorously defending its water rights in the
adjudication lawsuit.
24
Note 10 Contingencies (Continued):
As of June 30, 2005, SCW has incurred costs in defending its rights in the Basin, including
legal and expert witness fees, which have been deferred in Utility Plant for rate recovery. A
settlement has been reached, subject to CPUC approval. The settlement, among other things, if
approved, would preserve SCWs historical pumping rights and secure supplemental water rights for
use in case of drought or other reductions in the natural yield of the Basin. Management also
believes that the recovery of these costs through rates is probable; however, management cannot
give assurance that the CPUC will ultimately allow recovery of all or any of the costs that have
been incurred by SCW in this lawsuit.
Other Litigation:
Registrant is also subject to ordinary routine litigation incidental to its business. Other
than those disclosed above, no other legal proceedings are pending, which are believed to be
material. Management believes that rate recovery, proper insurance coverage and reserves are in
place to insure against property, general liability and workers compensation claims incurred in
the ordinary course of business.
Note 11 Business Segments: AWR has three principal business units: water and electric
distribution units, through its SCW subsidiary, a water-service utility operation conducted through
its CCWC unit, and a contracted services unit through the ASUS subsidiary. All activities of SCW
are geographically located within California. All activities of CCWC are located in the state of
Arizona. All activities of ASUS are conducted in California, Arizona and Texas. Both SCW and CCWC
are regulated utilities. On a stand-alone basis, AWR has no material assets other than its
investments in its subsidiaries. The tables below set forth information relating to SCWs operating
segments, CCWC and ASUSs contract services businesses as well as the operations of its
wholly-owned subsidiary, FBWS. Included in the amounts set forth, certain assets, revenues and
expenses have been allocated. The identifiable assets are net of respective accumulated provisions
for depreciation. Capital additions reflect capital expenditures paid in cash and exclude property
installed by developers and conveyed to the Company.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
|
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005 |
|
|
SCW |
|
CCWC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Water |
|
Electric |
|
Water |
|
Other* |
|
Eliminations |
|
AWR |
Operating revenues |
|
$ |
51,797 |
|
|
$ |
6,091 |
|
|
$ |
1,753 |
|
|
$ |
890 |
|
|
|
($35 |
) |
|
$ |
60,496 |
|
Operating income (loss)
before income taxes |
|
|
15,093 |
|
|
|
890 |
|
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
(930 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,339 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
4,006 |
|
|
|
410 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,744 |
|
Identifiable assets |
|
|
610,249 |
|
|
|
39,995 |
|
|
|
36,488 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
687,424 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense |
|
|
4,903 |
|
|
|
512 |
|
|
|
264 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,696 |
|
Capital additions |
|
|
14,628 |
|
|
|
682 |
|
|
|
1,450 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
|
As of and for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2004 |
|
|
SCW |
|
CCWC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Water |
|
Electric |
|
Water |
|
Other* |
|
Eliminations |
|
AWR |
Operating revenues |
|
$ |
51,897 |
|
|
$ |
5,449 |
|
|
$ |
1,704 |
|
|
$ |
319 |
|
|
|
($25 |
) |
|
$ |
59,344 |
|
Operating income
(loss) before income
taxes |
|
|
17,922 |
|
|
|
(911 |
) |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
(1,449 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,685 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
3,763 |
|
|
|
434 |
|
|
|
121 |
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,427 |
|
Identifiable assets |
|
|
551,764 |
|
|
|
37,681 |
|
|
|
32,245 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
621,862 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense |
|
|
4,526 |
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,073 |
|
Capital additions |
|
|
15,783 |
|
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
715 |
|
|
|
57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,107 |
|
25
Note 11 Business Segments (Continued):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
|
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005 |
|
|
SCW |
|
CCWC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Water |
|
Electric |
|
Water |
|
Other* |
|
Eliminations |
|
AWR |
Operating revenues |
|
$ |
91,951 |
|
|
$ |
13,561 |
|
|
$ |
3,096 |
|
|
$ |
1,717 |
|
|
|
($35 |
) |
|
$ |
110,290 |
|
Operating income (loss)
before income taxes |
|
|
22,904 |
|
|
|
4,342 |
|
|
|
1,266 |
|
|
|
(1,484 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,028 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
7,956 |
|
|
|
814 |
|
|
|
224 |
|
|
|
410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,404 |
|
Identifiable assets |
|
|
610,249 |
|
|
|
39,995 |
|
|
|
36,488 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
687,424 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense |
|
|
9,765 |
|
|
|
1,007 |
|
|
|
525 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,331 |
|
Capital additions |
|
|
32,077 |
|
|
|
1,360 |
|
|
|
2,038 |
|
|
|
359 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,834 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(dollars in thousands) |
|
As of and for the Six Months Ended June 30, 2004 |
|
|
SCW |
|
CCWC |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Water |
|
Electric |
|
Water |
|
Other* |
|
Eliminations |
|
AWR |
Operating revenues |
|
$ |
89,358 |
|
|
$ |
13,076 |
|
|
$ |
3,008 |
|
|
$ |
601 |
|
|
|
($48 |
) |
|
$ |
105,995 |
|
Operating income
(loss) before income
taxes |
|
|
24,272 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
234 |
|
|
|
(2,336 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,177 |
|
Interest expense, net |
|
|
7,552 |
|
|
|
772 |
|
|
|
243 |
|
|
|
181 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,748 |
|
Identifiable assets |
|
|
551,764 |
|
|
|
37,681 |
|
|
|
32,245 |
|
|
|
172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
621,862 |
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense |
|
|
9,054 |
|
|
|
718 |
|
|
|
470 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,250 |
|
Capital additions |
|
|
26,928 |
|
|
|
2,338 |
|
|
|
1,243 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,592 |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Includes amounts from AWR and ASUSs contracted services. Beginning on October 1, 2004, it
also includes ASUSs wholly-owned subsidiary FBWS. |
Note 12 Subsequent Event: As more fully discussed in Notes 2 and 10, on July 21, 2005, the
CPUC authorized SCW to collect the balance of the Aerojet litigation memorandum account of
approximately $21.3 million, through a rate surcharge, which will continue for no longer than 20
years.
26
Item 6. Exhibits
(a) The following documents are filed as Exhibits to this report:
|
31.1 |
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 for AWR (1) |
|
|
31.1.1 |
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 for SCW (1) |
|
|
31.2 |
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 for AWR (1) |
|
|
31.2.1 |
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act of 2002 for SCW (1) |
|
|
32.1 |
|
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (2) |
|
|
32.2 |
|
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (2) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Filed concurrently herewith. |
|
(2) |
|
Furnished concurrently herewith. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized and as
its principal financial officer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
and its subsidiary
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WATER COMPANY
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Robert J. Sprowls
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Sprowls |
|
|
|
Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Corporate Secretary |
|
|
Dated: August 18, 2005
27
exv31w1
Exhibit 31.1
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for AWR
I, Floyd E. Wicks, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
|
1) |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2005
of American States Water Company (referred to as the Registrant); |
|
|
2) |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
|
|
3) |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report; |
|
|
4) |
|
The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have: |
|
a) |
|
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; |
|
|
c) |
|
evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and |
|
|
d) |
|
disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the Registrants most recent fiscal quarter
(the Registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants
internal control over financial reporting. |
|
5) |
|
The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrants
auditors and the audit committee of Registrants board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent function): |
|
a) |
|
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and |
|
|
b) |
|
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the Registrants internal controls over financial
reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dated: August 18, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
|
|
|
|
Floyd E. Wicks |
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
28
exv31w1w1
Exhibit 31.1.1
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for SCW
I, Floyd E. Wicks, Chief Executive Officer, certify that:
|
1) |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2005
of Southern California Water Company (referred to as SCW); |
|
|
2) |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
|
|
3) |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the SCW as of, and for, the periods presented in
this report; |
|
|
4) |
|
SCWs other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for SCW and have: |
|
a) |
|
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to SCW, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
evaluated the effectiveness of SCWs disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
|
|
c) |
|
disclosed in this report any change in SCWs internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during SCWs most recent fiscal quarter (SCWs fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, SCWs internal control over financial reporting. |
|
5) |
|
SCWs other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the SCWs auditors and the
audit committee of SCWs board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function): |
|
a) |
|
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the SCWs ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and |
|
|
b) |
|
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in SCWs internal controls over financial reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dated: August 18, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
|
|
|
|
Floyd E. Wicks |
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
29
exv31w2
Exhibit 31.2
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for AWR
I, Robert J. Sprowls, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:
|
1) |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2005
of American States Water Company (referred to as the Registrant); |
|
|
2) |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
|
|
3) |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report; |
|
|
4) |
|
The Registrants other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and
maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the Registrant and have: |
|
a) |
|
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in
which this report is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such
internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles; |
|
|
c) |
|
evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrants disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the
disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and |
|
|
d) |
|
disclosed in this report any change in the Registrants internal control over
financial reporting that occurred during the Registrants most recent fiscal quarter
(the Registrants fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrants
internal control over financial reporting. |
|
5) |
|
The Registrants other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most
recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrants
auditors and the audit committee of Registrants board of directors (or persons performing
the equivalent function): |
|
a) |
|
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the Registrants ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and |
|
|
b) |
|
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the Registrants internal controls over financial
reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dated: August 18, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ ROBERT J. SPROWLS
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Sprowls |
|
|
|
Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
|
|
30
exv31w2w1
Exhibit 31.2.1
Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for SCW
I, Robert J. Sprowls, Chief Financial Officer, certify that:
|
1) |
|
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q/A for the period ended June 30, 2005
of Southern California Water Company (referred to as SCW); |
|
|
2) |
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the
period covered by this report; |
|
|
3) |
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,
results of operations and cash flows of SCW as of, and for, the periods presented in this
report; |
|
|
4) |
|
SCWs other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules
13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for SCW and have: |
|
a) |
|
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material
information relating to SCW, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to
us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report
is being prepared; |
|
|
b) |
|
evaluated the effectiveness of SCWs disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and |
|
|
c) |
|
disclosed in this report any change in SCWs internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during SCWs most recent fiscal quarter (SCWs fourth fiscal
quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, SCWs internal control over financial reporting. |
|
5) |
|
SCWs other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent
evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to SCWs auditors and the audit
committee of Registrants board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent
function): |
|
a) |
|
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect SCWs ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;
and |
|
|
b) |
|
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in SCWs internal controls over financial reporting. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dated: August 18, 2005 |
By: |
/s/ ROBERT J. SPROWLS
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Sprowls |
|
|
|
Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial
Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
|
|
31
exv32w1
Exhibit 32.1
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report of American States Water Company and Southern California
Water Company (the Registrant) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I Floyd E. Wicks, Chief
Executive Officer of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to
§ 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
(1) |
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) |
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. |
|
|
|
/s/ Floyd E. Wicks
|
|
|
|
|
|
Floyd E. Wicks |
|
|
Chief Executive Officer |
|
|
|
|
|
Date: August 18, 2005 |
|
|
32
exv32w2
Exhibit 32.2
Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
(18 U.S.C. Section 1350)
In connection with the Quarterly Report of American States Water Company and Southern California
Water Company (the Registrant) on Form 10-Q/A for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I Robert J. Sprowls,
Chief Financial Officer of the Registrant, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted
pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
(1) |
|
The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934; and |
(2) |
|
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the
financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant. |
|
|
|
/s/ Robert J. Sprowls
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert J. Sprowls |
|
|
Senior Vice President-Finance, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary |
|
|
|
|
|
Date: August 18, 2005 |
|
|
33