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American States Water Co., et al. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘XML’

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 2/21/24  American States Water Co.         10-K       12/31/23  122:23M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA
          Golden State Water Co.

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     46K 
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 4: EX-21       Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     32K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     31K 
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11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
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18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     37K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    204K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Capitalization           HTML    129K 
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22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Common        HTML     84K 
                Shareholders' Equity                                             
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    155K 
24: R8          Balance Sheets                                      HTML    185K 
25: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     98K 
26: R10         Revenues                                            HTML     90K 
27: R11         Regulatory Matters                                  HTML     86K 
28: R12         Utility Plant and Intangible Assets                 HTML    109K 
29: R13         Derivative Instruments                              HTML     43K 
30: R14         Military Privatization                              HTML     41K 
31: R15         Earnings Per Share / Capital Stock                  HTML     71K 
32: R16         Dividend Limitations                                HTML     35K 
33: R17         Bank Debt                                           HTML     56K 
34: R18         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     42K 
35: R19         Taxes on Income                                     HTML    150K 
36: R20         Employee Benefit Plans                              HTML    385K 
37: R21         Stock-Based Compensation Plans                      HTML     79K 
38: R22         Commitments                                         HTML     45K 
39: R23         Contingencies                                       HTML     40K 
40: R24         Leases Leases                                       HTML     50K 
41: R25         Business Segments                                   HTML    112K 
42: R26         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts                     HTML     73K 
43: R27         Statement of Cash Flows, Supplemental Disclosures   HTML     53K 
44: R28         Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of     HTML    135K 
                Parent                                                           
45: R29         Pay vs Performance Disclosure                       HTML     44K 
46: R30         Insider Trading Arrangements                        HTML     38K 
47: R31         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    135K 
                (Policies)                                                       
48: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Summary  HTML     65K 
                of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)                      
49: R33         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML     73K 
50: R34         Regulatory Matters (Tables)                         HTML     56K 
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61: R45         Business Segments (Tables)                          HTML    108K 
62: R46         Allowance for Doubtful Accounts (Tables)            HTML     71K 
63: R47         Statement of Cash Flows, Supplemental Disclosures   HTML     53K 
                (Tables)                                                         
64: R48         Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of     HTML     52K 
                Parent (Tables)                                                  
65: R49         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    187K 
                (Details)                                                        
66: R50         Revenues (Details)                                  HTML     73K 
67: R51         Revenues Disaggregation of Revenue (Details)        HTML     83K 
68: R52         Revenues Contract assets and Contract Liabilities   HTML     60K 
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69: R53         Regulatory Matters - Narrative (Details)            HTML    151K 
70: R54         Regulatory Matters - Schedule of Regulatory         HTML     71K 
                Liabilities and Assets (Details)                                 
71: R55         Utility Plant and Intangible Assets - By Major      HTML     93K 
                Asset Class (Details)                                            
72: R56         Utility Plant and Intangible Assets - Schedule of   HTML     67K 
                Components (Details)                                             
73: R57         Utility Plant and Intangible Assets - Schedule of   HTML     45K 
                Maturity (Details)                                               
74: R58         Utility Plant and Intangible Assets - Narrative     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Rollforward (Details)                                            
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                EPS (Details)                                                    
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                (Details)                                                        
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81: R65         Bank Debt (Details)                                 HTML    136K 
82: R66         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     73K 
83: R67         Long-Term Debt 2 (Details)                          HTML     67K 
84: R68         Taxes on Income (Details)                           HTML    120K 
85: R69         Employee Benefit Plans - Narrative (Details)        HTML    100K 
86: R70         Employee Benefit Plans - Funded Status of Pension   HTML     74K 
                Plan and Post-Retirement Medical Plan (Details)                  
87: R71         Employee Benefit Plans - Pension Benefits and       HTML    110K 
                Post-Retirement Medical Benefits Recognized on                   
                Balance Sheet (Details)                                          
88: R72         Employee Benefit Plans - Components of Net          HTML     80K 
                Periodic Pension Costs (Details)                                 
89: R73         Employee Benefit Plans - Asset Allocation           HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
90: R74         Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of Fair Value     HTML     58K 
                Measured by Net Asset Value (Details)                            
91: R75         Employee Benefit Plans - Fair Value Hierarchy       HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
92: R76         Employee Benefit Plans - Future Benefit Payments    HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R77         Employee Benefit Plans - Fair Value of Assets       HTML     63K 
                (Details)                                                        
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                Obligations and Change in Benefit Obligation                     
                (Details)                                                        
95: R79         Employee Benefit Plans - Schedule of Defined        HTML     91K 
                Benefit Plan (Details)                                           
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                Expense (Details)                                                
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                Payments for SERP (Details)                                      
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                PARENT - Condensed Balance Sheets (Details)                      
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113: R97         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF     HTML     68K  
                PARENT - Condensed Statements of Cash Flows                      
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114: R98         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF     HTML     67K  
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115: R99         SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF     HTML     67K  
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116: R100        SCHEDULE I - CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF     HTML     48K  
                PARENT - Note Payable to Banks Schedule (Details)                
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