Golden State Water Company

At Golden State Water Company, it has been all about water for more than 80 years.  Our team of professionals delivers reliable, quality water and great service to customers in 75 communities across California.

Water-use Efficiency: We help people and businesses use water efficiently and offer rebates and special programs to customers to help manage water use. Efficient water use is one of the best ways to maintain a reliable source of high quality drinking water, now and in the future, and helps our customers manage their water bills.

Accountability: We operate transparently and are accountable to state and federal regulators to ensure rates are fair. Our rates are established to recover our
operating cost on a dollar for dollar basis, without profit.  As an investor owned utility, shareholders provide an important source of capital that allows Golden State Water Company to make needed system investments and improvements for the benefit of our customers.  Being a profitable company ensures a lower investment cost and a solid funding source for infrastructure improvements.  Regulatory agencies, such as the California Public Utilities Commission, authorize a rate of return to our shareholders for bearing the risk of providing investment capital to finance needed capital improvements.

We don’t play politics with water service. Deferred maintenance and cutting corners puts customers and water quality at risk. We work to balance maintaining the water system with being efficient so that rates are reasonable. We have reformed our pension system and are focused on maximizing efficiency. We don’t charge for connection fees or service calls.

Golden State Water Company is a public utility in California and is a wholly owned subsidiary of American States Water Company. The company is regulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Department of Public Health and the California Public Utilities Commission. Golden State Water values customer input and appreciates the influence customers and all stakeholders have in the ratemaking and regulatory process.