American Water Works Company Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
Current Report
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 5, 2026
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 001-34028
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(856 ) 955-4001
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
West Virginia Public Service Commission (the “WVPSC”) Approval of Orders Related to West Virginia-American Water Company, Inc. (“West Virginia American Water”)
On March 10, 2026, West Virginia American Water, a subsidiary of American Water Works Company, Inc. (the “Company”), issued a press release to announce that on March 5, 2026, the WVPSC issued an amended order (the “Order”) that approves the adjustment of West Virginia American Water’s base rates requested in a general rate case filed on May 5, 2025. The Order approved an annualized increase of $20.5 million in West Virginia American Water’s water and wastewater system revenues, which excludes previously recovered infrastructure surcharges of $12.7 million, based on an authorized return on equity (“ROE”) of 9.8%, a common equity ratio of 51.0% and a debt ratio of 49.0%. West Virginia American Water’s view of its authorized rate base, which was not stated in the Order, is approximately $1.1 billion.
The increased water and wastewater revenues related to this base rate adjustment are being driven primarily by approximately $239 million of related water and wastewater system capital investments made since the completion of West Virginia American Water’s previous rate case and through February 2026. The new water and wastewater rates became effective as of March 1, 2026.
A copy of the press release issued by West Virginia American Water has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference. References and links to websites and other information contained in this press release are not provided as active hyperlinks, and the information contained in or accessed through these hyperlinks shall not be incorporated into, or form a part of, this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits to this Current Report have been filed herewith (except as noted below):
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 99.1 | ||||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (the cover page XBRL tags are included and formatted as Inline XBRL). | |||||||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| AMERICAN WATER WORKS COMPANY, INC. | ||||||||||||||
| Dated: | March 10, 2026 | By: | /s/ DAVID M. BOWLER | |||||||||||
| David M. Bowler | ||||||||||||||
| Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||||||||||||
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