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Equity Plans
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Equity Plans Equity Plans
Common Stock
SJW Group’s long-term incentive plans provide employees, non-employee board members or the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary, consultants, and other independent advisors who provide services to the company or subsidiary the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in SJW Group. SJW Group also maintains stock plans in connection with its acquisition of CTWS which are no longer granting new stock awards. In addition, shares are issued to employees under SJW Group’s employee stock purchase plan.
On April 26, 2023, SJW Group adopted the successor plans, the 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, to replace the Amended and Restated Long-Term Incentive Plan (the, “Predecessor Incentive Plan”) and the 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the, “Predecessor ESPP”), respectively. The Predecessor Incentive Plan terminated on April 23, 2023 and the Predecessor ESPP terminated on July 31, 2023. Each outstanding award under the Predecessor Incentive Plan will remain outstanding under the Predecessor Incentive Plan and shall be governed solely by the terms of the documents evidencing such awards. The 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan reserves a total of 1,142,000 shares of SJW Group’s common stock for issuance to employees, non-employee board members or the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary,
consultants, and other independent advisors who provide services to the SJW Group and its subsidiaries. The 2023 Employee Stock Purchase Plan reserves for a total of 500,000 shares of SJW Group’s common stock for issuance for eligible employees to purchase common stock at a discount through accumulated payroll deductions. Remaining reserves for both of the predecessor plans were terminated with the adoption of the successor plans.
The plans allow SJW Group to provide employees, non-employee Board members or the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary, consultants, and other independent advisors who provide services to the company or any parent or subsidiary the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in SJW Group.
A participant in the plans generally may not receive plan awards covering an aggregate of more than 600,000 shares of common stock in any calendar year. Additionally, awards granted under the plans may be conditioned upon the attainment of specified Company performance goals. The types of awards included in the plans are restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance shares, or other share-based awards. In addition, shares are issued to employees under the employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”) that was approved by SJW Group stockholders.
As of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, 1,080,759, 1,013,782 and 946,086 shares have been issued pursuant to the plans, and 150,704, 162,502 and 168,721 shares are issuable upon the vesting of outstanding restricted stock units, performance-based stock units, and deferred restricted stock units for the years ended 2023, 2022 and 2021, respectively. The remaining shares available for issuance under the plans are 1,136,979 as of December 31, 2023. The compensation costs charged to income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period.
A summary of compensation costs charged to income and proceeds from share-based compensation, which are recorded to additional paid-in capital and common stock, by award type, are presented below for the years ended December 31:
202320222021
Compensation costs charged to income:
ESPP$378 369 357 
Restricted stock and deferred restricted stock4,269 4,422 3,889 
Total compensation costs charged to income$4,647 4,791 4,246 
ESPP proceeds$2,141 2,091 2,026 
Restricted Stock and Deferred Restricted Stock
A summary of SJW Group’s outstanding restricted and deferred restricted stock awards under the Plan as of December 31, 2023, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2023, are presented below:
UnitsWeighted-
Average Grant-
Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2023162,502 $63.77 
Granted69,655 $78.30 
Issued(66,977)$57.05 
Forfeited(14,476)$72.43 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023150,704 $72.64 
Shares vested as of December 31, 202327,159 $66.81 
A summary of the status of SJW Group’s nonvested restricted and deferred restricted stock awards under the plans as of December 31, 2023, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2023, are presented below:
UnitsWeighted-  Average Grant-
Date Fair Value
Nonvested as of January 1, 2023125,459 $66.71 
Granted69,655 $78.30 
Vested(63,755)$64.62 
Forfeited(7,814)$72.98 
Nonvested as of December 31, 2023123,545 $73.93 
Total fair value of restricted stock awards for all plans that were vested for the years ended 2023, 2022 and 2021 were $4,170, $4,369 and $3,332, respectively. As of December 31, 2023, the total unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted and deferred restricted stock plans amounted to $4,587. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.67 years.
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, 15,955, 11,551 and 7,327, respectively, of performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards were issued upon the attainment of certain performance metrics and service-based vesting under the Plan. Based upon actual attainment relative to the target performance metric, the number of shares issuable can range between 0% to 150% of the target number of shares for performance-based restricted stock awards, or between 0% and 200% of the target number of shares for market-based restricted stock awards. As of December 31, 2023, 24,726 performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards vested and 61,763 remained outstanding.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of SJW Group’s common stock at 85% of the fair value of shares on the purchase date. Under the ESPP, employees can designate up to a maximum of 10% of their base compensation for the purchase of shares of common stock, subject to certain restrictions. A total of 500,000 shares of SJW Group’s common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP. The remaining shares available for issuance under the ESPP are 500,000 as of December 31, 2023.
For the year ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, a total of 34,122, 36,585 and 35,304 shares, respectively, were issued under the ESPP. The plan has no look-back provisions.
For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, SJW Group’s recorded expenses were $380, $377 and $361, respectively, related to the ESPP. The total unrecognized compensation costs related to the semi-annual offering period that ended January 31, 2024, for the ESPP is approximately $27.