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Bank Debt
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Bank Debt  
Bank Debt Bank Debts
Registrant’s bank debts consist of outstanding borrowings made under three separate credit facilities at AWR (parent), GSWC and BVES.
AWR (parent) and GSWC Credit Facilities:
On June 28, 2023, AWR and GSWC, each entered into new credit agreements with a term of five years provided by a syndicate of banks and financial institutions. Both credit agreements will mature on June 28, 2028. In connection with the credit agreements, AWR and GSWC incurred, legal and other fees totaling $0.6 million and $0.8 million, respectively. The syndicated credit facilities replaced AWR’s previous credit agreement with a sole bank where AWR had a borrowing capacity of $280.0 million that supported GSWC and ASUS operations. Funds from the current facilities were used to pay-off in full all outstanding borrowings under AWR’s prior credit facility and GSWC’s outstanding intercompany borrowings from AWR.
AWR’s credit agreement provided for a $150.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility to support AWR (parent) and ASUS. Under AWR’s credit agreement, the borrowing capacity may be expanded up to an additional amount of $75 million, subject to the lenders’ approval. On November 6, 2023, AWR’s credit facility was amended to increase the borrowing capacity from $150.0 million to $165.0 million to provide additional support to ASUS and AWR (parent). In connection with the increase in borrowing capacity. Furthermore, the aggregate amount that may be outstanding under letters of credit for AWR is $10.0 million. Loans may be obtained under the credit facilities at the option of AWR and bear interest at rates based on either a base rate plus an applicable margin or an adjusted term secured overnight financing rate (“SOFR”) determined by the SOFR administrator, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin depends upon AWR’s credit ratings. As of December 31, 2024, AWR’s outstanding borrowings under its credit facility of $120.0 million have been classified as non-current liabilities on AWR’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
AWR’s credit agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for credit facilities of this type, including, among other things, affirmative covenants relating to compliance with law and material contracts, and negative covenants relating to additional indebtedness, liens, investments, restricted payments and asset sales by AWR and its subsidiaries, other than BVES. AWR is not permitted to have a consolidated total capitalization ratio (as defined in the credit agreement), excluding BVES, greater than 0.65 to 1.00 at the end of any quarter. Default under any indebtedness of any subsidiary of AWR, other than BVES, will result in a default under AWR’s credit agreement. As of December 31, 2024, AWR was in compliance with these requirements. As of December 31, 2024, AWR had a capitalization ratio of 0.51 to 1.00.
GSWC’s credit agreement provides for a $200.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility to support its operations and capital expenditures. Under GSWC’s credit agreement, the borrowing capacity may be expanded up to an additional amount of $75.0 million, also subject to the lenders’ approval. The aggregate amount that may be outstanding under letters of credit is $20.0 million. Loans may be obtained under this credit facility at the option of GSWC and bear interest at rates based on either a base rate plus an applicable margin or an adjusted term SOFR determined by the SOFR administrator plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin depends upon GSWC’s credit rating.
GSWC’s credit facility is considered a short-term debt arrangement by the CPUC. GSWC has been authorized by the CPUC to borrow under the credit facility for a term of up to 24 months. Borrowings under this credit facility are, therefore, required to be fully paid off within a 24-month period. GSWC’s next pay-off period ends in June 2025. Accordingly, as of December 31, 2024, GSWC’s outstanding borrowings under its credit facility of $124.0 million have been classified as current liabilities on GSWC’s Balance Sheet. GSWC expects to issue long-term debt and/or equity to facilitate the pay-off of its credit facility in 2025, after which GSWC may borrow under the credit facility again. Similar to AWR’s credit agreement, GSWC’s credit agreement also contains affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for credit facilities of its type. GSWC is also not permitted to have a total capitalization ratio greater than 0.65 to 1.00 at the end of any quarter. Default under any indebtedness of any subsidiary of AWR will not result in a default under GSWC’s credit agreement. As of December 31, 2024, GSWC was in compliance with these requirements, with total funded debt ratio of 0.48 to 1.00.
BVES Credit Facility:
BVES has a separate revolving credit facility without a parent guaranty that supports its electric operations and capital expenditures that provides a current borrowing capacity, as amended, of $65.0 million and expires on July 1, 2026. Under BVES’s amended credit agreement, the borrowing capacity may be expanded up to an additional amount of $10 million.
BVES’s revolving credit facility is considered a short-term debt arrangement by the CPUC. Therefore, pursuant to the CPUC’s requirements, borrowings under this credit facility are required to be fully paid off within a 24 month period, after which, BVES may borrow under the credit facility again. BVES’s extended pay-off period as approved by the CPUC was set to end on May 1, 2025. On August 1, 2024, the CPUC issued a final decision in BVES’s financing application, which among other things, approved BVES’s request to issue up to $120 million of new long-term debt and equity securities. As a result of receiving approval of the financing application, on February 12, 2025, BVES completed the issuance of $50.0 million in unsecured private-placement notes maturing on February 12, 2030 (Note 10). BVES used the proceeds from the notes to pay down all amounts under its revolving credit facility outstanding at the time of issuing the notes. As a result of refinancing the outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility with 5-year term notes, as of December 31, 2024 the outstanding balance under BVES’s credit facility of $45.0 million has been classified as non-current liabilities in AWR’s Consolidated Balance Sheet.
BVES amended its credit agreement and its term loan agreement related to the unsecured private placement notes issued in 2022, where effective December 19, 2024 and through the end of 2025, BVES must maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio of 3.0 times its interest expense, and 4.5 times its interest expense thereafter. BVES is also required to maintain a maximum consolidated total debt to consolidated total capitalization ratio of 0.65 to 1.00. As of December 31, 2024, BVES was in compliance with these requirements, with an actual interest coverage ratio of 4.60 times interest expense and a total funded debt ratio of 0.44 to 1.00 as of December 31, 2024. In addition, BVES is required to have a current safety certification issued by the CPUC, which it currently has.
Registrant’s borrowing activities (excluding letters of credit) for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
 December 31,
(in thousands, except percent)20242023
Balance Outstanding at December 31,$289,000 $333,500 
Interest Rate at December 31,
5.33% ~ 5.94%
6.33% ~ 6.96%
Average Amount Outstanding$315,811 $243,355 
Weighted Average Annual Interest Rate6.29 %6.11 %
Maximum Amount Outstanding$372,500 $333,500