CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP Item 8.01. Other Events.
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This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
("Act"). The forward-looking statements are intended to qualify under provisions
of the federal securities laws for "safe harbor" treatment established by the
Act. Forward-looking statements are based on currently available information,
expectations, estimates, assumptions and projections, and management's judgment
about the Registrant, the water utility industry and general economic
conditions. Such words as would, expects, intends, plans, believes, estimates,
assumes, anticipates, projects, predicts, forecasts or variations of such words
or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The
forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They are
subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary
materially from what is contained in a forward-looking statement. Factors that
may cause a result different than expected or anticipated include, but are not
limited to: the effects of the CPUC's decision on revenue and customer
incentives; governmental and regulatory commissions' decisions, including
decisions on proper disposition of property; natural disasters or calamities,
public health crises, pandemics, epidemics or outbreaks of a contagious disease,
such as the recent outbreak of Coronavirus (or COVID-19), or any escalation or
worsening of the foregoing; consequences of eminent domain actions relating to
our water systems; changes in regulatory commissions' policies and procedures;
the timeliness of regulatory commissions' actions concerning rate relief and
other actions; changes in water quality standards; changes in environmental
compliance and water quality requirements; electric power interruptions; housing
and customer growth trends; the impact of opposition to rate increases; our
ability to recover costs; availability of water supplies; issues with the
implementation, maintenance or security of our information technology systems;
civil disturbances or terrorist threats or acts; the adequacy of our efforts to
mitigate physical and cyber security risks and threats; the ability of our
enterprise risk management processes to identify or address risks adequately;
labor relations matters as we negotiate with unions; changes in customer water
use patterns and the effects of conservation; the impact of weather and climate
on water quality, water availability, water sales and operating results, and the
adequacy of our emergency preparedness; and, other risks and unforeseen events.
When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the
cautionary statements included in this paragraph, as well as the annual 10-K,
Quarterly 10-Q, and other reports filed from time-to-time with the
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