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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of share-based compensation expenses | These expenses resulting from stock options, restricted stock units and performance awards are included in administrative and general expenses in AWR and GSWC’s statements of income:
|  | AWR |  | GSWC
|  | For The Years Ended December 31, |  | For The Years Ended December 31,
(in thousands) |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Stock-based compensation related to: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | $ | 9 |  |  | $ | 150 |  |  | $ | 302 |  |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | 147 |  |  | $ | 307 |
Restricted stock units |  | 1,507 |  |  | 1,729 |  |  | 1,218 |  |  | 1,266 |  |  | 1,468 |  |  | 1,038 |
Performance awards |  | 493 |  |  | 52 |  |  | — |  |  | 373 |  |  | 52 |  |  | — |
Total stock-based compensation expense |  | $ | 2,009 |  |  | $ | 1,931 |  |  | $ | 1,520 |  |  | $ | 1,647 |  |  | $ | 1,667 |  |  | $ | 1,345 |
Schedule of assumptions used to estimate fair value of each option grant on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model | The fair value of each option grant during the year ended December 31, 2011 was estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions:
| 2011
Weighted-average fair value of option granted | $7.15
Risk-free interest rate | 2.48%
Expected annual dividend yield | 3.04%
Expected volatility factor | 28.98%
Expected option term (in years) | 5
Summary of stock option activity | A summary of stock option activity as of December 31, 2013 and changes during the year ended December 31, 2013, are presented below:
| Number of Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value
Options outstanding at January 1, 2013 | 403,158 |  |  | $ | 16.72 |  |  |  |  |  |
Granted | — |  |  | — |  |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (131,448 | ) |  | 16.06 |  |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or expired | (7,114 | ) |  | 13.13 |  |  |  |  |  |
Options outstanding at December 31, 2013 | 264,596 |  |  | $ | 17.16 |  |  | 3.75 |  | $ | 3,060,764 |
Options exercisable at December 31, 2013 | 264,545 |  |  | $ | 17.16 |  |  | 3.75 |  | $ | 3,060,166 |
Summary of the status of Registrant's outstanding restricted stock units to employees and directors | A summary of the status of Registrant’s outstanding RSUs, excluding performance awards, to employees and directors as of December 31, 2013, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2013, is presented below:
| Number of Restricted Share Units |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Value
Restricted share units at January 1, 2013 | 287,510 |  |  | $ | 16.97 |
Granted | 61,312 |  |  | 26.14 |
Vested | (148,522 | ) |  | 17.93 |
Forfeited | (3,264 | ) |  | 20.78 |
Restricted share units at December 31, 2013 | 197,036 |  |  | $ | 19.04 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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