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Business Segments: (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of reporting segments information | The tables below set forth information relating to GSWC’s operating segments, ASUS and its subsidiaries and other matters. Total assets by segment are not presented below, as certain of Registrant’s assets are not tracked by segment. The utility plant amounts are net of respective accumulated provisions for depreciation. Capital additions reflect capital expenditures paid in cash and exclude property installed by developers and conveyed to GSWC.
|  | As Of And For The Three Months Ended September 30, 2014
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 96,700 |  |  | $ | 8,614 |  |  | $ | 33,013 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 138,327 |
Operating income |  | 31,185 |  |  | 1,161 |  |  | 7,549 |  |  | — |  |  | 39,895 |
Interest expense, net |  | 4,976 |  |  | 319 |  |  | 10 |  |  | (10 | ) |  | 5,295 |
Utility plant |  | 950,256 |  |  | 40,333 |  |  | 4,854 |  |  | — |  |  | 995,443 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 9,643 |  |  | 593 |  |  | 313 |  |  | — |  |  | 10,549 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | 10,749 |  |  | 270 |  |  | 2,857 |  |  | (400 | ) |  | 13,476 |
Capital additions |  | 17,093 |  |  | 726 |  |  | 275 |  |  | — |  |  | 18,094 |
|  | As Of And For The Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 93,932 |  |  | $ | 8,849 |  |  | $ | 28,133 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 130,914 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 31,022 |  |  | 1,262 |  |  | 3,882 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | 36,164 |
Interest expense, net |  | 5,297 |  |  | 370 |  |  | 71 |  |  | (71 | ) |  | 5,667 |
Utility plant |  | 923,521 |  |  | 40,904 |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | — |  |  | 968,459 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 8,900 |  |  | 574 |  |  | 279 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,753 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | 9,812 |  |  | 439 |  |  | 1,343 |  |  | (1,689 | ) |  | 9,905 |
Capital additions |  | 27,256 |  |  | 546 |  |  | 68 |  |  | — |  |  | 27,870 |
|  | As Of And For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 253,689 |  |  | $ | 27,398 |  |  | $ | 74,826 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 355,913 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 76,762 |  |  | 4,589 |  |  | 12,358 |  |  | (46 | ) |  | 93,663 |
Interest expense, net |  | 15,415 |  |  | 990 |  |  | 132 |  |  | (72 | ) |  | 16,465 |
Utility plant |  | 950,256 |  |  | 40,333 |  |  | 4,854 |  |  | — |  |  | 995,443 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 28,840 |  |  | 1,868 |  |  | 896 |  |  | — |  |  | 31,604 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | 25,081 |  |  | 1,426 |  |  | 4,603 |  |  | (1,015 | ) |  | 30,095 |
Capital additions |  | 50,744 |  |  | 1,406 |  |  | 1,564 |  |  | — |  |  | 53,714 |
|  | As Of And For The Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 247,234 |  |  | $ | 27,980 |  |  | $ | 86,947 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 362,161 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 79,557 |  |  | 5,281 |  |  | 12,592 |  |  | (9 | ) |  | 97,421 |
Interest expense, net |  | 15,699 |  |  | 1,124 |  |  | 224 |  |  | (161 | ) |  | 16,886 |
Utility plant |  | 923,521 |  |  | 40,904 |  |  | 4,034 |  |  | — |  |  | 968,459 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 26,739 |  |  | 1,741 |  |  | 857 |  |  | — |  |  | 29,337 |
Income tax expense (benefit) |  | 25,574 |  |  | 1,983 |  |  | 4,637 |  |  | (1,892 | ) |  | 30,302 |
Capital additions |  | 67,397 |  |  | 1,426 |  |  | 236 |  |  |  |  |  | 69,059 |
(1) Depreciation expense computed on GSWC’s transportation equipment of $201,000 and $214,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, and $698,000 and $682,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, is recorded in administrative and general expenses.
Schedule of reconciliation of total utility plant (a key figure for rate-making) to total consolidated assets | The following table reconciles total utility plant (a key figure for rate-making) to total consolidated assets (in thousands):
|  | September 30,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013
Total utility plant |  | $ | 995,443 |  |  | $ | 968,459 |
Other assets |  | 330,672 |  |  | 382,594 |
Total consolidated assets |  | $ | 1,326,115 |  |  | $ | 1,351,053 |

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