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Business Segments (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Segment Reporting [Abstract] |
Schedule of reporting segments information | Capital additions reflect capital expenditures paid in cash and exclude government-funded capital expenditures for ASUS and property installed by developers and conveyed to GSWC.
|  | As Of And For The Year Ended December 31, 2014
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts (2) |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 326,672 |  |  | $ | 34,387 |  |  | $ | 104,732 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 465,791 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 94,014 |  |  | 5,728 |  |  | 19,351 |  |  | (48 | ) |  | 119,045 |
Interest expense, net |  | 19,370 |  |  | 1,260 |  |  | 142 |  |  | (82 | ) |  | 20,690 |
Utility Plant |  | 953,678 |  |  | 45,202 |  |  | 4,640 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,003,520 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 38,388 |  |  | 1,466 |  |  | 1,219 |  |  | — |  |  | 41,073 |
Income tax expense/(benefit) |  | 30,410 |  |  | 1,596 |  |  | 7,038 |  |  | (996 | ) |  | 38,048 |
Capital additions |  | 66,304 |  |  | 4,584 |  |  | 1,665 |  |  | — |  |  | 72,553 |
|  | As Of And For The Year Ended December 31, 2013
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 320,131 |  |  | $ | 38,409 |  |  | $ | 113,537 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 472,077 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 95,932 |  |  | 6,411 |  |  | 16,737 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | 119,072 |
Interest expense, net |  | 20,236 |  |  | 1,436 |  |  | 264 |  |  | (228 | ) |  | 21,708 |
Utility Plant |  | 936,386 |  |  | 40,908 |  |  | 4,183 |  |  | — |  |  | 981,477 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 36,636 |  |  | 2,316 |  |  | 1,138 |  |  | — |  |  | 40,090 |
Income tax expense/(benefit) |  | 30,679 |  |  | 2,455 |  |  | 4,911 |  |  | (2,262 | ) |  | 35,783 |
Capital additions |  | 94,581 |  |  | 2,124 |  |  | 674 |  |  | — |  |  | 97,379 |
|  | As Of And For The Year Ended December 31, 2012
|  | GSWC |  | ASUS |  | AWR |  | Consolidated
(dollars in thousands) |  | Water |  | Electric |  | Contracts |  | Parent |  | AWR
Operating revenues |  | $ | 305,898 |  |  | $ | 37,033 |  |  | $ | 123,977 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 466,908 |
Operating income (loss) |  | 78,104 |  |  | 8,501 |  |  | 24,608 |  |  | (119 | ) |  | 111,094 |
Interest expense, net |  | 19,783 |  |  | 1,533 |  |  | 179 |  |  | (63 | ) |  | 21,432 |
Utility Plant |  | 871,756 |  |  | 41,381 |  |  | 4,654 |  |  | — |  |  | 917,791 |
Depreciation and amortization expense (1) |  | 37,905 |  |  | 2,292 |  |  | 1,188 |  |  | — |  |  | 41,385 |
Income tax expense |  | 24,231 |  |  | 2,269 |  |  | 9,437 |  |  | 8 |  |  | 35,945 |
Capital additions |  | 62,500 |  |  | 4,331 |  |  | 1,273 |  |  | — |  |  | 68,104 |
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):
|  | December 31,
|  | 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Total utility plant |  | $ | 1,003,520 |  |  | $ | 981,477 |  |  | $ | 917,791 |
Other assets |  | 374,778 |  |  | 328,706 |  |  | 363,152 |
Total consolidated assets |  | $ | 1,378,298 |  |  | $ | 1,310,183 |  |  | $ | 1,280,943 |
(1) Depreciation computed on GSWC’s transportation equipment is recorded in other operating expenses and totaled $678,000, $877,000 and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively. (2) ASUS recorded approximately $1.6 million of additional revenues during the fourth quarter of 2014 in conjunction with the close-out of a large construction project.

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