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Taxes on Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations | The significant components of the deferred tax assets and liabilities as reflected in the balance sheets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 are:
|  | AWR |  | GSWC
|  | December 31, |  | December 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Regulatory-liability-related (1) |  | $ | 32,220 |  |  | $ | 32,640 |  |  | $ | 30,410 |  |  | $ | 30,782 |
Contributions and advances |  | 6,850 |  |  | 6,390 |  |  | 7,227 |  |  | 6,771 |
Other |  | 5,324 |  |  | 6,092 |  |  | 5,689 |  |  | 6,663 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | $ | 44,394 |  |  | $ | 45,122 |  |  | $ | 43,326 |  |  | $ | 44,216 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed assets |  | $ | (150,290) |  |  | $ | (146,688) |  |  | $ | (144,719) |  |  | $ | (141,422) |
Regulatory-asset-related: depreciation and other |  | (25,914) |  |  | (22,205) |  |  | (24,858) |  |  | (21,060) |
Balancing and memorandum accounts (non-flow-through) |  | (8,480) |  |  | (7,401) |  |  | (6,063) |  |  | (6,315) |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (184,684) |  |  | (176,294) |  |  | (175,640) |  |  | (168,797) |
Accumulated deferred income taxes, net |  | $ | (140,290) |  |  | $ | (131,172) |  |  | $ | (132,314) |  |  | $ | (124,581) |
Schedule of current and deferred components of income tax expense from continuing operations | The current and deferred components of income tax expense are as follows:
|  | AWR
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Current |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 19,592 |  |  | $ | 19,240 |  |  | $ | 12,507 |
State |  | 7,270 |  |  | 6,714 |  |  | 5,540 |
Total current tax expense |  | $ | 26,862 |  |  | $ | 25,954 |  |  | $ | 18,047 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 2,802 |  |  | $ | 1,814 |  |  | $ | 6,407 |
State |  | 759 |  |  | 429 |  |  | 216 |
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense |  | 3,561 |  |  | 2,243 |  |  | 6,623 |
Total income tax expense |  | $ | 30,423 |  |  | $ | 28,197 |  |  | $ | 24,670 |
|  | GSWC
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Current |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 13,698 |  |  | $ | 14,674 |  |  | $ | 9,616 |
State |  | 6,089 |  |  | 5,849 |  |  | 5,480 |
Total current tax expense |  | $ | 19,787 |  |  | $ | 20,523 |  |  | $ | 15,096 |
Deferred |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 2,251 |  |  | $ | 949 |  |  | $ | 4,924 |
State |  | 57 |  |  | 232 |  |  | 157 |
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense |  | 2,308 |  |  | 1,181 |  |  | 5,081 |
Total income tax expense |  | $ | 22,095 |  |  | $ | 21,704 |  |  | $ | 20,177 |
Schedule of reconciliations of the effective tax rates to the federal statutory rate | :
|  | AWR
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Federal taxes on pretax income at statutory rate |  | $ | 26,202 |  |  | $ | 24,071 |  |  | $ | 22,872 |
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |
State income tax, net of federal benefit |  | 6,425 |  |  | 5,764 |  |  | 4,758 |
Excess deferred tax amortization |  | (1,356) |  |  | (1,550) |  |  | (1,579) |
Flow-through on fixed assets |  | 1,069 |  |  | 1,056 |  |  | 1,244 |
Flow-through on removal costs |  | (1,962) |  |  | (1,031) |  |  | (1,582) |
Investment tax credit |  | (71) |  |  | (71) |  |  | (71) |
Other – net |  | 116 |  |  | (42) |  |  | (972) |
Total income tax expense from operations |  | $ | 30,423 |  |  | $ | 28,197 |  |  | $ | 24,670 |
Pretax income from operations |  | $ | 124,770 |  |  | $ | 114,622 |  |  | $ | 109,012 |
Effective income tax rate |  | 24.4 | % |  | 24.6 | % |  | 22.6 | %
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|  | GSWC
|  | Year Ended December 31,
(dollars in thousands) |  | 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Federal taxes on pretax income at statutory rate |  | $ | 19,175 |  |  | $ | 18,202 |  |  | $ | 18,236 |
Increase (decrease) in taxes resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |
State income tax, net of federal benefit |  | 4,923 |  |  | 4,920 |  |  | 4,656 |
Excess deferred tax amortization |  | (1,184) |  |  | (1,477) |  |  | (1,579) |
Flow-through on fixed assets |  | 1,008 |  |  | 1,042 |  |  | 1,244 |
Flow-through on removal costs |  | (1,954) |  |  | (1,026) |  |  | (1,582) |
Investment tax credit |  | (71) |  |  | (71) |  |  | (71) |
Other – net |  | 198 |  |  | 114 |  |  | (727) |
Total income tax expense from operations |  | $ | 22,095 |  |  | $ | 21,704 |  |  | $ | 20,177 |
Pretax income from operations |  | $ | 91,310 |  |  | $ | 86,675 |  |  | $ | 86,840 |
Effective income tax rate |  | 24.2 | % |  | 25.0 | % |  | 23.2 | %

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