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Equity Plans | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Equity Plans | Equity Plans Common Stock SJW Group has a Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the “Plan”), which has 1,800,000 shares of common stock reserved for issuance. The Plan was initially adopted by the Board of Directors on March 6, 2002. On January 30, 2013, the amended and restated Plan was adopted by the Board and became effective on April 24, 2013. The Plan was subsequently amended and restated by the Board on July 29, 2015, and thereafter amended on November 15, 2016, October 28, 2020 and January 28, 2021. SJW Group also maintains stock plans in connection with the merger with CTWS which are no longer granting new awards under those plans. The Plan allows SJW Group to provide employees, non-employee Board members or the board of directors of any parent or subsidiary, consultants, and other independent advisors who provide services to the Company or any parent or subsidiary the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in SJW Group. A participant in the Plan generally may not receive Plan awards covering an aggregate of more than 600,000 shares of common stock in any calendar year. Additionally, awards granted under the Plan may be conditioned upon the attainment of specified Company performance goals. The types of awards included in the Plan are restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, performance shares, or other share-based awards. In addition, shares are issued to employees under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) that was approved by SJW Group stockholders. As of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, 946,086, 880,495 and 819,340 shares have been issued pursuant to the Plan, and 168,721, 178,106 and 174,764 shares are issuable upon the vesting of outstanding restricted stock units, performance-based stock units, and deferred restricted stock units for the years ended 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The remaining shares available for issuance under the Plan are 685,193 as of December 31, 2021. The compensation costs charged to income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. A summary of compensation costs charged to income and proceeds from share based compensation, that are recorded to additional paid-in capital and common stock, by award type, are presented below for the years ended December 31:
| 2021 |  | 2020 |  | 2019
Compensation costs charged to income: |  |  |  |  |
ESPP | $ | 357 |  |  | 323 |  |  | 283 |
Restricted stock and deferred restricted stock | 3,889 |  |  | 3,230 |  |  | 3,123 |
Total compensation costs charged to income | $ | 4,246 |  |  | 3,553 |  |  | 3,406 |
ESPP proceeds | $ | 2,026 |  |  | 1,830 |  |  | 1,603 |
Restricted Stock and Deferred Restricted Stock A summary of SJW Group’s restricted and deferred restricted stock awards under the Plan as of December 31, 2021, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2021, are presented below:
| Units |  | Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of January 1, 2021 | 178,106 |  |  | $ | 53.43 |
Granted | 78,235 |  |  | $ | 65.17 |
Issued | (65,591) |  |  | $ | 51.52 |
Forfeited | (22,029) |  |  | $ | 62.54 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2021 | 168,721 |  |  | $ | 58.43 |
Shares vested as of December 31, 2021 | 45,311 |  |  | $ | 36.65 |
A summary of the status of SJW Group’s nonvested restricted and deferred restricted stock awards under the Plan as of December 31, 2021, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2021, are presented below:
| Units |  | Weighted- Average Grant- Date Fair Value
Nonvested as of January 1, 2021 | 109,789 |  |  | $ | 65.18 |
Granted | 78,235 |  |  | $ | 65.17 |
Vested | (51,802) |  |  | $ | 62.15 |
Forfeited | (12,812) |  |  | $ | 65.34 |
Nonvested as of December 31, 2021 | 123,410 |  |  | $ | 66.43 |
Total fair value of restricted stock awards for all plans that were vested for the years ended 2021, 2020 and 2019 were $3,332, $3,333 and $2,420, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation costs related to restricted and deferred restricted stock plans amounted to $4,421. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.56 years. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, 7,327, 5,327 and 6,120, respectively, of performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards were issued upon the attainment of certain performance metrics and service-based vesting under the Plan. Based upon actual attainment relative to the target performance metric, the number of shares issuable can range between 0% to 150% of the target number of shares for performance-based restricted stock awards, or between 0% and 200% of the target number of shares for market-based restricted stock awards. As of December 31, 2021, 15,577 performance-based and market-based restricted stock awards vested and 51,160 remained outstanding. Employee Stock Purchase Plan The ESPP allows eligible employees to purchase shares of SJW Group’s common stock at 85% of the fair value of shares on the purchase date. Under the ESPP, employees can designate up to a maximum of 10% of their base compensation for the purchase of shares of common stock, subject to certain restrictions. A total of 400,000 shares of SJW Group’s common stock have been reserved for issuance under the ESPP. The remaining shares available for issuance under the ESPP are 185,509 as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the ESPP had fourteen purchase intervals since its inception. For the year ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, a total of 35,304, 31,750 and 30,255 shares, respectively, were issued under the ESPP. The plan has no look-back provisions. For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, SJW Group’s recorded expenses were $361, $342 and $294, respectively, related to the ESPP. The total unrecognized compensation costs related to the semi-annual offering period that ended January 31, 2022, for the ESPP is approximately $162. This cost is expected to be recognized during the first quarter of 2022.

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