2. Background

California-American Water Company (Cal Am) is a Class-A water utility subject to the jurisdiction of this Commission, providing water service in portions of Los Angeles, Ventura, San Diego, Monterey, Sacramento, and Sonoma counties.

On March 10, 2010, Cal Am, a subsidiary of American Water Works Company, Inc. (AWWC), filed Application (A.) 10-03-024 requesting authorization to issue, sell, and deliver $85 million of Debt Securities. Notice of the application appeared in the Commission's Daily Calendar of April 1, 2010. On April 9, 2010, Resolution ALJ 176-3251 was issued, preliminarily categorizing this application as ratesetting and preliminarily determining that no hearings were needed.

On April 16, 2010, the assigned Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) issued Administrative Law Judge's Ruling Requiring Applicant to File a Response to Information Request Within 10 Days (Ruling). On April 26, 2010, Cal Am filed Response of California-American Water Company to Inquiries of Assigned Administrative Law Judge (Response).