UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) October 8, 2009


AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (909) 394-3600

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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing requirement of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 8.01.          Other Events

San Dimas, California, October 13, 2009…. American States Water Company (NYSE:AWR) announced that the Arizona Corporation Commission (“ACC”) approved on October 8, 2009 a rate increase for Chaparral City Water Company (“CCWC”), a subsidiary of AWR in Arizona.  The rate increase will be effective on October 15, 2009 and is expected to generate additional annual revenues of approximately $1.7 million, a 23% increase over current revenues.  In addition, as a result of other actions taken by the ACC on October 8, 2009, AWR will recognize a loss of $760,000, or $0.02 per share, during the third quarter of 2009, which effectively reverses a gain from a settlement with the Fountain Hills Sanitary District that had been recorded in 2005.  

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.  

This Form 8-K and the attached exhibit are furnished to, but not filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Section 9 – Financial Statement and Exhibits

Item 9.01.          Financial Statements and Exhibits

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.