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

FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024
OR
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission file number 001-34245

THE YORK WATER COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

graphic


Pennsylvania
23-1242500
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
   
130 East Market Street, York, Pennsylvania
17401
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (717) 845-3601

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Common Stock, No par value
YORW
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
(Title of Class)
(Trading Symbol)
(Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
 Yes
☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).
 Yes
☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act:

Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer 
     
Smaller reporting company
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
No
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Common stock, No par value
14,374,163 Shares outstanding
as of November 7, 2024



THE YORK WATER COMPANY

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.
Financial Statements.

Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 
Sep. 30, 2024
   
Dec. 31, 2023
 
ASSETS
           
UTILITY PLANT, at original cost
 
$
653,263
   
$
620,201
 
Plant acquisition adjustments
   
(9,437
)
   
(9,384
)
Accumulated depreciation
   
(122,158
)
   
(117,113
)
Net utility plant
   
521,668
     
493,704
 
                 
OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTY, net of accumulated depreciation
of $526 in 2024 and $501 in 2023
   
1,544
     
1,569
 
                 
CURRENT ASSETS:
               
Cash and cash equivalents
   
1
     
1
 
Accounts receivable, net of reserves of $1,455 in 2024
and $1,005 in 2023
   
7,712
     
7,837
 
Unbilled revenues
   
3,490
     
3,484
 
Recoverable income taxes
   
     
332
 
Materials and supplies inventories, at cost
   
3,775
     
3,109
 
Prepaid expenses
   
1,776
     
821
 
Total current assets
   
16,754
     
15,584
 
                 
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS:
               
Prepaid pension cost
   
24,006
     
23,380
 
Note receivable
   
255
     
255
 
Deferred regulatory assets
   
52,110
     
48,949
 
Other assets
   
5,083
     
4,764
 
Total other long-term assets
   
81,454
     
77,348
 
                 
Total Assets
 
$
621,420
   
$
588,205
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

THE YORK WATER COMPANY

Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 
Sep. 30, 2024
   
Dec. 31, 2023
 
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
           
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
           
Common stock, no par value, authorized 46,500,000 shares,
issued and outstanding 14,371,929 shares in 2024
and 14,332,245 shares in 2023
 
$
137,576
   
$
136,174
 
Retained earnings
   
91,112
     
85,004
 
Total common stockholders’ equity
   
228,688
     
221,178
 
                 
PREFERRED STOCK, authorized 500,000 shares, no shares issued
   
     
 
                 
LONG-TERM DEBT
   
198,439
     
180,007
 
                 
COMMITMENTS
   
     
 
                 
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
               
Accounts payable
   
11,503
     
10,873
 
Dividends payable
   
2,780
     
2,754
 
Accrued compensation and benefits
   
1,744
     
1,629
 
Accrued income taxes     336        
Accrued interest
   
1,326
     
1,741
 
Deferred regulatory liabilities
   
809
     
644
 
Other accrued expenses
   
511
     
502
 
Total current liabilities
   
19,009
     
18,143
 
                 
DEFERRED CREDITS:
               
Customers’ advances for construction
   
20,939
     
18,853
 
Deferred income taxes
   
58,964
     
55,235
 
Deferred employee benefits
   
3,719
     
3,847
 
Deferred regulatory liabilities
   
43,124
     
42,989
 
Other deferred credits
   
650
     
632
 
Total deferred credits
   
127,396
     
121,556
 
                 
Contributions in aid of construction
   
47,888
     
47,321
 
                 
Total Stockholders’ Equity and Liabilities
 
$
621,420
   
$
588,205
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

THE YORK WATER COMPANY

Statements of Income (Unaudited)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
OPERATING REVENUES:
 
$
19,715
   
$
18,767
   
$
56,093
   
$
52,935
 
                                 
OPERATING EXPENSES:
                               
Operation and maintenance
   
4,961
     
4,471
     
14,635
     
12,688
 
Administrative and general
   
3,013
     
2,605
     
9,244
     
8,028
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
3,297
     
2,944
     
9,647
     
8,777
 
Taxes other than income taxes
   
389
     
314
     
1,235
     
1,075
 
     
11,660
     
10,334
     
34,761
     
30,568
 
                                 
Operating income
   
8,055
     
8,433
     
21,332
     
22,367
 
                                 
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):
                               
Interest on debt
   
(2,243
)
   
(1,850
)
   
(6,549
)
   
(5,041
)
Allowance for funds used during construction
   
301
     
1,131
     
1,782
     
2,724
 
Other pension costs
   
159
   
(239
)
   
365
   
(842
)
Other income (expenses), net
   
(51
)
   
(68
)
   
(266
)
   
(368
)
     
(1,834
)
   
(1,026
)
   
(4,668
)
   
(3,527
)
                                 
Income before income taxes
   
6,221
     
7,407
     
16,664
     
18,840
 
                                 
Income tax expense (benefit)
   
358
   
(161
)
   
1,481
     
1,095
                                 
Net Income
 
$
5,863
   
$
7,568
   
$
15,183
   
$
17,745
 
                                 
Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.41
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.06
   
$
1.24
 
                                 
Diluted Earnings Per Share
 
$
0.41
   
$
0.53
   
$
1.06
   
$
1.24
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

THE YORK WATER COMPANY

Statements of Common Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
For the Periods Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

 
Common
Stock
Shares
   
Common
Stock
Amount
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Total
 
                         
Balance, June 30, 2024
    14,361,225     $ 137,138     $ 88,277     $ 225,415  
Net income
                5,863       5,863  
Cash dividends declared, $0.2108 per share
                (3,028 )     (3,028 )
Issuance of common stock under
dividend reinvestment, direct stock and
employee stock purchase plans
    10,704       390             390  
Stock-based compensation
          48             48  
Balance, September 30, 2024
    14,371,929     $ 137,576     $ 91,112     $ 228,688  
                                 
Balance, December 31, 2023
    14,332,245     $ 136,174     $ 85,004     $ 221,178  
Net income
                15,183       15,183  
Cash dividends declared, $0.6324 per share
                (9,075 )     (9,075 )
Issuance of common stock under
dividend reinvestment, direct stock and
employee stock purchase plans
    34,327       1,214             1,214  
Stock-based compensation
    5,357       188             188  
Balance, September 30, 2024
    14,371,929     $ 137,576     $ 91,112     $ 228,688  

 
Common
Stock
Shares
   
Common
Stock
Amount
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Total
 
                         
Balance, June 30, 2023
    14,309,160     $ 135,199     $ 77,345     $ 212,544  
Net income
                7,568       7,568  
Cash dividends declared, $0.2027 per share
                (2,901 )     (2,901 )
Issuance of common stock under
dividend reinvestment, direct stock and
employee stock purchase plans
    11,577       438             438  
Stock-based compensation
        58             58  
Balance, September 30, 2023
    14,320,737     $ 135,695     $ 82,012     $ 217,707  
                                 
Balance, December 31, 2022
    14,285,584     $ 134,220     $ 72,963     $ 207,183  
Net income
                17,745       17,745  
Cash dividends declared, $0.6081 per share
                (8,696 )     (8,696 )
Issuance of common stock under
dividend reinvestment, direct stock and
employee stock purchase plans
    31,039       1,258             1,258  
Stock-based compensation
    4,114       217             217  
Balance, September 30, 2023
    14,320,737     $ 135,695     $ 82,012     $ 217,707  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

THE YORK WATER COMPANY

Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)

 
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
           
Net income
 
$
15,183
   
$
17,745
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Depreciation and amortization
   
9,647
     
8,777
 
Stock-based compensation
   
188
     
217
 
Increase in deferred income taxes
   
124
     
757
 
Other
   
111
     
(750
)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
               
Increase in accounts receivable and unbilled revenues
   
(638
)
   
(929
)
Decrease in recoverable income taxes
   
332
     
304
 
Increase in materials and supplies, prepaid expenses, prepaid pension cost,
regulatory and other assets
   
(7,662
)
   
(8,365
)
Increase in accounts payable, accrued compensation and benefits, accrued
expenses, deferred employee benefits, regulatory liabilities, and other deferred credits
   
3,185
     
4,988
 
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest and taxes
   
(79
)
   
663
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
20,391
     
23,407
 
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
               
Utility plant additions, including debt portion of allowance for funds used during
construction of $996 in 2024 and $1,522 in 2023
   
(32,993
)
   
(46,342
)
Acquisitions of water and wastewater systems
    (264 )     (35 )
Net cash used in investing activities
   
(33,257
)
   
(46,377
)
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
               
Customers’ advances for construction and contributions in aid of construction
   
3,042
     
3,434
 
Repayments of customer advances
   
(452
)
   
(240
)
Proceeds of long-term debt issues
   
71,764
     
85,643
 
Debt issuance costs     (167 )     (171 )
Repayments of long-term debt
   
(53,305
)
   
(57,303
)
Changes in cash overdraft position
   
(181
)
   
(966
)
Issuance of common stock
   
1,214
     
1,258
 
Dividends paid
   
(9,049
)
   
(8,685
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
12,866
     
22,970
 
                 
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
   
     
 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
1
     
1
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
1
   
$
1
 
                 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
               
Cash paid during the period for:
               
Interest, net of amounts capitalized
 
$
5,924
   
$
2,734
 
Income taxes
    629        
                 
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:
               
Accounts payable includes $7,334 in 2024 and $7,017 in 2023 for the construction of utility plant.
             
Contributions in aid of construction includes $63 recorded as part of the MESCO, Inc. acquisition.
               

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

THE YORK WATER COMPANY

Notes to Interim Financial Statements
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)



1.  Basis of Presentation

The interim financial statements are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods.  Because the financial statements cover an interim period, they do not include all disclosures and notes normally provided in annual financial statements, and therefore, should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024.


2.  Acquisitions

On January 31, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the wastewater collection and treatment assets of MESCO, Inc. in Monaghan Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing wastewater collection and treatment assets on February 1, 2024.  The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 180 wastewater customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $44, which is less than the depreciated original cost of the assets.  The Company recorded a negative acquisition adjustment of $110 and will seek approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PPUC, to amortize the acquisition adjustment over the remaining life of the acquired assets.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.

On February 21, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the water assets of Longstown Mobile Estates in Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing water system through an interconnection with its current distribution system on February 26, 2024.  The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 90 water customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $8, which is less than the depreciated original cost of the assets.  The Company recorded a negative acquisition adjustment of $2 and will seek approval from the PPUC to amortize the acquisition adjustment over the remaining life of the acquired assets.  These customers were previously served by the Company through a single customer connection to the mobile home park.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.

On September 26, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the water assets of Houston Run Community Water System, LLC in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing water assets on September 30, 2024. The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 15 water customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $212.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.




3.  Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets

Accounts receivable and contract assets are summarized in the following table:

    As of     As of        
 
Sep. 30, 2024
   
Dec. 31, 2023
   
Change
 
                   
Accounts receivable – customers
 
$
8,677
   
$
8,250
   
$
427
Other receivables
   
490
     
592
     
(102
)
     
9,167
     
8,842
     
325
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
   
(1,455
)
   
(1,005
)
   
(450
)
Accounts receivable, net
 
$
7,712
   
$
7,837
   
$
(125
)
                         
Unbilled revenue
 
$
3,490
   
$
3,484
   
$
6
 

Differences in timing of revenue recognition, billings, and cash collections result in receivables, which are contract assets.  Generally, billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition, resulting in unbilled revenue on the balance sheet, which is also a contract asset.  The Company does not receive advances or deposits from customers before revenue is recognized so no contract liabilities are reported.  Accounts receivable are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are presented separately on the balance sheet.  The changes in accounts receivable – customers and in unbilled revenue were primarily due to the normal timing difference between performance and the customer’s payments.



4.  Common Stock and Earnings Per Share

Net income of $5,863 and $7,568 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $15,183 and $17,745 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is used to calculate both basic and diluted earnings per share.  Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.  Diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus potentially dilutive shares.  The dilutive effect of employee stock-based compensation is included in the computation of diluted earnings per share and is calculated using the treasury stock method and expected proceeds upon exercise or issuance of the stock-based compensation.

The following table summarizes the shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share:

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Weighted average common shares, basic
   
14,354,021
     
14,300,995
     
14,339,876
     
14,288,580
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
Employee stock-based compensation
   
821
     
834
     
211
     
305
 
Weighted average common shares, diluted
   
14,354,842
     
14,301,829
     
14,340,087
     
14,288,885
 

On March 11, 2013, the Board of Directors, or the Board, authorized a share repurchase program granting the Company authority to repurchase up to 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time.  The stock repurchase program has no specific end date and the Company may repurchase shares in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.  The Company may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.  No shares were repurchased during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.  As of September 30, 2024, 618,004 shares remain authorized for repurchase.



5.  Debt

 
As of
Sep. 30, 2024
   
As of
Dec. 31, 2023
 
             
Variable Rate Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority
Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008A, due 2029
  $
12,000
    $
12,000
 
3.00% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series A of 2019, due 2036
   
10,500
     
10,500
 
3.10% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B of 2019, due 2038
   
14,870
     
14,870
 
3.23% Senior Notes, due 2040
   
15,000
     
15,000
 
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 – 2045
   
10,000
     
10,000
 
4.54% Senior Notes, due 2049
   
20,000
     
20,000
 
3.24% Senior Notes, due 2050
   
30,000
     
30,000
 
5.50% Senior Notes, due 2053     40,000       40,000  
5.67% Senior Notes, due 2054
    40,000        
Committed Line of Credit, due September 2026
   
8,732
     
30,273
 
Total long-term debt
   
201,102
     
182,643
 
Less discount on issuance of long-term debt
   
(138
)
   
(147
)
 Less unamortized debt issuance costs     (2,525 )     (2,489 )
Long-term portion
 
$
198,439
   
$
180,007
 

On February 27, 2024, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement with certain institutional investors relating to the private placement of $40,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes.  The senior notes bear interest at 5.67% per annum payable semiannually and mature on February 27, 2054.  The senior notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.  The Company received net proceeds, after deducting issuance costs, of approximately $39,833.  The net proceeds were used to refinance line of credit borrowings incurred by the Company as interim financing for various capital projects of the Company.


6.  Interest Rate Swap Agreement

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations.  The primary risk managed by using derivative instruments is interest rate risk.  The Company utilizes an interest rate swap agreement to effectively convert the Company’s $12,000 variable-rate debt issue to a fixed rate.  Interest rate swaps are contracts in which a series of interest rate cash flows are exchanged over a prescribed period.  The notional amount on which the interest payments are based ($12,000) is not exchanged.  The interest rate swap provides that the Company pays the counterparty a fixed interest rate of 3.16% on the notional amount of $12,000.   In exchange, the counterparty paid the Company a variable interest rate based on 59% of the U.S. Dollar one-month LIBOR rate on the notional amount.  The variable interest rate changed to 59% of the daily simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a spread adjustment of 11.448 basis points upon the discontinuance of LIBOR in 2023.  The intent is for the variable rate received from the swap counterparty to approximate the variable rate the Company pays to bondholders on its variable rate debt issue, resulting in a fixed rate being paid to the swap counterparty and reducing the Company’s interest rate risk.  The Company’s net payment rate on the swap averaged (0.03)% and 0.01% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and (0.04)% and 0.20% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The interest rate swap agreement is classified as a financial derivative used for non-trading activities.  The accounting standards regarding accounting for derivatives and hedging activities require companies to recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet.  In accordance with the standards, the interest rate swap is recorded on the balance sheet in other deferred credits at fair value (see Note 7).

The Company uses regulatory accounting treatment rather than hedge accounting to defer the unrealized gains and losses on its interest rate swap.  These unrealized gains and losses are recorded as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability.  Based on current ratemaking treatment, the Company expects the unrealized gains and losses to be recognized in rates as a component of interest expense as the swap settlements occur.  Swap settlements are recorded in the income statement with the hedged item as interest expense.  Swap settlements resulted in the reclassification from regulatory assets to interest expense of $(1) and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $(3) and $19 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The overall swap result was a (gain) loss of $252 and $(211) for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $15 and $(351) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company expects to reclassify $101 before tax from regulatory assets to interest expense as a result of swap settlements over the next 12 months.

The interest rate swap agreement contains provisions that require the Company to maintain a credit rating of at least BBB- with Standard & Poor’s.  If the Company’s rating were to fall below this rating, it would be in violation of these provisions, and the counterparty to the derivative could request immediate payment if the derivative was in a liability position.  On August 6, 2024, Standard & Poor’s affirmed the Company’s credit rating at A-, with a stable outlook and adequate liquidity.  The Company’s interest rate swap was in a liability position as of September 30, 2024.  If a violation due to credit rating, or some other default provision, were triggered on September 30, 2024, the Company would have been required to pay the counterparty approximately $658.

The interest rate swap will expire on October 1, 2029.  Other than the interest rate swap, the Company has no other derivative instruments.



7.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The accounting standards regarding fair value measurements establish a fair value hierarchy which indicates the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market.  Level 1 inputs include quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable.  Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and observable inputs such as interest rates, commodity rates and yield curves.  Level 3 inputs are not observable in the market and include management’s own judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The Company has recorded its interest rate swap liability at fair value in accordance with the standards.  The liability is recorded under the caption “Other deferred credits” on the balance sheet.  The table below illustrates the fair value of the interest rate swap as of the end of the reporting period.

Description
 
September 30, 2024
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$650
 
$650

Fair values are measured as the present value of all expected future cash flows based on the swap yield curve as of the date of the valuation.  These inputs to this calculation are deemed to be Level 2 inputs.  The balance sheet carrying value reflects the Company’s credit quality as of September 30, 2024.  The rate used in discounting all prospective cash flows anticipated to be made under this swap reflects a representation of the yield to maturity for 30-year debt on utilities rated A- as of September 30, 2024.  The use of the Company’s credit rating resulted in a reduction in the fair value of the swap liability of $8 as of September 30, 2024.  The fair value of the swap reflecting the Company’s credit quality as of December 31, 2023 is shown in the table below.

Description
 
December 31, 2023
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$632
 
$632

The carrying amount of current assets and liabilities that are considered financial instruments approximates fair value as of the dates presented.  The Company’s total long-term debt, with a carrying value of $201,102 at September 30, 2024, and $182,643 at December 31, 2023, had an estimated fair value of approximately $190,000 and $175,000, respectively.  The estimated fair value of debt was calculated using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates a market interest yield curve with adjustments for duration and risk profile.  These inputs to this calculation are deemed to be Level 2 inputs.  The Company recognized its credit rating in determining the yield curve and did not factor in third-party credit enhancements including the letter of credit on the 2008 Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Series A issue.

Customers’ advances for construction and note receivable had carrying values at September 30, 2024 of $20,939 and $255, respectively.  At December 31, 2023, customers’ advances for construction and note receivable had carrying values of $18,853 and $255, respectively.  The relative fair values of these amounts cannot be accurately estimated since the timing of future payment streams is dependent upon several factors, including new customer connections, customer consumption levels and future rate increases.



8.  Commitments

The Company committed to capital expenditures of approximately $40,170 to armor and replace the spillway of the Lake Williams dam, of which $820 remains to be incurred as of September 30, 2024.  The Company may make additional commitments for this project in the future.

The Company was granted approval by the PPUC to modify its tariff to include the cost of the annual replacement of up to 400 lead customer-owned service lines over nine years from the date of the agreement.  The tariff modification allows the Company to replace customer-owned service lines at its own initial cost.  The Company will record the costs as a regulatory asset to be recovered in future base rates to customers, over a four-year period.  The cost for the customer-owned lead service line replacements was approximately $1,921 and $1,762 through September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is included as a regulatory asset.  Based on its experience, the Company estimates that lead customer-owned service lines replacements will cost $2,000.  This estimate is subject to adjustment as more facts become available.


9.  Revenue

The following table shows the Company’s revenues disaggregated by service and customer type.

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
Water utility service:
                       
Residential
 
$
10,887
   
$
10,505
   
$
31,153
   
$
30,033
 
Commercial and industrial
   
5,527
     
5,244
     
15,292
     
14,341
 
Fire protection
   
1,156
     
1,040
     
3,360
     
3,022
 
Wastewater utility service:
                               
Residential
   
1,578
     
1,458
     
4,554
     
3,998
 
Commercial and industrial
   
301
     
255
     
969
     
743
 
Billing and revenue collection services
   
121
     
115
     
373
     
357
 
Collection services
   
25
     
12
     
28
     
28
 
Other revenue
   
6
     
14
     
22
     
38
 
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
   
19,601
     
18,643
     
55,751
     
52,560
 
Rents from regulated property
   
114
     
124
     
342
     
375
 
Total Operating Revenue
 
$
19,715
   
$
18,767
   
$
56,093
   
$
52,935
 

Utility Service
The Company provides utility service as a distinct and single performance obligation to each of its water and wastewater customers.  The transaction price is detailed in the tariff pursuant to an order by the PPUC and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration and no free service, special rates, or subnormal charges to any customer.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of utility service through a stand-ready obligation to perform and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater through a series of distinct transactions that are identical in nature and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the utility service revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time in the form of a fixed charge and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater is recognized at a per unit rate based on the actual or estimated flow through the meter.  Each customer is invoiced every month and the invoice is due within twenty days.  The utility service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for the passage of time and the actual or estimated usage from the latest meter reading to the end of the accounting period.  The methodology is standardized and consistently applied to reduce bias and the need for judgment.

Billing and Revenue Collection Service
The Company provides billing and revenue collection service as distinct performance obligations to three municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide service to their residents and the Company acts as the billing and revenue collection agent for the municipalities.  The transaction price is a fixed amount per bill prepared as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that both the billing performance obligation and the revenue collection performance obligation are materially complete by the end of the reporting period, the Company does not allocate the transaction price between the two performance obligations.  The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the bills are sent as the municipalities receive all the benefits and bear all of the risk of non-collection at that time.  Each municipality is invoiced when the bills are complete and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The billing and revenue collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.

Collection Service
The Company provides collection service as a distinct and single performance obligation to several municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide wastewater service to their residents.  If those residents are delinquent in paying for their wastewater service, the municipalities request that the Company post for and shut off the supply of water to the premises of those residents.  When the resident is no longer delinquent, the Company will restore water service to the premises.  The transaction price for each posting, each shut off, and each restoration is a fixed amount as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time when the posting, shut off, or restoration is completed as the municipalities receive all the benefits in the form of payment or no longer providing wastewater service.  Each municipality is invoiced periodically for the posting, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed since the last billing and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for postings, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed from the last billing to the end of the accounting period.

Service Line Protection Plan
The Company provides service line protection as a distinct and single performance obligation to current water customers that choose to participate.  The transaction price is detailed in the plan’s terms and conditions and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of service line protection through a stand-ready obligation to perform.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the service line protection revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time.  A customer has a choice to prepay for an entire year or to pay in advance each month.  The service line protection plan has no returns or extended warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no material performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.



10.  Rate Matters


From time to time, the Company files applications for rate increases with the PPUC and is granted rate relief as a result of such requests.  The most recent rate request was filed by the Company on May 27, 2022 and sought an annual increase in water rates of $18,854 and an annual increase in wastewater rates of $1,457.  Effective March 1, 2023, the PPUC authorized an increase in water rates designed to produce approximately $11,600 in additional annual revenues and an increase in wastewater rates designed to produce approximately $1,900 in additional annual revenues.

The PPUC permits water utilities to collect a distribution system improvement charge, or DSIC.  The DSIC allows the Company to add a charge to customers’ bills for qualified replacement costs of certain infrastructure without submitting a rate filing.  This surcharge mechanism typically adjusts periodically based on additional qualified capital expenditures completed or anticipated in a future period.  The DSIC is capped at 5% of base rates and is reset to zero when new base rates that reflect the costs of those additions become effective or when a utility’s earnings exceed a regulatory benchmark.  The Company’s earnings are currently below the regulatory benchmark, thus allowing the Company to collect DSIC.  The DSIC provided revenues of $131 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $165 and $271 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.



11.  Pensions

Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Service cost
 
$
159
   
$
150
   
$
476
   
$
449
 
Interest cost
   
464
     
469
     
1,392
     
1,407
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(791
)
   
(903
)
   
(2,374
)
   
(2,709
)
Amortization of prior service cost
   
(4
)
   
(4
)
   
(10
)
   
(10
)
Rate-regulated adjustment
   
172
   
677
     
627
     
2,154
 
Net periodic pension cost
 
$
 
$
389
   
$
111
   
$
1,291
 

Pension service cost is recorded in operating expenses.  All other components of net periodic pension cost are recorded as other pension costs in other income (expenses).

Employer Contributions

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 that it expected to contribute $1,556 to its pension plans in 2024.  Subsequently, the Company determined its maximum deductible contribution under the Internal Revenue Code is $111.  The most recent rate order issued by the PPUC limited the deposit to the pension plans to the deductible amount.  The Company is permitted by the rate order to expense pension costs to the extent of contributions and defer any remaining expense to regulatory assets or recognize the excess as a regulatory liability.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, contributions of $111 have been made.  The Company does not expect to contribute any additional amounts in the final quarter of 2024.



12.  Stock-Based Compensation

On May 2, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved The York Water Company Long-Term Incentive Plan, or LTIP.  The LTIP was adopted to provide the incentive of long-term stock-based awards to officers, directors, and key employees. The LTIP provides for the granting of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance restricted stock grants and units, restricted stock grants and units, and unrestricted stock grants.  A maximum of 100,000 shares of common stock may be issued under the LTIP over the ten-year life of the plan.  The maximum number of shares of common stock subject to awards that may be granted to any participant in any one calendar year is 2,000.  Shares of common stock issued under the LTIP may be treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares.  The LTIP will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board, or the full Board, provided that the full Board will administer the LTIP as it relates to awards to non-employee directors of the Company.  The Company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2016 covering the offering of stock under the LTIP.  The LTIP was effective on July 1, 2016.

On May 1, 2023, the Board accelerated the vesting period for restricted stock granted in 2021, 2022, and 2023 to one retiring key employee from three years to that key employee’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of March 31, 2024.

On January 29, 2024, the Board accelerated the vesting period for restricted stock granted in 2022 and 2023 to one retiring officer from three years to that officer’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of September 30, 2024.

On May 6, 2024, the Board awarded stock to non-employee directors effective May 6, 2024.  This stock award vested immediately.  On May 6, 2024, the Compensation Committee awarded restricted stock to officers and key employees effective May 6, 2024.  The stock award vests ratably over three years beginning May 6, 2024, with the exception of the stock award to one key employee which vested immediately.  The Board accelerated the vesting period for this restricted stock award to one retiring officer from three years to that officer’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of September 30, 2024.

The restricted stock awards provide the grantee with the rights of a shareholder, including the right to receive dividends and to vote such shares, but not the right to sell or otherwise transfer the shares during the restriction period.  As a result, the awards are included in common shares outstanding on the balance sheet.  Restricted stock awards result in compensation expense valued at the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant and are amortized ratably over the requisite service period.

The following tables summarize the stock grant amounts and activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

 
Number of Shares
   
Grant Date Weighted
Average Fair Value
           
Nonvested at beginning of the period
 
8,944
   
$42.32
Granted
 
6,149
   
$36.76
Vested
 
(6,184
)
 
$41.67
Forfeited
 
(792
)
 
$42.20
Nonvested at end of the period
 
8,117
   
$38.62

For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the statement of income includes $48 and $58 of stock-based compensation, respectively, and related recognized tax benefits of $13 and $16, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the statement of income includes $188 and $217 of stock-based compensation, respectively, and related recognized tax benefits of $52 and $61, respectively. The total fair value of the shares vested in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $258 and $260, respectively. Total stock-based compensation related to nonvested awards not yet recognized is $313 at September 30, 2024 which will be recognized over the remaining three year vesting period.



13.  Income Taxes

Under the Internal Revenue Service tangible property regulations, or TPR, the Company is permitted to deduct the costs of certain asset improvements that were previously being capitalized and depreciated for tax purposes as an expense on its income tax return.  This ongoing deduction results in a reduction in the effective income tax rate, a net reduction in income tax expense, and a reduction in the amount of income taxes currently payable.  It also results in increases to deferred tax liabilities and regulatory assets representing the appropriate book and tax basis difference on capital additions.

The Company’s effective tax rate was 5.8% and (2.2)% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 8.9% and 5.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.  The higher effective tax rates are primarily due to lower deductions from the TPR.  The effective tax rate will vary depending on income before income taxes and the level of eligible asset improvements expensed for tax purposes under TPR each period.


Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
(In thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
 
Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this report on Form 10-Q constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933.  Words such as “may,” “should,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  These forward-looking statements include certain information relating to the Company’s business strategy and future prospects; including, but not limited to:

the amount and timing of rate changes and other regulatory matters including the recovery of costs recorded as regulatory assets;
expected profitability and results of operations;
trends;
goals, priorities and plans for, and cost of, growth and expansion;
strategic initiatives;
availability of water supply;
water usage by customers; and
the ability to pay dividends on common stock and the rate of those dividends.

The forward-looking statements in this report reflect what the Company currently anticipates will happen.  What actually happens could differ materially from what it currently anticipates will happen and caution should be exercised against placing undue reliance upon such statements, which are based only on information currently available to the Company and speak only as of the date hereof.  The Company does not intend to make a public announcement when forward-looking statements in this report are no longer accurate, whether as a result of new information, what actually happens in the future or for any other reason.  Important matters that may affect what will actually happen include, but are not limited to:

changes in weather or climate, including drought conditions or extended periods of heavy precipitation;
natural disasters, including pandemics such as the outbreak of the novel strain of coronavirus known as “COVID-19” and its variants and the effectiveness of the Company’s pandemic plans;
levels of rate relief granted;
the level of commercial and industrial business activity within the Company’s service territory;
construction of new housing within the Company’s service territory and increases in population;
changes in government policies or regulations, including the tax code;
the ability to obtain permits for expansion projects;
material changes in demand from customers, including the impact of conservation efforts which may impact the demand of customers for water;
changes in economic and business conditions, including interest rates;
loss of customers;
changes in, or unanticipated, capital requirements;
the impact of acquisitions;
changes in accounting pronouncements;
changes in the Company’s credit rating or the market price of its common stock; and
the ability to obtain financing.

General Information

The primary business of the Company is to impound, purify to meet or exceed safe drinking water standards and distribute water.  The Company also owns and operates three wastewater collection systems and ten wastewater collection and treatment systems.  The Company operates within its franchised water and wastewater territory, which covers portions of 57 municipalities within four counties in south-central Pennsylvania.  The Company is regulated by the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PPUC, for both water and wastewater in the areas of billing, payment procedures, dispute processing, terminations, service territory, debt and equity financing and rate setting.  The Company must obtain PPUC approval before changing any practices associated with the aforementioned areas.

Water service is supplied through the Company’s own distribution system.  The Company obtains the bulk of its water supply for its primary system for York and Adams Counties from both the South Branch and East Branch of the Codorus Creek, which together have an average daily flow of approximately 73.0 million gallons from a combined watershed area of approximately 117 square miles.  The Company has two reservoirs on this primary system, Lake Williams and Lake Redman, which together hold up to approximately 2.5 billion gallons of water.  The Company supplements these reservoirs with a 15-mile pipeline from the Susquehanna River to Lake Redman which provides access to an additional supply of 12.0 million gallons of untreated water per day.  The Company obtains its water supply for its system for Franklin County from the Roxbury Dam on the Conodoguinet Creek, which has an average daily flow of approximately 26.0 million gallons from a watershed area of approximately 33 square miles.  The Company has a reservoir on this system which holds up to approximately 330 million gallons of water.  The Company also owns fifteen wells which are capable of providing a safe yield of approximately 923,000 gallons per day to supply water to the customers of its groundwater satellite systems in York, Adams, and Lancaster Counties.  As of September 30, 2024, the Company’s average daily availability was 41.1 million gallons, and average daily consumption was approximately 22.4 million gallons.  The Company’s service territory had an estimated population of 209,000 as of December 31, 2023.  Industry within the Company’s service territory is diversified, manufacturing such items as fixtures and furniture, electrical machinery, food products, paper, ordnance units, textile products, air conditioning systems, laundry detergent, barbells, and motorcycles.

The Company’s water business is somewhat dependent on weather conditions, particularly the amount and timing of precipitation.  Revenues are particularly vulnerable to weather conditions in the summer months.  Prolonged periods of hot and dry weather generally cause increased water usage for watering lawns, washing cars, and keeping golf courses and sports fields irrigated.  Conversely, prolonged periods of dry weather could lead to drought restrictions from governmental authorities.  Despite the Company’s adequate water supply, customers may be required to cut back water usage under such drought restrictions which would negatively impact revenues.  The Company has addressed some of this vulnerability by instituting minimum customer charges which are intended to cover fixed costs of operations under all likely weather conditions.

The Company’s business does not require large amounts of working capital and is not dependent on any single customer or a very few customers for a material portion of its business.  Increases in revenues are generally dependent on the Company’s ability to obtain rate increases from the PPUC in a timely manner and in adequate amounts and to increase volumes of water sold through increased consumption and increases in the number of customers served.  The Company continuously looks for water and wastewater acquisition and expansion opportunities both within and outside its current service territory as well as additional opportunities to enter into bulk water contracts with municipalities and other entities to supply water.

The Company has agreements with several municipalities to provide billing and collection services.  The Company also has a service line protection program on a targeted basis in order to further diversify its business.  Under this optional program, customers pay a fixed monthly fee, and the Company will repair or replace damaged customer service lines, as needed, subject to an annual maximum dollar amount.  The Company continues to review and consider opportunities to expand both initiatives.


Results of Operations

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared
With Three Months Ended September 30, 2023

Net income for the third quarter of 2024 was $5,863, a decrease of $1,705, or 22.5%, from net income of $7,568 for the same period of 2023.  The primary contributing factors to the decrease were higher operating expenses, a lower allowance for funds used during construction, and higher income taxes, which were partially offset by higher operating revenues.

Operating revenues for the third quarter of 2024 increased $948 or 5.1%, from $18,767 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 to $19,715 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The increase was primarily due to revenues from the distribution system improvement charge, or DSIC, allowed by the PPUC of $131.  The DSIC allows the Company to add a charge to customers’ water bills for qualified replacement costs of certain infrastructure without submitting a rate filing.  Growth in the customer base also added to revenues.  The average number of water customers served in 2024 increased as compared to 2023 by 1,062 customers, from 71,521 to 72,583 customers.  The average number of wastewater customers served in 2024 increased as compared to 2023 by 567 customers, from 6,018 to 6,585 customers, primarily due to acquisitions.  Total per capita consumption for the third quarter of 2024 was approximately 0.9% higher than the same period of last year.

Operating expenses for the third quarter of 2024 increased $1,326, or 12.8%, from $10,334 for the third quarter of 2023 to $11,660 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The increase was primarily due to higher expenses of approximately $353 for depreciation and amortization, $303 for wages and benefits, $203 for wastewater treatment, $153 for insurance, $140 for an increased allowance for uncollectible accounts, $101 for water treatment,  and $78 for purchased power.  Other operating expenses increased by a net of $169.  The increase was partially offset by reduced fuel expenses of $174 for the prior year pumping of raw water from the Susquehanna River, not repeated this year.

Interest on debt for the third quarter of 2024 increased $393, or 21.2%, from $1,850 for the third quarter of 2023 to $2,243 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The increase was primarily due to an increase in long-term debt outstanding and higher interest rates upon issuance of the 5.67% Senior Notes.  The average debt outstanding under the line of credit was $6,201 for the third quarter of 2024 and $15,350 for the third quarter of 2023.  The weighted average interest rate on the line of credit was 6.47% for the quarter ended September 30, 2024 and 6.42% for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.

Allowance for funds used during construction decreased $830, from $1,131 in the third quarter of 2023 to $301 in the corresponding 2024 period due to a lower volume of eligible construction.

Other pension costs for the third quarter of 2024 reflect decreased expense of $398 as compared to the same period of 2023 due to a lower contribution to the pension plans.

Other income (expenses), net for the third quarter of 2024 reflects decreased expenses of $17 as compared to the same period of 2023.  Higher earnings on life insurance policies of approximately $7 were the primary reason for the increase.  Other expenses decreased by a net of $10.

Income tax expense for the third quarter of 2024 increased $519 as compared to the same period of 2023 due to lower deductions for the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, tangible property regulations, or TPR.  The Company’s effective tax rate was 5.8% for the third quarter of 2024 and (2.2)% for the third quarter of 2023.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 Compared
With Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023

Net income for the first nine months of 2024 was $15,183, a decrease of $2,562, or 14.4%, from net income of $17,745 for the same period of 2023.  The primary contributing factors to the decrease were higher operating expenses, higher interest on debt, and a lower allowance for funds used during construction, which were partially offset by higher operating revenues and lower pension costs.


Operating revenues for the first nine months of 2024 increased $3,158, or 6.0%, from $52,935 for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 to $56,093 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The primary reason for the increase was a rate increase effective March 1, 2023.  Growth in the customer base also added to revenues.  The average number of water customers served in 2024 increased as compared to 2023 by 955 customers, from 71,323 to 72,278 customers.  The average number of wastewater customers served in 2024 increased as compared to 2023 by 528 customers, from 5,951 to 6,479 customers, primarily due to acquisitions.  The increased revenues were partially offset by a $106 decrease from the DSIC.  The DSIC reset to zero on March 1, 2023 when the new rate order took effect and began again in June 2024 for bills rendered after July 1, 2024.  Total per capita consumption for 2024 was approximately 1.3% lower than the same period of last year.  For the remainder of the year, the Company expects revenues to show a modest increase due to the DSIC and an increase in the number of water and wastewater customers from acquisitions and growth within the Company’s service territory.  Other regulatory actions, weather patterns, and economic conditions could impact results.

Operating expenses for the first nine months of 2024 increased $4,193, or 13.7%, from $30,568 for the first nine months of 2023 to $34,761 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The increase was primarily due to higher expenses of approximately $870 for depreciation and amortization, $819 for wages and benefits, $748 for distribution system maintenance, $498 for wastewater treatment, $440 for an increased allowance for uncollectible accounts, $196 for purchased power, $154 for water treatment, $97 for insurance, and $67 for billing and revenue collection services.  Other operating expenses increased by a net of $474.  The increase was partially offset by reduced fuel expenses of $170 for the prior year pumping of raw water from the Susquehanna River, not repeated this year.  For the remainder of the year, the Company expects depreciation and amortization expense to continue to rise due to additional investment in utility plant, and other expenses to increase as costs to treat water and wastewater, and to maintain and extend the distribution system, continue to rise.  Weather patterns could further increase operating expenses.

Interest on debt for the first nine months of 2024 increased $1,508, or 29.9%, from $5,041 for the first nine months of 2023 to $6,549 for the corresponding 2024 period.  The increase was primarily due to an increase in long-term debt outstanding and higher interest rates upon issuance of the 5.67% Senior Notes.  The average debt outstanding under the line of credit was $9,252 for the first nine months of 2024 and $13,603 for the first nine months of 2023.  The weighted average interest rate on the line of credit was 5.02% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 4.97% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.  Interest expense for the remainder of the year is expected to increase due to the increase in long-term debt outstanding.

Allowance for funds used during construction decreased $942, from $2,724 in the first nine months of 2023 to $1,782 in the corresponding 2024 period due to a lower volume of eligible construction.  Allowance for funds used during construction for the remainder of the year is expected to decrease based on the completion of the Lake Williams dam project and a projected decrease in the amount of eligible construction.

Other pension costs for the first nine months of 2024 reflect decreased expense of $1,207 as compared to the same period of 2023 due to a lower contribution to the pension plans.  No additional expense is expected to be recorded in 2024.

Other income (expenses), net for the first nine months of 2024 reflects decreased expenses of $102 as compared to the same period of 2023.  Higher earnings on life insurance policies of approximately $90 was the primary reason for the decrease.  Other expenses decreased by a net of $12.  For the remainder of the year, other income (expenses) will be largely determined by the change in market returns and discount rates for retirement programs and related assets.

Income tax expense for the first nine months of 2024 increased $386 as compared to the same period of 2023 due to lower deductions for the IRS TPR.  The Company’s effective tax rate was 8.9% for the first nine months of 2024 and 5.8% for the first nine months of 2023.  The Company’s effective tax rate for the remainder of 2024 will be largely determined by the level of eligible asset improvements expensed for tax purposes under the IRS TPR each period.  The Company expects the effective tax rate to remain consistent with the first nine months for the remainder of the year.


Rate Matters

See Note 10 to the financial statements included herein for a discussion of rate matters.

Effective October 1, 2024, the Company’s tariff included a DSIC on revenues of 1.14%.

The Company does not expect to file a rate increase request in 2024.


Acquisitions and Growth

On June 27, 2024, the Company signed an agreement to purchase the wastewater collection and treatment assets of CMV Sewage Co., Inc. in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities.  Closing is expected in the second half of 2025 at which time the Company will add approximately 280 wastewater customers.

On February 7, 2024, the Company signed an agreement to purchase the wastewater collection assets of Margaretta Mobile Home Park in Lower Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania. Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities. Closing is expected in the second half of 2025 at which time the Company will add approximately 65 wastewater customers.

On July 17, 2023, the Company signed an agreement to purchase the wastewater collection and treatment assets of York Haven Sewer Authority in York Haven Borough, York County, Pennsylvania.  Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities.  Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 at which time the Company will add approximately 230 wastewater customers.

On May 23, 2023, the Company signed an agreement to purchase the Brookhaven Mobile Home Park water assets of ATG Properties, LLC in Hellam Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities.  Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 at which time the Company will add approximately 150 water customers.

On March 27, 2023, the Company signed an agreement to purchase the water assets of Pine Run Retirement Community in Hamilton Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.  Completion of the acquisition is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities.  Closing is expected in the fourth quarter of 2024 at which time the Company will add approximately 100 water customers.

In total, these acquisitions are expected to be immaterial to Company results.  The Company is also pursuing other bulk water contracts and acquisitions in and around its service territory to help offset any potential declines in per capita water consumption and to grow its business.

On May 10, 2017, the Company signed an emergency interconnect agreement with Dallastown-Yoe Water Authority.  The effectiveness of this agreement is contingent upon receiving approval from all required regulatory authorities.  Approval is expected to be granted in 2025 at which time the Company will begin construction of a water main extension to a single point of interconnection and either supply a minimum agreed upon amount of water to the authority, receive a payment in lieu of water, or provide water during an emergency, at current tariff rates.


Capital Expenditures

For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, the Company invested $32,993 in construction expenditures for armoring and replacing the spillway of the Lake Williams dam, wastewater treatment plant construction, as well as various replacements and improvements to infrastructure and routine items.  The Company was able to fund construction expenditures using internally-generated funds, line of credit borrowings, proceeds from its stock purchase plans and customer advances and contributions from developers, municipalities, customers, or builders.

The Company anticipates construction expenditures for the remainder of 2024 of approximately $9,700 exclusive of any potential acquisitions not yet approved.  In addition to routine transmission and distribution projects, a portion of the anticipated expenditures will be for completion of armoring and replacing the spillway of the Lake Williams dam and additional main extensions, as well as various replacements and improvements to infrastructure and routine items.  The Company intends to use primarily internally-generated funds for its anticipated construction and fund the remainder through line of credit borrowings, proceeds from its stock purchase plans and customer advances and contributions.  Customer advances and contributions are expected to account for between 5% and 10% of funding requirements during the remainder of 2024.  The Company believes it will have adequate credit facilities and access to the capital markets, if necessary, during 2024 and 2025, to fund anticipated construction and acquisition expenditures.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash
The Company manages its cash through a cash management account that is directly connected to its line of credit.  Excess cash generated automatically pays down outstanding borrowings under the line of credit arrangement.  If there are no outstanding borrowings, the cash is used as an earnings credit to reduce banking fees.  Likewise, if additional funds are needed beyond what is generated internally for payroll, to pay suppliers, to fund capital expenditures, or to pay debt service, funds are automatically borrowed under the line of credit.  As of September 30, 2024, the Company borrowed $8,732 on its line of credit and incurred a cash overdraft on its cash management account of $1,366.  The cash management facility connected to the line of credit is expected to provide the necessary liquidity and funding for the Company’s operations, capital expenditures, and acquisitions for the foreseeable future.

Accounts Receivable
The accounts receivable balance tends to follow the change in revenues but is also affected by the timeliness of payments by customers and the level of the reserve for doubtful accounts.  In the three months ended September 30, 2024, higher revenue levels as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2023, resulted in an increase in accounts receivable – customers.  A reserve is maintained at a level considered adequate to provide for expected credit losses.  Expected credit losses are based on historical write-offs combined with an evaluation of current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts including inactive accounts with outstanding balances, the aging of balances in payment agreements, adverse situations that may affect a customer’s ability to pay, economic conditions, and other relevant factors applied to the current aging of receivables.  Customer accounts are written off when collection efforts have been exhausted.  If the status of the evaluated factors deteriorate, the Company may incur additional expenses for uncollectible accounts and experience a reduction in its internally-generated funds.

Internally-generated Funds
The amount of internally-generated funds available for operations and construction depends on the Company’s ability to obtain timely and adequate rate relief, changes in regulations including taxes, customers’ water usage, weather conditions, customer growth and controlled expenses.  During the first nine months of 2024, the Company generated $20,391 internally from operations as compared to the $23,407 it generated during the first nine months of 2023.  The decrease was primarily due to higher interest and income taxes paid.

Common Stock
Common stockholders’ equity as a percent of the total capitalization was 53.2% as of September 30, 2024, compared with 54.8% as of December 31, 2023.  The Company expects to use long-term debt for its future financing needs and allow the debt percentage to trend upward until it approaches fifty percent before considering additional equity.  It is the Company’s general intent to target equity between fifty and fifty-five percent of total capitalization.


Credit Line
Historically, the Company has borrowed under its line of credit before refinancing with long-term debt or equity capital.  As of September 30, 2024, the Company maintained an unsecured line of credit in the amount of $50,000 at an interest rate of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus 1.17% with an unused commitment fee and an interest rate floor.  The Company had $8,732 in borrowings under its line of credit as of September 30, 2024.  The interest rate on the line of credit borrowing as of September 30, 2024 was 6.37%.  In the third quarter of 2024, the Company renewed its committed line of credit and extended the maturity date to September 2026.  No other terms or conditions of the line of credit agreement were modified.

The Company has taken steps to manage the risk of reduced credit availability.  It has established a committed line of credit with a 2-year revolving maturity that cannot be called on demand.  There is no guarantee that the Company will be able to obtain sufficient lines of credit with favorable terms in the future.  If the Company is unable to obtain sufficient lines of credit or to refinance its line of credit borrowings with long-term debt or equity when necessary, it may have to eliminate or postpone capital expenditures.  Management believes the Company will have adequate capacity under its current line of credit to meet anticipated financing needs throughout 2024 and 2025.

Long-term Debt
The Company’s loan agreements contain various covenants and restrictions.  Management believes it is currently in compliance with all of these restrictions.  See Note 6 to the financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 for additional information regarding these restrictions.

On February 27, 2024, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement with certain institutional investors relating to the private placement of $40,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes.  The senior notes bear interest at 5.67% per annum payable semiannually and mature on February 27, 2054.  The senior notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.  The Company received net proceeds, after deducting issuance costs, of approximately $39,833.  The net proceeds were used to refinance line of credit borrowings incurred by the Company as interim financing for various capital projects of the Company.

The Company’s total long-term debt as a percentage of the total capitalization, defined as total common stockholders’ equity plus total long-term debt, was 46.8% as of September 30, 2024, compared with 45.2% as of December 31, 2023.  The Company expects to use long-term debt for its future financing needs and allow the debt percentage to trend upward.  A debt to total capitalization ratio between forty-five and fifty percent has historically been acceptable to the PPUC in rate filings.

Income Taxes, Deferred Income Taxes and Uncertain Tax Positions
Under the IRS TPR, the Company is permitted to deduct the costs of certain asset improvements that were previously being capitalized and depreciated for tax purposes as an expense on its income tax return.  This ongoing deduction results in a reduction in the effective income tax rate, a net reduction in income tax expense, and a reduction in the amount of income taxes currently payable.  It also results in increases to deferred tax liabilities and regulatory assets representing the appropriate book and tax basis difference on capital additions.  The Company expects to continue to expense these asset improvements in the future.

The Company’s effective tax rate will largely be determined by income before income taxes and the level of eligible asset improvements expensed for tax purposes that would have been capitalized for tax purposes prior to the implementation of TPR.

The Company has a substantial deferred income tax asset primarily due to the excess accumulated deferred income taxes on accelerated depreciation from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and the differences between the book and tax balances of the customers’ advances for construction and contributions in aid of construction and deferred compensation plans.  The Company does not believe a valuation allowance is required due to the expected generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible.

The Company has seen an increase in its deferred income tax liability amounts primarily as a result of the accelerated depreciation deduction available for federal tax purposes which creates differences between book and tax depreciation expense.  The Company expects this trend to continue as it makes significant investments in capital expenditures subject to accelerated depreciation or TPR.

The Company has determined there are no uncertain tax positions that require recognition as of September 30, 2024.

Credit Rating
On August 6, 2024, Standard & Poor’s affirmed the Company’s credit rating at A-, with a stable outlook and adequate liquidity.  The Company’s ability to maintain its credit rating depends, among other things, on adequate and timely rate relief, which it has been successful in obtaining, its ability to fund capital expenditures in a balanced manner using both debt and equity and its ability to generate cash flow.  The Company’s objectives are to continue to maximize its funds provided by operations and maintain a strong capital structure in order to be able to attract capital.


Physical and Cyber Security

The Company maintains security measures at its facilities, and collaborates with federal, state, and local authorities and industry trade associations regarding information on possible threats and security measures for water and wastewater utility operations.  The costs incurred are expected to be recoverable in water and wastewater rates and are not expected to have a material impact on its business, financial condition, or results of operations.

The Company relies on information technology systems in connection with the operation of the business, especially with respect to customer service, billing, accounting, and in some cases, the monitoring and operation of treatment, storage, and pumping facilities.  In addition, the Company relies on these systems to track utility assets and to manage maintenance and construction projects, materials and supplies, and human resource functions.  The information technology systems may be vulnerable to damage or interruption from cyber security attacks or other cyber-related events, including, but not limited to, power loss, computer systems failures, internet, telecommunications or data network failures, physical and electronic loss of data, computer viruses, intentional security breaches, hacking, denial of service actions, misappropriation of data, and similar events.  In some cases, administration of certain functions may be outsourced to third-party service providers that could also be targets of cyber security attacks.  A loss of these systems, or major problems with the operation of these systems, could harm the business, financial condition, and results of operations of the Company through the loss or compromise of customer, financial, employee, or operational data, disruption of billing, collections or normal field service activities, disruption of electronic monitoring and control of operational systems, and delays in financial reporting and other normal management functions.

Possible impacts associated with a cyber security attack or other events may include remediation costs related to lost, stolen, or compromised data, repairs to data processing systems, increased cyber security protection costs, adverse effects on the Company’s compliance with regulatory and environmental laws and regulation, including standards for drinking water, litigation, and reputational damage.

The Company has implemented processes, procedures, and controls to prevent or limit the effect of these possible events and maintains insurance to help defray costs associated with cyber security attacks.  The Company has not experienced a material impact on business or operations from these attacks.  Although the Company does not believe its systems are at a materially greater risk of cyber security attacks than other similar organizations and despite the implementation of robust security measures, the Company cannot provide assurance that the insurance will fully cover the costs of a cyber security event, and its robust security measures do not guarantee that reputation and financial results will not be adversely affected by such an incident.


Environmental Matters

The Company was granted approval by the PPUC to modify its tariff to include the cost of the annual replacement of up to 400 lead customer-owned service lines over nine years from the date of the agreement.  The tariff modification allows the Company to replace customer-owned service lines at its own initial cost.  The Company will record the costs as a regulatory asset to be recovered in future base rates to customers, over a four-year period.  The cost for the customer-owned lead service line replacements was approximately $1,921 and $1,762 through September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is included as a regulatory asset.  Based on its experience, the Company estimates that lead customer-owned service lines replacements will cost $2,000.  This estimate is subject to adjustment as more facts become available.


Drought

On March 6, 2024, Pennsylvania state officials returned all counties to normal status.

On November 1, 2024, Pennsylvania state officials declared a drought watch for 33 counties in Pennsylvania, including all four counties in the Company’s service territory.  The watch calls for a voluntary reduction in nonessential water use of 5 to 10 percent.  The watch conditions could potentially impact future revenues and net income depending on the length and severity of the dry conditions.


Critical Accounting Estimates

The methods, estimates, and judgments the Company used in applying its accounting policies have a significant impact on the results reported in its financial statements.  The Company’s accounting policies require management to make subjective judgments because of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain.  The Company’s most critical accounting estimates include regulatory assets and liabilities, revenue recognition, accounting for its pension plans, and income taxes.  There has been no significant change in accounting estimates or the method of estimation during the quarter ended September 30, 2024.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company does not use off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements or obligations that may have a material current or future effect on financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenues or expenses.  The Company does not use securitization of receivables or unconsolidated entities. For risk management purposes, the Company uses a derivative financial instrument, an interest rate swap agreement discussed in Note 6 to the financial statements included herein.  The Company does not engage in trading or other risk management activities, does not use other derivative financial instruments for any purpose, has no material lease obligations, no guarantees and does not have material transactions involving related parties.



Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Not applicable.


Item 4.
Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report.  Based upon this evaluation, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer along with the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report are effective such that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the President and Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.  A controls system cannot provide absolute assurance, however, that the objectives of the controls system are met, and no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected.

No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 5.
Other Information.

During the quarter ended September 30, 2024, no director or officer of the Company, nor the Company itself, adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K.


PART II - OTHER INFORMATION


Item 6.
Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Description
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
   
 
     
101.INS
 
Inline XBRL Instance Document (the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document).
     
101.SCH
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema.
     
101.CAL
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase.
     
101.DEF
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase.
     
101.LAB
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase.
     
101.PRE
 
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase.
     
104
 
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).


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 thereunto duly authorized.


THE YORK WATER COMPANY
   
   
 
/s/ Joseph T. Hand
Date: November 7, 2024
Joseph T. Hand
Principal Executive Officer
   
   
   
 
/s/ Matthew E. Poff
Date: November 7, 2024
Matthew E. Poff
Principal Financial and Accounting Officer




EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS


I, Joseph T. Hand, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The York Water Company;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 
b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
 
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

Date: November 7, 2024
/s/ Joseph T. Hand
 
Joseph T. Hand
 
President and CEO


 
EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS


I, Matthew E. Poff, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of The York Water Company;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
 
a)
designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
 
b)
designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
 
c)
evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
 
d)
disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
 
 
a)
all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
 
b)
any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 

Date: November 7, 2024
/s/ Matthew E. Poff
 
Matthew E. Poff
 
Chief Financial Officer

 
EXHIBIT 32.1


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of The York Water Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2024 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph T. Hand, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)); and
   
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


 
THE YORK WATER COMPANY
   
   
   
   
Date: November 7, 2024
/s/ Joseph T. Hand
 
Joseph T. Hand
 
Chief Executive Officer

 
EXHIBIT 32.2


CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Quarterly Report of The York Water Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending September 30, 2024 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Matthew E. Poff, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:

(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m(a)); and
   
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


 
THE YORK WATER COMPANY
   
   
   
   
Date: November 7, 2024
/s/ Matthew E. Poff
 
Matthew E. Poff
 
Chief Financial Officer
v3.24.3
Document and Entity Information - shares
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Nov. 07, 2024
Cover [Abstract]    
Document Type 10-Q  
Amendment Flag false  
Document Quarterly Report true  
Document Period End Date Sep. 30, 2024  
Current Fiscal Year End Date --12-31  
Document Fiscal Year Focus 2024  
Document Fiscal Period Focus Q3  
Document Transition Report false  
Entity File Number 001-34245  
Entity Registrant Name YORK WATER CO  
Entity Central Index Key 0000108985  
Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code PA  
Entity Tax Identification Number 23-1242500  
Entity Address, Address Line One 130 East Market Street  
Entity Address, City or Town York  
Entity Address, State or Province PA  
Entity Address, Postal Zip Code 17401  
City Area Code 717  
Local Phone Number 845-3601  
Title of 12(b) Security Common Stock, No par value  
Trading Symbol YORW  
Security Exchange Name NASDAQ  
Entity Current Reporting Status Yes  
Entity Interactive Data Current Yes  
Entity Filer Category Non-accelerated Filer  
Entity Small Business true  
Entity Emerging Growth Company false  
Entity Shell Company false  
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding   14,374,163
v3.24.3
Balance Sheets (Unaudited) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Sep. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
ASSETS    
UTILITY PLANT, at original cost $ 653,263 $ 620,201
Plant acquisition adjustments (9,437) (9,384)
Accumulated depreciation (122,158) (117,113)
Net utility plant 521,668 493,704
OTHER PHYSICAL PROPERTY, net of accumulated depreciation of $526 in 2024 and $501 in 2023 1,544 1,569
CURRENT ASSETS:    
Cash and cash equivalents 1 1
Accounts receivable, net of reserves of $1,455 in 2024 and $1,005 in 2023 7,712 7,837
Unbilled revenues 3,490 3,484
Recoverable income taxes 0 332
Materials and supplies inventories, at cost 3,775 3,109
Prepaid expenses 1,776 821
Total current assets 16,754 15,584
OTHER LONG-TERM ASSETS:    
Prepaid pension cost 24,006 23,380
Note receivable 255 255
Deferred regulatory assets 52,110 48,949
Other assets 5,083 4,764
Total other long-term assets 81,454 77,348
Total Assets 621,420 588,205
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:    
Common stock, no par value, authorized 46,500,000 shares, issued and outstanding 14,371,929 shares in 2024 and 14,332,245 shares in 2023 137,576 136,174
Retained earnings 91,112 85,004
Total common stockholders' equity 228,688 221,178
PREFERRED STOCK, authorized 500,000 shares, no shares issued 0 0
LONG-TERM DEBT 198,439 180,007
COMMITMENTS
CURRENT LIABILITIES:    
Accounts payable 11,503 10,873
Dividends payable 2,780 2,754
Accrued compensation and benefits 1,744 1,629
Accrued income taxes 336 0
Accrued interest 1,326 1,741
Deferred regulatory liabilities 809 644
Other accrued expenses 511 502
Total current liabilities 19,009 18,143
DEFERRED CREDITS:    
Customers' advances for construction 20,939 18,853
Deferred income taxes 58,964 55,235
Deferred employee benefits 3,719 3,847
Deferred regulatory liabilities 43,124 42,989
Other deferred credits 650 632
Total deferred credits 127,396 121,556
Contributions in aid of construction 47,888 47,321
Total Stockholders' Equity and Liabilities $ 621,420 $ 588,205
v3.24.3
Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Sep. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
ASSETS    
Other physical property, accumulated depreciation $ 526 $ 501
CURRENT ASSETS:    
Accounts receivables, reserves $ 1,455 $ 1,005
COMMON STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:    
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) $ 0 $ 0
Common stock, authorized (in shares) 46,500,000 46,500,000
Common stock, issued (in shares) 14,371,929 14,332,245
Common stock, outstanding (in shares) 14,371,929 14,332,245
Preferred stock, authorized (in shares) 500,000 500,000
Preferred stock, issued (in shares) 0 0
v3.24.3
Statements of Income (Unaudited) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Statements of Income [Abstract]        
OPERATING REVENUES: $ 19,715 $ 18,767 $ 56,093 $ 52,935
OPERATING EXPENSES:        
Operation and maintenance 4,961 4,471 14,635 12,688
Administrative and general 3,013 2,605 9,244 8,028
Depreciation and amortization 3,297 2,944 9,647 8,777
Taxes other than income taxes 389 314 1,235 1,075
Operating expenses 11,660 10,334 34,761 30,568
Operating income 8,055 8,433 21,332 22,367
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES):        
Interest on debt (2,243) (1,850) (6,549) (5,041)
Allowance for funds used during construction 301 1,131 1,782 2,724
Other pension costs 159 (239) 365 (842)
Other income (expenses), net (51) (68) (266) (368)
Other income (expenses) (1,834) (1,026) (4,668) (3,527)
Income before income taxes 6,221 7,407 16,664 18,840
Income tax expense (benefit) 358 (161) 1,481 1,095
Net Income $ 5,863 $ 7,568 $ 15,183 $ 17,745
Basic Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share) $ 0.41 $ 0.53 $ 1.06 $ 1.24
Diluted Earnings Per Share (in dollars per share) $ 0.41 $ 0.53 $ 1.06 $ 1.24
v3.24.3
Statements of Common Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Common Stock [Member]
Retained Earnings [Member]
Total
Balance at Dec. 31, 2022 $ 134,220 $ 72,963 $ 207,183
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2022 14,285,584    
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Net income $ 0 17,745 17,745
Cash dividends declared 0 (8,696) (8,696)
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans $ 1,258 0 1,258
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans (in shares) 31,039    
Stock-based compensation $ 217 0 217
Stock-based compensation (in shares) 4,114    
Balance at Sep. 30, 2023 $ 135,695 82,012 217,707
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023 14,320,737    
Balance at Jun. 30, 2023 $ 135,199 77,345 212,544
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2023 14,309,160    
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Net income $ 0 7,568 7,568
Cash dividends declared 0 (2,901) (2,901)
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans $ 438 0 438
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans (in shares) 11,577    
Stock-based compensation $ 58 0 58
Stock-based compensation (in shares) 0    
Balance at Sep. 30, 2023 $ 135,695 82,012 217,707
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2023 14,320,737    
Balance at Dec. 31, 2023 $ 136,174 85,004 $ 221,178
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2023 14,332,245   14,332,245
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Net income $ 0 15,183 $ 15,183
Cash dividends declared 0 (9,075) (9,075)
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans $ 1,214 0 1,214
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans (in shares) 34,327    
Stock-based compensation $ 188 0 188
Stock-based compensation (in shares) 5,357    
Balance at Sep. 30, 2024 $ 137,576 91,112 $ 228,688
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2024 14,371,929   14,371,929
Balance at Jun. 30, 2024 $ 137,138 88,277 $ 225,415
Balance (in shares) at Jun. 30, 2024 14,361,225    
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]      
Net income $ 0 5,863 5,863
Cash dividends declared 0 (3,028) (3,028)
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans $ 390 0 390
Issuance of common stock under dividend reinvestment, direct stock and employee stock purchase plans (in shares) 10,704    
Stock-based compensation $ 48 0 48
Stock-based compensation (in shares) 0    
Balance at Sep. 30, 2024 $ 137,576 $ 91,112 $ 228,688
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2024 14,371,929   14,371,929
v3.24.3
Statements of Common Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - $ / shares
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward]        
Cash dividends declared (in dollars per share) $ 0.2108 $ 0.2027 $ 0.6324 $ 0.6081
v3.24.3
Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:    
Net income $ 15,183 $ 17,745
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:    
Depreciation and amortization 9,647 8,777
Stock-based compensation 188 217
Increase in deferred income taxes 124 757
Other 111 (750)
Changes in assets and liabilities:    
Increase in accounts receivable and unbilled revenues (638) (929)
Decrease in recoverable income taxes 332 304
Increase in materials and supplies, prepaid expenses, prepaid pension cost, regulatory and other assets (7,662) (8,365)
Increase in accounts payable, accrued compensation and benefits, accrued expenses, deferred employee benefits, regulatory liabilities, and other deferred credits 3,185 4,988
Increase (decrease) in accrued interest and taxes (79) 663
Net cash provided by operating activities 20,391 23,407
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:    
Utility plant additions, including debt portion of allowance for funds used during construction of $996 in 2024 and $1,522 in 2023 (32,993) (46,342)
Acquisitions of water and wastewater systems (264) (35)
Net cash used in investing activities (33,257) (46,377)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:    
Customers' advances for construction and contributions in aid of construction 3,042 3,434
Repayments of customer advances (452) (240)
Proceeds of long-term debt issues 71,764 85,643
Debt issuance costs (167) (171)
Repayments of long-term debt (53,305) (57,303)
Changes in cash overdraft position (181) (966)
Issuance of common stock 1,214 1,258
Dividends paid (9,049) (8,685)
Net cash provided by financing activities 12,866 22,970
Net change in cash and cash equivalents 0 0
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 1 1
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1 1
Cash paid during the period for:    
Interest, net of amounts capitalized 5,924 2,734
Income taxes $ 629 $ 0
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Accounts payable includes $7,334 in 2024 and $7,017 in 2023 for the construction of utility plant.  
Contributions in aid of construction includes $63 recorded as part of the MESCO, Inc. acquisition.  
v3.24.3
Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:    
Utility plant additions, debt portion of allowance for funds used during construction $ 996 $ 1,522
Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Accounts payable for construction of utility plant 7,334 $ 7,017
Contributions in aid of construction recorded as part of the MESCO, Inc. acquisition $ 63  
v3.24.3
Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]  
Basis of Presentation

1.  Basis of Presentation

The interim financial statements are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring accruals, necessary for a fair presentation of results for such periods.  Because the financial statements cover an interim period, they do not include all disclosures and notes normally provided in annual financial statements, and therefore, should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2024.
v3.24.3
Acquisitions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Acquisitions [Abstract]  
Acquisitions
2.  Acquisitions

On January 31, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the wastewater collection and treatment assets of MESCO, Inc. in Monaghan Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing wastewater collection and treatment assets on February 1, 2024.  The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 180 wastewater customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $44, which is less than the depreciated original cost of the assets.  The Company recorded a negative acquisition adjustment of $110 and will seek approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, or PPUC, to amortize the acquisition adjustment over the remaining life of the acquired assets.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.

On February 21, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the water assets of Longstown Mobile Estates in Windsor Township, York County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing water system through an interconnection with its current distribution system on February 26, 2024.  The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 90 water customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $8, which is less than the depreciated original cost of the assets.  The Company recorded a negative acquisition adjustment of $2 and will seek approval from the PPUC to amortize the acquisition adjustment over the remaining life of the acquired assets.  These customers were previously served by the Company through a single customer connection to the mobile home park.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.

On September 26, 2024, the Company completed the acquisition of the water assets of Houston Run Community Water System, LLC in Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  The Company began operating the existing water assets on September 30, 2024. The acquisition resulted in the addition of approximately 15 water customers with purchase price and acquisition costs of approximately $212.  This acquisition is immaterial to Company results.
v3.24.3
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets

3.  Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets

Accounts receivable and contract assets are summarized in the following table:

    As of     As of        
 
Sep. 30, 2024
   
Dec. 31, 2023
   
Change
 
                   
Accounts receivable – customers
 
$
8,677
   
$
8,250
   
$
427
Other receivables
   
490
     
592
     
(102
)
     
9,167
     
8,842
     
325
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
   
(1,455
)
   
(1,005
)
   
(450
)
Accounts receivable, net
 
$
7,712
   
$
7,837
   
$
(125
)
                         
Unbilled revenue
 
$
3,490
   
$
3,484
   
$
6
 

Differences in timing of revenue recognition, billings, and cash collections result in receivables, which are contract assets.  Generally, billing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition, resulting in unbilled revenue on the balance sheet, which is also a contract asset.  The Company does not receive advances or deposits from customers before revenue is recognized so no contract liabilities are reported.  Accounts receivable are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional and are presented separately on the balance sheet.  The changes in accounts receivable – customers and in unbilled revenue were primarily due to the normal timing difference between performance and the customer’s payments.
v3.24.3
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share

4.  Common Stock and Earnings Per Share

Net income of $5,863 and $7,568 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $15,183 and $17,745 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is used to calculate both basic and diluted earnings per share.  Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding.  Diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus potentially dilutive shares.  The dilutive effect of employee stock-based compensation is included in the computation of diluted earnings per share and is calculated using the treasury stock method and expected proceeds upon exercise or issuance of the stock-based compensation.

The following table summarizes the shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share:

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Weighted average common shares, basic
   
14,354,021
     
14,300,995
     
14,339,876
     
14,288,580
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
Employee stock-based compensation
   
821
     
834
     
211
     
305
 
Weighted average common shares, diluted
   
14,354,842
     
14,301,829
     
14,340,087
     
14,288,885
 

On March 11, 2013, the Board of Directors, or the Board, authorized a share repurchase program granting the Company authority to repurchase up to 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from time to time.  The stock repurchase program has no specific end date and the Company may repurchase shares in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions.  The Company may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.  No shares were repurchased during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.  As of September 30, 2024, 618,004 shares remain authorized for repurchase.
v3.24.3
Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt

5.  Debt

 
As of
Sep. 30, 2024
   
As of
Dec. 31, 2023
 
             
Variable Rate Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority
Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008A, due 2029
  $
12,000
    $
12,000
 
3.00% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series A of 2019, due 2036
   
10,500
     
10,500
 
3.10% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B of 2019, due 2038
   
14,870
     
14,870
 
3.23% Senior Notes, due 2040
   
15,000
     
15,000
 
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 – 2045
   
10,000
     
10,000
 
4.54% Senior Notes, due 2049
   
20,000
     
20,000
 
3.24% Senior Notes, due 2050
   
30,000
     
30,000
 
5.50% Senior Notes, due 2053     40,000       40,000  
5.67% Senior Notes, due 2054
    40,000        
Committed Line of Credit, due September 2026
   
8,732
     
30,273
 
Total long-term debt
   
201,102
     
182,643
 
Less discount on issuance of long-term debt
   
(138
)
   
(147
)
 Less unamortized debt issuance costs     (2,525 )     (2,489 )
Long-term portion
 
$
198,439
   
$
180,007
 

On February 27, 2024, the Company entered into a note purchase agreement with certain institutional investors relating to the private placement of $40,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior notes.  The senior notes bear interest at 5.67% per annum payable semiannually and mature on February 27, 2054.  The senior notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the Company.  The Company received net proceeds, after deducting issuance costs, of approximately $39,833.  The net proceeds were used to refinance line of credit borrowings incurred by the Company as interim financing for various capital projects of the Company.
v3.24.3
Interest Rate Swap Agreement
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]  
Interest Rate Swap Agreement
6.  Interest Rate Swap Agreement

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations.  The primary risk managed by using derivative instruments is interest rate risk.  The Company utilizes an interest rate swap agreement to effectively convert the Company’s $12,000 variable-rate debt issue to a fixed rate.  Interest rate swaps are contracts in which a series of interest rate cash flows are exchanged over a prescribed period.  The notional amount on which the interest payments are based ($12,000) is not exchanged.  The interest rate swap provides that the Company pays the counterparty a fixed interest rate of 3.16% on the notional amount of $12,000.   In exchange, the counterparty paid the Company a variable interest rate based on 59% of the U.S. Dollar one-month LIBOR rate on the notional amount.  The variable interest rate changed to 59% of the daily simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a spread adjustment of 11.448 basis points upon the discontinuance of LIBOR in 2023.  The intent is for the variable rate received from the swap counterparty to approximate the variable rate the Company pays to bondholders on its variable rate debt issue, resulting in a fixed rate being paid to the swap counterparty and reducing the Company’s interest rate risk.  The Company’s net payment rate on the swap averaged (0.03)% and 0.01% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and (0.04)% and 0.20% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

The interest rate swap agreement is classified as a financial derivative used for non-trading activities.  The accounting standards regarding accounting for derivatives and hedging activities require companies to recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value on the balance sheet.  In accordance with the standards, the interest rate swap is recorded on the balance sheet in other deferred credits at fair value (see Note 7).

The Company uses regulatory accounting treatment rather than hedge accounting to defer the unrealized gains and losses on its interest rate swap.  These unrealized gains and losses are recorded as a regulatory asset or regulatory liability.  Based on current ratemaking treatment, the Company expects the unrealized gains and losses to be recognized in rates as a component of interest expense as the swap settlements occur.  Swap settlements are recorded in the income statement with the hedged item as interest expense.  Swap settlements resulted in the reclassification from regulatory assets to interest expense of $(1) and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $(3) and $19 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The overall swap result was a (gain) loss of $252 and $(211) for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $15 and $(351) for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company expects to reclassify $101 before tax from regulatory assets to interest expense as a result of swap settlements over the next 12 months.

The interest rate swap agreement contains provisions that require the Company to maintain a credit rating of at least BBB- with Standard & Poor’s.  If the Company’s rating were to fall below this rating, it would be in violation of these provisions, and the counterparty to the derivative could request immediate payment if the derivative was in a liability position.  On August 6, 2024, Standard & Poor’s affirmed the Company’s credit rating at A-, with a stable outlook and adequate liquidity.  The Company’s interest rate swap was in a liability position as of September 30, 2024.  If a violation due to credit rating, or some other default provision, were triggered on September 30, 2024, the Company would have been required to pay the counterparty approximately $658.

The interest rate swap will expire on October 1, 2029.  Other than the interest rate swap, the Company has no other derivative instruments.
v3.24.3
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Fair Value of Financial Instruments

7.  Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The accounting standards regarding fair value measurements establish a fair value hierarchy which indicates the extent to which inputs used in measuring fair value are observable in the market.  Level 1 inputs include quoted prices for identical instruments and are the most observable.  Level 2 inputs include quoted prices for similar assets and observable inputs such as interest rates, commodity rates and yield curves.  Level 3 inputs are not observable in the market and include management’s own judgments about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability.

The Company has recorded its interest rate swap liability at fair value in accordance with the standards.  The liability is recorded under the caption “Other deferred credits” on the balance sheet.  The table below illustrates the fair value of the interest rate swap as of the end of the reporting period.

Description
 
September 30, 2024
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$650
 
$650

Fair values are measured as the present value of all expected future cash flows based on the swap yield curve as of the date of the valuation.  These inputs to this calculation are deemed to be Level 2 inputs.  The balance sheet carrying value reflects the Company’s credit quality as of September 30, 2024.  The rate used in discounting all prospective cash flows anticipated to be made under this swap reflects a representation of the yield to maturity for 30-year debt on utilities rated A- as of September 30, 2024.  The use of the Company’s credit rating resulted in a reduction in the fair value of the swap liability of $8 as of September 30, 2024.  The fair value of the swap reflecting the Company’s credit quality as of December 31, 2023 is shown in the table below.

Description
 
December 31, 2023
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$632
 
$632

The carrying amount of current assets and liabilities that are considered financial instruments approximates fair value as of the dates presented.  The Company’s total long-term debt, with a carrying value of $201,102 at September 30, 2024, and $182,643 at December 31, 2023, had an estimated fair value of approximately $190,000 and $175,000, respectively.  The estimated fair value of debt was calculated using a discounted cash flow technique that incorporates a market interest yield curve with adjustments for duration and risk profile.  These inputs to this calculation are deemed to be Level 2 inputs.  The Company recognized its credit rating in determining the yield curve and did not factor in third-party credit enhancements including the letter of credit on the 2008 Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Series A issue.

Customers’ advances for construction and note receivable had carrying values at September 30, 2024 of $20,939 and $255, respectively.  At December 31, 2023, customers’ advances for construction and note receivable had carrying values of $18,853 and $255, respectively.  The relative fair values of these amounts cannot be accurately estimated since the timing of future payment streams is dependent upon several factors, including new customer connections, customer consumption levels and future rate increases.
v3.24.3
Commitments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments [Abstract]  
Commitments

8.  Commitments

The Company committed to capital expenditures of approximately $40,170 to armor and replace the spillway of the Lake Williams dam, of which $820 remains to be incurred as of September 30, 2024.  The Company may make additional commitments for this project in the future.

The Company was granted approval by the PPUC to modify its tariff to include the cost of the annual replacement of up to 400 lead customer-owned service lines over nine years from the date of the agreement.  The tariff modification allows the Company to replace customer-owned service lines at its own initial cost.  The Company will record the costs as a regulatory asset to be recovered in future base rates to customers, over a four-year period.  The cost for the customer-owned lead service line replacements was approximately $1,921 and $1,762 through September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, and is included as a regulatory asset.  Based on its experience, the Company estimates that lead customer-owned service lines replacements will cost $2,000.  This estimate is subject to adjustment as more facts become available.
v3.24.3
Revenue
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenue
9.  Revenue

The following table shows the Company’s revenues disaggregated by service and customer type.

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
Water utility service:
                       
Residential
 
$
10,887
   
$
10,505
   
$
31,153
   
$
30,033
 
Commercial and industrial
   
5,527
     
5,244
     
15,292
     
14,341
 
Fire protection
   
1,156
     
1,040
     
3,360
     
3,022
 
Wastewater utility service:
                               
Residential
   
1,578
     
1,458
     
4,554
     
3,998
 
Commercial and industrial
   
301
     
255
     
969
     
743
 
Billing and revenue collection services
   
121
     
115
     
373
     
357
 
Collection services
   
25
     
12
     
28
     
28
 
Other revenue
   
6
     
14
     
22
     
38
 
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
   
19,601
     
18,643
     
55,751
     
52,560
 
Rents from regulated property
   
114
     
124
     
342
     
375
 
Total Operating Revenue
 
$
19,715
   
$
18,767
   
$
56,093
   
$
52,935
 

Utility Service
The Company provides utility service as a distinct and single performance obligation to each of its water and wastewater customers.  The transaction price is detailed in the tariff pursuant to an order by the PPUC and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration and no free service, special rates, or subnormal charges to any customer.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of utility service through a stand-ready obligation to perform and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater through a series of distinct transactions that are identical in nature and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the utility service revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time in the form of a fixed charge and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater is recognized at a per unit rate based on the actual or estimated flow through the meter.  Each customer is invoiced every month and the invoice is due within twenty days.  The utility service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for the passage of time and the actual or estimated usage from the latest meter reading to the end of the accounting period.  The methodology is standardized and consistently applied to reduce bias and the need for judgment.

Billing and Revenue Collection Service
The Company provides billing and revenue collection service as distinct performance obligations to three municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide service to their residents and the Company acts as the billing and revenue collection agent for the municipalities.  The transaction price is a fixed amount per bill prepared as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that both the billing performance obligation and the revenue collection performance obligation are materially complete by the end of the reporting period, the Company does not allocate the transaction price between the two performance obligations.  The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the bills are sent as the municipalities receive all the benefits and bear all of the risk of non-collection at that time.  Each municipality is invoiced when the bills are complete and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The billing and revenue collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.

Collection Service
The Company provides collection service as a distinct and single performance obligation to several municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide wastewater service to their residents.  If those residents are delinquent in paying for their wastewater service, the municipalities request that the Company post for and shut off the supply of water to the premises of those residents.  When the resident is no longer delinquent, the Company will restore water service to the premises.  The transaction price for each posting, each shut off, and each restoration is a fixed amount as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time when the posting, shut off, or restoration is completed as the municipalities receive all the benefits in the form of payment or no longer providing wastewater service.  Each municipality is invoiced periodically for the posting, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed since the last billing and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for postings, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed from the last billing to the end of the accounting period.

Service Line Protection Plan
The Company provides service line protection as a distinct and single performance obligation to current water customers that choose to participate.  The transaction price is detailed in the plan’s terms and conditions and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of service line protection through a stand-ready obligation to perform.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the service line protection revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time.  A customer has a choice to prepay for an entire year or to pay in advance each month.  The service line protection plan has no returns or extended warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no material performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.
v3.24.3
Rate Matters
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Rate Matters [Abstract]  
Rate Matters

10.  Rate Matters


From time to time, the Company files applications for rate increases with the PPUC and is granted rate relief as a result of such requests.  The most recent rate request was filed by the Company on May 27, 2022 and sought an annual increase in water rates of $18,854 and an annual increase in wastewater rates of $1,457.  Effective March 1, 2023, the PPUC authorized an increase in water rates designed to produce approximately $11,600 in additional annual revenues and an increase in wastewater rates designed to produce approximately $1,900 in additional annual revenues.

The PPUC permits water utilities to collect a distribution system improvement charge, or DSIC.  The DSIC allows the Company to add a charge to customers’ bills for qualified replacement costs of certain infrastructure without submitting a rate filing.  This surcharge mechanism typically adjusts periodically based on additional qualified capital expenditures completed or anticipated in a future period.  The DSIC is capped at 5% of base rates and is reset to zero when new base rates that reflect the costs of those additions become effective or when a utility’s earnings exceed a regulatory benchmark.  The Company’s earnings are currently below the regulatory benchmark, thus allowing the Company to collect DSIC.  The DSIC provided revenues of $131 and $0 for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $165 and $271 for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
v3.24.3
Pensions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Pensions [Abstract]  
Pensions

11.  Pensions

Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Service cost
 
$
159
   
$
150
   
$
476
   
$
449
 
Interest cost
   
464
     
469
     
1,392
     
1,407
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(791
)
   
(903
)
   
(2,374
)
   
(2,709
)
Amortization of prior service cost
   
(4
)
   
(4
)
   
(10
)
   
(10
)
Rate-regulated adjustment
   
172
   
677
     
627
     
2,154
 
Net periodic pension cost
 
$
 
$
389
   
$
111
   
$
1,291
 

Pension service cost is recorded in operating expenses.  All other components of net periodic pension cost are recorded as other pension costs in other income (expenses).

Employer Contributions

The Company previously disclosed in its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 that it expected to contribute $1,556 to its pension plans in 2024.  Subsequently, the Company determined its maximum deductible contribution under the Internal Revenue Code is $111.  The most recent rate order issued by the PPUC limited the deposit to the pension plans to the deductible amount.  The Company is permitted by the rate order to expense pension costs to the extent of contributions and defer any remaining expense to regulatory assets or recognize the excess as a regulatory liability.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2024, contributions of $111 have been made.  The Company does not expect to contribute any additional amounts in the final quarter of 2024.
v3.24.3
Stock-Based Compensation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]  
Stock-Based Compensation

12.  Stock-Based Compensation

On May 2, 2016, the Company’s stockholders approved The York Water Company Long-Term Incentive Plan, or LTIP.  The LTIP was adopted to provide the incentive of long-term stock-based awards to officers, directors, and key employees. The LTIP provides for the granting of nonqualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance restricted stock grants and units, restricted stock grants and units, and unrestricted stock grants.  A maximum of 100,000 shares of common stock may be issued under the LTIP over the ten-year life of the plan.  The maximum number of shares of common stock subject to awards that may be granted to any participant in any one calendar year is 2,000.  Shares of common stock issued under the LTIP may be treasury shares or authorized but unissued shares.  The LTIP will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board, or the full Board, provided that the full Board will administer the LTIP as it relates to awards to non-employee directors of the Company.  The Company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2016 covering the offering of stock under the LTIP.  The LTIP was effective on July 1, 2016.

On May 1, 2023, the Board accelerated the vesting period for restricted stock granted in 2021, 2022, and 2023 to one retiring key employee from three years to that key employee’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of March 31, 2024.

On January 29, 2024, the Board accelerated the vesting period for restricted stock granted in 2022 and 2023 to one retiring officer from three years to that officer’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of September 30, 2024.

On May 6, 2024, the Board awarded stock to non-employee directors effective May 6, 2024.  This stock award vested immediately.  On May 6, 2024, the Compensation Committee awarded restricted stock to officers and key employees effective May 6, 2024.  The stock award vests ratably over three years beginning May 6, 2024, with the exception of the stock award to one key employee which vested immediately.  The Board accelerated the vesting period for this restricted stock award to one retiring officer from three years to that officer’s 2024 retirement date, which has been fully recognized as of September 30, 2024.

The restricted stock awards provide the grantee with the rights of a shareholder, including the right to receive dividends and to vote such shares, but not the right to sell or otherwise transfer the shares during the restriction period.  As a result, the awards are included in common shares outstanding on the balance sheet.  Restricted stock awards result in compensation expense valued at the fair market value of the stock on the date of the grant and are amortized ratably over the requisite service period.

The following tables summarize the stock grant amounts and activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

 
Number of Shares
   
Grant Date Weighted
Average Fair Value
           
Nonvested at beginning of the period
 
8,944
   
$42.32
Granted
 
6,149
   
$36.76
Vested
 
(6,184
)
 
$41.67
Forfeited
 
(792
)
 
$42.20
Nonvested at end of the period
 
8,117
   
$38.62

For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the statement of income includes $48 and $58 of stock-based compensation, respectively, and related recognized tax benefits of $13 and $16, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, the statement of income includes $188 and $217 of stock-based compensation, respectively, and related recognized tax benefits of $52 and $61, respectively. The total fair value of the shares vested in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 was $258 and $260, respectively. Total stock-based compensation related to nonvested awards not yet recognized is $313 at September 30, 2024 which will be recognized over the remaining three year vesting period.
v3.24.3
Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Income Taxes [Abstract]  
Income Taxes

13.  Income Taxes

Under the Internal Revenue Service tangible property regulations, or TPR, the Company is permitted to deduct the costs of certain asset improvements that were previously being capitalized and depreciated for tax purposes as an expense on its income tax return.  This ongoing deduction results in a reduction in the effective income tax rate, a net reduction in income tax expense, and a reduction in the amount of income taxes currently payable.  It also results in increases to deferred tax liabilities and regulatory assets representing the appropriate book and tax basis difference on capital additions.

The Company’s effective tax rate was 5.8% and (2.2)% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 8.9% and 5.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.  The higher effective tax rates are primarily due to lower deductions from the TPR.  The effective tax rate will vary depending on income before income taxes and the level of eligible asset improvements expensed for tax purposes under TPR each period.
v3.24.3
Insider Trading Arrangements
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Insider Trading Arrangements [Line Items]  
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Adopted false
Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
Non-Rule 10b5-1 Arrangement Terminated false
v3.24.3
Revenue (Policies)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenue
Utility Service
The Company provides utility service as a distinct and single performance obligation to each of its water and wastewater customers.  The transaction price is detailed in the tariff pursuant to an order by the PPUC and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration and no free service, special rates, or subnormal charges to any customer.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of utility service through a stand-ready obligation to perform and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater through a series of distinct transactions that are identical in nature and have the same pattern of transfer to the customer.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the utility service revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time in the form of a fixed charge and the transfer of water or the collection of wastewater is recognized at a per unit rate based on the actual or estimated flow through the meter.  Each customer is invoiced every month and the invoice is due within twenty days.  The utility service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for the passage of time and the actual or estimated usage from the latest meter reading to the end of the accounting period.  The methodology is standardized and consistently applied to reduce bias and the need for judgment.

Billing and Revenue Collection Service
The Company provides billing and revenue collection service as distinct performance obligations to three municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide service to their residents and the Company acts as the billing and revenue collection agent for the municipalities.  The transaction price is a fixed amount per bill prepared as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that both the billing performance obligation and the revenue collection performance obligation are materially complete by the end of the reporting period, the Company does not allocate the transaction price between the two performance obligations.  The performance obligations are satisfied at a point in time when the bills are sent as the municipalities receive all the benefits and bear all of the risk of non-collection at that time.  Each municipality is invoiced when the bills are complete and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The billing and revenue collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.

Collection Service
The Company provides collection service as a distinct and single performance obligation to several municipalities within the service territory of the Company.  The municipalities provide wastewater service to their residents.  If those residents are delinquent in paying for their wastewater service, the municipalities request that the Company post for and shut off the supply of water to the premises of those residents.  When the resident is no longer delinquent, the Company will restore water service to the premises.  The transaction price for each posting, each shut off, and each restoration is a fixed amount as established in the contract.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time when the posting, shut off, or restoration is completed as the municipalities receive all the benefits in the form of payment or no longer providing wastewater service.  Each municipality is invoiced periodically for the posting, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed since the last billing and the invoice is due within thirty days.  The collection service has no returns or warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.  A contract asset for unbilled revenue is recognized for postings, shut offs, and restorations that have been completed from the last billing to the end of the accounting period.

Service Line Protection Plan
The Company provides service line protection as a distinct and single performance obligation to current water customers that choose to participate.  The transaction price is detailed in the plan’s terms and conditions and made publicly available.  There is no variable consideration.  Due to the fact that the contract includes a single performance obligation, no judgment is required to allocate the transaction price.  The performance obligation is satisfied over time through the continuous provision of service line protection through a stand-ready obligation to perform.  The Company uses an output method to recognize the service line protection revenue over time.  The stand-ready obligation is recognized through the passage of time.  A customer has a choice to prepay for an entire year or to pay in advance each month.  The service line protection plan has no returns or extended warranties associated with it.  No revenue is recognized from performance obligations satisfied in prior periods and no material performance obligations remain unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period.
v3.24.3
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets [Abstract]  
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets
Accounts receivable and contract assets are summarized in the following table:

    As of     As of        
 
Sep. 30, 2024
   
Dec. 31, 2023
   
Change
 
                   
Accounts receivable – customers
 
$
8,677
   
$
8,250
   
$
427
Other receivables
   
490
     
592
     
(102
)
     
9,167
     
8,842
     
325
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts
   
(1,455
)
   
(1,005
)
   
(450
)
Accounts receivable, net
 
$
7,712
   
$
7,837
   
$
(125
)
                         
Unbilled revenue
 
$
3,490
   
$
3,484
   
$
6
 
v3.24.3
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Shares Used in Computing Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share
The following table summarizes the shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share:

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Weighted average common shares, basic
   
14,354,021
     
14,300,995
     
14,339,876
     
14,288,580
 
Effect of dilutive securities:
                               
Employee stock-based compensation
   
821
     
834
     
211
     
305
 
Weighted average common shares, diluted
   
14,354,842
     
14,301,829
     
14,340,087
     
14,288,885
 
v3.24.3
Debt (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Debt [Abstract]  
Debt
 
As of
Sep. 30, 2024
   
As of
Dec. 31, 2023
 
             
Variable Rate Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority
Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008A, due 2029
  $
12,000
    $
12,000
 
3.00% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series A of 2019, due 2036
   
10,500
     
10,500
 
3.10% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B of 2019, due 2038
   
14,870
     
14,870
 
3.23% Senior Notes, due 2040
   
15,000
     
15,000
 
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt
Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 – 2045
   
10,000
     
10,000
 
4.54% Senior Notes, due 2049
   
20,000
     
20,000
 
3.24% Senior Notes, due 2050
   
30,000
     
30,000
 
5.50% Senior Notes, due 2053     40,000       40,000  
5.67% Senior Notes, due 2054
    40,000        
Committed Line of Credit, due September 2026
   
8,732
     
30,273
 
Total long-term debt
   
201,102
     
182,643
 
Less discount on issuance of long-term debt
   
(138
)
   
(147
)
 Less unamortized debt issuance costs     (2,525 )     (2,489 )
Long-term portion
 
$
198,439
   
$
180,007
 
v3.24.3
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Fair Value of Financial Instruments [Abstract]  
Fair Value of Interest Rate Swap
The Company has recorded its interest rate swap liability at fair value in accordance with the standards.  The liability is recorded under the caption “Other deferred credits” on the balance sheet.  The table below illustrates the fair value of the interest rate swap as of the end of the reporting period.

Description
 
September 30, 2024
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$650
 
$650

Fair values are measured as the present value of all expected future cash flows based on the swap yield curve as of the date of the valuation.  These inputs to this calculation are deemed to be Level 2 inputs.  The balance sheet carrying value reflects the Company’s credit quality as of September 30, 2024.  The rate used in discounting all prospective cash flows anticipated to be made under this swap reflects a representation of the yield to maturity for 30-year debt on utilities rated A- as of September 30, 2024.  The use of the Company’s credit rating resulted in a reduction in the fair value of the swap liability of $8 as of September 30, 2024.  The fair value of the swap reflecting the Company’s credit quality as of December 31, 2023 is shown in the table below.

Description
 
December 31, 2023
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Interest Rate Swap
 
$632
 
$632
v3.24.3
Revenue (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Revenue [Abstract]  
Revenues Disaggregated by Service and Customer Type
The following table shows the Company’s revenues disaggregated by service and customer type.

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
Water utility service:
                       
Residential
 
$
10,887
   
$
10,505
   
$
31,153
   
$
30,033
 
Commercial and industrial
   
5,527
     
5,244
     
15,292
     
14,341
 
Fire protection
   
1,156
     
1,040
     
3,360
     
3,022
 
Wastewater utility service:
                               
Residential
   
1,578
     
1,458
     
4,554
     
3,998
 
Commercial and industrial
   
301
     
255
     
969
     
743
 
Billing and revenue collection services
   
121
     
115
     
373
     
357
 
Collection services
   
25
     
12
     
28
     
28
 
Other revenue
   
6
     
14
     
22
     
38
 
Total Revenue from Contracts with Customers
   
19,601
     
18,643
     
55,751
     
52,560
 
Rents from regulated property
   
114
     
124
     
342
     
375
 
Total Operating Revenue
 
$
19,715
   
$
18,767
   
$
56,093
   
$
52,935
 
v3.24.3
Pensions (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Pensions [Abstract]  
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost

 
Three Months
Ended September 30
   
Nine Months
Ended September 30
 
   
2024
   
2023
   
2024
   
2023
 
                         
Service cost
 
$
159
   
$
150
   
$
476
   
$
449
 
Interest cost
   
464
     
469
     
1,392
     
1,407
 
Expected return on plan assets
   
(791
)
   
(903
)
   
(2,374
)
   
(2,709
)
Amortization of prior service cost
   
(4
)
   
(4
)
   
(10
)
   
(10
)
Rate-regulated adjustment
   
172
   
677
     
627
     
2,154
 
Net periodic pension cost
 
$
 
$
389
   
$
111
   
$
1,291
 
v3.24.3
Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]  
Restricted Stock
The following tables summarize the stock grant amounts and activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2024.

 
Number of Shares
   
Grant Date Weighted
Average Fair Value
           
Nonvested at beginning of the period
 
8,944
   
$42.32
Granted
 
6,149
   
$36.76
Vested
 
(6,184
)
 
$41.67
Forfeited
 
(792
)
 
$42.20
Nonvested at end of the period
 
8,117
   
$38.62
v3.24.3
Acquisitions (Details)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2024
USD ($)
Customer
Feb. 21, 2024
USD ($)
Customer
Jan. 31, 2024
USD ($)
Customer
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Acquisitions [Abstract]            
Acquisition of water and wastewater systems       $ 264 $ 35  
Acquisition adjustment       $ (9,437)   $ (9,384)
Wastewater Collection and Treatment Assets of MESCO, Inc. [Member]            
Acquisitions [Abstract]            
Number of customers acquired | Customer     180      
Acquisition of water and wastewater systems     $ 44      
Acquisition adjustment     $ (110)      
Water Assets of Longstown Mobile Estates [Member]            
Acquisitions [Abstract]            
Number of customers acquired | Customer   90        
Acquisition of water and wastewater systems   $ 8        
Acquisition adjustment   $ (2)        
Water Assets of Houston Run Community Water System, LLC [Member]            
Acquisitions [Abstract]            
Number of customers acquired | Customer 15          
Acquisition of water and wastewater systems $ 212          
v3.24.3
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Accounts Receivable and Contract Assets [Abstract]    
Accounts receivable - customers $ 8,677 $ 8,250
Other receivables 490 592
Accounts receivable 9,167 8,842
Less: allowance for doubtful accounts (1,455) (1,005)
Accounts receivable, net 7,712 7,837
Unbilled revenue 3,490 $ 3,484
Change in accounts receivable - customers 427  
Change in other receivables (102)  
Change in accounts receivable 325  
Change in allowance for doubtful accounts (450)  
Change in accounts receivable, net (125)  
Change in unbilled revenue $ 6  
v3.24.3
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Mar. 11, 2013
Common Stock and Earnings Per Share [Abstract]          
Net income $ 5,863 $ 7,568 $ 15,183 $ 17,745  
Shares Used in Computing Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share [Abstract]          
Weighted average common shares, basic (in shares) 14,354,021 14,300,995 14,339,876 14,288,580  
Effect of dilutive securities [Abstract]          
Employee stock-based compensation (in shares) 821 834 211 305  
Weighted average common shares, diluted (in shares) 14,354,842 14,301,829 14,340,087 14,288,885  
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract]          
Number of shares authorized to be repurchased under the stock repurchase program (in shares)         1,200,000
Number of shares repurchased under the stock repurchase program (in shares) 0 0 0 0  
Number of remaining shares authorized to be repurchased under the stock repurchase program (in shares) 618,004   618,004    
v3.24.3
Debt (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
Feb. 27, 2024
Sep. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 201,102 $ 182,643
Less discount on issuance of long-term debt   (138) (147)
Less unamortized debt issuance costs   (2,525) (2,489)
Long-term portion   198,439 180,007
Variable Rate Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008A, due 2029 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   12,000 12,000
3.00% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series A of 2019, due 2036 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 10,500 10,500
Interest rate   3.00%  
3.10% Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series B of 2019, due 2038 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 14,870 14,870
Interest rate   3.10%  
3.23% Senior Notes, due 2040 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 15,000 15,000
Interest rate   3.23%  
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 - 2045 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 10,000 10,000
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 - 2045 [Member] | Minimum [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Interest rate   4.00%  
4.00% - 4.50% York County Industrial Development Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds, Series 2015, due 2029 - 2045 [Member] | Maximum [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Interest rate   4.50%  
4.54% Senior Notes, due 2049 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 20,000 20,000
Interest rate   4.54%  
3.24% Senior Notes, due 2050 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 30,000 30,000
Interest rate   3.24%  
5.50% Senior Notes, due 2053 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 40,000 40,000
Interest rate   5.50%  
5.67% Senior Notes, due 2054 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 40,000 0
Interest rate   5.67%  
Face value $ 40,000    
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs $ 39,833    
Committed Line of Credit, due September 2026 [Member]      
Debt [Abstract]      
Total long-term debt   $ 8,732 $ 30,273
v3.24.3
Interest Rate Swap Agreement (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2023
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]          
Outstanding borrowings $ 201,102   $ 201,102   $ 182,643
Interest Rate Swap [Member]          
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]          
Notional amount of swap $ 12,000   $ 12,000    
Fixed interest rate 3.16%   3.16%    
Net payment rate on swap (0.03%) 0.01% (0.04%) 0.20%  
Interest rate swap settlements reclassified from regulatory assets to interest expense $ (1) $ 0 $ (3) $ 19  
Overall interest rate swap (gain) loss 252 $ (211) 15 $ (351)  
Interest rate swap settlements to be reclassified during the next 12 months 101   101    
Potential payment to counterparty $ 658   $ 658    
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | LIBOR [Member]          
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]          
Percentage of variable interest rate 59.00%   59.00%    
Term of variable rate     1 month    
Interest Rate Swap [Member] | SOFR [Member]          
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]          
Percentage of variable interest rate 59.00%   59.00%    
Basis spread adjustment 0.11448%   0.11448%    
Variable Rate Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Exempt Facilities Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2008A, due 2029 [Member]          
Interest Rate Swap Agreement [Abstract]          
Outstanding borrowings $ 12,000   $ 12,000   $ 12,000
v3.24.3
Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Dec. 31, 2023
Interest Rate Swap [Abstract]    
Term of debt on utilities rated A- used to discount prospective cash flows 30 years  
Reduction in fair value of swap liability $ (8)  
Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]    
Customers' advances for construction 20,939 $ 18,853
Note receivable 255 255
Fair Value on a Recurring Basis [Member]    
Interest Rate Swap [Abstract]    
Interest rate swap 650 632
Fair Value on a Recurring Basis [Member] | Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) [Member]    
Interest Rate Swap [Abstract]    
Interest rate swap 650 632
Carrying Amount [Member]    
Fair Value, Financial Liabilities [Abstract]    
Total long-term debt 201,102 182,643
Estimated Fair Value [Member]    
Fair Value, Financial Liabilities [Abstract]    
Total long-term debt $ 190,000 $ 175,000
v3.24.3
Commitments (Details)
$ in Thousands
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
ServiceLine
Dec. 31, 2023
USD ($)
Commitments [Abstract]    
Capital expenditures committed $ 40,170  
Armor and Replace Spillway of Lake Williams Dam [Member]    
Commitments [Abstract]    
Remaining committed capital expenditures to be incurred $ 820  
Customer-Owned Lead Service Lines [Member]    
Commitments [Abstract]    
Number of lead customer-owned service lines to be replaced annually | ServiceLine 400  
Term of tariff modification to replace customer-owned lead service lines 9 years  
Recovery period of regulatory asset 4 years  
Costs incurred to replace customer-owned lead service lines $ 1,921 $ 1,762
Costs to be incurred to replace customer-owned lead service lines $ 2,000  
v3.24.3
Revenue (Details)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
Municipality
Sep. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers $ 19,601 $ 18,643 $ 55,751 $ 52,560
Rents from regulated property 114 124 342 375
Total operating revenue 19,715 18,767 $ 56,093 52,935
Utility Service [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Number of days for customer to make payment after being invoiced     20 days  
Water Utility Service [Member] | Residential [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 10,887 10,505 $ 31,153 30,033
Water Utility Service [Member] | Commercial and Industrial [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 5,527 5,244 15,292 14,341
Water Utility Service [Member] | Fire Protection [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 1,156 1,040 3,360 3,022
Wastewater Utility Service [Member] | Residential [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 1,578 1,458 4,554 3,998
Wastewater Utility Service [Member] | Commercial and Industrial [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 301 255 969 743
Billing and Revenue Collection Services [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 121 115 $ 373 357
Number of municipalities within the service territory provided service | Municipality     3  
Number of days for customer to make payment after being invoiced     30 days  
Collection Services [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers 25 12 $ 28 28
Number of days for customer to make payment after being invoiced     30 days  
Other Revenue [Member]        
Revenue [Abstract]        
Revenue from contracts with customers $ 6 $ 14 $ 22 $ 38
v3.24.3
Rate Matters (Details) - PPUC [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Rate Request Filed on May 27, 2022 [Member] | Water [Member]        
Rate Matters [Abstract]        
Requested annual increase in rates     $ 18,854  
Authorized dollar increase in annual revenues     11,600  
Rate Request Filed on May 27, 2022 [Member] | Wastewater [Member]        
Rate Matters [Abstract]        
Requested annual increase in rates     1,457  
Authorized dollar increase in annual revenues     1,900  
DSIC [Member]        
Rate Matters [Abstract]        
Distribution system improvement charge revenue $ 131 $ 0 $ 165 $ 271
DSIC [Member] | Maximum [Member]        
Rate Matters [Abstract]        
Distribution system improvement charge percentage over base rate     5.00%  
DSIC [Member] | Minimum [Member]        
Rate Matters [Abstract]        
Distribution system improvement charge percentage over base rate     0.00%  
v3.24.3
Pensions (Details) - Pension Plans [Member] - USD ($)
$ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Dec. 31, 2023
Components of Net Periodic Pension Cost [Abstract]          
Service cost $ 159 $ 150 $ 476 $ 449  
Interest cost 464 469 1,392 1,407  
Expected return on plan assets (791) (903) (2,374) (2,709)  
Amortization of prior service cost (4) (4) (10) (10)  
Rate-regulated adjustment 172 677 627 2,154  
Net periodic pension cost 0 $ 389 111 $ 1,291  
Employer Contributions [Abstract]          
Estimated employer contributions in 2024         $ 1,556
Employer contributions made in 2024     111    
Estimated remaining employer contributions in 2024 0   0    
Maximum [Member]          
Employer Contributions [Abstract]          
Estimated employer contributions in 2024 $ 111   $ 111    
v3.24.3
Stock-Based Compensation (Details)
$ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
May 06, 2024
Employee
Officer
Jan. 29, 2024
Officer
May 01, 2023
Employee
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2023
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2024
USD ($)
$ / shares
shares
Sep. 30, 2023
USD ($)
May 02, 2016
shares
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Number of retiring key employees receiving accelerated vesting period | Employee     1          
Number of retiring officers receiving accelerated vesting period | Officer 1 1            
Number of key employees receiving accelerated vesting period | Employee 1              
LTIP [Member]                
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Maximum number of shares of common stock that can be issued under the plan (in shares)               100,000
Term of plan           10 years    
Maximum number of shares of common stock subject to awards that may be granted to a participant per calendar year (in shares)           2,000    
Restricted Stock [Member] | LTIP [Member]                
Number of Shares [Roll Forward]                
Nonvested at beginning of the period (in shares)           8,944    
Granted (in shares)           6,149    
Vested (in shares)           (6,184)    
Forfeited (in shares)           (792)    
Nonvested at end of the period (in shares)       8,117   8,117    
Grant Date Weighted Average Fair Value [Abstract]                
Nonvested at beginning of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares           $ 42.32    
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares           36.76    
Vested (in dollars per share) | $ / shares           41.67    
Forfeited (in dollars per share) | $ / shares           42.2    
Nonvested at end of the period (in dollars per share) | $ / shares       $ 38.62   $ 38.62    
Stock-Based Compensation Expense [Abstract]                
Stock-based compensation expense | $       $ 48 $ 58 $ 188 $ 217  
Recognized tax benefits related to stock-based compensation expense | $       13 $ 16 52 61  
Fair value of vested shares | $           258 $ 260  
Stock-based compensation expense not yet recognized | $       $ 313   $ 313    
Period of recognition           3 years    
Restricted Stock [Member] | Granted in 2021, 2022 and 2023 [Member] | Key Employee Retiring in 2024 [Member] | LTIP [Member]                
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Vesting period           3 years    
Restricted Stock [Member] | Granted in 2022 and 2023 [Member] | Key Officer Retiring in 2024 [Member] | LTIP [Member]                
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Vesting period           3 years    
Restricted Stock [Member] | Granted on May 6, 2024 [Member] | Officers and Key Employees [Member] | LTIP [Member]                
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Vesting period           3 years    
Restricted Stock [Member] | Granted on May 6, 2024 [Member] | Key Officer Retiring in 2024 [Member] | LTIP [Member]                
Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]                
Vesting period           3 years    
v3.24.3
Income Taxes (Details)
3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Sep. 30, 2024
Sep. 30, 2023
Income Taxes [Abstract]        
Effective tax rate 5.80% (2.20%) 8.90% 5.80%

Grafico Azioni York Water (NASDAQ:YORW)
Storico
Da Gen 2025 a Feb 2025 Clicca qui per i Grafici di York Water
Grafico Azioni York Water (NASDAQ:YORW)
Storico
Da Feb 2024 a Feb 2025 Clicca qui per i Grafici di York Water