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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): April 11, 2008
CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
         
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  1-13883
(Commission file number)
  77-0448994
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
     
1720 North First Street
San Jose, California

(Address of principal executive offices)
   
95112
(Zip Code)
(408) 367-8200
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Item 4.01.   Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant.
     (b) Completion of engagement of new independent registered public accounting firm.
     On April 11, 2008, the Audit Committee of California Water Service Group (the “Company”) completed its engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Company’s new independent registered public accounting firm.
     The Company did not engage Deloitte in any prior consultations during the Company’s fiscal years ended December 31, 2006 or December 31, 2007, or the subsequent period through the date of the filing of this current report on Form 8-K regarding either: (a) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Company’s consolidated financial statements; or (b) any matter that was the subject of either a disagreement or a reportable event (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v), respectively, of Regulation S-K).

 


 

SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  CALIFORNIA WATER SERVICE GROUP
 
 
Date: April 14, 2008  By:   /s/ Martin A. Kropelnicki    
    Name:   Martin A. Kropelnicki   
    Title:   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer