California Water Service Group: Pay

California Water Service Group paid its 5 named executives $12.5M in total in FY2025 (Dec). CEO Martin A. Kropelnicki was paid $6.9M of that.

PayNo stock prices for these years
CEO pay is from each proxy. The stock line is the value of $100 put in the stock at the start, from the price change of each fiscal year. Dividends are not in it.

Pay of each named executive

Martin A. KropelnickiChairman, President & Chief Executive Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
FY2021 (Dec)Not disclosed
5 years
James P. LynchSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years
Shannon C. DeanSenior Vice President, Customer Service & Chief Sustainability Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
2 years
Michael B. LuuSenior Vice President, Corporate Services & Chief Risk Officer
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
FY2022 (Dec)Not disclosed
4 years
Shawn C. BuntingSenior Vice President, General Counsel & Business Development
FY2025 (Dec)
FY2024 (Dec)
FY2023 (Dec)
3 years

CEO pay against the pay peers

In FY2025 (Dec), the median CEO pay of the 10 peers with pay on file was $4.9M. The CEO of California Water Service Group was paid $6.9M, 40% above the median.

  1. 1Essential Utilities
  2. 2Idacorp
  3. 3California Water Service Group
  4. 4Otter Tail
  5. 5American States Water
  6. 6NorthWestern Energy Group
  7. 7Avista
  8. 8Northwest Natural Holding
  9. 9Mge Energy
  10. 10Unitil
  11. 11H2O America
  12. 12Allete, Inc.Not disclosed
  13. 13Black Hills Corp.Not disclosed
  14. 14Chesapeake UtilitiesNot disclosed
  15. 15Txnm EnergyNot disclosed

Pay of each named executive comes from the Summary Compensation Table of each proxy statement. Realized pay adds the value of options used and stock that vested. CEO pay of each peer comes from its own Pay versus Performance table.