Effective January 2, 2013, American States Water Company appointed John R. Fielder as a class III director of the company to serve until the company's annual meeting in 2014 or until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Mr. Fielder is also appointed as a director of the company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Golden State Water Company. Following a distinguished 40-year career with Southern California Edison Company, Mr. Fielder retired at the end of 2010 as President of Southern California Edison Company, where he was responsible for operations support, customer service, information technology, environmental affairs, state regulatory and public affairs, and employee relations.