Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001174947-25-000677
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Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-05-01
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
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through rates. Non-performance by these commodity suppliers could have a material adverse impact on our results of operations, financial
position and cash flows.

We are exposed to credit risk for both our Regulated
and Non-Regulated business segments. Our Regulated operations serve residential, commercial, industrial and municipal customers while
our Non-Regulated operations engage in business activities with developers, government entities and other customers. Our primary credit
risk is exposure to customer default on contractual obligations and the associated loss that may be incurred due to the non-payment of
customer accounts receivable balances. Our credit risk is managed through established credit and collection policies which are in compliance
with applicable regulatory requirements and involve monitoring of customer exposure and the use of credit risk mitigation measures such
as letters of credit or prepayment arrangements. Our credit portfolio is diversified with no significant customer or industry concentrations.
In addition, our Regulated businesses are generally able to recover all prudently incurred costs including uncollectible customer accounts
receivable expenses and collection costs through customers’ rates.

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The Company's retirement benefit plan assets are exposed
to the market prices variations of debt and equity securities. Changes to the Company's retirement benefit plan asset values can impact
the Company's retirement benefit plan expense, funded status and future minimum funding requirements. Our exposure to market price risk
in our retirement benefit plan assets is managed through our ability to recover retirement benefit plan costs through customer rates.
There were no material changes to our primary market risk exposures or how such exposures are managed in 2025 nor are there expected to
be in the future.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rule 13a-15 under the Securities
and Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act), an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure
controls and procedures was conducted by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer along with the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.
Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer concluded that
the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this Report. There were no
changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected,
or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls
and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Company reports filed or submitted under
the Exchange