Company: MSEX
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form Type: 424B5
Source: 0001104659-25-071727
Chunk: 53

Company: MIDDLESEX WATER CO
Filing Date: 2025-07-29
Form: 424B5
Chunk 53
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 prices for our securities. Therefore, exact figures regarding proceeds that will be raised or commissions to be
paid cannot be determined as of the date of this prospectus. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we may agree to sell, and the relevant
underwriters or agents may agree to solicit offers to purchase, blocks of our Common Stock. The terms of each such agreement will be
set forth in more detail in a prospectus supplement.

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Underwriters, agents, brokers
or dealers may be entitled, pursuant to relevant agreements entered into with us, to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act that may arise from any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact,
or any omission or alleged omission to state a material fact in this prospectus, any supplement or amendment hereto, or in the registration
statement of which this prospectus forms a part, or to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters, agents, brokers
or dealers may be required to make.

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<div align='center'>LEGAL MATTERS</div>

The validity of the securities
being offered by this prospectus will be passed upon by Jay L. Kooper, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Middlesex
Water Company. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name
in the applicable prospectus supplement.

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<div align='center'>EXPERTS</div>

The consolidated financial
statements incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Amendment No. 1 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2024, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting have been audited by Baker
Tilly US, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Such consolidated financial statements have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of Baker Tilly US, LLP, an independent registered
public accounting firm, given on their authority as experts in auditing and accounting.

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<div align='center'>WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</div>

This prospectus is part of
a registration statement that we have filed with the SEC. Certain information in the registration statement has been omitted from this
prospectus in accordance with the rules of the SEC. We are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act, and, in
accord