CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Published on March 11, 2003
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
California Water Service Group:
We consent to incorporation by reference herein of our report dated January 30,
2002, with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of California Water Service
Group and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the related
consolidated statements of income, common stockholders' equity and comprehensive
income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 2001, and the related schedule, which reports appear in or are
incorporated by reference in the December 31, 2001 Annual Report on Form 10-K of
California Water Service Group.
Our report dated January 30, 2002 states that the consolidated financial
statements of California Water Service Group for the year ended December 31,
1999, have been restated to reflect the pooling-of-interests transaction with
Dominguez Services Corporation and subsidiaries as described in Note 3 to the
consolidated financial statements. Our report further states that we did not
audit the consolidated financial statements of Dominguez Services Corporation
and subsidiaries, which financial statements reflect total revenue constituting
12.1 percent of the related consolidated total as of December 31, 1999. Those
financial statements were audited by other auditors whose report has been
furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as it relates to the amounts included
for Dominguez Services Corporation and subsidiaries for the year ended December
31, 1999, is based solely on the report of the other auditors.
We consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the
prospectus.
/s/KPMG LLP
Mountain View, California
March 7, 2003