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LOS ANGELES, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has declared regular quarterly dividends for the preferred series stock of the company as follows: SoCalGas: Preferred Stock $0.375 per share Preferred Stock, Series A $0.375 per share The dividends are payable on Jan. 15, 2013 to shareholders of record on Dec. 10, 2012. Southern California Gas Co. has been delivering clean, safe and reliable natural...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today reported third-quarter 2012 earnings of $268 million, or $1.09 per diluted share, compared with third-quarter 2011 earnings of $289 million, or $1.20 per diluted share. Third-quarter 2012 earnings included a $60 million non-cash charge related to a write-down on Sempra U.S. Gas & Power's 25-percent stake in the Rockies Express Pipeline. This $60 million charge, in addition to a $179 million charge taken in...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has declared regular quarterly dividends for the preferred and preference series stock of the company as follows: SDG&E: Cumulative Preferred 5% Series $0.25 per share Cumulative Preferred 4.60% Series $0.23 per share Cumulative Preferred 4.50% Series $0.225 per share...
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced that Denita Willoughby has been named regional vice president of external affairs for the company. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121105/LA04966) "We are pleased to welcome Denita to our management team at SoCalGas," said Dennis V. Arriola, president and chief operating officer of SoCalGas. "She has extensive governmental and community affairs experience and is well known...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy Foundation today pledged $50,000 in disaster-relief assistance funds to East Coast storm victims. In support of Sempra Energy companies' employee giving efforts, the Foundation also will be matching up to an additional $50,000 in employee donations, bringing the total potential donation to $150,000 by the Foundation and company employees. Sempra Energy Foundation will direct the funds through the American Red Cross National...
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 40 San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) employees will head east on Thursday morning to assist New York's utility, Con Edison, with repairs to overhead power lines damaged by Tropical Storm Sandy. After the storm, news reports estimated more than seven million people were without power and that significant damage had been done to the region's electric distribution system. "We are proud to be a part of the power restoration...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) plans to announce its third-quarter 2012 earnings at 9 a.m. EST, Nov. 6. Sempra Energy executives will conduct a conference call at 1 p.m. EST, Nov. 6. Investors, media, analysts and the general public may listen to a live webcast of the conference call at the company's website, www.sempra.com, by clicking on the appropriate audio link. For those unable to obtain access to the live webcast, the teleconference will...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra International today announced that its Mexican business unit Sempra Mexico has been awarded two contracts by Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico's state-owned electric utility, to construct, own and operate an approximately 500-mile (820-kilometers), $1 billion pipeline network connecting the Northwestern states of Sonora and Sinaloa. After a competitive and transparent international public bidding process, Sempra Mexico's...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) joined other California utilities to kick off Careers in Energy Week, an initiative recently commemorated by California Gov. Jerry Brown. As part of a nationwide effort to promote science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and address the need for a qualified, diverse energy industry workforce, Careers in Energy Week will take place throughout the week of Oct. 15. "San Diego is at...
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has earned the top customer satisfaction ranking among large natural gas utilities in the Western United States, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Gas Utility Residential Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) . The study, which was fielded between September 2011 and July 2012, is based on a random survey of U.S. residential natural gas utility customers. "This recognition by J.D. Power...
