Sempra

Sempra is a holding company with energy infrastructure businesses in North America, including its California monopoly utilities San Diego Gas & Electric and Southern California Gas (SoCalGas). Sempra has a 80.25% interest in Oncor, an electric transmission and distribution utility, and 50% interest in Sharyland Utilities, an electric transmission utility. Sempra also invests in fossil fuel infrastructure in America and Mexico, including LNG export terminals and pipelines.

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Becerra took over $150K from CA utilities as a candidate for Congress, AG

California’s three investor-owned utility monopolies have a lot riding on the outcome of the state’s first open race for governor since 2018, with their soaring electric bills taking center-stage in the race, and candidates offering different rhetoric and proposals for how to lower customers’ bills.  The companies – Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), Southern...

California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending

State lawmakers last week made California the seventh state to pass a bill limiting investor-owned utilities from using customer money to pay for political and lobbying costs. Assembly Bill 1167, the California Ratepayer Protection Act, authored by Assembly Member Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), passed both chambers of the legislature and now awaits action by Governor...

Several utilities donate to Trump inauguration committee

Monopoly utilities NextEra Energy, Sempra, Southern Company, and Washington Gas were among the donors to Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration.  The Trump Vance Inaugural Committee, Inc., received large checks from a variety of corporations including those throughout the fossil fuel industry and several large investor-owned monopoly utilities, according to the committee’s recent filings with the...

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