Southern California Gas Company

Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) is a Sempra subsidiary that owns and operates a methane gas distribution, transmission and storage system that serves Southern and portions of Central California. It is the largest gas utility in the country with more than 21 million consumers through 6 million meters. SoCalGas is fighting electrification policies and has charged its customers millions of dollars to oppose clean energy policies in California.

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California passes bill curbing utilities use of ratepayer money for political spending
September 16, 2025
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...

As Customers Struggled, Utility CEOs’ Pay Spiked Last Year
July 18, 2024
While many Americans saw their energy bills go up substantially in the past year, investor-owned electric and gas utilities and the country’s largest publicly owned utility paid their CEOs over $647 million in 2023, an increase of 9 percent over 2022, an analysis by the Energy and Policy Institute has found. The CEOs for the...

Gas utilities evaded federal stove regulations with Big Tobacco tactics
October 23, 2023
Gas utilities fended off federal regulations of gas stoves by deploying the same tactics as the tobacco industry to undermine public health research, according to a new report published by the Climate Investigations Center. NPR published a story featuring the report, including exclusive interviews with some of the first scientists to identify the health risks...

Utility CEOs received $3.2 billion in executive compensation from 2017 – 2022
July 6, 2023
Investor-owned electric and gas utilities paid their CEOs $3.2 billion between 2017 and 2022, according to corporate data reviewed by the Energy and Policy Institute. CEOs for the 57 companies reviewed for this analysis received more than $578 million in 2022. Total utility CEO compensation declined from last year, as it did for most other...
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