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| UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 |
FORM 10-K
| (Mark One) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☒ | ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the fiscal year ended | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ☐ | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For the transition period from | to |
| Commission File No. | Exact Name of Registrants as Specified in their Charters, Address and Telephone Number | State of Incorporation | I.R.S. Employer Identification Nos. | ||||||||||||||
| 1-14201 | SEMPRA | ![]() | California | 33-0732627 | |||||||||||||
| 488 8th Avenue | |||||||||||||||||
| San Diego, California 92101 | |||||||||||||||||
| (619) 696-2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-03779 | SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY | ![]() | California | 95-1184800 | |||||||||||||
| 8330 Century Park Court | |||||||||||||||||
| San Diego, California 92123 | |||||||||||||||||
| (619) 696-2000 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1-01402 | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY | ![]() | California | 95-1240705 | |||||||||||||
| 555 West 5th Street | |||||||||||||||||
| Los Angeles, California 90013 | |||||||||||||||||
| (213) 244-1200 |
| SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT: | ||||||||
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||||||
| SEMPRA: | ||||||||
| Common Stock, without par value | SRE | New York Stock Exchange(1) | ||||||
| 5.75% Junior Subordinated Notes Due 2079, $25 par value | SREA | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
| SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY: | ||||||||
| None | ||||||||
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY: | ||||||||
| None |
(1) Sempra’s common shares are also registered with the National Securities Registry of the CNBV in Mexico. The registration of Sempra’s common shares with the National Securities Registry does not imply certification regarding the investment quality of the securities, the solvency of the issuer or the accuracy or completeness of the information included in the annual report, nor does it confirm acts that may have been performed in contravention of the law. This annual report has been filed in Mexico in accordance with the general provisions applicable to issuers and other securities market participants.
| SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: | |||||
| Title of Each Class | |||||
| SEMPRA: | |||||
| None | |||||
| SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY: | |||||
| None | |||||
| SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY: | |||||
| 6% Preferred Stock, $25 par value | |||||
| 6% Preferred Stock, Series A, $25 par value |
| Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. | |||||||||||||||||
| Sempra | Yes ☒ | No ☐ | |||||||||||||||
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company | Yes ☐ | No ☒ | |||||||||||||||
| Southern California Gas Company | Yes ☐ | No ☒ | |||||||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark if the Registrants are not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. | |||||||||||||||||
| Yes ☐ | No ☒ | ||||||||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants (1) have filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrants were required to file such reports), and (2) have been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. | |||||||||||||||||
| Yes ☒ | No ☐ | ||||||||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants have submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrants were required to submit such files). | |||||||||||||||||
| Yes ☒ | No ☐ | ||||||||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. |
| Sempra: | ||||||||||||||
| ☒ Large Accelerated Filer | ☐ Accelerated Filer | ☐ Non-accelerated Filer | ☐ Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ Emerging Growth Company | ||||||||||
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company: | ||||||||||||||
| ☐ Large Accelerated Filer | ☐ Accelerated Filer | ☒ Non-accelerated Filer | ☐ Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ Emerging Growth Company | ||||||||||
| Southern California Gas Company: | ||||||||||||||
| ☐ Large Accelerated Filer | ☐ Accelerated Filer | ☒ Non-accelerated Filer | ☐ Smaller Reporting Company | ☐ Emerging Growth Company |
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| If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the Registrants have elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐ | |||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants have filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☒ | |||||||||||
| If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the Registrants included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements. ☐ | |||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the Registrants’ respective executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐ | |||||||||||
| Indicate by check mark whether the Registrants are shell companies (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). | |||||||||||
| Yes ☐ | No ☒ |
| Aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of June 30, 2023, the last business day of each Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter: | |||||
| Sempra | $45.8 billion | ||||
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company | $0 | ||||
| Southern California Gas Company | $0 |
| Common Stock outstanding, without par value, as of February 20, 2024: |
| Sempra | 632,149,916 shares | ||||
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company | Wholly owned by Enova Corporation, which is wholly owned by Sempra | ||||
| Southern California Gas Company | Wholly owned by Pacific Enterprises, which is wholly owned by Sempra | ||||
| SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY MEETS THE CONDITIONS OF GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS I(1)(a) AND (b) OF FORM 10-K AND IS THEREFORE FILING THIS REPORT WITH A REDUCED DISCLOSURE FORMAT AS PERMITTED BY GENERAL INSTRUCTION I(2). |
| DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE: | ||
| Portions of the Sempra proxy statement to be filed for its May 2024 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K. | ||
| Portions of the Southern California Gas Company information statement to be filed for its May 2024 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference into Part III of this annual report on Form 10-K. | ||
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This combined Form 10-K is separately filed by Sempra, San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company. Information contained herein relating to any one of these individual Registrants is filed by such entity on its own behalf. Each such Registrant makes statements herein only as to itself and its consolidated entities and makes no statement whatsoever as to any other entity.
You should read this report in its entirety as it pertains to each respective Registrant. No one section of the report deals with all aspects of the subject matter. A separate Part II – Item 8 is provided for each Registrant, except for the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, which are combined for all the Registrants. All Items other than Part II – Item 8 are combined for the three Registrants.
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The following terms and abbreviations appearing in this report have the meanings indicated below.
| GLOSSARY | |||||
| AB | California Assembly Bill | ||||
| ADIA | Black Silverback ZC 2022 LP (assignee of Black River B 2017 Inc.), a wholly owned affiliate of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority | ||||
| AFUDC | allowance for funds used during construction | ||||
| amparo | an extraordinary constitutional appeal governed by Articles 103 and 107 of the Mexican Constitution and filed in Mexican federal court | ||||
| AOCI | accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||
| ARO | asset retirement obligation | ||||
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification | ||||
| ASEA | Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente (Mexico’s National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection) | ||||
| ASR | accelerated share repurchase | ||||
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update | ||||
| Bcf | billion cubic feet | ||||
| Bechtel | Bechtel Energy Inc. | ||||
| bps | basis points | ||||
| Cameron LNG JV | Cameron LNG Holdings, LLC | ||||
| Cameron LNG Phase 1 facility | Cameron LNG JV liquefaction facility | ||||
| Cameron LNG Phase 2 project | Cameron LNG JV liquefaction expansion project | ||||
| CARB | California Air Resources Board | ||||
| CCA | Community Choice Aggregation | ||||
| CCM | cost of capital adjustment mechanism | ||||
| CEC | California Energy Commission | ||||
| CFE | Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission) | ||||
| CFIN | Cameron LNG FINCO, LLC, a wholly owned and unconsolidated affiliate of Cameron LNG JV | ||||
| CNBV | Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission) | ||||
| CODM | chief operating decision maker as defined in ASC 280 | ||||
| ConocoPhillips | ConocoPhillips Company | ||||
| COVID-19 | coronavirus disease 2019 | ||||
| CPUC | California Public Utilities Commission | ||||
| CRE | Comisión Reguladora de Energía (Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission) | ||||
| CRR | congestion revenue right | ||||
| DA | Direct Access | ||||
| DER | distributed energy resources | ||||
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy | ||||
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation | ||||
| DWR | California Department of Water Resources | ||||
| ECA LNG | ECA LNG Phase 1 and ECA LNG Phase 2, collectively | ||||
| ECA LNG Phase 1 | ECA LNG Holdings B.V. | ||||
| ECA LNG Phase 2 | ECA LNG II Holdings B.V. | ||||
| ECA Regas Facility | Energía Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V. LNG regasification facility | ||||
| Ecogas | Ecogas México, S. de R.L. de C.V. | ||||
| Edison | Southern California Edison Company, a subsidiary of Edison International | ||||
| EFH | Energy Future Holdings Corp. (renamed Sempra Texas Holdings Corp.) | ||||
| Enova | Enova Corporation | ||||
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | ||||
| EPC | engineering, procurement and construction | ||||
| EPS | earnings (losses) per common share | ||||
| ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., the independent system operator and the regional coordinator of various electricity systems within Texas | ||||
| ESJ | Energía Sierra Juárez, S. de R.L. de C.V. | ||||
| ETR | effective income tax rate | ||||
| Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended | ||||
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission | ||||
| Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
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| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |||||
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement | ||||
| GCIM | Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism | ||||
| GHG | greenhouse gas | ||||
| GRC | General Rate Case | ||||
| HMRC | His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (United Kingdom’s Revenue and Customs Department) | ||||
| HOA | Heads of Agreement | ||||
| IEnova | Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. | ||||
| IEnova Pipelines | IEnova Pipelines, S. de R.L. de C.V. | ||||
| IMG | Infraestructura Marina del Golfo | ||||
| INEOS | INEOS Energy Trading Limited, a subsidiary of INEOS Limited | ||||
| IOU | investor-owned utility | ||||
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 | ||||
| IRS | U.S. Internal Revenue Service | ||||
| ISFSI | independent spent fuel storage installation | ||||
| ISO | Independent System Operator | ||||
| JV | joint venture | ||||
| KKR Denali | KKR Denali Holdco LLC, an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. | ||||
| KKR Pinnacle | KKR Pinnacle Investor L.P., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. | ||||
| kV | kilovolt | ||||
| kW | kilowatt | ||||
| kWh | kilowatt hour | ||||
| LA Superior Court | Los Angeles County Superior Court | ||||
| Leak | the leak at the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility injection-and-withdrawal well, SS25, discovered by SoCalGas on October 23, 2015 | ||||
| LNG | liquefied natural gas | ||||
| LPG | liquid petroleum gas | ||||
| LTIP | long-term incentive plan | ||||
| MD&A | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | ||||
| Mexican Stock Exchange | Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V., or BMV | ||||
| MMBtu | million British thermal units (of natural gas) | ||||
| MMcf | million cubic feet | ||||
| Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. | ||||
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding | ||||
| Mtpa | million tonnes per annum | ||||
| MW | megawatt | ||||
| MWh | megawatt hour | ||||
| NAV | net asset value | ||||
| NCI | noncontrolling interest(s) | ||||
| NDT | nuclear decommissioning trusts | ||||
| NEIL | Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited | ||||
| NEM | net energy metering | ||||
| NOL | net operating loss | ||||
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission | ||||
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange | ||||
| O&M | operation and maintenance expense | ||||
| OCI | other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||
| OEIS | Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety | ||||
| OII | Order Instituting Investigation | ||||
| Oncor | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC | ||||
| Oncor Holdings | Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC | ||||
| ORLEN | Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A. (formerly Polish Oil & Gas Company) | ||||
| OSC | Order to Show Cause | ||||
| Other Sempra | All Sempra consolidated entities, except for SDG&E and SoCalGas | ||||
| PA LNG Phase 1 project | initial phase of the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project | ||||
| PA LNG Phase 2 project | second phase of the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project |
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| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |||||
| PBOP | postretirement benefits other than pension | ||||
| PE | Pacific Enterprises | ||||
| PEMEX | Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexican state-owned oil company) | ||||
| PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electric Company | ||||
| PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration | ||||
| Port Arthur LNG | Port Arthur LNG, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of SI Partners that owns the PA LNG Phase 1 project | ||||
| PP&E | property, plant and equipment | ||||
| PPA | power purchase agreement | ||||
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party | ||||
| PUCT | Public Utility Commission of Texas | ||||
| PURA | Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act | ||||
| PXiSE | PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC | ||||
| Rating Agencies | Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, collectively | ||||
| RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland plc | ||||
| RBS Sempra Commodities | RBS Sempra Commodities LLP | ||||
| REC | renewable energy certificate | ||||
| Registrants | has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and consists of Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas for purposes of this report | ||||
| ROE | return on equity | ||||
| ROU | right-of-use | ||||
| RPS | Renewables Portfolio Standard | ||||
| RSU | restricted stock unit | ||||
| S&P | S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. | ||||
| SB | California Senate Bill | ||||
| SDG&E | San Diego Gas & Electric Company | ||||
| SDSRA | Senior Debt Service Reserve Account | ||||
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | ||||
| SED | Safety and Enforcement Division of the CPUC | ||||
| SEDATU | Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano (Mexico’s agency in charge of agriculture, land and urban development) | ||||
| SEFE | SEFE Marketing & Trading México S. de R.L. de C.V. (formerly known as Gazprom Marketing & Trading México S. de R.L. de C.V.) | ||||
| SENER | Secretaría de Energía de México (Mexico’s Ministry of Energy) | ||||
| series A preferred stock | 6% mandatory convertible preferred stock, series A | ||||
| series B preferred stock | 6.75% mandatory convertible preferred stock, series B | ||||
| series C preferred stock | Sempra’s 4.875% fixed-rate reset cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock, series C | ||||
| Sharyland Holdings | Sharyland Holdings, L.P. | ||||
| Sharyland Utilities | Sharyland Utilities, L.L.C. | ||||
| SI Partners | Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP, the holding company for most of Sempra’s subsidiaries not subject to California or Texas utility regulation | ||||
| SoCalGas | Southern California Gas Company | ||||
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate | ||||
| SONGS | San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station | ||||
| SPA | sale and purchase agreement | ||||
| SST Committee | Safety, Sustainability and Technology Committee of the Sempra board of directors | ||||
| Support Agreement | support agreement, dated July 28, 2020 and amended on June 29, 2021, among Sempra and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | ||||
| TAG Norte | TAG Norte Holding, S. de R.L. de C.V. | ||||
| TAG Pipelines | TAG Pipelines Norte, S. de R.L. de C.V. | ||||
| Tangguh PSC | Tangguh PSC Contractors | ||||
| TCEQ | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||||
| TdM | Termoeléctrica de Mexicali | ||||
| TO5 | Electric Transmission Owner Formula Rate, effective June 1, 2019 | ||||
| TTI | Texas Transmission Investment LLC, an entity indirectly owned by OMERS Administration Corporation (acting through its infrastructure investment entity, OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.) and GIC Private Limited | ||||
| U.S. GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America | ||||
| VaR | value at risk |
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| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |||||
| VAT | value-added tax | ||||
| Ventika | Ventika, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Ventika II, S.A.P.I. de C.V., collectively | ||||
| VIE | variable interest entity | ||||
| Wildfire Fund | the fund established pursuant to AB 1054 | ||||
| Wildfire Legislation | AB 1054 and AB 111 |
In this report, references to “Sempra” are to Sempra and its consolidated entities, collectively, and references to “we,” “our,” “us” and “our company” are to the applicable Registrant and its consolidated entities, collectively, in each case unless otherwise stated or indicated by the context. All references in this report to our reportable segments are not intended to refer to any legal entity with the same or similar name.
Throughout this report, we refer to the following as Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements when discussed together or collectively:
▪the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes of Sempra;
▪the Financial Statements and related Notes of SDG&E; and
▪the Financial Statements and related Notes of SoCalGas.
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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions about the future, involve risks and uncertainties, and are not guarantees. Future results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the filing date of this report. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “contemplate,” “plan,” “estimate,” “project,” “forecast,” “envision,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will,” “confident,” “may,” “can,” “potential,” “possible,” “proposed,” “in process,” “construct,” “develop,” “opportunity,” “preliminary,” “initiative,” “target,” “outlook,” “optimistic,” “poised,” “maintain,” “continue,” “progress,” “advance,” “goal,” “aim,” “commit,” or similar expressions, or when we discuss our guidance, priorities, strategy, goals, vision, mission, opportunities, projections, intentions or expectations.
Factors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement include:
▪California wildfires, including potential liability for damages regardless of fault and any inability to recover all or a substantial portion of costs from insurance, the Wildfire Fund, rates from customers or a combination thereof
▪decisions, investigations, inquiries, regulations, denials or revocations of permits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, renewals of franchises, and other actions, including the failure to honor contracts and commitments, by the (i) CPUC, CRE, DOE, FERC, PUCT, IRS and other regulatory bodies and (ii) U.S., Mexico and states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions therein and in other countries where we do business
▪the success of business development efforts, construction projects, acquisitions, divestitures, and other significant transactions, including risks related to (i) being able to make a final investment decision, (ii) completing construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget, (iii) realizing anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, (iv) obtaining third-party consents and approvals and (v) third parties honoring their contracts and commitments
▪macroeconomic trends or other factors that could change our capital expenditure plans and their potential impact on rate base or other growth
▪litigation, arbitrations, property disputes and other proceedings, and changes to laws and regulations, including those related to tax and trade policy and the energy industry in Mexico
▪cybersecurity threats, including by state and state-sponsored actors, of ransomware or other attacks on our systems or the systems of third parties with which we conduct business, including the energy grid or other energy infrastructure
▪the availability, uses, sufficiency, and cost of capital resources and our ability to borrow money or otherwise raise capital on favorable terms and meet our obligations, including due to (i) actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or place those ratings on negative outlook, (ii) instability in the capital markets, or (iii) rising interest rates and inflation
▪the impact on affordability of SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ customer rates and their cost of capital and on SDG&E’s, SoCalGas’ and Sempra Infrastructure’s ability to pass through higher costs to customers due to (i) volatility in inflation, interest rates and commodity prices, (ii) with respect to SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ businesses, the cost of meeting the demand for lower carbon and reliable energy in California, and (iii) with respect to Sempra Infrastructure’s business, volatility in foreign currency exchange rates
▪the impact of climate and sustainability policies, laws, rules, regulations, disclosures and trends, including actions to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas, increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory environment for California natural gas distribution companies, the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets, and uncertainty related to relevant emerging and early-stage technologies
▪weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment failures, explosions, terrorism, information system outages or other events, such as work stoppages, that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities or systems, cause the release of harmful materials or fires or subject us to liability for damages, fines and penalties, some of which may not be recoverable through regulatory mechanisms or insurance or may impact our ability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance
▪the availability of electric power, natural gas and natural gas storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid, pipeline system or limitations on the withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities
▪Oncor’s ability to reduce or eliminate its quarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and commitments, including by actions of Oncor’s independent directors or a minority member director
▪other uncertainties, some of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control
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We caution you not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements. You should review and carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and other factors that affect our businesses as described herein and in other reports we file with the SEC.
SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS
There are a number of risks you should understand before making an investment decision in our securities or the securities of our subsidiaries. This summary is not intended to be complete and should only be read together with the information set forth in “Part I – Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this report. If any of these risks occurs, Sempra’s and its subsidiaries’ results of operations, financial condition, cash flows and/or prospects could be materially adversely affected, and the trading price of Sempra’s securities and those of its subsidiaries could decline. These risks include the following:
Risks Related to Sempra
▪Sempra’s ability to pay dividends and meet its obligations largely depends on the performance of its subsidiaries and entities accounted for as equity method investments
▪The economic interest, voting rights and market value of our outstanding common and preferred stock may be adversely affected by any additional equity securities we may issue
Risks Related to All Sempra Businesses
▪Our businesses are subject to risks arising from their infrastructure and systems that support this infrastructure
▪We face risks related to severe weather, natural disasters, physical attacks and other similar events
▪We face evolving cybersecurity risks associated with the energy grid, natural gas pipelines, storage and other infrastructure as well as the collection of personal, sensitive and confidential customer and employee information
▪Our debt service obligations expose us to risks and could require additional equity securities issuances by Sempra or sales of equity interests in subsidiaries or projects under development
▪The availability and cost of debt or equity financing could be negatively affected by market and economic conditions and other factors
▪Credit rating agencies may downgrade our credit ratings or place them on negative outlook
▪We face risks related to failures and delays in obtaining permits, licenses, franchises and other approvals required by our businesses from various governmental agencies
▪Our businesses face climate change concerns and have environmental compliance and clean energy transition and reporting costs
▪We are subject to complex tax and accounting requirements that expose us to risks
Risks Related to Sempra California
▪Wildfires in California pose risks to Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas
▪The electricity industry is undergoing significant change, including increased deployment of DER, technological advancements, evolving procurement service standards, and political and regulatory developments
▪Natural gas has increasingly been the subject of political and public debate, including a desire by some to eventually reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas as an energy source
▪SDG&E and SoCalGas are subject to extensive regulation
Risks Related to Sempra Texas Utilities
▪Certain ring-fencing measures, governance mechanisms and commitments limit our ability to influence the management, operations and policies of Oncor
▪Changes in the regulation of Oncor or the regulation or operation of the electric utility industry and/or the ERCOT market could negatively affect Oncor
Risks Related to Sempra Infrastructure
▪Project development activities may not be successful, projects under construction may not be completed on schedule or within budget, and completed projects may not operate at expected levels
▪We may not be able to enter into, maintain, extend or replace long-term supply, sales or capacity agreements
▪Our international businesses and operations expose us to increased legal, regulatory, tax, economic, geopolitical and management oversight risks and challenges
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PART I.


