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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

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Item 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Information regarding principal accountant fees and services is presented below for Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas. The following table shows the fees paid to Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm for Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas, for services provided for 2024 and 2023.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES
(Dollars in thousands)
SempraSDG&ESoCalGas
FeesPercent of totalFeesPercent of totalFeesPercent of total
2024:
Audit fees:
Consolidated financial statements, internal controls audits and subsidiary audits$11,708$3,092$4,118
Regulatory filings and related services79875150
Total audit fees12,50681%3,16785%4,26892%
Audit-related fees:
Employee benefit plan audits565181315
Other audit-related services(1)2,10119020
Total audit-related fees2,66617371103357
Tax fees(2)29921785471
All other fees(3)40—————
Total fees$15,511100%$3,716100%$4,650100%
2023:
Audit fees:
Consolidated financial statements, internal controls audits and subsidiary audits$11,808$2,976$3,970
Regulatory filings and related services51317085
Total audit fees12,32181%3,14687%4,05590%
Audit-related fees:
Employee benefit plan audits545175304
Other audit-related services(1)1,643175115
Total audit-related fees2,1881435094199
Tax fees(2)66851354461
All other fees(3)59—————
Total fees$15,236100%$3,631100%$4,520100%

(1) Other audit-related services primarily relate to statutory audits and agreed upon procedures.

(2) Tax fees relate to tax consulting and compliance services.

(3) All other fees relate to training and conferences.

The Audit Committee of Sempra’s board of directors is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight, including the oversight of the audit fee negotiations, of the independent registered public accounting firm for Sempra and its subsidiaries, including SDG&E and SoCalGas. As a matter of good corporate governance, each of the Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas boards of directors reviewed the performance of Deloitte & Touche LLP and appointed them as the independent registered public accounting firm for each of Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas, respectively. Sempra’s board of directors has determined that each member of its Audit Committee is an independent director and is financially literate, and that Mr. Jack T. Taylor, who chairs the committee, and Ms. Jennifer M. Kirk, who is a member of the committee, are audit committee financial experts as defined by the rules of the SEC.

Except where pre-approval is not required by SEC rules, Sempra’s Audit Committee pre-approves all audit, audit-related and permissible non-audit services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for Sempra and its subsidiaries, including all services provided by Deloitte & Touche LLP for Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas in 2024 and 2023. The committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures provide for the general pre-approval of specific types of services and give detailed guidance to management as to the services that are eligible for general pre-approval, and they require specific pre-approval of all other permitted services. For both types of pre-approval, the committee considers whether the services to be provided are consistent with maintaining the firm’s independence. The committee’s policies and procedures also delegate authority to the Chair of the

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committee to address any requests for pre-approval of services between committee meetings, with any pre-approval decisions to be reported to the committee at its next scheduled meeting.

PART IV.

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