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Sempra

Sempra

Utility holding company

Sempra is a North American public utility holding company based in San Diego, California. The company is one of the largest utility holding companies in the United States with nearly 40 million consumers. Sempra's focus is on electric and natural gas infrastructure and its operating companies include: Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) in Southern California; Oncor Electric Delivery Company in Texas; and Sempra Infrastructure, with offices in California and Texas.

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As of 2023, Sempra reported more than $87.2 billion in total assets and over 20,000 employees.[2] The company is led by chairman and chief executive officer Jeffrey Martin, who assumed that role in May 2018.

Sempra ranks as one of the largest energy companies in the world and is ranked #285 on the Fortune 500 list as of 2023 and #312 on the Forbes Global 2000 list as of 2023. In 2024, Sempra was named one of the World's Most Admired Companies by Fortune Magazine, marking the 14th year the company is on this prestigious list.[3] Sempra was also recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Responsible Companies, earning this distinction for the fifth consecutive year.[4]

History

1998 to 2018

Sempra Energy, now known as Sempra, was created through the 1998 merger of Los Angeles-based Pacific Enterprises, the parent company of SoCalGas, and Enova Corporation, the parent company of SDG&E.[5]

In 1999, the company acquired two utilities in South America; Chilquinta Energia in Chile and Luz Del Sur in Peru, which gave Sempra Energy an entry into the expanding Latin American energy market.[6]

In 2003, Sempra Energy Resources, the former power generation subsidiary of Sempra Energy, completed three state-of-the-art power plant projects in Arizona, California and New Mexico.

Sempra was sued over claims it manipulated natural gas supplies and electricity contracts during the 2001 California electricity crisis.[7] In 2006, the company agreed to pay $377 million to settle gas supply claims, and in 2010, it paid another $410 million to settle claims on electricity price gouging, but has never admitted wrongdoing.[7]

In 2007, the company created the Sempra Energy Foundation (now known as Sempra Foundation) as a 501(c)(3) private foundation.[8] Since its inception, the foundation has contributed nearly $45 million through philanthropic investments in communities where Sempra employees live and work. The foundation matches employees' charitable contributions and has matched $13 million as of 2021. Sempra reported giving $13.85 million in COVID-19 response across the foundation and its operating companies.[9]

On March 8, 2018, regulators in Texas approved Sempra Energy's purchase of a majority stake in Oncor for $9.45 billion.[10]

2019 to Present

On January 16, 2019, Sempra Energy was added to the Dow Jones Utility Average, replacing Pacific Gas and Electric.[11]

Over 2018 and 2019, Sempra completed its divestiture of its U.S. renewables and non-utility natural gas storage assets, generating approximately $2.5 billion in cash proceeds. The company stated its intent to refocus its investments in North American transmission and distribution infrastructure.

In March 2019, Sempra Energy and Oncor Electric Delivery Company announced the acquisition of InfraREIT, and Sempra Energy's acquisition of a 50% interest in Sharyland Utilities. These utility deals were lauded by the company as disciplined, low-risk investments in the fast-growing Texas market.

In April 2020, Sempra Energy announced it had completed the sale of its utility business in Peru, Luz del Sur, for $3.59 billion.[12] In June 2020, Sempra Energy announced it completed the sale of its Chilean businesses to China's State Grid International Development Ltd for $2.23 billion in cash. These two sales completed Sempra Energy's exit from South America.[13]

In June 2021, Sempra Energy announced it was rebranding to Sempra. It launched an updated logo and dropped "Energy" from its name to emphasize its core focus on infrastructure that delivers energy.

In 2022, shortly after Russia attacked Ukraine, Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra, announced a series of agreements with European energy companies for U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to help displace reliance on Russian gas.

In 2024, Sempra announced a record five-year capital plan of $48 billion for 2023-2028, to improve safety, bolster reliability and support the delivery of cleaner sources of energy across its three growth platforms: Sempra California, Sempra Texas and Sempra Infrastructure.[14]

Operating companies

Current

  • Sempra Infrastructure: Sempra Infrastructure was formed in 2021 through a merger of two Sempra operating companies: Sempra LNG and IEnova. The company develops, builds and invests in North American energy infrastructure, including liquefied natural gas and net-zero solutions, energy networks and clean power. The company developed Cameron LNG, a joint-venture LNG facility in Louisiana. The company has also developed the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project in Texas and has three proposed liquefaction-export facilities on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, Energía Costa Azul LNG, Vista Pacífico LNG and Salina Cruz.
  • Southern California Gas Company: SoCalGas, based in Los Angeles, is the largest natural gas distribution utility in the U.S., providing natural gas service to approximately 22 million consumers, and is an emerging leader in hydrogen and net-zero solutions. In 2022, the company proposed what would be the largest green hydrogen infrastructure system in the U.S., Angeles Link.[15]
  • San Diego Gas & Electric: SDG&E is an electric and natural gas utility that provides energy to approximately 3.7 million consumers in San Diego and southern Orange Counties.
  • Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC: Oncor, based in Dallas, operates the largest electric distribution and transmission system in the state, providing service to approximately 13 million Texans. Sempra indirectly owns approximately 80 percent of Oncor. In May 2019, Oncor completed the acquisition of InfraREIT, an electricity transmission company in Central, North and West Texas.[16]

Former

The following subsidiaries have been reformed into Sempra LNG & Midstream and Sempra Renewables:[17]

  • Sempra U.S. Gas & Power: With its affiliates and joint-venture partners, the company owns and operates more than 2,000 megawatts of renewable generating capacity. Sempra U.S. Gas & Power also operates natural gas storage facilities, pipelines and distribution utilities.[18]
  • Sempra Generation: Operates or owns interest in power stations in five U.S. states and in Mexico, as well as property for potential solar and wind electric generation.[19]
  • Sempra Pipelines & Storage: Owns natural gas storage facilities in Alabama and Louisiana and interests in two natural gas companies in Argentina, Chilquinta Energía of Chile, and Luz del Sur of Peru. It also owns 1,858 miles of distribution pipelines, 216 miles of transmission pipelines, and two compressor stations in Mexico.[19]
  • Sempra LNG: Develops, owns and operates receipt terminals for importing liquefied natural gas to the U.S., including the Energía Costa Azul LNG terminal in Baja California and the Cameron LNG terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana.[19]
  • Sempra Commodities: Sempra's stake in a partnership formed on April 1, 2008 to market and trade natural gas, natural gas liquids, power, petroleum and petroleum products, coal, emissions, ethanol and base metals.[19] Royal Bank of Scotland Group sold its stake in RBS Sempra Commodities LLC to Noble Americas Gas and Power, as a condition of the UK Government's 74 percent stake in the Group on December 1, 2010.[20]
  • IEnova: IEnova developed, built and operated energy infrastructure in Mexico, and was one of the largest private energy companies in the country.
  • PXiSE Energy Solutions: PXiSE Energy Solutions LLC., headquartered in San Diego, was a subsidiary of Sempra and partially owned by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. It develops, operates and markets next-generation power-grid management technology for renewable energy developers and operators, grid operators, commercial property owners and microgrids. Sempra sold PXiSE Energy Solutions in 2021.

Awards and recognition

In 2024, Sempra was named to Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies list[21] and was also recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Responsible Companies.[4] Sempra was also included in The Wall Street Journal's 250 Best-Managed Companies list.[22] The company has received numerous recognitions for leadership in diversity and inclusion,[23] including being named to Bloomberg's Gender Equality Index,[24] Forbes Best Employers for Diversity[25] and DiversityInc's #1 for Top Utilities, #4 for Top Regional Companies and #15 for Top Companies for Philanthropy[26] The company has also been named to a number of stock market indexes focused on sustainability, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index North America. Its subsidiaries are routinely recognized for leadership in reliability, resilience, technology and innovation and corporate responsibility.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sempra 2023 Annual Report Results" (PDF).
  2. [2]
    "Sempra Reports 2023 Financial and Business Results". Sempra. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  3. [3]
    "2024 World's Most Admired Companies". Fortune. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  4. [4]
    Newsweek. "America's Most Responsible Companies 2024". Newsweek. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Pacific, Enova Merger Wins Final OK". Los Angeles Times. June 27, 1998. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
  6. [6]
    "Sempra Energy 1999 Annual Report" (PDF).
  7. [7]
    "Sempra Energy to Pay $410 Million Settlement". The New York Times.
  8. [8]
    "Sempra Foundation".
  9. [9]
    "Sempra Corporate Sustainability Report 2021".
  10. [10]
    "Texas Regulators Approve Sempra's $9.45 Billion Oncor Buyout".
  11. [11]
    "Sempra bumps PG&E, moves into the Dow Jones Utility Average".
  12. [12]
    "Sempra Energy Completes $3.59 Billion Divestiture of Luz del Sur in Peru".
  13. [13]
    "Sempra Energy Completes $2.23 Billion Divestiture of Chilean Businesses".
  14. [14]
    "Sempra Reports 2023 Financial and Business Results". Sempra. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  15. [15]
    "Angeles Link".
  16. [16]
    "Public Utility Commission of Texas approves acquisition agreement involving Oncor, Sempra, InfraREIT, Sharyland Utilities".
  17. [17]
    "2016 Annual Report". investor.sempra.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  18. [18]
    "Sempra U.S. Gas & Power Closes Sale of Parent Company of Mobile Gas and Willmut Gas".
  19. [19]
    Sempra Energy 2009 Form 10-K, Exhibit 13.1: Financial Report, February 26, 2010
  20. [20]
    "Darling hails Lloyds and RBS move", BBC News Online, November 3, 2009
  21. [21]
    "2024 World's Most Admired Companies". Fortune. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  22. [22]
    "The 250 Best-Managed Companies of 2023". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
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    "Sempra Corporate Sustainability Report" (PDF).
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    "Companies Take Action on Diversity and Inclusion in Bloomberg's 2023 Gender-Equality Index | Press | Bloomberg LP". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
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    Peachman, Rachel Rabkin. "Meet America's Best Employers For Diversity 2023". Forbes. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
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    "2023 Archives". Fair360. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
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