LOS ANGELES, Oct. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today issued the following statement in support of the U.S. Department of Energy's decision to award California up to $1.2 billion for a regional clean hydrogen hub[1]. SoCalGas is a proud partner of the Alliance for Renewable Clean Hydrogen Energy Systems (ARCHES), the statewide public-private partnership and the organizer for California's Department of Energy clean hydrogen hub application:

"The Department of Energy's visionary investment in a California hydrogen hub is a watershed moment for a clean hydrogen

SoCalGas' $235,000 Donation to Help Address Food Insecurity is Part of a $4 Million Fueling Our Communities Initiative

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of SoCalGas' 2023 Fueling Our Communities initiative, the company announced a $200,000 donation to the nonprofit organization Human Services Association (HSA) to provide 20,000 meals to 5,000 seniors in Southeast Los Angeles County. As part of the initiative, the nonprofit Southeast Community Development Corporation (SCDC) was also awarded $35,000 to provide 595 boxes of food to low-income seniors as well as information on

HOUSTON, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), today announced that its president, Tania Ortiz Mena, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's U.S.-Japan Business Council (USJBC). She will also be the U.S. co-chair of the Energy and Infrastructure Working Group.

"Given Japan's heavy dependence on imported energy, the U.S.-Japan Business Council has shown great initiative in recognizing the value of energy to national security and its economic development," said Tania Ortiz Mena, president of

With a total of $400,000 grant funds awarded, SoCalGas is supporting 13 nonprofits' innovative climate solutions in communities throughout Southern California

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SoCalGas announced today that 13 innovative organizations were awarded project grants of up to $40,000 each through the company's SoCal Climate Champions Grant. These grants aim to support projects that focus on resilient energy, clean air, and organic waste to reduce, mitigate, or sequester greenhouse gas emissions.

The SoCal Climate Champions Grant recognizes programs, projects and research

HOUSTON, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), today announced that Tania Ortiz Mena has been appointed president of Sempra Infrastructure. In this role, Ortiz Mena will lead the company's three business lines – clean power, energy networks, and LNG and net-zero solutions. Ortiz Mena most recently served as group president of clean power and energy networks at Sempra Infrastructure. With a professional career spanning more than 23 years in the Sempra family of companies, she has held various roles including serving as IEnova's

Students from Boyle Heights S.T.E.M. Magnet High School Beat Hundreds of Teams to Compete in Largest Hydrogen Competition in the World in Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 22, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Boyle Heights S.T.E.M. Magnet High School's team, Los STEMateros, competed at the 2023 Horizon Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP) World Finals, placing 13 out of 26 high school teams from across the globe. The team is a first-time participant at the H2GP and advanced to the World Finals after qualifying at prior regional and state finals by racing a hydrogen-powered, remote-control fuel cell car that they

HOUSTON, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Infrastructure, a subsidiary of Sempra (NYSE: SRE) (BMV: SRE), today announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved the permit authorizing the Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project under development at Port Arthur LNG in Jefferson County, Texas. The permit is a major regulatory milestone for a proposed Phase 2 project, including the addition of two liquefaction trains (trains 3 and 4) capable of producing up to 13 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) of liquefied natural gas (LNG).

"Sempra Infrastructure is committed

SoCalGas' $100,000 Donation to Help Support Restaurants Make Upgrades or Support Employee Benefits

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Latino Restaurant Association today announced that 35 restaurant owners have been awarded $2,500 grants, with a focused effort in supporting 25 Latino-owned and 10 Asian Americans and Pacific Islander (APPI)-owned restaurants. This inaugural initiative was made possible through a $100,000 grant from SoCalGas and is part of the company's ongoing support for small restaurants recovering from the Covid-19 pandemic. Since 2021, SoCalGas has supported

DOE program awarded $126 million in grants to 106 projects to pursue clean energy research and development

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- A project on which Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and Tulsa-Based ClearSign Technologies Corporation are collaborating has been awarded more than $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to scale-up an ultra-low-NO_x hydrogen-powered industrial burner prototype, and introduce this technology to industries in Southern California.