BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—September 19, 2017—Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and the California Regional Common Ground Alliance held a mock utility line strike for a crowd of about 175 participants, simulating what can happen when contractors or homeowners either fail to call 811 to have utility lines marked before any home or commercial digging project, or fail to follow recommended procedures during the excavation. Photos of the event are available here.

Event organizers enacted a fictitious event portraying a fire that occurs when workers strike a marked natural gas line.  The exercise

LOS ANGELES, September 18, 2017 – Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the company achieved a milestone in its methane capture initiative, passing the one million cubic foot mark. This innovative process allows for gas that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere during pipeline replacement work to be saved and reinjected into its pipeline system for later use.

Since SoCalGas began capturing methane during pipeline replacement projects in August, 2016, the company has captured approximately 1.2 million cubic feet of natural gas - the equivalent to about what 6,200 homes

WHAT: On Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 16-17 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., SoCalGas will be performing a pipeline improvement project on North Sepulveda Boulevard at the Moraga Drive on-ramp and off-ramp for Interstate 405 in Los Angeles.

To perform this pipeline improvement project safely, Interstate 405 on-ramp and off-ramp at Moraga Drive will be closed to traffic. Northbound and southbound traffic on North Sepulveda Boulevard will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Westbound traffic on Moraga Drive will not be able to make a left turn onto southbound Sepulveda Boulevard. However, traffic

WHAT:  On September 15-17, SoCalGas will be conducting pipeline safety testing work on 190^th Street in Torrance. Westbound and eastbound traffic on 190^th Street between Crenshaw Boulevard and Crenshaw Place will be reduced to one lane in each direction. Eastbound traffic on 190^th Street will not be able to make a left turn onto Crenshaw Place, and westbound traffic will not be able to make a right onto Crenshaw Place.

Traffic may be slower than usual. Digital message boards, safety cones and traffic control officers will be on-site directing traffic. SoCalGas advises motorists to drive

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- For the seventh consecutive year, Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index.

The index recognizes top companies in North America in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. Sempra Energy is one of eight companies from the utilities industry to be

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 8, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the board of directors of Sempra Energy (NYSE:SRE) declared a quarterly dividend of $0.8225 per share of common stock.  The current dividend is payable Oct. 15, 2017, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 22, 2017.

Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the company donated over 7,600 gently used and surplus tools and supplies to the Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Los Angeles Trade-Technical College (LATTC) and Orange County Conservation Corps (OCCC). The items are left over from the company’s Advanced Meter project and will benefit the organizations’ respective workforce development programs.

“SoCalGas is proud to partner with the LA Conservation Corps, LATTC and OCCC, three organizations that are improving the lives of young people through high quality job training programs,” said

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) today announced that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Bankruptcy Court) has approved the merger agreement that Energy Future Holdings Corp. (Energy Future) entered into with Sempra Energy on Aug. 21, 2017. This approval is an important step in Sempra Energy's

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra LNG & Midstream issued the following statement in response to Hurricane Harvey:

Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Texas and Louisiana that have been impacted by Hurricane Harvey.  We continue to monitor the situation and support our Texas and Louisiana employee

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Sempra Energy Foundation and company employees are pledging up to $250,000 in disaster-relief assistance funds to help Hurricane Harvey victims.

"Thousands of families have been affected by what some are calling one of the fiercest storms in U.S. history," said Dennis V. Arriola, chairman of the Sempra