Safety roundup: Advancing safety and resilience across our communities

Submitted by sempra_ian on Fri, 06/19/2026 - 09:53

For more than 150 years, safety has been fundamental to how Sempra’s companies operate, shaping how we serve customers, help protect communities and deliver the energy that one in ten Americans depend on every day.

As we advance our mission to build America’s leading utility growth business, safety is central to our decision-making. From investing in resilient infrastructure and preparing for extreme weather to supporting first responders and empowering employees to speak up, safety helps strengthen our operations and earn the trust of the communities we serve.

These efforts continue to evolve in response to increasing energy demand, wildfire risk and severe weather. Here’s a look at how our companies are preparing for the future while continuing to put safety into action every day.

Enhancing wildfire readiness and prevention

Wildfire seasons are becoming longer and more complex, requiring utilities to evolve how they prepare for and respond to risk.

At San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), that means combining advanced technology, infrastructure investments and operational planning to help reduce risk and protect communities through a data-driven approach.

As part of this effort, SDG&E, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography recently announced Edge Alert Sentinel (EAS), a new collaboration to bring artificial intelligence directly to the front lines of wildfire and extreme-weather response. Designed to detect and analyze rapidly changing conditions in real time, EAS represents a new approach to environmental intelligence—processing critical data at the point of risk to help utilities and emergency responders act faster when time is of the essence.

Two SDGE employees piloting a wildfire mitigation drone

A broader suite of tools—including weather modeling and predictive analytics—helps identify high-risk conditions and support timely decision-making, while ongoing system hardening efforts—including covered conductor and undergrounding—are designed to help reduce ignition risk during extreme weather.

When conditions warrant, Public Safety Power Shutoffs may be used to help prevent fires and protect communities. These efforts are further strengthened through close coordination with public agencies and other stakeholders at SDG&E’s Wildfire & Climate Resilience Center.

Reducing risk through year-round vegetation management

Vegetation management is a key part of wildfire prevention and overall system safety. Sempra's California utilities work year-round to maintain clearance around power lines and infrastructure to reduce hazards. Programs help customers make safer landscaping choices near electric lines. In areas where dry vegetation poses elevated risk, SDG&E is using nature-based approaches, including the use of a goat herd for targeted grazing, to help manage vegetation safely and effectively.

Preparing for extreme weather

In Texas, Oncor Electric Delivery LLC (Oncor), of which Sempra owns an 80.25% stake,¹ helps strengthen grid resilience through year-round planning for extreme heat, severe storms and rising electricity demand.

This includes ongoing grid upgrades, equipment inspections and vegetation management to help maintain reliability. Oncor also monitors weather conditions closely and stages crews and resources ahead of potential storm impacts.

These preparations help position the system to respond quickly and safely to outages and other disruptions.

Emergency preparedness and coordination

Strong collaborations with first responders and public agencies play an important role in helping keep communities safe. Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) provides training and resources to emergency responders across its service area to support coordinated response efforts.

Across our family of companies, emergency response programs are activated during major incidents to coordinate in real time with local, state and federal agencies. Regular drills, planning and mutual assistance agreements help teams prepare to respond to wildfires, storms and other emergencies.

When significant events occur, our utilities work together with public agencies and other stakeholders to share information, coordinate resources and help restore service safely and efficiently.

SoCalGas employees discussing a gas gauge

Customer safety and education

Our focus on safety extends beyond the infrastructure we build and maintain. It also includes helping customers prepare for emergencies and make informed decisions before an incident occurs. From conducting ongoing leak detection and system monitoring to support the safe delivery of natural gas by SoCalGas to hosting community wildfire fairs by SDG&E to provide practical information, resources and access to experts, we are helping customers take steps to stay safe and be prepared for potential disruptions.

Together, these efforts reflect Sempra’s longstanding emphasis on safety. From our employees and contractors to the customers and communities who rely on us, helping to protect people remains central to our work. By prioritizing people, we're building stronger operations, more resilient infrastructure and the trust needed to deliver safe, reliable energy today and for generations to come.

a SoCalGas employee inspecting a gas stove

¹Certain ring-fencing measures, governance mechanisms and commitments limit Sempra’s ability to direct the management, policies and operations of Oncor, which has its own board of directors (a majority of which are independent directors) that oversees the management of its activities and sets its company policies.

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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 established by California Assembly Bill 1054 and the wildfire fund continuation account established by California Senate Bill 254, rates from customers or a combination thereof; decisions, disallowances or denials of cost recovery, audits, investigations, inquiries, ordered studies, regulations, legislative actions, 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) Comisión Nacional de Energía, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Internal Revenue Service, Public Utility Commission of Texas 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 such as the planned sale of a portion of our equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, including risks related to, as applicable, (i) being able to reach a positive final investment decision, (ii) negotiating pricing and other terms in definitive contracts, (iii) completing construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget, (iv) realizing anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, (v) obtaining regulatory and other approvals and (vi) third parties honoring their contracts and commitments, including with respect to closing or post-closing payments; changes to our capital expenditure plans and their potential impact on rate base or other growth; changes, due to evolving economic, political and other factors and increasing geopolitical instability as a result of wars or other conflicts in various parts of the world, to (i) trade and other foreign policy, including the imposition of tariffs by the U.S. and foreign countries (and uncertainty related to the implementation and enforceability thereof), and (ii) laws and regulations, including those related to tax and the energy industry in the U.S. and Mexico; litigation, arbitration, property disputes and other proceedings; cybersecurity threats, including by nation-state actors, of ransomware or other attacks on our systems, the energy grid or our other infrastructure, or the systems of third parties with which we conduct business; 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, which can be affected by, among other things, (i) actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or place those ratings on negative outlook, (ii) instability in the capital markets, and (iii) fluctuating interest rates and inflation; the impact of efforts to increase affordability of U.S. utility customer rates on our ability to obtain cost recovery from applicable regulators, our capital expenditure and other growth plans and our ability to advance statewide policies; the impact on affordability of customer rates, cost of capital and operating margin due to (i) volatility in inflation, interest rates, commodity prices, tariff rates, and foreign currency exchange rates and (ii) with respect to SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ businesses, the cost of meeting the demand for lower carbon and reliable energy in California; the impact of climate policies, laws, rules, regulations, trends and required disclosures, 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 emerging 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 and transportation capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid or pipeline and storage systems or limitations on the injection and withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC’s (Oncor) 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; and other uncertainties, some of which are difficult to predict and beyond our control.

These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and on Sempra’s website, www.sempra.com. Investors should not rely unduly on any forward-looking statements.

Sempra Infrastructure, Sempra Infrastructure Partners, Sempra Texas, Sempra Texas Utilities, Oncor and Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova) are not the same companies as the California utilities, SDG&E or SoCalGas, nor are they regulated by the CPUC. 