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Southern California Gas Co

Southern California Gas Co. is a regulated natural gas distribution utility serving customers across most of Southern California and part of central California. It operates within the Sempra California utility platform and delivers gas through a large local transmission and distribution network under California regulatory oversight.

Nettotulos866milj. EUR
−9,4 %v/v

Tilikausi 2025 · muutos edellisvuodesta

Kehitys 2021–2025

01milj. EUR20212022202320242025
LiikevaihtoLiikevoitto (EBIT)

Liiketoiminta

Osuus liikevaihdosta
Regulated gas distribution55 %

Delivery of natural gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers through local networks.

Gas procurement and pass-through costs20 %

Purchasing natural gas for core customers and recovering commodity costs through rates.

Transmission and storage services15 %

Pipeline and storage infrastructure that supports system reliability and gas balancing.

Regulatory recovery mechanisms10 %

CPUC-authorized revenues tied to balancing accounts, refundable programs, and capital recovery.

Asiakkaat

SoCalGas sells primarily to regulated retail end users in its service territory, including households, businesses, and industrial accounts that rely on natural gas for heating, cooking, process heat, and other energy needs. It also serves core customers through procurement and balancing mechanisms that pass through commodity costs under California regulation. The company’s customer base is anchored in a dense, utility-style network rather than discretionary end-market demand.

Residential core customers

Households in Southern California that buy gas for heating, cooking, and water heating through regulated service.

Commercial customers

Retail, office, and service businesses that use natural gas for space heating and daily operations.

Industrial customers

Manufacturers and other large users that buy gas for process energy and operational fuel needs.

Core procurement customers

Customers whose commodity gas costs are purchased and recovered through regulated rates.

Strategia

SoCalGas’ operating model centers on regulated cost recovery, system reliability, and continued investment in utility infrastructure that can be reflected in rates over time. Its strategic position depends on maintaining constructive CPUC relationships, managing balancing accounts, and aligning capital spending with authorized recovery mechanisms. The company also uses procurement and GCIM mechanisms to manage core gas purchasing within a regulated framework.

Regulatory cost recovery and rate designLyhyt aikaväli

The business depends on timely recovery of commodity, operating, and capital costs through CPUC-approved rates.

Infrastructure investment and capital recoveryKeskipitkä aikaväli

Utility capital spending supports reliability and creates future rate base growth when approved for recovery.

Gas procurement disciplineLyhyt aikaväli

Core gas purchases are largely pass-through, but procurement performance affects GCIM sharing and customer outcomes.

Maantiede

SoCalGas operates mainly in Southern California, with service extending across most of the region and into part of central California. Its business is geographically concentrated in one regulated utility territory, so local weather, population density, and California regulatory decisions are central to performance and operations. The company’s infrastructure and customer obligations are tied to this service area rather than a multi-country footprint.

Riskit

SoCalGas is exposed to regulatory risk because earnings and cash flow depend on CPUC-approved rates, balancing accounts, and the timing of cost recovery. It also faces commodity-price, weather, and demand variability in gas procurement and throughput, even though many costs are passed through to customers. Broader utility risks include environmental regulation, litigation, customer payment timing, and the need to fund large capital programs within an approved capital structure.

Järjestetty vakavuuden mukaan
Regulatory recovery timingKorkea

Revenue and cash flow depend on CPUC decisions, balancing accounts, and authorized rate updates.

Kohdistuu: Regulated utility earnings and cash flow

Commodity price and weather variabilityKeskitaso

Gas procurement costs and customer usage can move sharply with market prices and temperature patterns.

Kohdistuu: Core gas purchases and throughput

Environmental and legislative changeKeskitaso

Policy shifts can affect utility operations, compliance costs, and long-term gas demand.

Kohdistuu: California utility operations

Customer credit and collectionsKeskitaso

Delayed customer payments affect operating cash flow even where credit losses are recoverable.

Kohdistuu: Accounts receivable and cash timing

Kirjanpito

Harkinnanvaraiset erät
Regulatory balancing accounts

Differences between costs incurred and amounts billed are deferred and later recovered or refunded, affecting revenue timing.

Vaikutus: Can materially shift quarterly revenue and cash flow

Refundable programs

Program costs are recovered in revenue and offset in operating expenses, making gross line items less informative.

Vaikutus: Affects reported revenue and O&M comparability

GCIM gas procurement mechanism

SoCalGas shares in savings or costs outside benchmark ranges, creating earnings sensitivity to procurement performance.

Vaikutus: Can create modest earnings volatility

Regulatory assets and liabilities

Utility accounting depends on future recovery approval for certain costs and timing differences.

Vaikutus: Affects balance sheet size and earnings recognition

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Päivitetty: 24.9.2026