SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS CO
For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 27, 2024.
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FY2023 · Filed Feb 27, 2024
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Glossary
The following terms and abbreviations appearing in this report have the meanings indicated below.
| GLOSSARY | |
|---|---|
| AB | California Assembly Bill |
| ADIA | Black Silverback ZC 2022 LP (assignee of Black River B 2017 Inc.), a wholly owned affiliate of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority |
| AFUDC | allowance for funds used during construction |
| amparo | an extraordinary constitutional appeal governed by Articles 103 and 107 of the Mexican Constitution and filed in Mexican federal court |
| AOCI | accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
| ARO | asset retirement obligation |
| ASC | Accounting Standards Codification |
| ASEA | Agencia de Seguridad, Energía y Ambiente (Mexico’s National Agency for Industrial Safety and Environmental Protection) |
| ASR | accelerated share repurchase |
| ASU | Accounting Standards Update |
| Bcf | billion cubic feet |
| Bechtel | Bechtel Energy Inc. |
| bps | basis points |
| Cameron LNG JV | Cameron LNG Holdings, LLC |
| Cameron LNG Phase 1 facility | Cameron LNG JV liquefaction facility |
| Cameron LNG Phase 2 project | Cameron LNG JV liquefaction expansion project |
| CARB | California Air Resources Board |
| CCA | Community Choice Aggregation |
| CCM | cost of capital adjustment mechanism |
| CEC | California Energy Commission |
| CFE | Comisión Federal de Electricidad (Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission) |
| CFIN | Cameron LNG FINCO, LLC, a wholly owned and unconsolidated affiliate of Cameron LNG JV |
| CNBV | Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (Mexico’s National Banking and Securities Commission) |
| CODM | chief operating decision maker as defined in ASC 280 |
| ConocoPhillips | ConocoPhillips Company |
| COVID-19 | coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CPUC | California Public Utilities Commission |
| CRE | Comisión Reguladora de Energía (Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission) |
| CRR | congestion revenue right |
| DA | Direct Access |
| DER | distributed energy resources |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| DWR | California Department of Water Resources |
| ECA LNG | ECA LNG Phase 1 and ECA LNG Phase 2, collectively |
| ECA LNG Phase 1 | ECA LNG Holdings B.V. |
| ECA LNG Phase 2 | ECA LNG II Holdings B.V. |
| ECA Regas Facility | Energía Costa Azul, S. de R.L. de C.V. LNG regasification facility |
| Ecogas | Ecogas México, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
| Edison | Southern California Edison Company, a subsidiary of Edison International |
| EFH | Energy Future Holdings Corp. (renamed Sempra Texas Holdings Corp.) |
| Enova | Enova Corporation |
| EPA | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
| EPC | engineering, procurement and construction |
| EPS | earnings (losses) per common share |
| ERCOT | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc., the independent system operator and the regional coordinator of various electricity systems within Texas |
| ESJ | Energía Sierra Juárez, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
| ETR | effective income tax rate |
| Exchange Act | Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended |
| FERC | Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
| Fitch | Fitch Ratings, Inc. |
| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |
|---|---|
| FTA | Free Trade Agreement |
| GCIM | Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism |
| GHG | greenhouse gas |
| GRC | General Rate Case |
| HMRC | His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (United Kingdom’s Revenue and Customs Department) |
| HOA | Heads of Agreement |
| IEnova | Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.P.I. de C.V. |
| IEnova Pipelines | IEnova Pipelines, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
| IMG | Infraestructura Marina del Golfo |
| INEOS | INEOS Energy Trading Limited, a subsidiary of INEOS Limited |
| IOU | investor-owned utility |
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 |
| IRS | U.S. Internal Revenue Service |
| ISFSI | independent spent fuel storage installation |
| ISO | Independent System Operator |
| JV | joint venture |
| KKR Denali | KKR Denali Holdco LLC, an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. |
| KKR Pinnacle | KKR Pinnacle Investor L.P., an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. |
| kV | kilovolt |
| kW | kilowatt |
| kWh | kilowatt hour |
| LA Superior Court | Los Angeles County Superior Court |
| Leak | the leak at the SoCalGas Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility injection-and-withdrawal well, SS25, discovered by SoCalGas on October 23, 2015 |
| LNG | liquefied natural gas |
| LPG | liquid petroleum gas |
| LTIP | long-term incentive plan |
| MD&A | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
| Mexican Stock Exchange | Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, S.A.B. de C.V., or BMV |
| MMBtu | million British thermal units (of natural gas) |
| MMcf | million cubic feet |
| Moody’s | Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| Mtpa | million tonnes per annum |
| MW | megawatt |
| MWh | megawatt hour |
| NAV | net asset value |
| NCI | noncontrolling interest(s) |
| NDT | nuclear decommissioning trusts |
| NEIL | Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited |
| NEM | net energy metering |
| NOL | net operating loss |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| O&M | operation and maintenance expense |
| OCI | other comprehensive income (loss) |
| OEIS | Office of Energy Infrastructure Safety |
| OII | Order Instituting Investigation |
| Oncor | Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC |
| Oncor Holdings | Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC |
| ORLEN | Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A. (formerly Polish Oil & Gas Company) |
| OSC | Order to Show Cause |
| Other Sempra | All Sempra consolidated entities, except for SDG&E and SoCalGas |
| PA LNG Phase 1 project | initial phase of the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project |
| PA LNG Phase 2 project | second phase of the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project |
| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |
|---|---|
| PBOP | postretirement benefits other than pension |
| PE | Pacific Enterprises |
| PEMEX | Petróleos Mexicanos (Mexican state-owned oil company) |
| PG&E | Pacific Gas and Electric Company |
| PHMSA | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration |
| Port Arthur LNG | Port Arthur LNG, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of SI Partners that owns the PA LNG Phase 1 project |
| PP&E | property, plant and equipment |
| PPA | power purchase agreement |
| PRP | Potentially Responsible Party |
| PUCT | Public Utility Commission of Texas |
| PURA | Texas Public Utility Regulatory Act |
| PXiSE | PXiSE Energy Solutions, LLC |
| Rating Agencies | Moody’s, S&P and Fitch, collectively |
| RBS | The Royal Bank of Scotland plc |
| RBS Sempra Commodities | RBS Sempra Commodities LLP |
| REC | renewable energy certificate |
| Registrants | has the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and consists of Sempra, SDG&E and SoCalGas for purposes of this report |
| ROE | return on equity |
| ROU | right-of-use |
| RPS | Renewables Portfolio Standard |
| RSU | restricted stock unit |
| S&P | S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. |
| SB | California Senate Bill |
| SDG&E | San Diego Gas & Electric Company |
| SDSRA | Senior Debt Service Reserve Account |
| SEC | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SED | Safety and Enforcement Division of the CPUC |
| SEDATU | Secretaría de Desarrollo Agrario, Territorial y Urbano (Mexico’s agency in charge of agriculture, land and urban development) |
| SEFE | SEFE Marketing & Trading México S. de R.L. de C.V. (formerly known as Gazprom Marketing & Trading México S. de R.L. de C.V.) |
| SENER | Secretaría de Energía de México (Mexico’s Ministry of Energy) |
| series A preferred stock | 6% mandatory convertible preferred stock, series A |
| series B preferred stock | 6.75% mandatory convertible preferred stock, series B |
| series C preferred stock | Sempra’s 4.875% fixed-rate reset cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred stock, series C |
| Sharyland Holdings | Sharyland Holdings, L.P. |
| Sharyland Utilities | Sharyland Utilities, L.L.C. |
| SI Partners | Sempra Infrastructure Partners, LP, the holding company for most of Sempra’s subsidiaries not subject to California or Texas utility regulation |
| SoCalGas | Southern California Gas Company |
| SOFR | Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
| SONGS | San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station |
| SPA | sale and purchase agreement |
| SST Committee | Safety, Sustainability and Technology Committee of the Sempra board of directors |
| Support Agreement | support agreement, dated July 28, 2020 and amended on June 29, 2021, among Sempra and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation |
| TAG Norte | TAG Norte Holding, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
| TAG Pipelines | TAG Pipelines Norte, S. de R.L. de C.V. |
| Tangguh PSC | Tangguh PSC Contractors |
| TCEQ | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
| TdM | Termoeléctrica de Mexicali |
| TO5 | Electric Transmission Owner Formula Rate, effective June 1, 2019 |
| TTI | Texas Transmission Investment LLC, an entity indirectly owned by OMERS Administration Corporation (acting through its infrastructure investment entity, OMERS Infrastructure Management Inc.) and GIC Private Limited |
| U.S. GAAP | generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America |
| VaR | value at risk |
| GLOSSARY (CONTINUED) | |
|---|---|
| VAT | value-added tax |
| Ventika | Ventika, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Ventika II, S.A.P.I. de C.V., collectively |
| VIE | variable interest entity |
| Wildfire Fund | the fund established pursuant to AB 1054 |
| Wildfire Legislation | AB 1054 and AB 111 |
In this report, references to “Sempra” are to Sempra and its consolidated entities, collectively, and references to “we,” “our,” “us” and “our company” are to the applicable Registrant and its consolidated entities, collectively, in each case unless otherwise stated or indicated by the context. All references in this report to our reportable segments are not intended to refer to any legal entity with the same or similar name.
Throughout this report, we refer to the following as Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements when discussed together or collectively:
the Consolidated Financial Statements and related Notes of Sempra;
the Financial Statements and related Notes of SDG&E; and
the Financial Statements and related Notes of SoCalGas.
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