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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Southern California Gas Company
Current Parent Company: Sempra Energy
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Penalty: $175,000
Year: 2023
Date: August 14, 2023
Offense Group: consumer-protection-related offenses
Primary Offense: consumer protection violation
Violation Description: California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a settlement against Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) in connection with numerous unqualified environmental marketing claims the company made in 2019 that natural gas is renewable.
Level of Government: state
Action Type: agency action
Agency: California Attorney General
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: California
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: California
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: utilities and power generation
Specific Industry of Current Parent: utilities
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Current parent company note: Parent-subsidiary relationship is current as of the most recent revision listed in the Update Log.