San Diego Gas & Electric Declares Preferred Dividends

            San Diego Gas & Electric Declares Preferred Dividends

PR Newswire

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3, 2012

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of San Diego
Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has declared regular quarterly dividends for the
preferred and preference series stock of the company as follows:

 SDG&E:
 Cumulative Preferred 5% Series             $0.25 per share
 Cumulative Preferred 4.60% Series          $0.23 per share
 Cumulative Preferred 4.50% Series          $0.225 per share
 Cumulative Preferred 4.40% Series          $0.22 per share
 Preference Stock (Cumulative) $1.70 Series $0.425 per share
 Preference Stock (Cumulative) $1.82 Series $0.455 per share

The dividends are payable on October 15, 2012 to shareholders of record at the
close of business on September 10, 2012.

SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy
service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4 million electric meters and more
than 850,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. 
The utility's area spans 4,100 square miles.  SDG&E is committed to creating
ways to help customers save energy and money every day. 

SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a Fortune 500 energy
services holding company based in San Diego. 

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SOURCE San Diego Gas & Electric

Website: http://www.sdge.com
Contact: Media, Erin Koch, San Diego Gas & Electric, 1-877-866-2066, Twitter:
@sdge, or Financial, Victor Vilaplana, Sempra Energy, 1-877-736-7727,
investor@sempra.com