Forward-looking Statements

 

This website contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 前瞻性陈述是基于对未来的假设, 涉及风险和不确定性, and are not guarantees. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this website. We assume no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, 未来事件或其他因素.

In this website, 前瞻性陈述可以通过“相信”等词来识别," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "estimates," "projects," "forecasts," "should," "could," "would," "will," "confident," "may," "can," "potential," "possible," "proposed," "in process," "under construction," "in development," "opportunity," "target," "outlook," "maintain," "continue," "goal," "aim," "commit," or similar expressions, 或者当我们讨论我们的指导时, priorities, strategy, goals, vision, mission, opportunities, projections, intentions or expectations.

Factors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those described in any forward-looking statements include risks and uncertainties relating to: California wildfires, including the risks that we may be found liable for damages regardless of fault and that we may not be able to recover all or a substantial portion of costs from insurance, 加州议会第1054号法案设立的野火基金, in rates from customers or a combination thereof; decisions, investigations, regulations, 签发或撤销许可证和其他授权, renewals of franchises, 以及(i)加州公用事业委员会(CPUC)的其他行动, Comisión Reguladora de Energía, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. 联邦能源管理委员会, 德州公用事业委员会, 以及其他监管机构和政府机构以及(ii)国家, counties, 在美国的城市和其他司法管辖区.S., Mexico and other countries in which we do business; the success of business development efforts, 建设项目、收购和资产剥离, 包括以下风险:(i)作出最终投资决定的能力, (二)按期、按预算完成建设工程或者其他交易的, (iii) the ability to realize anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, (四)取得合作伙伴或其他第三方的同意或批准, including governmental entities and regulatory bodies; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation, regulatory inquiries, 调查及诉讼, arbitrations, and property disputes, including those related to the natural gas leak at Southern California Gas Company's (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility; changes to laws, including changes to certain of Mexico's laws and rules that impact energy supplier permitting, energy contract rates, 电力行业一般有进口能力, export, transport and store hydrocarbons; cybersecurity threats, 包括国家和国家资助的行为者, to the energy grid, 存储和管道基础设施, 用于经营我们业务的信息和系统, and confidentiality of our proprietary information and personal information of our customers and employees, including ransomware attacks on our systems and the systems of third-party vendors and other parties with which we conduct business, all of which have become more pronounced due to recent geopolitical events and other uncertainties, such as the war in Ukraine; failure of foreign governments and state-owned entities to honor their contracts and commitments; actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or to place those ratings on negative outlook and our ability to borrow on favorable terms and meet our debt service obligations; the impact of energy and climate policies, legislation, rulemaking and disclosures, as well as related goals set, 以及我们这个行业的公司所采取的行动, including actions to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas generally and any deterioration of or increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory environment for California natural gas distribution companies and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets; the pace of the development and adoption of new technologies in the energy sector, including those designed to support governmental and private party energy and climate goals, and our ability to timely and economically incorporate them into our business; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment failures, explosions, acts of terrorism, 信息系统中断或其他影响我们运作的事件, 破坏我们的设施和系统, 造成有害物质的释放, 引起火灾或使我们对财产损失或人身伤害承担责任, fines and penalties, 其中一些可能不在保险范围内, may be disputed by insurers or may otherwise not be recoverable through regulatory mechanisms or may impact our ability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the availability of electric power and natural gas and natural gas storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid or limitations on the withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 包括潜在的疫苗接种任务, on capital projects, regulatory approvals and the execution of our operations; the impact at San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) on competitive customer rates and reliability due to the growth in distributed and local power generation, including from departing retail load resulting from customers transferring to 社区选择聚合 and Direct Access, and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets and contractual obligations; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's (Oncor) ability to eliminate or reduce its quarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and commitments, including by actions of Oncor's independent directors or a minority member director; volatility in foreign currency exchange, 通货膨胀,利率和商品价格, 包括美国的通胀压力.S., and our ability to effectively hedge these risks and with respect to inflation and interest rates, the impact on SDG&E's and SoCalGas' cost of capital and the affordability of customer rates; changes in tax and trade policies, laws and regulations, including tariffs, 修订国际贸易协定和制裁, such as those that have been imposed and that may be imposed in the future in connection with the war in Ukraine, which may increase our costs, reduce our competitiveness, 影响我们与某些现有或潜在交易对手开展业务的能力, or impair our ability to resolve trade disputes; and other uncertainties, 其中一些可能很难预测,我们无法控制.

These risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra has filed with the U.S. 美国证券交易委员会(SEC). These reports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's website, sec.,以及Sempra的网站Sempra . gov.com. 投资者不应过分依赖任何前瞻性陈述.

Sempra Infrastructure, Sempra Texas, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utilities, Oncor和基础设施能源, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (IEnova)和加州公用事业公司SDG不一样&E or SoCalGas, and Sempra Infrastructure, Sempra Texas, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utilities, Oncor和IEnova不受CPUC的监管.