{"id":428463,"date":"2026-08-10T01:02:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T01:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428463\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T01:02:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T01:02:29","slug":"sempra-profits-nearly-800m-while-san-diego-utility-customers-struggle-with-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/428463\/","title":{"rendered":"Sempra profits nearly $800M while San Diego utility customers struggle with bills"},"content":{"rendered":"

A March 2026 report from the Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission found one in five SDG&E customers are behind on their bills.<\/p>\n

SAN DIEGO \u2014 Environmental and community groups demanded action Thursday against soaring utility costs, claiming companies like Sempra are profiting while residents struggle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Climate Action Campaign, San Diego 350 and Public Power San Diego held a rally outside Sempra’s downtown headquarters to address these concerns.<\/p>\n


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“The frustrating part about it is that we’re receiving rate hikes year after year, so our utility bills, they’re going up and up, and San Diegans are struggling,” said Anthony Dang with Climate Action Campaign. “Meanwhile, there are executives receiving huge paychecks.”<\/p>\n

“We’re reaching a boiling point in the affordability crisis,” he added.<\/p>\n

Sempra’s earnings report released Thursday revealed it made nearly $800 million from April to June 2026, a significant increase from the $460 million it earned during the same period last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, San Diegans are feeling the financial pinch, with a March 2026 report<\/a> from the Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission indicating that one in five San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) customers is behind on their bills. The average past due balance for these customers is around $500.<\/p>\n

Participants in the rally point to rising grocery prices, high housing costs, and expensive gas as factors exacerbating their struggles. They are calling on local and state leaders to intervene and help decrease these financial burdens.<\/p>\n

News 8 reached out to Sempra for comment. A spokesperson for SDG&E responded with the following statement:\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We know that energy costs are a real concern for our customers, and we understand the strain utility bills can place on household and business budgets. We take those concerns seriously,” the company stated, adding that they are focused on providing safe, reliable energy service. They also highlighted available assistance programs, payment options, and energy-saving tools to help residents manage their bills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A March 2026 report from the Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission found one in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428464,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[74,76,75],"class_list":["post-428463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=428463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}