{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"124460","rtpr_id":"nPn1PSqjta","ticker":"SRE","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["SRE"],"title":"Sempra Advances Strategic Capital Recycling Program with Sale of Ecogas","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-20T20:12:00.032Z","article_body":"Sempra Advances Strategic Capital Recycling Program with Sale of Ecogas\n\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2026\n\nSAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=4070751449&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempra.com%2F&a=Sempra)\n (NYSE: SRE) today announced the successful completion of Sempra\nInfrastructure's sale of Ecogas México, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Ecogas), a\nnatural gas distribution network in Mexico serving over 600,000 residential,\ncommercial and industrial customers across the Mexicali, Chihuahua and La\nLaguna-Durango regions. Through this strategic transaction, Sempra continues\nto advance its capital recycling program and execute on its 2026 value\ncreation initiatives, helping simplify the company's business model,\nstrengthen its financial position and support long-term growth at its\nregulated utilities in Texas and California.\n\n\"The successful completion of this transaction reflects the disciplined\nexecution of our strategy and continued focus on recycling capital to the\nopportunities we believe will create the greatest long-term value,\" said\nJeffrey W. Martin, chairman and CEO of Sempra. \"As energy demand continues to\ngrow, we are executing a series of strategic initiatives to better support our\ncustomers, while advancing our mission of building America's leading utility\ngrowth business.\"\n\nThe transaction generated approximately $500 million in U.S. dollar-equivalent\nin proceeds and advances Sempra's capital recycling program in support of its\nrecord five-year capital plan of approximately $65 billion(1), with more than\n95% of planned investments directed toward regulated utility infrastructure.\n\nThe Ecogas sale complements other strategic actions undertaken by the company,\nincluding an agreement to sell a 45% equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure\nPartners, one of North America's leading energy infrastructure platforms, to\naffiliates of KKR. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter\nof 2026.\n\nTaken together, these transactions are expected to support investments across\nSempra's growing portfolio of opportunities in Texas and California, enabling\ncritical transmission and distribution infrastructure investments that serve\ncustomers while strengthening safety, reliability and resilience. They also\naim to help reduce the company's reliance on future common-equity issuances to\nfund growth while supporting credit quality and financial strength.\n\nAbout Sempra\n\nSempra's mission is to build America's leading utility growth business. As\nowner of one of the largest energy networks on the continent, Sempra is\nelectrifying and improving energy resilience in California and Texas, the two\nlargest economies in the U.S. The company is recognized as a leader in\nresponsible business practices and for its high-performance culture focused on\nsafety and operational excellence, as demonstrated by Sempra's inclusion in\nThe Wall Street Journal's Management Top 250 and Fortune's World's Most\nAdmired Companies. More information about Sempra is available at sempra.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1577391404&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempra.com%2F&a=sempra.com)\n, including investor.sempra.com/corporate-updates\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1988475670&u=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates&a=investor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates)\n which contains important information for investors, and on social media\n@sempra\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=3253737731&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fsempra&a=%40sempra)\n.\n\nWe use the investor.sempra.com/corporate-updates\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1988475670&u=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates&a=investor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates)\n webpage as a means of disclosing important information to investors, some of\nwhich may be material, and complying with our disclosure obligations under SEC\nRegulation FD. The information on this webpage is supplemental to the\ninformation we disseminate to investors through other channels, including\nfilings with the SEC, press releases, and public conference calls and\nwebcasts, and investors should monitor all these sources for material\ninformation about us.\n\n###\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking\nstatements are based on assumptions about the future, involve risks and\nuncertainties, and are not guarantees. Future results may differ materially\nfrom those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. These\nforward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of\nthe date of this press release. We assume no obligation to update or revise\nany forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or\notherwise.\n\nIn this press release, forward-looking statements can be identified by words\nsuch as \"believe,\" \"expect,\" \"intend,\" \"anticipate,\" \"contemplate,\" \"plan,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"project,\" \"forecast,\" \"envision,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"would,\"\n\"will,\" \"confident,\" \"may,\" \"can,\" \"potential,\" \"possible,\" \"proposed,\" \"in\nprocess,\" \"construct,\" \"develop,\" \"opportunity,\" \"preliminary,\" \"pro forma,\"\n\"strategic,\" \"initiative,\" \"target,\" \"outlook,\" \"optimistic,\" \"poised,\"\n\"positioned,\" \"maintain,\" \"continue,\" \"progress,\" \"advance,\" \"goal,\" \"aim,\"\n\"commit,\" or similar expressions, or when we discuss our guidance, priorities,\nstrategies, goals, vision, mission, projections, intentions or expectations.\n\nFactors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ\nmaterially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement\ninclude: California wildfires, including potential liability for damages\nregardless of fault and any inability to recover all or a substantial portion\nof costs from insurance, the wildfire fund established by California Assembly\nBill 1054 and the wildfire fund continuation account established by California\nSenate Bill 254, rates from customers or a combination thereof; decisions,\ndisallowances or denials of cost recovery, audits, investigations, inquiries,\nordered studies, regulations, legislative actions, denials or revocations of\npermits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, renewals of franchises,\nand other actions, including the failure to honor contracts and commitments,\nby the (i) Comisión Nacional de Energía, California Public Utilities\nCommission (CPUC), U.S. Department of Energy, Electric Reliability Council of\nTexas, Inc., U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Internal Revenue\nService, Public Utility Commission of Texas and other regulatory bodies and\n(ii) U.S., Mexico and states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions therein\nand in other countries where we do business; the success of business\ndevelopment efforts, construction projects, acquisitions, divestitures, and\nother significant transactions, such as the planned sale of a portion of our\nequity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, including risks related to,\nas applicable, (i) being able to reach a positive final investment decision,\n(ii) negotiating pricing and other terms in definitive contracts, (iii)\ncompleting construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget,\n(iv) realizing anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed,\n(v) obtaining regulatory and other approvals and (vi) third parties honoring\ntheir contracts and commitments, including with respect to closing or\npost-closing payments; changes to our capital expenditure plans and their\npotential impact on rate base or other growth; changes, due to evolving\neconomic, political and other factors and increasing geopolitical instability\nas a result of wars or other conflicts in various parts of the world, to (i)\ntrade and other foreign policy, including the imposition of tariffs by the\nU.S. and foreign countries (and uncertainty related to the implementation and\nenforceability thereof), and (ii) laws and regulations, including those\nrelated to tax and the energy industry in the U.S. and Mexico; litigation,\narbitration, property disputes and other proceedings; cybersecurity threats,\nincluding by nation-state actors, of ransomware or other attacks on our\nsystems, the energy grid or our other infrastructure, or the systems of third\nparties with which we conduct business; the availability, uses, sufficiency,\nand cost of capital resources and our ability to borrow money or otherwise\nraise capital on favorable terms and meet our obligations, which can be\naffected by, among other things, (i) actions by credit rating agencies to\ndowngrade our credit ratings or place those ratings on negative outlook, (ii)\ninstability in the capital markets, and (iii) fluctuating interest rates and\ninflation; the impact of efforts to increase affordability of U.S. utility\ncustomer rates on our ability to obtain cost recovery from applicable\nregulators, our capital expenditure and other growth plans and our ability to\nadvance statewide policies; the impact on affordability of customer rates,\ncost of capital and operating margin due to (i) volatility in inflation,\ninterest rates, commodity prices, tariff rates, and foreign currency exchange\nrates and (ii) with respect to SDG&E's and SoCalGas' businesses, the cost\nof meeting the demand for lower carbon and reliable energy in California; the\nimpact of air quality and climate-related policies, laws, rules, regulations,\ntrends and required disclosures, including actions to reduce or eliminate\nreliance on natural gas, increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory\nenvironment for California natural gas distribution companies, the risk of\nnonrecovery for stranded assets, and uncertainty related to emerging\ntechnologies; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment\nfailures, explosions, terrorism, information system outages or other events,\nsuch as work stoppages, that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities or\nsystems, cause the release of harmful materials or fires or subject us to\nliability for damages, fines and penalties, some of which may not be\nrecoverable through regulatory mechanisms or insurance or may impact our\nability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the\navailability and reliability of electric power, natural gas and natural gas\nstorage and transportation capacity, including disruptions caused by failures\nin the transmission grid or pipeline and storage systems or limitations on the\ninjection and withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities; Oncor\nElectric Delivery Company LLC's (Oncor) ability to reduce or eliminate its\nquarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and\ncommitments, including by actions of Oncor's independent directors or a\nminority member director; and other uncertainties, some of which are difficult\nto predict and beyond our control.\n\nThese risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra\nhas filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These\nreports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's\nwebsite, www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov) , and on Sempra's website,\nwww.sempra.com (http://www.sempra.com) . Investors should not rely unduly on\nany forward-looking statements.\n\nSempra Infrastructure Partners and its subsidiaries, and the Sempra Texas\nutilities (Oncor and Sharyland Utilities) are not the same companies as the\nSempra California utilities, SDG&E or SoCalGas, nor are they regulated by\nthe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).\n\n(1) Refers to Sempra's 2026-2030 capital plan, which (i) includes Sempra's\nproportionate ownership interest in projected capital expenditures at\nunconsolidated equity method investees while excluding Sempra's projected\nfuture contributions to those equity method investees and (ii) excludes\nnoncontrolling interests' proportionate ownership interest in projected\ncapital expenditures at Sempra and at unconsolidated equity method investees.\nOur 2026-2030 capital plan reflects our 80.25% ownership of Oncor and assumes\nour projected 70% ownership of SI Partners through March 31, 2026, and 25%\nownership thereafter.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempra-advances-strategic-capital-recycling-program-with-sale-of-ecogas-302856787.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempra-advances-strategic-capital-recycling-program-with-sale-of-ecogas-302856787.html)\n\nSOURCE Sempra\n\n\n\nMedia Contact - Patrick Reynolds, Sempra, (877) 340-8875, media@sempra.com; Financial Contact - Eric Llamas, Sempra, (877) 736-7727, investor@sempra.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS659552/Sempra-Logo-Vertical-Logo.jpg?id=OA2900624\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. All Rights Reserved.","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nPn1PSqjta","title":"Sempra Advances Strategic Capital Recycling Program with Sale of Ecogas","author":"PR Newswire","ticker":"SRE","created":"2026-08-20T20:12:00.032Z","tickers":["SRE"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Sempra Advances Strategic Capital Recycling Program with Sale of Ecogas\n\nPR Newswire\n\nSAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2026\n\nSAN DIEGO, Aug. 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Sempra\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=4070751449&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempra.com%2F&a=Sempra)\n (NYSE: SRE) today announced the successful completion of Sempra\nInfrastructure's sale of Ecogas México, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Ecogas), a\nnatural gas distribution network in Mexico serving over 600,000 residential,\ncommercial and industrial customers across the Mexicali, Chihuahua and La\nLaguna-Durango regions. Through this strategic transaction, Sempra continues\nto advance its capital recycling program and execute on its 2026 value\ncreation initiatives, helping simplify the company's business model,\nstrengthen its financial position and support long-term growth at its\nregulated utilities in Texas and California.\n\n\"The successful completion of this transaction reflects the disciplined\nexecution of our strategy and continued focus on recycling capital to the\nopportunities we believe will create the greatest long-term value,\" said\nJeffrey W. Martin, chairman and CEO of Sempra. \"As energy demand continues to\ngrow, we are executing a series of strategic initiatives to better support our\ncustomers, while advancing our mission of building America's leading utility\ngrowth business.\"\n\nThe transaction generated approximately $500 million in U.S. dollar-equivalent\nin proceeds and advances Sempra's capital recycling program in support of its\nrecord five-year capital plan of approximately $65 billion(1), with more than\n95% of planned investments directed toward regulated utility infrastructure.\n\nThe Ecogas sale complements other strategic actions undertaken by the company,\nincluding an agreement to sell a 45% equity interest in Sempra Infrastructure\nPartners, one of North America's leading energy infrastructure platforms, to\naffiliates of KKR. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter\nof 2026.\n\nTaken together, these transactions are expected to support investments across\nSempra's growing portfolio of opportunities in Texas and California, enabling\ncritical transmission and distribution infrastructure investments that serve\ncustomers while strengthening safety, reliability and resilience. They also\naim to help reduce the company's reliance on future common-equity issuances to\nfund growth while supporting credit quality and financial strength.\n\nAbout Sempra\n\nSempra's mission is to build America's leading utility growth business. As\nowner of one of the largest energy networks on the continent, Sempra is\nelectrifying and improving energy resilience in California and Texas, the two\nlargest economies in the U.S. The company is recognized as a leader in\nresponsible business practices and for its high-performance culture focused on\nsafety and operational excellence, as demonstrated by Sempra's inclusion in\nThe Wall Street Journal's Management Top 250 and Fortune's World's Most\nAdmired Companies. More information about Sempra is available at sempra.com\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1577391404&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sempra.com%2F&a=sempra.com)\n, including investor.sempra.com/corporate-updates\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1988475670&u=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates&a=investor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates)\n which contains important information for investors, and on social media\n@sempra\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=3253737731&u=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fsempra&a=%40sempra)\n.\n\nWe use the investor.sempra.com/corporate-updates\n(https://edge.prnewswire.com/c/link/?t=0&l=en&o=4756732-1&h=1988475670&u=https%3A%2F%2Finvestor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates&a=investor.sempra.com%2Fcorporate-updates)\n webpage as a means of disclosing important information to investors, some of\nwhich may be material, and complying with our disclosure obligations under SEC\nRegulation FD. The information on this webpage is supplemental to the\ninformation we disseminate to investors through other channels, including\nfilings with the SEC, press releases, and public conference calls and\nwebcasts, and investors should monitor all these sources for material\ninformation about us.\n\n###\n\nThis press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of\nthe Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking\nstatements are based on assumptions about the future, involve risks and\nuncertainties, and are not guarantees. Future results may differ materially\nfrom those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement. These\nforward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of\nthe date of this press release. We assume no obligation to update or revise\nany forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or\notherwise.\n\nIn this press release, forward-looking statements can be identified by words\nsuch as \"believe,\" \"expect,\" \"intend,\" \"anticipate,\" \"contemplate,\" \"plan,\"\n\"estimate,\" \"project,\" \"forecast,\" \"envision,\" \"should,\" \"could,\" \"would,\"\n\"will,\" \"confident,\" \"may,\" \"can,\" \"potential,\" \"possible,\" \"proposed,\" \"in\nprocess,\" \"construct,\" \"develop,\" \"opportunity,\" \"preliminary,\" \"pro forma,\"\n\"strategic,\" \"initiative,\" \"target,\" \"outlook,\" \"optimistic,\" \"poised,\"\n\"positioned,\" \"maintain,\" \"continue,\" \"progress,\" \"advance,\" \"goal,\" \"aim,\"\n\"commit,\" or similar expressions, or when we discuss our guidance, priorities,\nstrategies, goals, vision, mission, projections, intentions or expectations.\n\nFactors, among others, that could cause actual results and events to differ\nmaterially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statement\ninclude: California wildfires, including potential liability for damages\nregardless of fault and any inability to recover all or a substantial portion\nof costs from insurance, the wildfire fund established by California Assembly\nBill 1054 and the wildfire fund continuation account established by California\nSenate Bill 254, rates from customers or a combination thereof; decisions,\ndisallowances or denials of cost recovery, audits, investigations, inquiries,\nordered studies, regulations, legislative actions, denials or revocations of\npermits, consents, approvals or other authorizations, renewals of franchises,\nand other actions, including the failure to honor contracts and commitments,\nby the (i) Comisión Nacional de Energía, California Public Utilities\nCommission (CPUC), U.S. Department of Energy, Electric Reliability Council of\nTexas, Inc., U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Internal Revenue\nService, Public Utility Commission of Texas and other regulatory bodies and\n(ii) U.S., Mexico and states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions therein\nand in other countries where we do business; the success of business\ndevelopment efforts, construction projects, acquisitions, divestitures, and\nother significant transactions, such as the planned sale of a portion of our\nequity interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners, including risks related to,\nas applicable, (i) being able to reach a positive final investment decision,\n(ii) negotiating pricing and other terms in definitive contracts, (iii)\ncompleting construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget,\n(iv) realizing anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed,\n(v) obtaining regulatory and other approvals and (vi) third parties honoring\ntheir contracts and commitments, including with respect to closing or\npost-closing payments; changes to our capital expenditure plans and their\npotential impact on rate base or other growth; changes, due to evolving\neconomic, political and other factors and increasing geopolitical instability\nas a result of wars or other conflicts in various parts of the world, to (i)\ntrade and other foreign policy, including the imposition of tariffs by the\nU.S. and foreign countries (and uncertainty related to the implementation and\nenforceability thereof), and (ii) laws and regulations, including those\nrelated to tax and the energy industry in the U.S. and Mexico; litigation,\narbitration, property disputes and other proceedings; cybersecurity threats,\nincluding by nation-state actors, of ransomware or other attacks on our\nsystems, the energy grid or our other infrastructure, or the systems of third\nparties with which we conduct business; the availability, uses, sufficiency,\nand cost of capital resources and our ability to borrow money or otherwise\nraise capital on favorable terms and meet our obligations, which can be\naffected by, among other things, (i) actions by credit rating agencies to\ndowngrade our credit ratings or place those ratings on negative outlook, (ii)\ninstability in the capital markets, and (iii) fluctuating interest rates and\ninflation; the impact of efforts to increase affordability of U.S. utility\ncustomer rates on our ability to obtain cost recovery from applicable\nregulators, our capital expenditure and other growth plans and our ability to\nadvance statewide policies; the impact on affordability of customer rates,\ncost of capital and operating margin due to (i) volatility in inflation,\ninterest rates, commodity prices, tariff rates, and foreign currency exchange\nrates and (ii) with respect to SDG&E's and SoCalGas' businesses, the cost\nof meeting the demand for lower carbon and reliable energy in California; the\nimpact of air quality and climate-related policies, laws, rules, regulations,\ntrends and required disclosures, including actions to reduce or eliminate\nreliance on natural gas, increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory\nenvironment for California natural gas distribution companies, the risk of\nnonrecovery for stranded assets, and uncertainty related to emerging\ntechnologies; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment\nfailures, explosions, terrorism, information system outages or other events,\nsuch as work stoppages, that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities or\nsystems, cause the release of harmful materials or fires or subject us to\nliability for damages, fines and penalties, some of which may not be\nrecoverable through regulatory mechanisms or insurance or may impact our\nability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the\navailability and reliability of electric power, natural gas and natural gas\nstorage and transportation capacity, including disruptions caused by failures\nin the transmission grid or pipeline and storage systems or limitations on the\ninjection and withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities; Oncor\nElectric Delivery Company LLC's (Oncor) ability to reduce or eliminate its\nquarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and\ncommitments, including by actions of Oncor's independent directors or a\nminority member director; and other uncertainties, some of which are difficult\nto predict and beyond our control.\n\nThese risks and uncertainties are further discussed in the reports that Sempra\nhas filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). These\nreports are available through the EDGAR system free-of-charge on the SEC's\nwebsite, www.sec.gov (http://www.sec.gov) , and on Sempra's website,\nwww.sempra.com (http://www.sempra.com) . Investors should not rely unduly on\nany forward-looking statements.\n\nSempra Infrastructure Partners and its subsidiaries, and the Sempra Texas\nutilities (Oncor and Sharyland Utilities) are not the same companies as the\nSempra California utilities, SDG&E or SoCalGas, nor are they regulated by\nthe California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC).\n\n(1) Refers to Sempra's 2026-2030 capital plan, which (i) includes Sempra's\nproportionate ownership interest in projected capital expenditures at\nunconsolidated equity method investees while excluding Sempra's projected\nfuture contributions to those equity method investees and (ii) excludes\nnoncontrolling interests' proportionate ownership interest in projected\ncapital expenditures at Sempra and at unconsolidated equity method investees.\nOur 2026-2030 capital plan reflects our 80.25% ownership of Oncor and assumes\nour projected 70% ownership of SI Partners through March 31, 2026, and 25%\nownership thereafter.\n\n \n\nView original content to download\nmultimedia:https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempra-advances-strategic-capital-recycling-program-with-sale-of-ecogas-302856787.html\n(https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sempra-advances-strategic-capital-recycling-program-with-sale-of-ecogas-302856787.html)\n\nSOURCE Sempra\n\n\n\nMedia Contact - Patrick Reynolds, Sempra, (877) 340-8875, media@sempra.com; Financial Contact - Eric Llamas, Sempra, (877) 736-7727, investor@sempra.com\n\nPhoto: \nhttps://mmx.prnewswire.com/media/MS659552/Sempra-Logo-Vertical-Logo.jpg?id=OA2900624\n\nCopyright (c) 2026 PR Newswire Association,LLC. 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