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Pushing back against allegations of recordkeeping violations for its connecting transmission pipeline in North San Diego County, Sempra Energy’s two California natural gas utilities are working with state regulators.

California regulators on Thursday rejected a long-standing proposal to build an upgraded natural gas transmission pipeline between the systems of Sempra Energy’s two utilities, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E).

Regulators in California on Monday moved to avoid natural gas supply problems this summer in two separate actions that include expanding volumes available for withdrawal at the heavily scrutinized Aliso Canyon underground storage facility.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) should deny a request from two Sempra Energy utilities plan to construct a natural gas transmission pipeline link in the heart of San Diego County, according to an administrative law judge (ALJ).

The root cause of the largest methane leak in U.S. history that occurred in 2015 at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility in Southern California likely will not be known until late this year, according to the energy consulting firm conducting an independent investigation.

California regulators on Thursday took two actions to further its long-term renewable energy strategy, approving a plan to close the last major nuclear generation plant and agreeing to replace several natural gas-fired peaking units.

California regulators have proposed setting a moratorium on new commercial and industrial (C/I) connections this winter as a means of ensuring reliability for existing customers.

California regulators on Wednesday asked Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) to determine if storage and/or other alternatives to fossil fuel could replace three natural gas-fired peaking plants.

California’s refusal to allow San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E) to recover from ratepayers millions of dollars related to wildfires a decade ago leaves other utilities susceptible to the even higher costs of more recent wildfires that have ravaged the state, Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday.