Qualitative

Previewing the qualitative, non-financial part of it quarterly and annual financial results, which will be released later this month, Sempra Energy CEO Steve Baum told employees in an internal report that the company set a “new performance standard” in 2003, passing a number of “major milestones” mostly regarding merchant gas and electric activities. Natural gas, he said, remains a key to Sempra’s overall long-term strategy.