Vulnerable people are being forced to choose between paying their gas bill and eating because of SoCal Gas/Sempra Energy's vile greed. 

Meanwhile, Sempra CEO Jeffrey W. Martin enjoys a salary of OVER $24,000,000 annually. 

If this continues, poor people in Southern California will suffer even more than they already are, possibly ending up homeless.  The middle class will be hit hard, and will have to make tough choices that poor folks regularly have to make.  Upper-middle class folks will choose to spend less in many ways, harming the economy.  

It's time to bring heat on Sempra Energy NOW!!!  

Please sign this petition for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to immediately launch an investigation into SoCal Gas and Sempra Energy regarding unfair business practices.  

Copied from Consumer Watchdog's letter to AG Bonta:

There are many red flags in this situation that warrant an investigation. These are the questions that they raise: 1) Did So Cal Gas fail to notify its customers in a timely way in order to drive up natural gas sales for SEMPRA’s subsidiaries? Without adequate notice, customers would use more gas and SEMPRA subsidiaries would make more money. 2) Does So Cal Gas have a duty to acknowledge its financial relationship with SEMPRA and its other subsidiaries as sellers of natural gas to the utility? How much did SEMPRA profit from selling gas to So Cal Gas at increased costs? 3) What role did SEMPRA and its subsidiaries play in the doubling of natural gas prices on the West Coast. Natural gas prices in the East are significantly less than West Coast prices. Did SEMPRA deplete inventories to drive up the price on the West Coast, knowing it had a guaranteed market for higher price gas from its subsidiary utilities? 4) What role did SoCal gas play in the scarcity of natural gas for its customers? Evidence shows that So Cal gas did not adequately purchase gas for the 2022 – 2023 season. Ordinarily the utility would purchase, transport and store ahead of the season to plan for winter surges. This failure of planning created conditions where it had to buy from its parent company SEMPRA’s subsidiaries on the spot market at twice the normal price, passing the costs on to its customers. As these issues involve the overlapping jurisdictions of the California Public Utilities (PUC) Commission, Independent Systems Operator (ISO) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioner, (FERC), we believe your offices are the most appropriate to investigate.