Sempra Energy Unit Should Face $255 Million Fine, Groups Say (1)

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Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas utility should pay a $255 million fine for using customermoney to undermine California’s clean energy goals, a state consumer watchdog agency and anenvironmental group said.The Public Advocates Office of the California Public Utilities Commission and the Sierra Club filedrequests for the penalty with state regulators on Thursday, according to a statement. The groupsallege Southern California Gas spent years fighting against energy-efficiency standards that wouldcrimp the company’s gas sales. Details of the allegations were filed in a briefing with stateregulators.