LOS ANGELES - Southern California Gas Co. will pay $175,000 in penalties for misleading consumers about the environmental attributes of natural gas, officials announced today.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the settlement in connection with "numerous unqualified environmental marketing claims'' the utility made in 2019 that natural gas is "renewable,'' according to a release.
Such claims are misleading because the vast majority of natural gas -- including a majority of the gas distributed by SoCalGas -- is not renewable, but rather is derived from fossil fuels, according to the AG.
Chris Gilbride, SoCalGas spokesperson, said the utility is "pleased to have cooperatively resolved'' the matter.
"SoCalGas remains committed to delivering increasingly renewable natural gas
