When five San Diegans met in the parlor of the Consolidated Bank on April 18, 1881, to incorporate the San Diego Gas Company, they formed a successful enterprise that would serve a fledgling city whose population had just passed 3,000. They quickly asked that the city trustees authorize the purchase of 25 street lamp posts, the first ones to be maintained for public use.
We supply power to a population of 1.4 million business and residential accounts in a 4,100 square-mile service area spanning 2 counties and 25 communities.
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides energy service to 3.4 million people through 1.4 million electric meters and 860,000 natural gas meters in San Diego and southern Orange counties. Our service area spans 4,100 square miles.
Employees
We employ about 5,000 people who work every day to deliver the energy our customers need.
Our Parent Company
Sempra Energy is a San Diego-based Fortune 500 energy services holding company whose subsidiaries provide electricity, natural gas and value-added products and services.
Caroline Winn is vice president of customer services for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).
As vice president of customer services, Winn oversees all customer-related activities for SDG&E, including call centers, account executives, revenue cycle activities and customer communications.
Hal D. Snyder is vice president of customer solutions for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s regulated California utilities.
As vice president of customer solutions, Snyder is responsible for the utilities’ customer programs promoting energy efficiency, sustainability, low-income assistance and the development of new emerging technologies, including clean transportation, distributed energy, in-home services and biofuels.
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
W. Davis Smith is senior vice president, general counsel and assistant secretary for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E).
In his current role, Smith is responsible for the legal affairs for SDG&E.
Previously, Smith was a litigation attorney for Pacific Enterprises, the former parent company of SoCalGas. While at Pacific Enterprises, he represented the company before the California Public Utilities Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Vice President, Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
epSkopec.pngDan Skopec is vice president of regulatory and legislative affairs for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities.
Based in San Francisco, Skopec is the primary representative of SDG&E and SoCalGas before the California Public Utilities Commission.
Vice President, Controller, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Robert M. Schlax is vice president, controller, treasurer and chief financial officer of San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities.
Schlax joined the company in 2005 as vice president and controller of the utilities. In October 2008, he was appointed chief financial officer in addition to his current role.
Senior Vice President, Finance, Regulatory and Legislative affairs
Lee Schavrien is senior vice president of finance, regulatory and legislative affairs for San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), Sempra Energy’s California regulated utilities.
