Mountain View, CA – San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) and The Southern California Gas Company (SCG), the Utilities of Sempra Energy, have elected to implement a company-wide data management system from ESP (Environmental Software Providers) for tracking and reporting on greenhouse gases. The decision demonstrates a forward-looking commitment by Sempra Energy to sustainable business practices and climate change initiatives. The Utilities will implement ESP’s Greenhouse Gas Suite across its operations. The software will help the Utilities manage its greenhouse gas inventory and reduction projects. Both Utilities are members of the California Climate Action Registry (CCAR), a voluntary registry organization for greenhouse gas emissions. The Greenhouse Gas Suite software will provide the Utilities with auditable, certifiable greenhouse gas emissions data for reporting to the registry and for other voluntary greenhouse gas reporting.

The Utilities of Sempra Energy, a long-time user of ESP’s enterprise environmental management software products, will implement Greenhouse Gas Suite as part of its overall environmental data management system. “Sempra Energy is committed to protecting and conserving the environment, and we try to demonstrate this commitment by implementing specific programs that produce concrete results,” said Deanna Haines, Environmental Services Manager for SDG&E and SCG. “As such, we’ve been using ESP software to manage our regulatory compliance program since it first became available. The software has done a terrific job for us, and we’re pleased to take a step forward by adding greenhouse gas management to our overall environmental management program.”

“The Utilities of Sempra Energy have been ahead of the curve in environmental management technology for years,” said David Cox, Vice President of Sales at ESP. “The Southern California Gas Company was one of our original customers way back in 1995, and have been very active in our User Group. It comes as no surprise to us that the Utilities of Sempra Energy would now be one of the first companies to publicly demonstrate support for climate change initiatives by voluntarily reporting on their greenhouse gas emissions. We are pleased to be able to give them a data management system that will help them deliver on this commitment.”

The Utilities’ decision to implement Greenhouse Gas Suite comes on the heels of the U.S. DOE’s November 26 release of proposed new 1605b General Guidelines for voluntary greenhouse gas reporting. Greenhouse Gas Suite, which has been helping participants in the 1605b program manage their voluntary greenhouse reporting for the past year, provides off-the-shelf capability for entity-wide analysis and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, fully in accord with the proposed new DOE guidelines.

ESP’s Greenhouse Gas Suite is the pioneer and world leader in enterprise greenhouse gas management software. The software, which is the only greenhouse gas software on the market which is currently in use on an enterprise scale, helps companies manage their greenhouse gas inventories and track reduction project performance. Greenhouse Gas Suite is fully integratable with a company’s existing environmental data management system. For more information, please call the ESP Sales Office at 650-623-9881.

About Sempra Energy
Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2002 revenues of $6 billion. The Utilities of Sempra Energy, San Diego Gas & Electric and the Southern California Gas 12,000 employees serve more than 20 million customers in California.

About ESP
ESP provides enterprise software solutions for integrated environmental compliance management and for management of emissions allowance portfolios. Since 1992, ESP software has been helping track compliance and improve financial performance. ESP software is currently used to manage environmental data in over two thousand facilities throughout the world. It is also widely used to manage both the compliance and financial aspects of emissions trading programs.

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