Company: SREA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001032208-25-000065
Chunk: 27

Company: SEMPRA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 1
Chunk 27
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 30, 2025, SDG&E reduced its Wildfire Fund asset by recording $2 million of accelerated amortization in O&M on Sempra’s and SDG&E’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.Also in October 2025, another participating IOU publicly disclosed its intent to seek reimbursement from the Wildfire Fund for losses incurred and expected to be incurred in connection with a wildfire that remains under investigation, and for which the cause has not yet been conclusively determined. The administrator of the Wildfire Fund has confirmed that this wildfire qualifies as a “covered wildfire” for purposes of accessing the fund. The participating IOU has stated that it is currently unable to reasonably estimate a range of potential losses associated with this event. Accordingly, SDG&E is unable to estimate a range of potential loss resulting from any reduction in available coverage from the Wildfire Fund. 2025 Wildfire LegislationIn September 2025, the 2025 Wildfire Legislation was signed into law. The 2025 Wildfire Legislation established, among other things, the Continuation Account, a new state-administered account with up to $18.0 billion of additional liquidity to reimburse catastrophic wildfire-related claims incurred by large California electric IOUs, including SDG&E, if the Wildfire Fund is depleted. The 2025 Wildfire Legislation preserves key elements of the 2019 Wildfire Legislation, including cost recovery standards and requirements, a cap on liability in the event of a finding of imprudence by the CPUC, and continued access to wildfire claims liquidity through the new Continuation Account.The Continuation Account will become operative if, prior to December 31, 2028, either (i) the Wildfire Fund’s administrator projects that the original Wildfire Fund will be depleted, or (ii) a participating electric IOU notifies the Wildfire Fund’s administrator that it anticipates more than $1.0 billion in eligible claims in a single coverage year for one or more wildfires that ignite after September 19, 2025, the effective date of the 2025 Wildfire Legislation. All of California’s large electric IOUs, including SDG&E, have elected to participate in the Continuation Account.If the Continuation Account becomes operative, it would be funded with a combination of ratepayer and electric IOU shareholder contributions. Ratepayer contributions totaling $9.0 billion would be financed through new bonds to be issued by the California Department of Water Resources and secured by the extension of an existing Wildfire Fund-related non-bypassable