Company: SREA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001032208-25-000065
Chunk: 266

Company: SEMPRA
Filing Date: 2025-11-05
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 266
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5, 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 ratepayer charge from 2036-2045, subject to a determination by the CPUC that the extension is just and reasonable. Electric IOU shareholder contributions totaling $5.1 billion would be obtained through fixed annual contributions of $300 million from 2029 through 2045, plus an additional $3.9 billion in contingent shareholder contributions payable in annual installments of $780 million if the Wildfire Fund’s administrator determines there is additional need, subject to a potential ratepayer credit of 50% of the amount of any remaining contingent contribution installments if the Wildfire Fund’s administrator terminates the Continuation Account prior to their collection. SDG&E’s proportionate share of the aggregate shareholder contribution amount through 2045 is expected to be $387 million, comprising (i) $219.3 million of fixed contributions of $12.9 million annually for 17 years, and (ii) $167.