Declaraciones prospectivas

 

Este sitio web contiene declaraciones que constituyen proyecciones a futuro según lo estipulado en la Ley de Reforma de Litigios sobre Valores Privados de 1995. Las proyecciones a futuro se basan en supuestos sobre el futuro, implican riesgos e incertidumbres y no constituyen garantías. Los resultados futuros pueden diferir sustancialmente de los expresados ​​en dichas proyecciones. Estas proyecciones a futuro representan nuestras estimaciones y supuestos únicamente a la fecha de publicación de este sitio web. No asumimos ninguna obligación de actualizar o revisar ninguna proyección a futuro como resultado de nueva información, eventos futuros u otros factores.

En este sitio web, las declaraciones prospectivas se pueden identificar mediante palabras como "cree", "espera", "tiene la intención", "anticipa", "planea", "estima", "proyecta", "pronostica", "debería", "podría", "haría", "será", "confía", "puede", "puede", "potencial", "posible", "propuesto", "en proceso", "en construcción", "en desarrollo", "oportunidad", "objetivo", "perspectiva", "mantener", "continuar", "meta", "apuntar", "comprometerse" o expresiones similares, o cuando hablamos de nuestra orientación, prioridades, estrategia, objetivos, visión, misión, oportunidades, proyecciones, intenciones o expectativas.

Los factores, entre otros, que podrían causar que los resultados y eventos reales difieran materialmente de aquellos descritos en cualquier declaración prospectiva incluyen riesgos e incertidumbres relacionados con: incendios forestales en California, incluidos los riesgos de que se nos encuentre responsables por daños independientemente de la culpa y de que no podamos recuperar la totalidad o una parte sustancial de los costos del seguro, el fondo para incendios forestales establecido por la Ley 1054 de la Asamblea de California, en tarifas de los clientes o una combinación de los mismos; decisiones, investigaciones, regulaciones, emisiones o revocaciones de permisos y otras autorizaciones, renovaciones de franquicias y otras acciones de (i) la Comisión de Servicios Públicos de California (CPUC), la Comisión Reguladora de Energía, los Estados Unidos de América (US$XNUMX millones), la Compañía de Servicios Públicos de California ... Departamento de Energía de los Estados Unidos Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public Utility Commission of Texas, and other regulatory and governmental bodies and (ii) states, counties, cities and other jurisdictions in the U.S., Mexico and other countries in which we do business; the success of business development efforts, construction projects and acquisitions and divestitures, including risks in (i) the ability to make a final investment decision, (ii) completing construction projects or other transactions on schedule and budget, (iii) the ability to realize anticipated benefits from any of these efforts if completed, and (iv) obtaining the consent or approval of partners or other third parties, including governmental entities and regulatory bodies; the resolution of civil and criminal litigation, regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings, arbitrations, and property disputes, including those related to the natural gas leak at Southern California Gas Company's (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility; changes to laws, including changes to certain of Mexico's laws and rules that impact energy supplier permitting, energy contract rates, the electricity industry generally and the ability to import, export, transport and store hydrocarbons; cybersecurity threats, including by state and state-sponsored actors, to the energy grid, storage and pipeline infrastructure, information and systems used to operate our businesses, and confidentiality of our proprietary information and personal information of our customers and employees, including ransomware attacks on our systems and the systems of third-party vendors and other parties with which we conduct business, all of which have become more pronounced due to recent geopolitical events and other uncertainties, such as the war in Ukraine; failure of foreign governments and state-owned entities to honor their contracts and commitments; actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade our credit ratings or to place those ratings on negative outlook and our ability to borrow on favorable terms and meet our debt service obligations; the impact of energy and climate policies, legislation, rulemaking and disclosures, as well as related goals set, and actions taken by companies in our industry, including actions to reduce or eliminate reliance on natural gas generally and any deterioration of or increased uncertainty in the political or regulatory environment for California natural gas distribution companies and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets; the pace of the development and adoption of new technologies in the energy sector, including those designed to support governmental and private party energy and climate goals, and our ability to timely and economically incorporate them into our business; weather, natural disasters, pandemics, accidents, equipment failures, explosions, acts of terrorism, information system outages or other events that disrupt our operations, damage our facilities and systems, cause the release of harmful materials, cause fires or subject us to liability for property damage or personal injuries, fines and penalties, some of which may not be covered by insurance, may be disputed by insurers or may otherwise not be recoverable through regulatory mechanisms or may impact our ability to obtain satisfactory levels of affordable insurance; the availability of electric power and natural gas and natural gas storage capacity, including disruptions caused by failures in the transmission grid or limitations on the withdrawal of natural gas from storage facilities; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, including potential vaccination mandates, on capital projects, regulatory approvals and the execution of our operations; the impact at San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) on competitive customer rates and reliability due to the growth in distributed and local power generation, including from departing retail load resulting from customers transferring to Community Choice Aggregation and Direct Access, and the risk of nonrecovery for stranded assets and contractual obligations; Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC's (Oncor) ability to eliminate or reduce its quarterly dividends due to regulatory and governance requirements and commitments, including by actions of Oncor's independent directors or a minority member director; volatility in foreign currency exchange, inflation and interest rates and commodity prices, including inflationary pressures in the U.S., and our ability to effectively hedge these risks and with respect to inflation and interest rates, the impact on SDG&E's and SoCalGas' cost of capital and the affordability of customer rates; changes in tax and trade policies, laws and regulations, including tariffs, revisions to international trade agreements and sanctions, such as those that have been imposed and that may be imposed in the future in connection with the war in Ukraine, which may increase our costs, reduce our competitiveness, impact our ability to do business with certain current or potential counterparties, or impair our ability to resolve trade disputes; and other uncertainties, some of which may be difficult to predict and are beyond our control.

Estos riesgos e incertidumbres se analizan con mayor detalle en los informes que Sempra ha presentado ante la Comisión de Bolsa y Valores de Estados Unidos (SEC). Dichos informes están disponibles gratuitamente a través del sistema EDGAR en el sitio web de la SEC, sec.gov, y en el sitio web de Sempra, sempra.com. Los inversores no deben basarse indebidamente en ninguna declaración prospectiva.

Sempra Infrastructure, Sempra Texas, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utilities, Oncor e Infraestructura Energética Nova, SAPI de CV (IEnova) no son las mismas empresas que las compañías de servicios públicos de California, SDG&E o SoCalGas, y Sempra Infrastructure, Sempra Texas, Sempra Mexico, Sempra Texas Utilities, Oncor e IEnova no están reguladas por la CPUC.