SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- San Diego Gas
& Electric (SDG&E) announced another strong year of
purchasing goods and services with diverse suppliers, exceeding the
California Public Utilities Commission's (CPUC) diverse spending
goal for the ninth year in a row. In 2014, SDG&E reported that
44.4 percent or nearly $492 million
of products and services were purchased from women, minority, and
service-disabled veteran-owned businesses.
"At SDG&E, we value diversity not only because it's good for
business and benefits the community, but also because these efforts
give rise to new ideas, promote cost savings and keep us connected
to the communities we serve," said Jeff
Martin, chief executive officer of SDG&E.
The 2014 results were driven by the utility's core business,
such as electric distribution operations, operations support and
electric transmission and system engineering. Diverse suppliers
contributed 72 percent of spend or $353.7
million in these areas.
SDG&E's major capital projects are another strategic driver
for results, and 2014 proved to be another successful year with the
East County Substation (ECO) project and the Pipeline Safety
Enhancement Program (PSEP) providing a significant level of diverse
business spending. ECO was completed in 2014 to improve reliability
and serve as a connecting point for renewable energy resources and
DBE participation was $79.3 million
in 2014. The PSEP program continues to advance opportunities for
diverse businesses and achieved more than 60 percent, or
$17 million in DBE spend.
"SDG&E is a leader in the effective implementation of a
world-class supplier diversity program," said Ron Garnett, President and CEO of Council for
Supplier Diversity. "In 2014, they won our Corporation of the Year
for Supplier Diversity Leadership Award. This recognizes a
corporation that has served as a role model in the area of supplier
diversity. SDG&E has been a consistent partner in helping to
create economic opportunity in our underserved communities."
SDG&E is a regulated public utility that provides safe and
reliable energy service to 3.4 million consumers through 1.4
million electric meters and 878,000 natural gas meters in
San Diego and southern
Orange counties. The utility's
area spans 4,100 square miles. SDG&E is committed to
creating ways to help customers save energy and money every
day. SDG&E is a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), a
Fortune 500 energy services holding company based in San
Diego. Connect with SDG&E's Customer Contact Center at
800-411-7343, on Twitter (@SDGE) and Facebook.
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