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                  Diasabra 5 Februari 2022

                                                                                                                 California gas utility

                                                                                                              fined $10M for ratepayer

                                                                                                                       money misuse





             Señor ta mi wardador mi no tin falta di nada    “Dios ta amor... y amor ta Dios,
             Den kunuku di jerba berdé                       maske mi no ta na e mundo aki, tur dia lo mi
             E ta pone mi sosegá                             ta banda di boso Curazon, mi por stens di loke
             E ta hiba mina awa trankil                      Señor ta hasi”
             pa mi bolbe haja forsa                                                              Salmo 33
             Salmo 23
                                                             Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta anuncia
             Cu profundo dolor na nos curazon pero           fayecimento di nos ser stima:
             conforme cu Dios su Boluntad nos ta anuncia
             fayecimento di:



                                                                                                            (AP)  —  A  major  California  gas  utility  must
                                                                                                            pay the state nearly $10 million and reimburse
                                                                                                            customers money it improperly spent on work
                                                                                                            related to the development of energy efficient
                                                                                                            building codes.
                                                                                                            The penalties that Southern California Gas Com-
                                                                                                            pany  faces  were  handed  down  Thursday  by  the
                                                                                                            California Public Utilities Commission.

                                                               Omaira M. Montas Perez-Quandt                The  commission,  which  regulates  California’s
                                                                       *25-10-1958 – †03-02-2022            major utilities, in 2018 prohibited the utility from
                                                                                                            spending any ratepayer money on advocacy work
                                                                                                            related to building codes after it’s internal watch-
                    Violanda Kock Seraus                     Acto di entiero lo wordo anuncia despues       dog found the utility fought standards designed to
               mihor conoci como  “ Jolanda ” of  ‘’Oma di                                                  make homes and businesses more energy efficient.
                               Bowling’’.
                                                                                                            Between  June  2018  and  January  2021,  SoCalGas
             Na nomber di su:                                                                               continued  to  send  employees  and  consultants  to
                                                                                                            participate  in  workshops,  conference  calls  and
             Esposo: Ronald G Seraus.                                                                       meetings about the development of new state and
                                                                                                            federal  building  standards  and  also  withheld  key
             Yiunan: Lisette (Liesje) Seraus y Frank Jie Sam                                                information from the commission, the ruling said.
             Foek
                      Kenneth Seraus y Hilda Castro.                                                        The  utility  showed  “profound,  brazen  disrespect
                                                                                                            for  the  commission’s  authority,”  the  commission
             Nietanan: Thashaina Seraus                                                                     wrote in its ruling.
                          Sharkenly Seraus                   Laga tur loke ta spera mi ta bunita
                          Kenya Seraus                       Laga tur locual cu mi encontra na caminda ta   Christine Detz, a spokeswoman for the utility, said
                               Sergio Jie Sam Foek           bunita                                         in a statement that the utility was reviewing the de-
                                                                                                            cision and looked forward to “further engagement
                                                             Laga tur locual cu mi laga atras keda bunita y  on this issue.” She declined to comment further on
             Bisanieto: Thyshawn Dammers                     Laga esakinan termina den tur buniteza.        Friday.
                                                             Cado Wever.
             Ruman nan: T eresita Krozendijk y yiunan
                                  Regina Solognier y yiunan   Cu dolor na nos curason, nos ta participa     The  $9.8  million  fine  falls  fall  short  of  the  $124
                                  Filomena y Buchi Croes y yiunan  fayecimento di:                          million  penalty  that  was  sought  by  the  commis-
                              Lucia y Roysi Geerman                                                         sion’s watchdog group and by Earthjustice, an en-
                          Marlene y Fachi Geerman y yiunan.                                                 vironmental legal group that was involved in the
                                 Y tur ruman nan den feliz memoria.                                         proceedings.

             Cuña y swa nan: Erna Seraus y rumanan                                                          But the fine sent a strong message, said Sara Gers-
             (Korsou,Boneiru y Hulanda)                                                                     en, a senior attorney for Earthjustice.
                   Amado Felix y rumanan (Boneiru y Korsow)
                   Cabril Felix                                                                             “SoCalGas has gone rogue for too long, trying to
                                                                                                            undermine  California’s  climate  goals  and  keep
             Subrino y subrina, Primo y prima nan y demas                                                   Californians reliant on polluting gas appliances. It’s
             famianan: Kock, Seraus, Schwengel, Krozendijk,                                                 good to finally see some measure of accountability,”
             Lamp, Solognier, Lanoy, Croes, Chong,Lampe,                                                    she said in a statement.
             Geerman, De Cuba, Winterdaal, D’Aguiar,Bries
             en,Frank,Esvelt,Gonzalez, Dykers,Thode,Lieuw,                                                  SoCalGas distributes natural gas to nearly 22 mil-
             Felix,Evertsz, JieSamFoek,Castro,Ruiz,Jeandore                                                 lion consumers in central and Southern California,
                                                                                                            according to its website.
             Ta invita pa e acto di despedida cu lo tuma lugar
             na Aurora Funeral Home Diamars 8 februari                                                      It’s not the first time the utility has been mired in
             2022 di 2’or pa 4’or di atardi.                                                                controversy. A 2015 blowout at the utility’s Aliso
                                                                                                            Canyon storage facility took almost four months to
                                                                Joseramon Miguel Solognier
             Dress code : Fleurig                                                                           control and became the largest known natural gas
             Su Amiganan di Bowling ,Avon Gift Center,               Mihor conoci como “Monchi”             leak in the nation’s history. The utility and its par-
             Precious Amadey.                                                                               ent company, Sempra Energy, settled with 35,000
                                                             Acto di cremation lo wordo anuncia despues     plaintiffs for $1.8 billion last year.
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