ASPIRE 2045
Our sustainability strategy to advance the energy future
ASPIRE 2045 is SoCalGas’ strategy to further integrate sustainability across our business. It focuses on the three areas below where we can have a strong, positive impact in the communities we serve, support and advance state climate goals, and strengthen our business.
Investing in safe and resilient operations
Strengthening our safety culture and the resilience of our system in support of customers, communities, employees, and contractors.
Safe digging program helps prevent pipeline damage
Our damage prevention program has helped decrease the pipeline excavation damage rate by more than 25% since 2020, supporting public and infrastructure safety.
Achieving methane emissions reductions
Through 2023, we reduced methane emissions by 36%*, passing the state’s 2025 goal of a 20% reduction and nearing the state’s 2030 goal of a 40% reduction.**
Reducing ‘blowdowns’ helps the environment
Reducing gas released during maintenance cut 2023 gas emissions by an amount equivalent to removing about 39,000 internal combustion engine cars from the road for a year
*SoCalGas "2024 Annual Emissions Report" using a 2015 baseline calculation for fugitive and vented emissions.
**Based on goals established in California Senate Bill (SB) 1371 and SB 1383.
Engaging people and communities
Driving measurable impact through customer, community, and workforce initiatives.
Investing in our communities
From 2022 through 2024, SoCalGas invested nearly $32 million in cumulative spend in the health and livelihood of the communities we serve.
Developing leaders that shape the future
SoCalGas’ leadership program prepares and empowers employees to lead the company on its sustainability journey and to support the state’s climate goals.
Making customer bills more affordable
Our CARE program offers a 20% monthly bill discount to qualified customers. In 2023 alone, CARE customers received more than $260 million in gas bill discounts.
Innovating for the future
Advancing innovative technologies, business practices, and policies to support the energy future and state climate goals.
Shaping the future with clean renewable hydrogen: Angeles Link
We have proposed Angeles Link, an open-access pipeline system for transporting clean renewable hydrogen at scale to end users across Central and Southern California.
Cleaner fleet, lower emissions
As of year-end 2024, we had converted 42% of our over-the-road fleet to alternative fuel vehicles, which helps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality.
Converting waste to energy
We recently signed a contract to procure renewable natural gas converted from organic waste and to inject it into our pipeline system to help advance decarbonization.