Exclusion Procedures

If you are a member of a New Settlement Subclass and not a member of any Existing Subclasses and do not wish to participate in the settlement or be bound by the settlement terms, you must submit a request for exclusion, post-marked on or before April 13, 2006. For a definition of the Existing Subclasses, please read the Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement. The three New Settlement Subclasses are defined as follows:

       vi. Municipality Ratepayer Settlement Subclass

The Municipality Ratepayer Settlement Subclass is a New Settlement Subclass and includes all individuals and entities who purchased electricity in California, for their own use and not for resale between July 1, 2000 to August 6, 2003, from a municipality or a utility district.

       vii. Southwest Gas Settlement Subclass

The Southwest Gas Settlement Subclass is a New Settlement Subclass and includes all individuals and entities who purchased natural gas in California, for their own use and not for resale and not for generation of electricity between July 1, 2000 and July 31, 2001 and are customers of Southwest Gas Company in the Southeast portion of California.

       viii. Natural Gas and Electricity Settlement Subclass

The Core Natural Gas and Electricity Settlement Subclass is a New Settlement Subclass and includes individuals and entities who purchased natural gas and/or electricity in California for their own use and not for resale, and, with respect to natural gas, not for generation of electricity, from 1996 through January 4, 2006.

The address to which New Settlement Subclass Members should send exclusion requests, and the information required, vary depending on whether you are a residential, commercial, or industrial energy user.

Residential Users

  • If you are a residential user of natural gas and electricity, your request for exclusion must state your name and address (giving an attorney's name and address is not sufficient), and that you are excluding yourself from the Class. You must also sign the exclusion request. The exclusion request must be postmarked on or before April 13, 2006, and mailed to:
    • Sempra Exclusions - Residential Users
    c/o Brad Baker
    Baker, Burton & Lundy
    515 Pier Avenue
    Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

    Commercial, Industrial or Agricultural Users

  • If you are a Commercial, Industrial or Agricultural User, your request for exclusion must state the business name, list every address at which the business receives natural gas or electricity service within the State of California, and state that the business is excluding itself from the Class. The exclusion request must be signed by someone with the legal authority to act for the business, and state that person's capacity (e.g., owner, general partner, president). In addition, you must submit a recent bill for natural gas and for electricity for your business. The exclusion request must be postmarked on or before April 13, 2006, and mailed to:
    • Sempra Exclusions - Commercial/Industrial/Agricultural Users
    c/o Brad Baker
    Baker, Burton & Lundy
    515 Pier Avenue
    Hermosa Beach, CA 90254