San Diego County Superior Court
City of Los Angeles v. Reliant, et al.
County of Santa Clara v. Sempra, et al.
City and County of San Francisco v. Sempra, et al.
County of Alameda v. Sempra, et al.
County of San Diego v. Sempra, et al.
City of San Diego v. Sempra, et al.
County of San Mateo v. Sempra, et al.
UC Regents v. Reliant, et al.
Association of Bay Area Government v. Sempra, et al.
Sacramento Municipal Utilities District v. Sempra, et al.
School Project for Utility Rate Reduction v. Sempra, et al.
Nurseymen’s Exchange, Inc., v. Sempra, et al.
Owens-Brockway Glass Containers, Inc. v. Sempra, et al.
TAMCO Steel, et al. v. Dynegy, et al.
Antitrust litigation on behalf of eleven public entities and others who filed individual actions statewide that were coordinated in San Diego County Superior Court with related class actions. The complaints alleged that non-core natural gas retailers manipulated the market by reporting false pricing to published price indices to fix prices in the natural gas market during the California energy crisis. The case was venued in San Diego Superior Court before Judge Ronald S. Prager. The last settlements were done in 2009 and overall settlements totaled approximately $124 million.