SAN DIEGO, April 2, 2008 – Following the completion yesterday of the transaction with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to form a commodities-marketing joint venture,  Sempra Energy (NYSE:  SRE) has initiated a $1 billion share-repurchase program. 

        Sempra Energy will use $1 billion of the more than $1 billion in net proceeds from the RBS transaction to repurchase common shares under an accelerated program at a discount to the average trading price (subject to a minimum and maximum number of shares) over a period expected to extend into the fourth quarter 2008.  This share repurchase comprises the initial portion of the company’s plan to purchase $1.5 billion to $2 billion of its common shares.

        Also, as previously announced, Sempra Energy’s board of directors expects to increase the dividend on common shares by 9 percent to $1.40 per share on an annualized basis from the current annualized rate of $1.28 per share, beginning with the declaration of the quarterly dividend payable in July 2008.  The new increased quarterly dividend is expected to be declared June 17, 2008, and would be payable July 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on June 27, 2008.  Sempra Energy expects to maintain a targeted dividend payout ratio of 35 percent to 40 percent of net income.

        Both the share-repurchase program and expected dividend increase were disclosed originally in July 2007, when Sempra Energy and RBS announced their commodities-marketing joint venture.

        Sempra Energy, based in San Diego, is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company with 2007 revenues of more than $11 billion.  The Sempra Energy companies’ 13,500 employees serve more than 29 million consumers worldwide.

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