San Diego / California / United States
When five San Diegans met in 1881 to incorporate the San Diego Gas Company, they formed an enterprise that would serve a city whose population had just passed 3,000. They asked that the city trustees authorize the purchase of 25 street lampposts, the first to be maintained for public use. More than 120 years later, its nearly 99,000 streetlights serve one of the largest cities in the country. San Diego Gas & Electric is a regulated public utility that provides service in San Diego and southern Orange counties. It is a regulated public utility that provides safe and reliable energy service to nearly 3.3 million consumers through more than 1.3 million electric meters and approximately 800,000 natural gas meters. The utility s area spans more than 4,100 square miles. The company provides services to residential customers, business customers, new construction projects and children s playhouses. San Diego Gas & Electric is headquartered in San Diego.
