Article: San Diego Gas & Electric responds to news story in the San Diego Union. (merger and dividends)

SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC RESPONDS TO NEWS STORY IN THE SAN DIEGO UNION

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Contrary to a news story published in today's editions of "The San Diego Union," the merger agreement between San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) (NYSE: SDO) and Southern California Edison (NYSE: SCE) does not prohibit SDG&E from passing along regular quarterly cash dividend increases to its shareholders, SDG&E said today.

The story in question, "SDG&E, Edison Togetherness Leads City To Study Curbs," also was misleading when it stated that SDG&E is prohibited from making any "major power purchases" pending the merger.

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