San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), has signed three contracts that will bring the electric and natural gas utility 120 megawatts of alternatively produced power by 2010.

Two solar contracts with Bethel Energy LLC will add nearly 100 MW of renewable electricity to SDG&E's energy portfolio. Another contract with Esmeralda Energy Co. will supply an additional 20 MW of geothermal energy beyond the 20 MW SDG&E announced in March 2006.

Terms of the deals were not announced.

The facilities will be built in Imperial Valley, Calif. SDG&E will be submitting the new contracts for approval to the California Public Utilities Commission this year.

San Diego Gas & Electric has approximately 3.4 million customers.

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