SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule Of Employee Service Share Based Compensation Allocation Of Recognized Period Costs [Abstract]

Schedule Of Share-based Compensation Expense

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE ― SEMPRA ENERGY CONSOLIDATED
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
	Years ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
Share-based compensation expense, before income taxes	$	44	$	34	$	34
Income tax benefit		(18)		(13)		(13)
Share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes	$	26	$	21	$	21
Net share-based compensation expense, per common share
Basic	$	0.11	$	0.09	$	0.09
Diluted	$	0.11	$	0.08	$	0.08

SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSE ― SDG&E AND SOCALGAS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2011		2010		2009
SDG&E:
Compensation expense	$	8	$	9	$	6
Capitalized compensation cost		3		2		3
SoCalGas:
Compensation expense	$	9	$	8	$	7
Capitalized compensation cost		1		1		2

Schedule Of Non Qualified Stock Option Valuation Assumptions [Abstract]

Schedule Of Non Qualified Stock Option Valuation Assumptions [Text Block]

	2010	2009
Stock price volatility	19%	18%
Risk-free rate of return	2.6%	1.9%
Annual dividend yield	2.8%	3.2%
Expected life	5.5 years	5.6 years

	2011	2010	2009
Risk-free rate of return	1.5%	2.1%	1.4%
Annual dividend yield	3.0%	2.8%	3.2%
Stock price volatility	27%	26%	25%

Schedule Of Non Qualified Stock Options [Abstract]

Schedule Of Non-qualified Stock Options

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTIONS
					Weighted-
			Weighted-		Average
	Shares		Average		Remaining		Aggregate
	Under		Exercise		Contractual Term		Intrinsic Value
	Option		Price		(in years)		(in millions)
Outstanding at December 31, 2010		5,630,472	$	44.79
Exercised		(958,126)	$	29.41
Forfeited/canceled		(41,375)	$	57.75
Outstanding at December 31, 2011		4,630,971	$	47.85		4.9	$	40
Vested or expected to vest, at December 31, 2011		4,615,468	$	47.83		4.8	$	40
Exercisable at December 31, 2011		3,542,346	$	46.56		4.2	$	35

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Awards [Abstract]

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Awards

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS
			Weighted-
			Average
			Grant-Date
	Shares		Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2010		787,973	$	36.73
Granted		11,876	$	52.96
Vested		(775,573)	$	36.67
Nonvested at December 31, 2011		24,276	$	46.51
Vested or expected to vest, at December 31, 2011		24,276	$	46.51

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units [Abstract]

Schedule Of Restricted Stock Units

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS
				Weighted-
				Average
				Grant-Date
		Units		Fair Value
Nonvested at December 31, 2010			2,231,325	$	43.46
Granted			1,089,223	$	42.35
Vested			(10,336)	$	50.40
Forfeited			(17,700)	$	42.34
Nonvested at December 31, 2011(1)			3,292,512	$	43.08
Vested or expected to vest, at December 31, 2011			3,231,843	$	43.10
(1)	Each unit represents the right to receive one share of our common stock if applicable performance conditions are satisfied. Up to an additional 50% of the shares represented by the units may be issued if Sempra Energy exceeds target performance conditions.