COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

Sempra Energy Consolidated
		Storage and
(Dollars in millions)		Transportation		Natural Gas(1)		Total(1)
2012		$	143	$	415	$	558
2013			106		148		254
2014			74		103		177
2015			60		3		63
2016			55		3		58
Thereafter			252		5		257
Total minimum payments		$	690	$	677	$	1,367
(1)	Excludes amounts related to LNG purchase agreements at discussed below.

SoCalGas
(Dollars in millions)	Transportation		Natural Gas		Total
2012	$	110	$	290	$	400
2013		81		19		100
2014		55		2		57
2015		41		2		43
2016		36		2		38
Thereafter		145		―		145
Total minimum payments	$	468	$	315	$	783

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2011		2010		2009
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,991	$	2,097	$	1,754
SoCalGas		1,810		1,936		1,452

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2011		2010		2009
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	918	$	314	$	413
Sempra South American Utilities		572		-		-
SDG&E		346		314		413

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

		Sempra
		Energy
(Dollars in millions)		Consolidated		SDG&E
2012		$	1,049	$	319
2013			1,120		321
2014			1,110		260
2015			1,164		229
2016			1,199		231
Thereafter			9,555		1,948
Total minimum payments(1)		$	15,197	$	3,308
(1)	Excludes purchase agreements accounted for as capital leases and amounts related to Otay Mesa VIE, as it is consolidated by Sempra Energy and SDG&E.

Schedule Of Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Rent Expense

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2011		2010		2009
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	77	$	85	$	101
SDG&E		18		20		24
SoCalGas		35		40		52

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due

	Sempra
	Energy
(Dollars in millions)	Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2012	$	73	$	19	$	28
2013		72		18		28
2014		68		18		28
2015		65		17		28
2016		60		17		26
Thereafter		538		46		240
Total future rental commitments	$	876	$	135	$	378

Schedule Of Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments

	Sempra
	Energy
(Dollars in millions)	Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2012	$	13	$	7	$	6
2013		7		4		3
2014		4		2		2
Total minimum lease payments		24		13		11
Less: interest		―		―		―
Present value of net minimum lease payments	$	24	$	13	$	11

(Dollars in millions)
	2012	$	24
	2013		24
	2014		24
	2015		24
	2016		24
	Thereafter		442
	Total minimum lease payments(1)		562
	Less: estimated executory costs		(93)
	Less: interest(2)		(289)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)	$	180
(1)	This amount will be recorded over the lives of the leases as Cost of Electric Fuel and Purchased Power on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. This expense will receive ratemaking treatment consistent with purchased-power costs.
(2)	Amount necessary to reduce net minimum lease payments to present value at the inception of the leases.
(3)	Includes $2 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $178 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2011.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Capitalized In Period

		Years ended December 31,
		2011		2010		2009
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)		$	21	$	21	$	43
SDG&E			7		10		24
SoCalGas			13		10		17
(1)	In cases of non-wholly owned affiliates, includes only our share.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Status Of Remediation Sites [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Status Of Remediation Sites

	# Sites		# Sites
	Completed		In Process
SDG&E
Manufactured-gas sites		3		―
Third-party waste-disposal sites		1		1
SoCalGas
Manufactured-gas sites		38		4
Third-party waste-disposal sites		1		2

Schedule Of Environmental Loss Contingencies By Site [Abstract]

Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site

				Waste		Former Fossil-		Other
		Manufactured-		Disposal		Fueled Power		Hazardous
		Gas Sites		Sites (PRP)(1)		Plants		Waste Sites		Total
SDG&E(2)		$	0.1	$	―	$	1.0	$	0.5	$	1.6
SoCalGas			21.3		0.5		―		1.6		23.4
Other			2.7		1.2		―		0.1		4.0
Total Sempra Energy		$	24.1	$	1.7	$	1.0	$	2.2	$	29.0
(1)	Sites for which we have been identified as a Potentially Responsible Party.
(2)	Does not include SDG&E’s liability for SONGS marine mitigation.