COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

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

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – SEMPRA ENERGY CONSOLIDATED
(Dollars in millions)
		Storage and
		transportation		Natural gas(1)		Total(1)
2015		$	238	$	194	$	432
2016			256		152		408
2017			241		152		393
2018			217		121		338
2019			150		4		154
Thereafter			241		12		253
Total minimum payments		$	1,343	$	635	$	1,978
(1)	Excludes amounts related to LNG purchase agreements as discussed below.

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – SOCALGAS
(Dollars in millions)
	Transportation		Natural gas		Total
2015	$	127	$	22	$	149
2016		128		1		129
2017		113		1		114
2018		92		1		93
2019		48		1		49
Thereafter		123		―		123
Total minimum payments	$	631	$	26	$	657

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2014		2013		2012
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,984	$	1,680	$	1,345
SoCalGas		1,735		1,464		1,222

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

		Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)		2014		2013		2012
Sempra Energy Consolidated		$	1,574	$	1,377	$	1,205
SDG&E(1)			710		570		381
(1)	Excludes DWR-allocated contracts. Under an operating agreement with the DWR that expired at the end of 2013, SDG&E acted as a limited agent on behalf of the DWR in the administration of energy contracts, including natural gas procurement functions under the DWR contracts allocated to SDG&E's customers. The commodity costs associated with these contracts are not included in SDG&E's or Sempra Energy's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

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

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
		Sempra
		Energy
		Consolidated		SDG&E
2015		$	674	$	494
2016			664		484
2017			687		503
2018			734		505
2019			734		500
Thereafter			7,363		6,318
Total minimum payments(1)		$	10,856	$	8,804
(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)	2014		2013		2012
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	78	$	81	$	74
SDG&E		26		23		20
SoCalGas		38		31		26

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	Sempra
	Energy
	Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2015	$	73	$	24	$	39
2016		65		24		35
2017		64		22		35
2018		57		18		34
2019		50		16		30
Thereafter		271		75		156
Total future minimum rental commitments	$	580	$	179	$	329

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

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Dollars in millions)
2015		$	31
2016			31
2017			31
2018			31
2019			31
Thereafter			520
Total minimum lease payments(1)			675
Less: estimated executory costs			(137)
Less: interest(2)			(305)
Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)		$	233
(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 $4 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $229 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2014.

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – CAPITAL LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
		Sempra
		Energy
		Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
Total minimum lease payments, all in 2015		$	2	$	1	$	1
Present value of net minimum lease payments(1)		$	2	$	1	$	1
(1)	Excludes negligible amounts of interest.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Capitalized In Period

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(Dollars in millions)
		Years ended December 31,
		2014		2013		2012
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)		$	45	$	31	$	92
SDG&E			23		13		77
SoCalGas			21		15		12
(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

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
		# Sites		# Sites
		completed(1)		in process
SDG&E
Manufactured-gas sites			3		―
Third-party waste-disposal sites			2		3
SoCalGas
Manufactured-gas sites			39		3
Third-party waste-disposal sites			5		2
(1)	There may be on-going compliance obligations for completed sites, such as regular inspections, adherence to land use covenants and water quality monitoring.

Schedule Of Environmental Loss Contingencies By Site [Abstract]

Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site

ACCRUED LIABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
(Dollars in millions)
				Waste		Former fossil-		Other
		Manufactured-		disposal		fueled power		hazardous
		gas sites		sites (PRP)(1)		plants		waste sites		Total
SDG&E(2)(3)		$	―	$	0.3	$	6.1	$	0.7	$	7.1
SoCalGas(3)			23.8		0.1		―		0.1		24.0
Other			2.0		1.1		―		10.2		13.3
Total Sempra Energy		$	25.8	$	1.5	$	6.1	$	11.0	$	44.4
(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.
(3)	This includes $7 million at SDG&E and $24 million at SoCalGas related to hazardous waste sites subject to the Hazardous Waste Collaborative mechanism approved by the CPUC in 1994. This mechanism permits California’s IOUs, including the California Utilities, to recover in rates 90 percent of hazardous waste cleanup costs and related third-party litigation costs, and 70 percent of the related insurance-litigation expenses for certain sites. In addition, the California Utilities have the opportunity to retain a percentage of any recoveries from insurance carriers and other third parties to offset the cleanup and associated litigation costs not recovered in rates.

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE
(Dollars in millions)
2015	$	4
2016		10
2017		10
2018		10
2019		10
Thereafter		267
Total future payments	$	311