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INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES
3 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Investments in Unconsolidated Entities

NOTE 4. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

We provide additional information concerning our equity method investments in Notes 3 and 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.

SEMPRA RENEWABLES

In addition to Sempra Renewables’ investment in the California solar partnership discussed in Note 3 above, during the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, Sempra Renewables invested cash of $18 million and $76 million, respectively, in its other renewable energy joint ventures.

SEMPRA NATURAL GAS

During the nine months ended September 30, 2015, Sempra Natural Gas invested $10 million of cash in its joint venture, Cameron LNG Holdings, LLC (Cameron LNG Holdings or Cameron LNG JV), and capitalized $36 million of interest related to this equity method investment that has not commenced planned principal operations.

In April 2015, Sempra Natural Gas invested $113 million of cash in its equity method investment, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, a partnership that operates the Rockies Express pipeline, to repay project debt that matured in early 2015.