Assets Held for Sale, Long-term Debt

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Early redemption of long term debt instruments.

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Percentage of voting equity interests acquired at the acquisition date in the business combination.

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Amount of long-term debt due within one year or within the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Amount of long-term debt due after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer, assumed at the acquisition date.

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Fixed interest rate related to the interest rate derivative.

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Amount classified as cash and cash equivalents attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of.

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES - LONG TERM DEBT (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016	Oct. 04, 2016	Sep. 26, 2016	Sep. 12, 2016	Jul. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	May 31, 2016
South American Utilities [Member] \| Corporate bonds maturing 2025 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount offered and sold					$ 50,000,000
Stated rate of debt offered and sold					6.50%
Sempra Mexico [Member] \| GdC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt assumed			$ 315,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt			$ 49,000,000
Sempra Natural Gas [Member] \| Energy South [Member] \| Disposed of by Sale [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds on sale				$ 318,000,000
Cash sold				2,000,000
Debt assumed by buyer				$ 67,000,000
Sempra Natural Gas [Member] \| Energy South [Member] \| Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| Mobile Gas [Member] \| 4.14% first mortgage bonds [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated rate of debt offered and sold				4.14%
Debt assumed by buyer				$ 20,000,000
Sempra Natural Gas [Member] \| Energy South [Member] \| Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| Mobile Gas [Member] \| 5% first mortgage bonds [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated rate of debt offered and sold				5.00%
Debt assumed by buyer				$ 42,000,000
Sempra Natural Gas [Member] \| Energy South [Member] \| Disposed of by Sale [Member] \| Willmut Gas [Member] \| 3.1% notes payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated rate of debt offered and sold				3.10%
Debt assumed by buyer				$ 5,000,000
San Diego Gas and Electric Company [Member] \| First mortgage bonds maturing 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount offered and sold							$ 500,000,000
Stated rate of debt offered and sold							2.50%
San Diego Gas and Electric Company [Member] \| Other long term debt variable rate due 2027 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Stated rate of debt offered and sold							5.00%
Amount of debt redeemed early							$ 105,000,000
Southern California Gas Company [Member] \| First mortgage bonds maturing 2026 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount offered and sold						$ 500,000,000
Stated rate of debt offered and sold						2.60%
IEnova [Member] \| Sempra Mexico [Member] \| GdC [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage acquired			50.00%
Long-term debt assumed	$ 364,000,000
Current portion of long-term debt	$ 49,000,000
IEnova [Member] \| Sempra Mexico [Member] \| GdC [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	2.00%
IEnova [Member] \| Sempra Mexico [Member] \| GdC [Member] \| LIBOR [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Spread on variable rate	2.75%
IEnova [Member] \| Sempra Mexico [Member] \| GdC [Member] \| Interest Rate Swap [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Fixed interest rate on floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps	2.63%
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Sempra Energy [Member] \| Other long term debt fixed rate due 2019 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt amount offered and sold		$ 500,000,000
Stated rate of debt offered and sold		1.625%