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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt and Credit Facilities DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES
LINES OF CREDIT
On January 17, 2018, pursuant to the terms of the Sempra Energy and Sempra Global credit facilities, the amounts available under the lines of credit were increased by $250 million, from $1.0 billion to $1.25 billion, for Sempra Energy and by $850 million, from $2.335 billion to $3.185 billion, for Sempra Global. At March 31, 2018, Sempra Energy Consolidated had an aggregate of approximately $5.4 billion in three primary committed lines of credit for Sempra Energy, Sempra Global and the California Utilities to provide liquidity and to support commercial paper. The principal terms of these committed lines of credit, which expire in October 2020, are described below and in Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report. Available unused credit on these lines at March 31, 2018 was approximately $2.2 billion. Our foreign operations have additional general purpose credit facilities aggregating $1.7 billion, with $1.3 billion available unused credit at March 31, 2018.
PRIMARY U.S. COMMITTED LINES OF CREDIT
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
 
 
Total facility
 
Commercial paper outstanding(1)
 
Adjustment for combined limit
 
Available unused credit
Sempra Energy(2)
 
$
1,250

 
$

 
$

 
$
1,250

Sempra Global(3)
 
3,185

 
(2,826
)
 

 
359

California Utilities(4):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      SDG&E
 
750

 
(340
)
 

 
410

      SoCalGas
 
750

 
(100
)
 
(90
)
 
560

      Less: combined limit of $1 billion for both utilities
 
(500
)
 

 
90

 
(410
)
 
 
1,000

 
(440
)
 

 
560

Total
 
$
5,435

 
$
(3,266
)
 
$

 
$
2,169

(1) 
Because the commercial paper programs are supported by these lines, we reflect the amount of commercial paper outstanding as a reduction to the available unused credit.
(2) 
The facility also provides for issuance of up to $400 million of letters of credit on behalf of Sempra Energy with the amount of borrowings otherwise available under the facility reduced by the amount of outstanding letters of credit. No letters of credit were outstanding at March 31, 2018.
(3) 
Sempra Energy guarantees Sempra Global’s obligations under the credit facility.
(4) 
The facility also provides for the issuance of letters of credit on behalf of each utility, subject to a combined letter of credit commitment of $250 million for both utilities. The amount of borrowings otherwise available under the facility is reduced by the amount of outstanding letters of credit. No letters of credit were outstanding at March 31, 2018.

Sempra Energy, SDG&E and SoCalGas must maintain a ratio of indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in each of the applicable credit facilities) of no more than 65 percent at the end of each quarter. Each entity is in compliance with this and all other financial covenants under its respective credit facility at March 31, 2018.
CREDIT FACILITIES IN SOUTH AMERICA AND MEXICO
(U.S. dollar-equivalent in millions)
 
 
 
 
March 31, 2018
 
 
Denominated in
 
Total facility
 
Amount outstanding
 
Available unused credit
Sempra South American Utilities(1):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Peru(2)
Peruvian sol
 
$
455

 
$
(103
)
(3) 
$
352

 
Chile
Chilean peso
 
115

 

 
115

Sempra Mexico:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IEnova(4)
U.S. dollar
 
1,170

 
(312
)
 
858

Total
 
 
$
1,740

 
$
(415
)
 
$
1,325


(1) 
The credit facilities were entered into to finance working capital and for general corporate purposes and expire between 2018 and 2021.
(2) 
The Peruvian facilities require a debt to equity ratio of no more than 170 percent, with which we were in compliance at March 31, 2018.
(3) 
Includes bank guarantees of $17 million.
(4) 
Five-year revolver expiring in August 2020 with a syndicate of eight lenders.

Outside of these domestic and foreign committed credit facilities, we have bilateral unsecured standby letter of credit capacity with select lenders that is uncommitted and supported by reimbursement agreements. At March 31, 2018, we had approximately $498 million in standby letters of credit outstanding under these agreements.
WEIGHTED AVERAGE INTEREST RATES
The weighted average interest rates on total short-term debt at Sempra Energy Consolidated were 2.52 percent and 1.92 percent at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The weighted average interest rates on total short-term debt at SDG&E were 1.85 percent and 1.65 percent at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively. The weighted average interest rates on total short-term debt at SoCalGas were 1.75 percent and 1.64 percent at March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively.
LONG-TERM DEBT
Sempra Energy
On January 12, 2018, we issued the following debt securities and received net proceeds of $4.9 billion (after deducting discounts and debt issuance costs of $68 million):
NOTES ISSUED IN LONG-TERM DEBT OFFERING
(Dollars in millions)
Title of each class of securities
Aggregate principal amount
 
Maturity
 
Interest payments
Floating Rate(1) Notes due 2019
$
500

 
July 15, 2019
 
Quarterly
Floating Rate(2) Notes due 2021
700

 
January 15, 2021
 
Quarterly
2.400% Senior Notes due 2020
500

 
February 1, 2020
 
Semi-annually
2.900% Senior Notes due 2023
500

 
February 1, 2023
 
Semi-annually
3.400% Senior Notes due 2028
1,000

 
February 1, 2028
 
Semi-annually
3.800% Senior Notes due 2038
1,000

 
February 1, 2038
 
Semi-annually
4.000% Senior Notes due 2048
800

 
February 1, 2048
 
Semi-annually
(1) 
Bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the 3-month LIBOR rate, plus 25 bps.
(2) 
Bears interest at a rate per annum equal to the 3-month LIBOR rate, plus 50 bps.

The Floating Rate Notes due 2019 are not subject to redemption at our option. At our option, we may redeem some or all of the Floating Rate Notes due 2021 at any time on or after January 14, 2019 at the applicable redemption price per the terms of the notes. At our option, we may redeem some or all of the fixed rate notes of each series at any time at the applicable redemption price for such series of fixed rate notes.
We used a substantial portion of the net proceeds from this offering to finance a portion of the Merger Consideration and associated transaction costs, as we discuss in Note 5, and approximately $800 million to temporarily pay down commercial paper.
Ranking
The notes are unsecured and unsubordinated obligations, ranking on a parity in right of payment with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness and guarantees. The notes are effectively subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness and other liabilities of Oncor Holdings, Oncor and their respective subsidiaries.
INTEREST RATE SWAPS
We discuss our interest rate swaps to hedge cash flows in Note 8.