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ACQUISTION AND DIVESTITURE ACTIVITY - Sempra Energy (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	Oct. 18, 2018	Dec. 18, 2018
Sharyland Holdings, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Commitment to invest	$ 1,025
Sempra Texas Utility [Member] \| InfraREIT Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 1,275
Share price (USD per share)	$ 21
Management agreement termination fee	$ 40
Debt assumed	$ 945
Sempra Texas Utility [Member] \| Sharyland Holdings, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired percentage interest	50.00%
Consideration transferred	$ 98
Sempra Texas Utility [Member] \| InfraREIT [Member] \| InfraREIT Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired percentage interest	100.00%
Sempra Texas Utility [Member] \| InfraREIT Partners [Member] \| InfraREIT Acquisition [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired percentage interest	100.00%
Sempra Texas Utility [Member] \| Sharyland Utilities [Member] \| Sharyland Holdings, LP [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquired percentage interest	100.00%
Ownership percentage in consolidated entity	50.00%
Disposal Group Held-for-sale [Member] \| Solar Assets and One Wind Generation Facility [Member] \| Sempra Renewables [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale		$ 1,600