SEMPRA ENERGY - SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE - ANTIDILUTIVE SECURITIES EXCLUDED FROM COMPUTATION OF EPS (Details) - shares	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Stock options, RSAs and RSUs [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of EPS	80,281	20,814	237,741
Convertible Preferred Stock
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from the computation of EPS	17,471,375	17,197,035

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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