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ACQUISTIONS, DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
ACQUISTIONS, DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS ACQUISITIONS, DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
We consolidate assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the purchase date and include earnings from acquisitions in consolidated earnings after the purchase date.
ACQUISITIONS
Sempra Texas Utilities
TTHC
In February 2020, STIH acquired an additional indirect, 0.1975% interest in Oncor through its acquisition of a 1% interest in TTHC from Hunt Strategic Utility Investment, L.L.C. (Hunt), including notes receivable due from TTHC with an aggregate outstanding balance of approximately $6 million, for a total purchase price of approximately $23 million in cash, bringing Sempra Energy’s indirect ownership interest in Oncor to approximately 80.45%. TTHC indirectly owns 100% of TTI, which owns 19.75% of Oncor’s outstanding membership interests. At the acquisition date, we determined the fair value of the notes receivable was $7 million based on a discounted cash flow model, and attributed $16 million to the investment in TTHC, which we recorded as an equity method investment.
STIH’s acquisition of the 1% interest was the subject of a lawsuit filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery by the owners of the remaining 99% ownership interest in TTHC. STIH purchased its 1% interest in TTHC in February 2020 after the Delaware Court of Chancery decided, among other things, that STIH’s right to purchase the 1% interest was superior to that of the remaining owners of TTHC. The remaining owners appealed that decision and, in May 2020, the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the Delaware Court of Chancery’s ruling and remanded the case back to the Delaware Court of Chancery. In September 2020, the Delaware Court of Chancery ordered, among other things, the rescission of STIH’s purchase of the 1% interest in TTHC. The parties have complied with the court’s order and Sempra Energy’s indirect ownership in Oncor has returned to 80.25%. We received a full refund of the purchase price from Hunt in September 2020 and have fully unwound the acquisition.
Oncor Holdings
In March 2018, Sempra Energy completed the acquisition of an indirect, 100% interest in Oncor Holdings, which owned 80.03% of Oncor, and other EFH assets and liabilities unrelated to Oncor. We paid consideration of $9.45 billion in cash and an additional $31 million representing an adjustment for dividends and payments pursuant to a tax sharing agreement with Oncor and Oncor Holdings. Also in March 2018, in a separate transaction, Sempra Energy, through its interest in Oncor Holdings, acquired an additional 0.22% of the outstanding membership interests in Oncor from Oncor Management Investment LLC for $26 million in
cash, bringing Sempra Energy’s indirect ownership in Oncor to 80.25%. TTI continues to own 19.75% of Oncor’s outstanding membership interest.
Due to ring-fencing measures, existing governance mechanisms and commitments in effect, we do not have the power to direct the significant activities of Oncor Holdings and Oncor. Consequently, we account for our 100% ownership interest in Oncor Holdings as an equity method investment. See Note 6 for additional information about our equity method investment in Oncor Holdings and related ring-fencing measures.
The total purchase price paid was comprised of the following:
$9,450 million of merger consideration;
$31 million adjustment for dividends and payments pursuant to a tax sharing agreement with Oncor and Oncor Holdings;
$26 million paid in a separate transaction to acquire an additional 0.22% of the outstanding membership interests in Oncor from Oncor Management Investment LLC; and
$59 million of transaction costs included in the basis of our investment in Oncor Holdings.
We accounted for the merger as an asset acquisition, as the equity method investment in Oncor Holdings represents substantially all of the fair value of the gross assets acquired. Other EFH assets and liabilities unrelated to Oncor that were acquired have been subsumed into our parent organization, Parent and other. The following table sets forth the allocation of the total purchase price paid to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed.
PURCHASE PRICE ALLOCATION
(Dollars in millions)
At March 9, 2018(1)
Assets acquired:
Accounts receivable – other, net$
Due from unconsolidated affiliates46 
Investment in Oncor Holdings9,227 
Deferred income tax assets287 
Other noncurrent assets109 
Total assets acquired9,670 
 
Liabilities assumed:
Other current liabilities23 
Pension and other postretirement benefit plan obligations21 
Deferred credits and other58 
Total liabilities assumed102 
Net assets acquired$9,568 
Total purchase price paid$9,568 
(1)    As adjusted for post-closing items.

The fair value of the equity method investment in Oncor Holdings is primarily attributable to Oncor’s business. Therefore, we considered the underlying assets and liabilities of Oncor when determining the fair value of our equity method investment. As a regulated entity, Oncor’s rates are set and approved by the PUCT, and are designed to recover the cost of providing service and the opportunity to earn a reasonable return on its investments. Accordingly, Oncor applies the guidance under the provisions of U.S. GAAP governing rate-regulated operations. Under U.S. GAAP, regulation is viewed as being a characteristic (restriction) of a regulated entity’s assets and liabilities, and the impact of regulation is considered a fundamental input to measuring the fair value of Oncor’s assets and liabilities. Under this premise, we concluded that the carrying values of all assets and liabilities recoverable through rates are representative of their fair values.
In May 2019, Oncor completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of InfraREIT and 100% of the limited partnership units of its subsidiary, InfraREIT Partners, LP. Oncor paid consideration of $1,275 million, or $21 per share, plus certain transaction costs incurred by InfraREIT and its subsidiaries and paid by Oncor on their behalf, including $40 million for a management agreement termination fee. Oncor received a total of $1,330 million in capital contributions from Sempra Energy and certain indirect equity holders of TTI, proportionate to their respective ownership interest in Oncor, to fund the purchase price and certain expenses.
As part of Oncor’s acquisition of interests in InfraREIT, immediately prior to closing the InfraREIT acquisition, SDTS accepted and assumed certain assets and liabilities of Sharyland Utilities, LP in exchange for certain SDTS assets. SDTS received real
property and other assets used in the electric transmission and distribution business in Central, North and West Texas, as well as the equity interests in GS Project Entity, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Sharyland Utilities, LP), and Sharyland Utilities, LP received real property and other assets used in the electric transmission and distribution business near the Texas-Mexico border. Immediately prior to the completion of the exchange, SDTS became a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of InfraREIT Partners, LP.
Sharyland Holdings
In May 2019, Sempra Energy acquired an indirect, 50% interest in Sharyland Holdings for $95 million (net of $7 million in post-closing adjustments). In connection with and prior to the consummation of the acquisition, Sharyland Holdings owned 100% of the membership interests in Sharyland Utilities, LP and Sharyland Utilities, LP converted into a limited liability company, named Sharyland Utilities, L.L.C. We account for our indirect, 50% interest in Sharyland Holdings as an equity method investment.
Sempra South American Utilities
Compañía Transmisora del Norte Grande S.A.
In December 2018, Chilquinta Energía acquired a 100% interest in Compañía Transmisora del Norte Grande S.A. through a sales and purchase agreement with AES Gener S.A. and its subsidiary Sociedad Eléctrica Angamos S.A. We completed the acquisition for a purchase price of $226 million and paid $208 million (net of $18 million cash acquired) with available cash on hand at our former Sempra South American Utilities segment, which is presented in and was included as part of the sale of discontinued operations.
We accounted for this business combination using the acquisition method of accounting. At the acquisition date, we allocated the $208 million in cash paid to the identifiable assets acquired ($231 million) and liabilities assumed ($43 million) based on their respective fair values, with the excess recognized as goodwill ($38 million), which are included below in the “Assets Held for Sale in Discontinued Operations” table.
PENDING ACQUISITION
Sempra Mexico
ESJ
In February 2021, IEnova agreed to acquire Saavi Energía’s 50% interest in ESJ for approximately $83 million. At December 31, 2020, IEnova owned a 50% interest in ESJ, which is accounted for as an equity method investment. Upon completion of the acquisition, IEnova will own 100% of ESJ and will consolidate it. ESJ owns a fully operating wind power generation facility with a nameplate capacity of 155 MW that is fully contracted by SDG&E. ESJ is constructing a second wind power generation facility, which we expect will be completed in late 2021 or in the first quarter of 2022 and will have a nameplate capacity of 108 MW. We expect to complete the acquisition in the first half of 2021, subject to various closing conditions, including authorizations from the FERC and COFECE.
DIVESTITURES
In June 2018, our board of directors approved a plan to divest certain non-utility natural gas storage assets in the southeast U.S., and all our U.S. wind and U.S. solar assets (collectively, the Assets). As a result, we recorded impairment charges totaling $1.5 billion ($900 million after tax and NCI) in June 2018, which included $1.3 billion ($755 million after tax and NCI) at Sempra LNG, included in Impairment Losses on Sempra Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Operations, and $200 million ($145 million after tax) at Sempra Renewables, included in Equity Earnings on Sempra Energy’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. In December 2018, we reduced the impairment of $1.3 billion recorded at Sempra LNG in June 2018 by $183 million ($126 million after tax and NCI) as a result of the sales agreement for certain storage assets described below, resulting in a total impairment charge of $1.1 billion ($629 million after tax and NCI) for the year ended December 31, 2018. These impairment charges primarily represented an adjustment of the related assets’ carrying values to estimated fair values, less costs to sell when applicable, which we discuss in Notes 6 and 12.
Sempra LNG
In February 2019, Sempra LNG completed the sale of its non-utility natural gas storage assets in the southeast U.S. (comprised of Mississippi Hub and Bay Gas), which we classified as held for sale at December 31, 2018, and received cash proceeds of $322 million, net of transaction costs. In January 2019, Sempra LNG completed the sale of other non-utility assets for $5 million.
Sempra Renewables
In December 2018, Sempra Renewables completed the sale of the following assets for cash proceeds of $1.6 billion:
its operating solar assets, including assets that we owned through JVs or through tax equity arrangements (other than those interests held by tax equity investors);
its solar and battery storage development projects; and
its 50% interest in the Broken Bow 2 wind generation facility.
In 2018, we recognized a pretax gain of $513 million ($367 million after tax) in Gain on Sale of Assets on Sempra Energy’s Consolidated Statement of Operations.
The following table summarizes the deconsolidation of these subsidiaries in 2018.
DECONSOLIDATION OF SUBSIDIARIES
(Dollars in millions)
 Certain subsidiaries of Sempra Renewables
At December 13, 2018
Proceeds from sale, net of transaction costs$1,585 
Cash(7)
Restricted cash(7)
Other current assets(14)
Property, plant and equipment, net(1,303)
Other investments(329)
Other long-term assets(24)
Current liabilities
Long-term debt70 
Asset retirement obligations52 
Other long-term liabilities
Noncontrolling interests486 
Accumulated other comprehensive income(9)
Gain on sale$513 
In April 2019, Sempra Renewables completed the sale of its remaining wind assets and investments for $569 million, net of transaction costs, and recorded a $61 million ($45 million after tax and NCI) gain, which is included in Gain on Sale of Assets on the Sempra Energy Consolidated Statements of Operations. Upon completion of the sale, remaining nominal business activities at Sempra Renewables were subsumed into Parent and other and the Sempra Renewables segment ceased to exist.
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
In January 2019, our board of directors approved a plan to sell our South American businesses. We present these businesses, which previously constituted the Sempra South American Utilities segment, and certain activities associated with those businesses as discontinued operations.
In April 2020, we completed the sale of our equity interests in our Peruvian businesses, including our 83.6% interest in Luz del Sur and our interest in Tecsur, to an affiliate of China Yangtze Power International (Hongkong) Co., Limited for cash proceeds of $3,549 million, net of transaction costs and as adjusted for post-closing adjustments, and recorded a pretax gain of $2,271 million ($1,499 million after tax).
In June 2020, we completed the sale of our equity interests in our Chilean businesses, including our 100% interest in Chilquinta Energía and Tecnored and our 50% interest in Eletrans, to State Grid International Development Limited for cash proceeds of $2,216 million, net of transaction costs and as adjusted for post-closing adjustments, and recorded a pretax gain of $628 million ($248 million after tax).
In the year ended December 31, 2020, the pretax gains from the sales of our South American businesses are included in Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations in the table below and the after-tax gains are included in Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Tax, on the Sempra Energy Consolidated Statements of Operations.
Summarized results from discontinued operations were as follows:
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions)
 Years ended December 31,
 
2020(1)
20192018
Revenues$570 $1,614 $1,585 
Cost of sales(364)(1,012)(1,041)
Gain on sale of discontinued operations2,899 — — 
Operating expenses(66)(159)(206)
Interest and other(3)(11)(6)
Income before income taxes and equity earnings3,036 432 332 
Income tax expense(1,186)(72)(145)
Equity earnings— 
Income from discontinued operations, net of income tax1,850 363 188 
Earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
(10)(35)(32)
Earnings from discontinued operations attributable to common shares$1,840 $328 $156 
(1)    Results include activity until deconsolidation of our Peruvian businesses on April 24, 2020 and Chilean businesses on June 24, 2020 and post-closing adjustments related to the sales of these businesses.

The following table summarizes the carrying amounts of the major classes of assets and related liabilities classified as held for sale in discontinued operations.
ASSETS HELD FOR SALE IN DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
(Dollars in millions) 
December 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents$74 
Restricted cash(1)
Accounts receivable, net303 
Due from unconsolidated affiliates
Inventories36 
Other current assets29 
Current assets$445 
Due from unconsolidated affiliates$54 
Goodwill and other intangible assets801 
Property, plant and equipment, net2,618 
Other noncurrent assets40 
Noncurrent assets$3,513 
Short-term debt$52 
Accounts payable201 
Current portion of long-term debt and finance leases85 
Other current liabilities106 
Current liabilities$444 
Long-term debt and finance leases
$702 
Deferred income taxes284 
Other noncurrent liabilities66 
Noncurrent liabilities$1,052 
(1)    Primarily represents funds held in accordance with Peruvian tax law.
As a result of the sales of our South American businesses, in 2020, we reclassified $645 million of cumulative foreign currency translation losses from AOCI to Gain on Sale of Discontinued Operations, which is included in Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Income Tax, on the Sempra Energy Consolidated Statements of Operations.