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REGULATORY MATTERS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Regulated Operations [Abstract]  
Schedule of Regulatory Assets
REGULATORY ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
(Dollars in millions)
SempraSDG&ESoCalGas
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
 
Fixed-price contracts and other
derivatives
$50 $215 $26 $14 $24 $201 
Deferred income taxes recoverable in
rates
1,327 1,142 668 626 573 430 
Pension and PBOP plan obligations
(194)(212)58 48 (252)(260)
Employee benefit costs24 24 21 21 
Removal obligations(3,156)(3,082)(2,534)(2,468)(622)(614)
Environmental costs148 139 115 105 33 34 
Sunrise Powerlink fire mitigation125 124 125 124 — — 
Regulatory balancing accounts(1)(2):
Commodity – electric(180)(233)(180)(233)— — 
Commodity – gas, including
transportation
(280)(259)42 52 (322)(311)
Safety and reliability1,044 959 221 207 823 752 
Public purpose programs(361)(273)(162)(144)(199)(129)
Wildfire mitigation plan
735 685 735 685 — — 
Liability insurance premium
110 113 86 90 24 23 
Other balancing accounts(112)373 (282)(152)170 525 
Other regulatory (liabilities) assets,
net(2)
(85)(10)27 49 (110)(58)
Total$(805)$(295)$(1,052)$(994)$163 $614 
(1)    At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the noncurrent portion of regulatory balancing accounts – net undercollected for Sempra was $1,903 and $1,913, respectively, for SDG&E was $827 and $950, respectively, and for SoCalGas was $1,076 and $963, respectively.
(2)    Includes regulatory assets earning a return authorized by applicable regulators, which generally approximates the three-month commercial paper rate.
Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
REGULATORY ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
(Dollars in millions)
SempraSDG&ESoCalGas
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
March 31,
2024
December 31,
2023
 
Fixed-price contracts and other
derivatives
$50 $215 $26 $14 $24 $201 
Deferred income taxes recoverable in
rates
1,327 1,142 668 626 573 430 
Pension and PBOP plan obligations
(194)(212)58 48 (252)(260)
Employee benefit costs24 24 21 21 
Removal obligations(3,156)(3,082)(2,534)(2,468)(622)(614)
Environmental costs148 139 115 105 33 34 
Sunrise Powerlink fire mitigation125 124 125 124 — — 
Regulatory balancing accounts(1)(2):
Commodity – electric(180)(233)(180)(233)— — 
Commodity – gas, including
transportation
(280)(259)42 52 (322)(311)
Safety and reliability1,044 959 221 207 823 752 
Public purpose programs(361)(273)(162)(144)(199)(129)
Wildfire mitigation plan
735 685 735 685 — — 
Liability insurance premium
110 113 86 90 24 23 
Other balancing accounts(112)373 (282)(152)170 525 
Other regulatory (liabilities) assets,
net(2)
(85)(10)27 49 (110)(58)
Total$(805)$(295)$(1,052)$(994)$163 $614 
(1)    At March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the noncurrent portion of regulatory balancing accounts – net undercollected for Sempra was $1,903 and $1,913, respectively, for SDG&E was $827 and $950, respectively, and for SoCalGas was $1,076 and $963, respectively.
(2)    Includes regulatory assets earning a return authorized by applicable regulators, which generally approximates the three-month commercial paper rate.
CPUC Authorized Cost of Capital and Rate Structure
AUTHORIZED COST OF CAPITAL FOR 2023
SDG&ESoCalGas
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base(1)
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base
45.25 %4.05 %1.83 %Long-Term Debt45.60 %4.07 %1.86 %
2.75 6.22 0.17 Preferred Equity2.40 6.00 0.14 
52.00 9.95 5.17 Common Equity52.00 9.80 5.10 
100.00 %7.18 %100.00 %7.10 %
(1)    Total weighted return on rate base does not sum due to rounding differences.

The CCM was triggered for SDG&E and SoCalGas on September 30, 2023. In December 2023, the CPUC approved increases to SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ authorized rates of return effective January 1, 2024, which are in effect through December 31, 2025, subject to the CCM. In January 2024, several parties submitted a request for the CPUC to review such approval. In March 2024, the CPUC issued a proposed decision denying the intervenor petition seeking to suspend the CCM and its resulting changes that became effective on January 1, 2024. We expect a final decision in the second quarter of 2024.
AUTHORIZED COST OF CAPITAL FOR 2024 – 2025
SDG&ESoCalGas
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base
45.25 %4.34 %1.96 %Long-Term Debt45.60 %4.54 %2.07 %
2.75 6.22 0.17 Preferred Equity2.40 6.00 0.14 
52.00 10.65 5.54 Common Equity52.00 10.50 5.46 
100.00 %7.67 %100.00 %7.67 %