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Noncontrolling Interest, Funding Commitment, Paid

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Noncontrolling Interest, Funding Commitment, Percentage

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Noncontrolling Interest, Guaranteed Funding Commitment, Percentage

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Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Sale of Parent Equity Interest, Net Of Transaction Costs

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Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Sale of Parent Equity Interest, Tax Expense (Benefit)

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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Amount of increase in noncontrolling interest from sale of a portion of the parent's controlling interest.

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Amount of increase in noncontrolling interest from subsidiary issuance of equity interests to noncontrolling interest holders.

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The cash inflow from the sale of an investment interest in a joint venture that the reporting entity has not previously accounted for using consolidation or the equity method of accounting.

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SEMPRA - EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE - NCI NARRATIVE (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2024	Mar. 31, 2023
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Contributions		$ 474	$ 97
Sale			255
Port Arthur LNG
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Contributions	$ 237
Indirect Subsidiary Of SI Partners \| Port Arthur LNG
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Cash consideration	265
Sale	18
Sale of noncontrolling interest, transaction costs	3
Sale of noncontrolling interest, tax impacts	7
Funding commitment, aggregate amount	$ 9,000		$ 9,000
Funding commitment paid		$ 2,200
Port Arthur LNG \| Indirect Subsidiary Of SI Partners
Noncontrolling Interest [Line Items]
Ownership interest (as a percent)	30.00%		30.00%
Funding commitment (in percent)	110.00%		110.00%
Guaranteed funding amount (in percent)	70.00%		70.00%