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                                UNITED STATES
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                           Washington, D.C. 20549

                                  FORM 8-K

                               CURRENT REPORT

                   PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                       SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 13, 1998 (March 11, 1998)
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                               Pacific Enterprises
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              (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                                   California
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                  (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation


                1-40                             94-0743670
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       Commission File Number         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


             555 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles, California 90013-1011
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                     (Address of principal executive offices)
                                  (Zip Code)


                               (213) 895-5000
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             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS

On  March  11, 1998, Commissioner Neeper of the California Public  Utilities
Commission (CPUC) issued an alternate proposed CPUC decision with respect to
the   proposed  business  combination  of  Pacific  Enterprises  and   Enova
Corporation.  Commissioner Neeper's proposed decision is an alternate to the
proposed  CPUC decision issued by a CPUC Administrative Law Judge  (ALJ)  on
February  23,  1998.   Both proposed decisions would  approve  the  proposed
business  combination  but with differing time frames  for  sharing  synergy
savings  between  utility  customers and shareholders.   A  Reply  to  Media
Inquiry  to be used by Pacific Enterprises in responding to media and  other
inquiries  concerning Commissioner Neeper's alternate proposed  decision  is
attached to this Current Report as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
     ( c ) Exhibits
           99.1 Reply to Media Inquiry of Pacific Enterprises




SIGNATURE
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Pursuant  to  the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of  1934,  the
registrant  has duly caused this report to be signed on its  behalf  by  the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
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    (Registrant)


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Ralph Todaro
Vice President and Controller
(Chief Accounting Officer and
duly authorized signatory)
Date:  March 13, 1998
















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                           Reply to Media Inquiry


(The  attached statement may be used to respond to inquiries concerning  the
alternate  decision  issued  by  CPUC Commissioner  Neeper  on  the  Pacific
Enterprises - Enova Corporation merger.)



     On  Wednesday,  March  11,  Commissioner  Neeper  issued  an  alternate
decision on the Pacific Enterprises - Enova Corporation merger, calling  for
a 10-year timeline for sharing net merger synergy savings with customers and
shareholders.
     
     Both  companies  are pleased with this alternate, as it  addresses  our
only  major  concern  over  the Administrative Law  Judge's  (ALJ)  proposed
decision,  which recommends a five-year time period for sharing  of  synergy
savings.  In the merger case that we filed at the Commission, we proposed  a
50/50  sharing  of  the  projected  $1.1 billion  in  net  savings  or  cost
avoidances  from  the merger over 10 years.  This is, in essence,  what  the
alternate decision would deliver, although because of adjustments, customers
would  receive  $557 million over 10 years ($212 million in the  first  five
years)  and  shareholders would receive $531 million  over  10  years  ($199
million in the first five years).
     
     Commissioner  Neeper's alternate doesn't preclude  other  commissioners
from  issuing their own alternate decisions.  The CPUC schedule calls for  a
final  decision  on  March 26, which may be the ALJ proposed  decision,  the
Neeper alternate, or another decision.