EXHIBIT 12.1
                                          PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
                              COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
                                          (Dollars in millions)



                                                                              For the six
                                                                              months ended
                                                                              June 30,
                                1999        2000        2001        2002        2003
                              --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
                                                               
Fixed Charges:

Interest                          $ 82        $ 72        $ 88        $ 63        $ 31
Interest portion of
  annual rentals                     3           4           3           2           1
Preferred dividends
  of subsidiaries (1)                2           2           2           2           2
                              --------    --------    --------    --------    --------
Total Fixed Charges
  for Purpose of Ratio            $ 87        $ 78        $ 93        $ 67        $ 34
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Earnings:

Pretax income from
  continuing operations           $350        $396        $377       $383         $168
Total Fixed Charges
  (from above)                      87          78          93         67           34
                              --------    --------    --------    -------    ---------
Total Earnings for
  Purpose of Ratio                $437        $474        $470       $450         $202
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Ratio of Earnings
  to Fixed Charges                5.02        6.08        5.05       6.72         5.94
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(1)	In computing this ratio, "Preferred dividends of subsidiaries" represents the
before-tax earnings necessary to pay such dividends, computed at the effective tax
rates for the applicable periods.