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RECENT INVESTMENT ACTIVITY
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Recent Investment Activity

NOTE 3. ACQUISITION AND INVESTMENT ACTIVITY

We discuss our investments in unconsolidated entities in Note 4.

Sempra South American Utilities

Chilquinta Energía S.A. (Chilquinta Energía) and Luz del Sur S.A.A. (Luz del Sur)

On April 6, 2011, Sempra South American Utilities acquired from AEI its interests in Chilquinta Energía in Chile and Luz del Sur in Peru, and their subsidiaries. Prior to the acquisition, Sempra South American Utilities and AEI each owned 50 percent of Chilquinta Energía and approximately 38 percent of Luz del Sur and accounted for the investments under the equity method. Upon completion of the acquisition and a public tender offer to the minority shareholders of Luz del Sur, Sempra South American Utilities owned 100 percent of Chilquinta Energía and approximately 80 percent of Luz del Sur, with the remaining shares of Luz del Sur held by institutional investors and the general public. As part of the transaction, Sempra South American Utilities also acquired AEI's interests in two energy-services companies, Tecnored S.A. (Tecnored) and Tecsur S.A. (Tecsur). We provide additional information about Sempra South American Utilities' acquisition of Chilquinta Energía and Luz del Sur and the public tender offer in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.

Our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2012 include 100 percent of the acquired companies' revenues, net income and earnings of $357 million, $49 million and $43 million, respectively. Net income and earnings include holding companies reported in Parent and Other. For the three months ended March 31, 2011, the acquired companies were accounted for as equity method investments and equity earnings were $12 million for each of Chilquinta Energía and Luz del Sur.

Following are pro forma revenues and earnings for Sempra Energy had the acquisition occurred at the beginning of the year prior to the year of acquisition, which primarily reflect the incremental increase to revenues and earnings from our increased ownership and consolidation of the entities acquired. Although some short-term debt borrowings may have resulted from the actual acquisition in 2011, we have not assumed any additional interest expense in the pro forma impact on earnings below, as the amounts would be immaterial due to the low interest rates available to us on commercial paper. The pro forma amounts do not include the impact of the increased ownership in Luz del Sur resulting from the tender offer completed in September 2011 discussed above and in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report.

 

  Three months ended
(Dollars in millions)March 31, 2011
Revenues$ 2,777
Earnings  279