COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

Sempra Energy Consolidated
		Storage and
(Dollars in millions)		Transportation		Natural Gas(1)		Total(1)
2013		$	135	$	547	$	682
2014			124		105		229
2015			94		13		107
2016			59		13		72
2017			55		13		68
Thereafter			294		28		322
Total minimum payments		$	761	$	719	$	1,480
(1)	Excludes amounts related to LNG purchase agreements as discussed below.

SoCalGas
(Dollars in millions)	Transportation		Natural Gas		Total
2013	$	116	$	422	$	538
2014		105		19		124
2015		75		1		76
2016		40		1		41
2017		36		1		37
Thereafter		158		―		158
Total minimum payments	$	530	$	444	$	974

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2012		2011		2010
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,345	$	1,991	$	2,097
SoCalGas		1,222		1,810		1,936

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2012		2011		2010
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,205	$	918	$	314
Sempra South American Utilities		824		572		―
SDG&E		381		346		314

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

		Sempra
		Energy
(Dollars in millions)		Consolidated		SDG&E
2013		$	1,257	$	405
2014			1,275		383
2015			1,349		372
2016			1,385		372
2017			1,397		368
Thereafter			10,978		3,999
Total minimum payments(1)		$	17,641	$	5,899
(1)	Excludes purchase agreements accounted for as capital leases and amounts related to Otay Mesa VIE, as it is consolidated by Sempra Energy and SDG&E.

Schedule Of Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Rent Expense

	Years ended December 31,
(Dollars in millions)	2012		2011		2010
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	74	$	77	$	85
SDG&E		20		18		20
SoCalGas		26		35		40

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due

	Sempra
	Energy
(Dollars in millions)	Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2013	$	78	$	20	$	29
2014		77		20		29
2015		71		19		29
2016		66		19		27
2017		64		18		25
Thereafter		572		21		198
Total future rental commitments	$	928	$	117	$	337

Schedule Of Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments

		Sempra
		Energy
(Dollars in millions)		Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2013		$	7	$	4	$	3
2014			3		2		1
2015			1		1		―
Total minimum lease payments		$	11	$	7	$	4
Present value of net minimum lease payments(1)		$	11	$	7	$	4
(1)	Excludes negligible amounts of interest.

(Dollars in millions)
	2013	$	24
	2014		24
	2015		24
	2016		24
	2017		24
	Thereafter		419
	Total minimum lease payments(1)		539
	Less: estimated executory costs		(89)
	Less: interest(2)		(272)
	Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)	$	178
(1)	This amount will be recorded over the lives of the leases as Cost of Electric Fuel and Purchased Power on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. This expense will receive ratemaking treatment consistent with purchased-power costs.
(2)	Amount necessary to reduce net minimum lease payments to present value at the inception of the leases.
(3)	Includes $2 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $176 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2012.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Capitalized In Period

		Years ended December 31,
		2012		2011		2010
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)		$	92	$	144	$	76
SDG&E			77		130		64
SoCalGas			12		13		10
(1)	In cases of non-wholly owned affiliates, includes only our share.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Status Of Remediation Sites [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Status Of Remediation Sites

		# Sites		# Sites
		Completed(1)		In Process
SDG&E
Manufactured-gas sites			3		―
Third-party waste-disposal sites			2		―
SoCalGas
Manufactured-gas sites			39		3
Third-party waste-disposal sites			4		2
(1)	There may be on-going compliance obligations for completed sites, such as regular inspections, adherence to land use covenants and water quality monitoring.

Schedule Of Environmental Loss Contingencies By Site [Abstract]

Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site

				Waste		Former Fossil-		Other
		Manufactured-		Disposal		Fueled Power		Hazardous
		Gas Sites		Sites (PRP)(1)		Plants		Waste Sites		Total
SDG&E(2)(3)		$	―	$	―	$	0.8	$	0.6	$	1.4
SoCalGas(3)			14.2		0.5		―		1.2		15.9
Other			2.4		1.1		―		0.8		4.3
Total Sempra Energy		$	16.6	$	1.6	$	0.8	$	2.6	$	21.6
(1)	Sites for which we have been identified as a Potentially Responsible Party.
(2)	Does not include SDG&E’s liability for SONGS marine mitigation.
(3)	This includes $0.7 million at SDG&E and $15.9 million at SoCalGas related to hazardous waste sites subject to the Hazardous Waste Collaborative mechanism approved by the CPUC in 1994. This mechanism permits California’s IOUs, including the California Utilities, to recover in rates 90 percent of hazardous waste cleanup costs and related third-party litigation costs, and 70 percent of the related insurance-litigation expenses for certain sites. In addition, the California Utilities have the opportunity to retain a percentage of any recoveries from insurance carriers and other third parties to offset the cleanup and associated litigation costs not recovered in rates.