COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

At December 31, 2018, the future estimated payments under existing natural gas contracts and natural gas storage and transportation contracts are as follows:

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – SEMPRA ENERGY CONSOLIDATED
(Dollars in millions)
	Storage and transportation		Natural gas(1)		Total(1)
2019	$	230	$	33	$	263
2020	158		15		173
2021	144		12		156
2022	73		12		85
2023	50		13		63
Thereafter	262		18		280
Total estimated payments	$	917	$	103	$	1,020

⁽¹⁾  Excludes amounts related to the LNG purchase agreement discussed below.

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – SOCALGAS
(Dollars in millions)
	Transportation		Natural gas		Total
2019	$	114	$	12	$	126
2020	118		4		122
2021	104		—		104
2022	37		—		37
2023	23		1		24
Thereafter	49		—		49
Total estimated payments	$	445	$	17	$	462

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

Total payments under natural gas contracts and natural gas storage and transportation contracts as well as payments to meet additional portfolio needs at Sempra Energy Consolidated and SoCalGas were as follows:

PAYMENTS UNDER NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,345	$	1,429	$	1,169
SoCalGas	1,169		1,213		966

Schedule Of L N G Commitment Amounts

At December 31, 2018, the following LNG commitment amounts are based on the assumption that all cargoes, less those already confirmed to be diverted, under the agreement are delivered:

LNG COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
(Dollars in millions)
2019	$	289
2020	372
2021	368
2022	373
2023	385
Thereafter	2,475
Total	$	4,262

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

At December 31, 2018, the future estimated payments under long-term purchased-power contracts are as follows:

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Sempra Energy Consolidated		SDG&E
2019	$	654	$	527
2020	629		510
2021	631		510
2022	592		496
2023	549		451
Thereafter	5,185		5,026
Total estimated payments(1)(2)	$	8,240	$	7,520

⁽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.

⁽²⁾  Includes $5.2 billion of expected payments under purchase agreements accounted for as operating leases at SDG&E, comprised of renewable energy PPAs for which there are no future minimum operating lease payments.

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

Total payments under purchased-power contracts were as follows:

PAYMENTS UNDER PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,582	$	1,694	$	1,667
SDG&E	712		781		752

Schedule Of Operating Leases Rent Expense

Rent expense for operating leases was as follows:

RENT EXPENSE – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	123	$	109	$	77
SDG&E	27		28		28
SoCalGas	41		43		38

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due

At December 31, 2018, the rental commitments payable in future years under all noncancelable operating leases, including estimated payments, are as follows:

FUTURE RENTAL PAYMENTS – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	2019		2020		2021		2022		2023		Thereafter		Total
Sempra Energy Consolidated:
Future minimum lease payments	$	79	$	56	$	54	$	51	$	44	$	259	$	543
Future estimated rental payments	12		12		13		13		13		44		107
Total future rental commitments	$	91	$	68	$	67	$	64	$	57	$	303	$	650
SDG&E:
Future minimum lease payments	$	23	$	22	$	22	$	21	$	17	$	48	$	153
Future estimated rental payments	2		2		2		2		2		7		17
Total future rental commitments	$	25	$	24	$	24	$	23	$	19	$	55	$	170
SoCalGas:
Future minimum lease payments	$	26	$	22	$	21	$	20	$	16	$	28	$	133
Future estimated rental payments	10		10		11		11		11		37		90
Total future rental commitments	$	36	$	32	$	32	$	31	$	27	$	65	$	223

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

At December 31, 2018, the future minimum lease payments and present value of the net minimum lease payments under these capital leases for both Sempra Energy Consolidated and SDG&E are as follows:

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Dollars in millions)
2019	$	210
2020	210
2021	211
2022	211
2023	211
Thereafter	3,196
Total minimum lease payments(1)	4,249
Less: estimated executory costs	(480		)
Less: interest(2)	(2,483		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)	$	1,286

⁽¹⁾  This expense receives ratemaking treatment consistent with purchased-power costs, which are recovered in rates and have been 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. See discussion in Note 2 regarding the classification of this expense after adoption of the new lease standard in 2019.

⁽²⁾  Amount necessary to reduce net minimum lease payments to present value at the inception of the leases.

⁽³⁾  Includes $15 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $1,255 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2018. The remaining present value of net minimum lease payments of $16 million will be recorded as finance leases when construction of the battery storage facilities is completed and delivery of contracted power commences.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period

The following table shows our capital expenditures (including construction work in progress) in order to comply with environmental laws and regulations:

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)	$	101	$	92	$	53
SDG&E	38		46		17
SoCalGas	62		45		35

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In cases of non-wholly owned affiliates, includes only our share.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Status Of Remediation Sites

The table below shows the status at December 31, 2018 of the California Utilities’ manufactured-gas sites and the third-party waste-disposal sites for which we have been identified as a PRP:

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
	# Sites complete(1)	# Sites in process
SDG&E:
Manufactured-gas sites	3	—
Third-party waste-disposal sites	2	1
SoCalGas:
Manufactured-gas sites	39	3
Third-party waste-disposal sites	5	2

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There may be ongoing 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

The following table shows our accrued liabilities for environmental matters at December 31, 2018:

ACCRUED LIABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
(Dollars in millions)
	Manufactured- gas sites		Waste disposal sites (PRP)(1)		Other hazardous waste sites		Total(2)
SDG&E(3)	$	—	$	2	$	3	$	5
SoCalGas(4)	30		1		—		31
Other	—		1		—		1
Total Sempra Energy	$	30	$	4	$	3	$	37

⁽¹⁾  Sites for which we have been identified as a PRP.

⁽²⁾  Includes $10 million, $1 million and $9 million classified as current liabilities, and $27 million, $4 million and $22 million classified as noncurrent liabilities on Sempra Energy’s, SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively.

⁽³⁾  Does not include SDG&E’s liability for SONGS marine environment mitigation.

⁽⁴⁾  Does not include SoCalGas’ liability for environmental matters for the Leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. We discuss matters related to the Leak above in “Legal Proceedings – SoCalGas – Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility Gas Leak.”

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due

At December 31, 2018, the future minimum lease payments on the lease are as follows:

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE
(Dollars in millions)
2019	$	10
2020	11
2021	11
2022	11
2023	11
Thereafter	217
Total minimum lease payments	$	271