8-K

                      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): December 22, 1997
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             Exact name of 
Commission   Registrant                           IRS Employer   
File         as specified        State of         Identification 
Number       in its charter      Incorporation    Number         
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1-11439      ENOVA CORPORATION   California       33-0643023     

1-3779       SAN DIEGO GAS &                                  
             ELECTRIC COMPANY    California       95-1184800     

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101 ASH STREET, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA                       92101
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(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)


                                                   (619) 696-2000
Registrant's telephone number, including area code---------------


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   (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)





                                   FORM 8-K

Item 5.  Other Events
     Registrants yesterday announced several changes in their 
boards of directors and in their executive officers.  Details are 
provided in the attached press release.



ITEM 7.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)	Exhibits.

99.1	Press release dated December 22, 1997.




                            SIGNATURES


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



                                                ENOVA CORPORATION
                                                   (Registrant)


Date: December 23, 1997         By: /s/ F.H. Ault
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                                           F.H. Ault
                                  Vice President and Controller


                                               and
                                SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY
                                           (Registrant)


Date: December 23, 1997         By: /s/ F.H. Ault
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                                           F.H. Ault
                                Vice President, Chief Financial
                                Officer, Controller and Treasurer

EX-99

                                                     Exhibit 99.1


For more information contact:
Doug Kline (619) 696-4292
After-hours pager (619) 526-9555
Web Site: http://www.enova.com


STEPHEN L. BAUM NAMED CHAIRMAN 
OF ENOVA CORPORATION

	SAN DIEGO, Dec. 22, 1997 -- Stephen L. Baum has been named 
chairman of Enova Corporation, effective Jan. 1, 1998, succeeding 
Thomas A. Page, who retires from the post at the end of the year.  
Baum currently is president and chief executive officer of Enova 
and serves on both the Enova and SDG&E boards of directors.
	Baum, 56, joined SDG&E in 1985, and, since that time, has 
held officer positions with responsibility for all aspects of the 
utility business, including overseeing the company's marketing 
and customer service operations; government and regulatory 
services; strategic planning; and corporate services, including 
legal, human resources, corporate communications, real estate 
operations, safety and environmental services.  He has served as 
president and CEO of Enova since January 1996.
	Donald E. Felsinger, president and CEO of SDG&E and 
executive vice president of Enova, has been promoted to president 
and chief operating officer of Enova, effective Jan. 1, 1998.  
Felsinger has been SDG&E's president and CEO and executive vice 
president of Enova since January 1996.
	Effective today, Edwin A. Guiles, senior vice president of 
Enova, is promoted to president of SDG&E and joins SDG&E's board 
of directors.  Guiles also will be promoted to executive vice 
president of Enova as of Jan. 1, 1998.

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	Due to new affiliate-transaction rules instituted by the 
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), several other 
executive management and board changes were announced today by 
the company.  The CPUC rules, issued Dec. 16, 1997, state that a 
board member or corporate officer of a holding company may also 
serve with either a utility or its affiliate, but not both.
	As a result,  Baum maintains his seat on the Enova and 
affiliate boards of directors, but immediately resigns his seat 
on the SDG&E board of directors and his position as chairman-
elect and vice chairman of SDG&E.  Felsinger also immediately 
resigns his positions with SDG&E and its board.  Daniel W. 
Derbes, a member of both the Enova and SDG&E boards, becomes non-
executive chairman of SDG&E, effective today.
	David R. Kuzma, senior vice president, chief financial 
officer and treasurer of both Enova and SDG&E, resigns from SDG&E 
but remains with Enova and other affiliates in the same capacity.  
Frank H. Ault, assumes the position of chief financial officer 
and treasurer of SDG&E in addition to his current post as vice 
president and controller of SDG&E. 
	Page will continue on the Enova and SDG&E boards of 
directors until April 28, 1998, when he will retire from both 
boards.
	Last October, Enova Corporation and Pacific Enterprises 
jointly announced an agreement to combine their companies.  
Pacific Enterprises is the parent company of Southern California 
Gas Company, the largest natural gas distribution company in the 
United States.  It is expected that all regulatory approvals will 
be gained the new company will be operational in the summer of 
1998.  The newly combined company will be called Sempra Energy.

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	Richard D. Farman, president and chief operating officer of 
Pacific Enterprises, will become chairman and chief executive 
officer of Sempra Energy; and Baum will become Sempra Energy's 
vice chairman, president and chief operating officer.  Baum will 
become CEO of Sempra Energy two years after the effective date of 
the merger, and will add the title of chairman by September 2000, 
when Farman retires.  Felsinger will become president and the 
principal executive officer of the unregulated businesses of 
Sempra Energy and Warren Mitchell, president of Southern 
California Gas Company, will become president and the principal 
executive officer of the new company's regulated operations, both 
reporting to the new Office of the Chairman which will consist of 
Farman and Baum.	
	Enova Corporation (NYSE ENA), based in San Diego, is a 
leading energy management company providing electricity, gas and 
value-added products and services in the United States and 
Mexico.  Enova is the parent company of San Diego Gas & Electric 
Company (SDG&E) and six other U.S.-based subsidiaries -- Enova 
Energy, Enova International, Enova Technologies, Enova Financial, 
Califia and Pacific Diversified Capital.  SDG&E has 1.2 million 
electric meters and 715,000 natural gas meters, serving 3 million 
consumers in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

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