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): November 25, 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

     San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the principal subsidiary of Enova 
Corporation, has announced that its board of directors has approved plans 
to auction SDG&E's fossil power plants -- the South Bay plant in Chula 
Vista, California and the Encina plant in Carlsbad, California -- and its 
combustion turbines, as well as its 20-percent interest in the San Onofre 
Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) south of San Clemente, California, and 
its portfolio of long-term power contracts. The plants (including SDG&E's 
share in the case of SONGS), have a net book value of $900 million ($250 
million for fossil and $650 million for SONGS) and a generating capacity 
of 2,400 megawatts. The press release describing the announcement is 
attached as Exhibit 99.1.

     The decision will enable SDG&E to continue to concentrate its 
business on the distribution and transmission of electricity and natural 
gas, instead of electric generation, as California opens its electric 
utility industry to competition in January 1998. Any proceeds from the 
auction will be applied directly to SDG&E's transition costs. SDG&E plans 
to file with the CPUC in December 1997 for its approval of the auction 
plan. The sale of the plants and contracts is expected to  be completed 
by the end of 1998.


ITEM 7.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(c)	Exhibits.

99.1	Press release dated November 25, 1997.




                              SIGNATURE


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
                                                   and
                                  SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY 
                                             (Registrants)


Date: November 26, 1997	              By:       /s/ F.H. Ault
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                                                   F.H. Ault
                                         Vice President and Controller
   

EX-99

                                                              Exhibit 99.1						
For more information contact:
Doug Kline or Dave Kusumoto (619) 696-4292
After-hours pager: (619) 526-9555
Web Site: http://www.sdge.com

SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC TO AUCTION POWER PLANTS, 
OTHER GENERATING ASSETS

	SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25, 1997 -- San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), the 
principal subsidiary of Enova Corporation, today announced plans to auction
its fossil power plants -- the South Bay plant in Chula Vista, Calif., the
Encina plant in Carlsbad, Calif., and its combustion turbines -- as well as
its 20-percent interest in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)
and its portfolio of long-term power contracts.
	The decision, which was approved by SDG&E's board of directors late
yesterday, comes as California prepares to open up its electric utility 
industry to competition Jan. 1, 1998.  Electric generation will be 
deregulated and the state's investor-owned utilities, SDG&E, PG&E and 
Southern California Edison, will transition to being regulated distributors
of power within their current service territories. 
	"For more than a decade, SDG&E has pursued a business strategy that 
concentrates on the distribution and transmission of power, instead of 
generation, so the sale of our power plants is a natural evolution of our 
business," said Donald E. Felsinger, president and chief executive officer
of SDG&E.  "Selling off our generation assets will help expedite the 
development of competition in California's electric generation market, 
benefitting all of our customers."
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	The electric utilities' power plants are among those deemed by 
state regulators to represent "transition costs," or uneconomic investments 
that the utilities must recover during a four-year transition period to
competition in California. Any proceeds from the sale of the plants and
other generating assets will go directly to pay down SDG&E's transition 
costs.
	Of SDG&E's current asset base, more than twice as much is invested in 
distribution and transmission facilities as is invested in generation.  The 
utility currently purchases 65 percent of the power it delivers to its 
customers and generates only 35 percent. 
	Felsinger said that other companies in the free market -- not bound by 
the rules that apply to the state's regulated utilities -- will have a much 
greater opportunity to provide competitive generation services to customers 
with SDG&E's plants.  
	Potential buyers of the plants and power contracts are likely to 
include independent power producers, power marketers, oil and natural gas 
companies, and unregulated affiliates of electric utilities.
	The first step in the process of selling the plants will be a filing 
with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) next month.  Once 
SDG&E receives approval from the CPUC, the utility will proceed with an 
auction of the generating assets and power contracts.  The CPUC has final 
approval over any transaction.  The sale of the plants and contracts is 
expected to be completed by the end of 1998.	
	The Chula Vista and Carlsbad plants together have 285 employees and, 
along with the combustion turbines, have a generating capacity of 
approximately 2,000 megawatts.  California's electric deregulation law, 
AB 1890, requires that any purchaser of the plants contract with the utility 
to operate and maintain them for at least two years after the sale 
transaction is completed.
	SDG&E also will auction up to 200 megawatts of Qualifying Facilities' 
contracts and 175 megawatts of other power contracts. 
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	San Diego Gas & Electric is the primary subsidiary of Enova Corporation 
(NYSE: ENA), the parent company of the investor-owned utility and six other 
U.S.-based subsidiaries -- Enova Energy, Enova International, Enova 
Technologies, Enova Financial, Califia and Pacific Diversified Capital.  
SDG&E serves 1.2 million electric customers in San Diego and southern Orange 
counties and 710,000 natural gas customers in San Diego County.
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