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Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations, Gain (Loss) On Disposal, After Tax

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Gain (Loss) On Disposition Of Assets, Net Of Tax And Noncontrolling Interests

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount before tax of gain (loss) recognized on the sale or disposal of a disposal group. Excludes discontinued operations.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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ACQUISTIONS, DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS - Divestitures (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 22, 2019	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Feb. 07, 2019	Jan. 31, 2019
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Gain (loss) on sale of assets			$ 36	$ (3)	$ 63
Sempra Infrastructure \| Mississippi Hub And Bay Gas \| Disposal Group Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale						$ 322
Sempra Infrastructure \| Other Non-Utility assets \| Disposal Group Disposed of by Sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale							$ 5
Sempra Renewables \| Wind Generation Projects \| Disposal Group Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale	$ 569
Gain (loss) on sale of assets	61
Gain on sale of assets, after tax and NCI	$ 45
Parent and Other \| PXISE Energy Solutions LLC
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale		$ 38	$ 38
Transaction costs		4
Gain on sale		36
Gain on sale of assets, net of tax		$ 26