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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Banks In Lending Group

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Banks In Lending Group, After Amendment

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Line Of Credit Facility, Number Of Banks In Lending Group Replaced

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Amount, before unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but is not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, commercial loans, mortgage loans, convertible debt, subordinated debt and other types of debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity method investee's stock owned by parent immediately after all stock transactions.

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DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES - ECA LNG PHASE 1 (Details)	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES - ECA LNG PHASE 1 (Details)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) bank	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2022 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2022 USD ($) bank	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total facility	$ 9,700,000,000		$ 9,700,000,000
Sempra Infrastructure
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gross long-term debt	$ 10,654,000,000		$ 10,654,000,000			$ 8,923,000,000
Sempra Infrastructure \| ECA LNG JV
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in consolidated entity		41.70%
IEnova \| ECA LNG JV
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in consolidated entity		41.70%	83.40%
Subsidiary of TOTAL SE \| ECA LNG JV
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Ownership percentage in consolidated entity		16.60%	16.60%
Loan Agreement To Finance Natural Gas Liquefaction Export Facility \| Sempra LNG
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Term of contract		5 years
Number of banks in syndicate \| bank		9			9
Total facility		$ 1,500,000,000
Stated percentage rate		2.70%			2.86%
Minimum benchmark interest rate		0.00%
Weighted average rate	7.54%		7.54%			2.93%
Loan Agreement To Finance Natural Gas Liquefaction Export Facility \| Sempra LNG \| Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Variable percentage rate	0.10%
Loan Agreement To Finance Natural Gas Liquefaction Export Facility \| Sempra Infrastructure
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Gross long-term debt	$ 575,000,000		$ 575,000,000			$ 341,000,000
Loan Agreement To Finance Natural Gas Liquefaction Export Facility, Number Of Banks Replaced In Amendment \| Sempra LNG
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total facility				$ 1,300,000,000	$ 203,000,000
Number of banks in lending group replaced					2
Gross long-term debt					$ 64,000,000
Number of banks in syndicate after amendment \| bank					7