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REGULATORY MATTERS (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Regulated Operations [Abstract]  
Schedule of Regulatory Assets
REGULATORY ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
(Dollars in millions)
SempraSDG&ESoCalGas
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Fixed-price contracts and other
derivatives
$39 $53 $$11 $33 $42 
Deferred income taxes recoverable in
rates
1,894 1,689 878 802 947 817 
Pension and PBOP plan obligations
(436)(458)(2)(443)(456)
Employee benefit costs19 19 16 16 
Removal obligations(3,321)(3,295)(2,726)(2,676)(595)(619)
Environmental costs147 149 114 115 33 34 
Sunrise Powerlink fire mitigation121 124 121 124 — — 
Regulatory balancing accounts(1)(2):
Commodity – electric(220)(313)(220)(313)— — 
Commodity – gas, including
transportation
(49)(47)51 86 (100)(133)
Safety and reliability
804 820 244 227 560 593 
Public purpose programs(460)(439)(215)(219)(245)(220)
2024 GRC retroactive impacts656 631 280 277 376 354 
Wildfire mitigation plan
873 808 873 808 — — 
Liability insurance premium
(33)(24)(22)(15)(11)(9)
Other balancing accounts(178)158 (202)(51)24 209 
Other regulatory (liabilities) assets,
net(2)
165 164 87 87 79 79 
Total$21 $39 $(721)$(736)$674 $707 
(1)    At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the noncurrent portion of regulatory balancing accounts – net undercollected for Sempra was $1,824 and $1,731, respectively, for SDG&E was $937 and $873, respectively, and for SoCalGas was $887 and $858, respectively.
(2)    Includes regulatory assets earning a return authorized by applicable regulators, which generally approximates the three-month commercial paper rate.
Schedule of Regulatory Liabilities
REGULATORY ASSETS (LIABILITIES)
(Dollars in millions)
SempraSDG&ESoCalGas
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
March 31,
2025
December 31,
2024
Fixed-price contracts and other
derivatives
$39 $53 $$11 $33 $42 
Deferred income taxes recoverable in
rates
1,894 1,689 878 802 947 817 
Pension and PBOP plan obligations
(436)(458)(2)(443)(456)
Employee benefit costs19 19 16 16 
Removal obligations(3,321)(3,295)(2,726)(2,676)(595)(619)
Environmental costs147 149 114 115 33 34 
Sunrise Powerlink fire mitigation121 124 121 124 — — 
Regulatory balancing accounts(1)(2):
Commodity – electric(220)(313)(220)(313)— — 
Commodity – gas, including
transportation
(49)(47)51 86 (100)(133)
Safety and reliability
804 820 244 227 560 593 
Public purpose programs(460)(439)(215)(219)(245)(220)
2024 GRC retroactive impacts656 631 280 277 376 354 
Wildfire mitigation plan
873 808 873 808 — — 
Liability insurance premium
(33)(24)(22)(15)(11)(9)
Other balancing accounts(178)158 (202)(51)24 209 
Other regulatory (liabilities) assets,
net(2)
165 164 87 87 79 79 
Total$21 $39 $(721)$(736)$674 $707 
(1)    At March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the noncurrent portion of regulatory balancing accounts – net undercollected for Sempra was $1,824 and $1,731, respectively, for SDG&E was $937 and $873, respectively, and for SoCalGas was $887 and $858, respectively.
(2)    Includes regulatory assets earning a return authorized by applicable regulators, which generally approximates the three-month commercial paper rate.
CPUC Authorized Cost of Capital and Rate Structure
The following table summarizes the CPUC-approved cost of capital for SDG&E and SoCalGas. The authorized weighting remained unchanged for each of the years presented.
AUTHORIZED COST OF CAPITAL
Authorized weighting2024202520242025
Return on rate baseWeighted return on rate base
SDG&E:
Long-Term Debt45.25 %4.34 %4.34 %1.96 %1.96 %
Preferred Equity2.75 6.22 6.22 0.17 0.17 
Common Equity52.00 10.65 10.23 5.54 5.32 
100.00 %7.67 %7.45 %
SoCalGas:
Long-Term Debt45.60 %4.54 %4.63 %2.07 %2.11 %
Preferred Equity2.40 6.00 6.00 0.14 0.14 
Common Equity52.00 10.50 10.08 5.46 5.24 
100.00 %7.67 %7.49 %
In March 2025, SDG&E and SoCalGas each filed applications with the CPUC seeking to update their cost of capital for 2026 through 2028, subject to the CCM. SDG&E and SoCalGas expect to receive a final decision by the end of 2025.
PROPOSED COST OF CAPITAL FOR 2026 - 2028
SDG&ESoCalGas
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base
Authorized weightingReturn on
rate base
Weighted
return on
rate base
46.00 %4.62 %2.13 %Long-Term Debt45.60 %5.02 %2.29 %
— 6.22 — Preferred Equity2.40 6.00 0.14 
54.00 11.25 6.08 Common Equity52.00 11.00 5.72 
100.00 %8.21 %100.00 %8.15 %