1.0.0.3 false WRITE-OFF OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS false 1 $ false false 2 Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements 0 sre_NotesToConsolidatedFinancialStatementsAbstract sre false na duration string No definition available. false false false false false true false false false 1 false false 0 0 false false No definition available. false 3 Write-off of Long-lived Assets Disclosure 1 sre_WriteOffLongLivedAssetsTextBlock sre false na duration string No definition available. false false false false false false false false false 1 false false 0 0 <div style="font-size:12pt"><p>WRITE-OFF OF LONG-LIVED ASSETS<br />In the second quarter of 2009, we recorded a $132 million pretax write-off related to certain assets at one of Sempra Pipelines &amp; Storage&#8217;s Liberty Gas Storage natural gas storage projects. This amount is recorded as Write-off of Long-Lived Assets on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. Sempra Pipelines &amp; Storage owns 75 percent of the partnership that is developing the project. Our partner's 25-percent share of the pretax charge is $33 million, which is included in (Earnings) Losses Attributable to Noncontrolling Interests on our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The impact to our net income and to our earnings is $97 million and $64 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. In September 2009, the members of the partnership unanimously voted to proceed with the abandonment of the assets that were written off. </p></div> WRITE-OFF OF LONG-LIVED ASSETSIn the second quarter of 2009, we recorded a $132 million pretax write-off related to certain assets at one of Sempra Pipelines false false No definition available. No authoritative reference available. false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true