1.0.0.3 false TRADING INSTRUMENTS false 1 $ false false 2 Notes to 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 Trading Instruments Disclosure 1 us-gaap_TradingSecuritiesAndCertainTradingAssetsTextBlock us-gaap true 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>Trading Instruments <br />Trading Securities<br />In the first quarter of 2008, Sempra Commodities recorded $2 million of pretax losses related to trading securities, including a pretax gain of $3 million resulting from sales and an unrealized pretax loss of $5 million related to securities held at March 31, 2008. <br />In 2007, Sempra Commodities recorded $14 million of pretax gains related to trading securities, including a pretax gain of $6 million resulting from sales, an unrealized pretax gain of $8 million from transfers to trading securities from available-for-sale securities due to changes in their status, and unrealized pretax loss of a negligible amount related to securities held at December 31, 2007.</p></div> Trading Instruments Trading SecuritiesIn the first quarter of 2008, Sempra Commodities recorded $2 million of pretax losses related to trading securities, false false No definition available. No authoritative reference available. false false 1 2 false UnKnown UnKnown UnKnown false true