DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule Of Long-term Debt

LONG-TERM DEBT
(Dollars in millions)
		December 31,
		2012		2011
SDG&E
First mortgage bonds:
	6.8% June 1, 2015	$	14	$	14
	5.3% November 15, 2015		250		250
	1.65% July 1, 2018(1)		161		161
	5.85% June 1, 2021(1)		60		60
	3% August 15, 2021		350		350
	6% June 1, 2026		250		250
	5% to 5.25% December 1, 2027(1)		150		150
	5.875% January and February 2034(1)		176		176
	5.35% May 15, 2035		250		250
	6.125% September 15, 2037		250		250
	4% May 1, 2039(1)		75		75
	6% June 1, 2039		300		300
	5.35% May 15, 2040		250		250
	4.5% August 15, 2040		500		500
	3.95% November 15, 2041		250		250
	4.3% April 1, 2042		250		―
			3,536		3,286
Other long-term debt (unsecured unless otherwise noted):
	5.9% Notes June 1, 2014		130		130
	5.3% Notes July 1, 2021(1)		39		39
	5.5% Notes December 1, 2021(1)		60		60
	4.9% Notes March 1, 2023(1)		25		25
	5.2925% OMEC LLC loan
	payable 2013 through April 2019 (secured by plant assets)		345		355
Capital lease obligations:
	Purchased-power agreements		178		180
	Other		7		13
			784		802
			4,320		4,088
Current portion of long-term debt			(16)		(19)
Unamortized discount on long-term debt			(12)		(11)
Total SDG&E			4,292		4,058
SoCalGas
First mortgage bonds:
	4.8% October 1, 2012		―		250
	5.5% March 15, 2014		250		250
	5.45% April 15, 2018		250		250
	5.75% November 15, 2035		250		250
	5.125% November 15, 2040		300		300
	3.75% September 15, 2042		350		―
			1,400		1,300
Other long-term debt (unsecured):
	4.75% Notes May 14, 2016(1)		8		8
	5.67% Notes January 18, 2028		5		5
Capital lease obligations			4		11
			17		24
			1,417		1,324
Current portion of long-term debt			(4)		(257)
Unamortized discount on long-term debt			(4)		(3)
Total SoCalGas			1,409		1,064

LONG-TERM DEBT (Continued)
(Dollars in millions)
		December 31,
		2012		2011
Sempra Energy
Other long-term debt (unsecured):
	6% Notes February 1, 2013		400		400
	8.9% Notes November 15, 2013, including $200 at variable rates after fixed-to-floating
	rate swaps effective January 2011 (8.05% at December 31, 2012)		250		250
	2% Notes March 15, 2014		500		500
	Notes at variable rates (1.07% at December 31, 2012) March 15, 2014		300		300
	6.5% Notes June 1, 2016, including $300 at variable rates after fixed-to-floating
	rate swaps effective January 2011 (4.64% at December 31, 2012)		750		750
	2.3% Notes April 1, 2017		600		―
	6.15% Notes June 15, 2018		500		500
	9.8% Notes February 15, 2019		500		500
	2.875% Notes October 1, 2022		500		―
	6% Notes October 15, 2039		750		750
	Employee Stock Ownership Plan Bonds at variable rates payable on demand November 1, 2014(1)		―		8
Market value adjustments for interest rate swaps, net (expire November 2013 and June 2016)			19		16
Sempra Global
Other long-term debt (unsecured):
	Commercial paper borrowings at variable rates, classified as long-term debt
	(0.62% weighted average at December 31, 2012)		300		400
Sempra South American Utilities
Other long-term debt (unsecured):
Chilquinta Energía
	2.75% Series A Bonds October 30, 2014(1)		86		24
	4.25% Series B Bonds October 30, 2030(1)		224		202
Luz del Sur
	Bank loans 6.2% to 6.75% payable 2013 through December 2016		31		41
	Notes at 4.75% to 7.09% payable 2013 through October 2022		284		185
Sempra Renewables
Other long-term debt (secured):
	Loan at variable rates payable 2013 through December 2028, including $83 at 4.54%
	after floating-to-fixed rate swaps effective June 2012 (2.82% at December 31, 2012)(1)		111		―
	Loans at 2.24% to 2.26% payable 2013 through January 2031		286		―
Sempra Natural Gas
First mortgage bonds (Mobile Gas):
	4.14% September 30, 2021		20		20
	5% September 30, 2031		42		42
Other long-term debt (unsecured unless otherwise noted):
	Notes at 2.87% to 3.51% payable 2013(1)(2)		17		24
	9% Notes May 13, 2013		1		1
	8.45% Notes payable 2013 through December 2017, secured		25		29
	4.5% Notes July 1, 2024, secured(1)		74		21
	Industrial development bonds at variable rates (0.15% at December 31, 2012)
	August 15, 2037, secured(1)		55		55
			6,625		5,018
Current portion of long-term debt			(705)		(60)
Unamortized discount on long-term debt			(8)		(9)
Unamortized premium on long-term debt			8		7
Total other Sempra Energy			5,920		4,956
Total Sempra Energy Consolidated		$	11,621	$	10,078
(1)	Callable long-term debt.
(2)	Classified as long-term debt based on management's intent and ability to convert the debt to equity upon maturity.

Schedule Of Maturities Of Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule Of Maturities Of Long-term Debt

MATURITIES OF LONG-TERM DEBT(1)
(Dollars in millions)
								Total
						Other		Sempra
						Sempra		Energy
		SDG&E		SoCalGas		Energy		Consolidated
2013		$	10	$	―	$	721	$	731
2014			140		250		970		1,360
2015			274		―		70		344
2016			10		8		796		814
2017			10		―		649		659
Thereafter			3,691		1,155		3,400		8,246
Total		$	4,135	$	1,413	$	6,606	$	12,154
(1)	Excludes capital lease obligations and market value adjustments for interest rate swaps.

Schedule Of Callable Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule Of Callable Long-term Debt

CALLABLE LONG-TERM DEBT
(Dollars in millions)
							Total
					Other		Sempra
					Sempra		Energy
	SDG&E		SoCalGas		Energy		Consolidated
2013	$	105	$	―	$	343	$	448
2014		124		―		224		348
2015		266		―		―		266
2016		―		8		―		8
2017		75		―		―		75
after 2017		176		―		―		176
Total	$	746	$	8	$	567	$	1,321
Callable bonds subject to make-whole provisions	$	2,900	$	1,400	$	4,837	$	9,137

Schedule Of Segment Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Schedule of segment long-term debt

2012 ISSUANCES OF LONG TERM DEBT – LUZ DEL SUR
(Dollars in millions)
	Amount at
Month Issued	Issuance		Interest Rate	Maturity Date
February	$	21	5.97%	February 8, 2017
February		9	6.34%	February 8, 2019
July		25	5.44%	July 6, 2019
October		30	5.25%	October 29, 2022
December		30	4.75%	December 14, 2020