COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – SEMPRA ENERGY CONSOLIDATED
(Dollars in millions)
		Storage and
		transportation		Natural gas(1)		Total(1)
2016		$	258	$	100	$	358
2017			243		102		345
2018			217		85		302
2019			150		5		155
2020			46		5		51
Thereafter			186		13		199
Total minimum payments		$	1,100	$	310	$	1,410
(1)	Excludes amounts related to LNG purchase agreements discussed below.

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – SOCALGAS
(Dollars in millions)
	Transportation		Natural gas		Total
2016	$	127	$	―	$	127
2017		114		1		115
2018		92		1		93
2019		48		1		49
2020		23		1		24
Thereafter		105		―		105
Total minimum payments	$	509	$	4	$	513

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

PAYMENTS UNDER NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,200	$	1,984	$	1,680
SoCalGas		975		1,735		1,464

Schedule Of L N G Commitment Amounts [Abstract]

Schedule Of L N G Commitment Amounts [Text Block]

LNG COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
(Dollars in millions)
2016	$	330
2017		432
2018		456
2019		487
2020		534
Thereafter		5,524
Total	$	7,763

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

PAYMENTS UNDER PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
		Years ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
Sempra Energy Consolidated		$	1,573	$	1,574	$	1,377
SDG&E(1)			715		710		570
(1)	Excludes DWR-allocated contracts. Under an operating agreement with the DWR that expired at the end of 2013, SDG&E acted as a limited agent on behalf of the DWR in the administration of energy contracts, including natural gas procurement functions under the DWR contracts allocated to SDG&E's customers. The commodity costs associated with these contracts are not included in SDG&E's or Sempra Energy's Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
		Sempra
		Energy
		Consolidated		SDG&E
2016		$	741	$	521
2017			726		504
2018			781		502
2019			776		493
2020			720		430
Thereafter			7,169		6,071
Total minimum payments(1)		$	10,913	$	8,521
(1)	Excludes purchase agreements accounted for as capital leases and amounts related to Otay Mesa VIE, as it is consolidated by Sempra Energy and SDG&E.

Schedule Of Operating Leases Rent Expense [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Rent Expense

RENT EXPENSE – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2015		2014		2013
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	78	$	78	$	81
SDG&E		27		26		23
SoCalGas		39		38		31

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Due

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	Sempra
	Energy
	Consolidated		SDG&E		SoCalGas
2016	$	71	$	25	$	38
2017		71		25		39
2018		63		19		36
2019		57		18		33
2020		50		16		28
Thereafter		283		70		131
Total future minimum rental commitments	$	595	$	173	$	305

Schedule Of Capital Leases Future Minimum Payments Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments [Abstract]

Schedule Of Capital Leases, Future Minimum Payments, Present Value Of Net Minimum Payments

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Dollars in millions)
2016		$	39
2017			77
2018			104
2019			104
2020			104
Thereafter			1,910
Total minimum lease payments(1)			2,338
Less: estimated executory costs			(523)
Less: interest(2)			(1,072)
Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)		$	743
(1)	This amount will be recorded over the lives of the leases as Cost of Electric Fuel and Purchased Power on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. This expense will receive ratemaking treatment consistent with purchased-power costs, which are recovered in rates.
(2)	Amount necessary to reduce net minimum lease payments to present value at the inception of the leases.
(3)	Includes $4 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $239 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2015. Of the present value of net minimum lease payments, $500 million will be recorded as a capital lease obligation when construction of the peaker plant facility is completed and delivery of contracted power commences, which is scheduled to occur in June 2017.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Capitalized In Period

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(Dollars in millions)
		Years ended December 31,
		2015		2014		2013
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)		$	64	$	45	$	31
SDG&E			24		23		13
SoCalGas			39		21		15
(1)	In cases of non-wholly owned affiliates, includes only our share.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Status Of Remediation Sites [Abstract]

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Status Of Remediation Sites

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
		# Sites		# Sites
		completed(1)		in process
SDG&E:
Manufactured-gas sites			3		―
Third-party waste-disposal sites			2		1
SoCalGas:
Manufactured-gas sites			39		3
Third-party waste-disposal sites			5		2
(1)	There may be on-going compliance obligations for completed sites, such as regular inspections, adherence to land use covenants and water quality monitoring.

Schedule Of Environmental Loss Contingencies By Site [Abstract]

Schedule of Environmental Loss Contingencies by Site

ACCRUED LIABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
(Dollars in millions)
				Waste		Former fossil-		Other
		Manufactured-		disposal		fueled power		hazardous
		gas sites		sites (PRP)(1)		plants		waste sites		Total(2)
SDG&E(3)		$	―	$	0.9	$	0.7	$	0.5	$	2.1
SoCalGas(4)			23.1		2.0		―		―		25.1
Other			1.8		1.1		―		15.0		17.9
Total Sempra Energy		$	24.9	$	4.0	$	0.7	$	15.5	$	45.1
(1)	Sites for which we have been identified as a Potentially Responsible Party.
(2)	Sempra Energy, SDG&E and SoCalGas have accrued $45 million, $2 million and $25 million, respectively, for environmental liabilities as of December 31, 2015. Of these amounts, $24 million, $1 million and $6 million were classified as current liabilities, and $21 million, $1 million and $19 million were classified as noncurrent liabilities on Sempra Energy’s, SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ Consolidated Balance Sheets, respectively.
(3)	Does not include SDG&E’s liability for SONGS marine mitigation.
(4)	Does not include any SoCalGas accrued liabilities for environmental matters for the natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon facility. We discuss matters related to the leak above under "Legal Proceedings – SoCalGas – Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility Gas Leak."

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE
(Dollars in millions)
2016	$	10
2017		10
2018		10
2019		10
2020		11
Thereafter		256
Total minimum lease payments	$	307