COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

At December 31, 2017, the future estimated payments under existing natural gas contracts and natural gas storage and transportation contracts are as follows:

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – SEMPRA ENERGY CONSOLIDATED
(Dollars in millions)
	Storage and transportation		Natural gas(1)		Total(1)
2018	$	231	$	61	$	292
2019	146		—		146
2020	48		—		48
2021	46		1		47
2022	44		1		45
Thereafter	127		—		127
Total estimated payments	$	642	$	63	$	705

⁽¹⁾  Excludes amounts related to the LNG purchase agreement discussed below.

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – SOCALGAS
(Dollars in millions)
	Transportation		Natural gas		Total
2018	$	108	$	—	$	108
2019	59		—		59
2020	29		—		29
2021	27		1		28
2022	27		1		28
Thereafter	81		—		81
Total estimated payments	$	331	$	2	$	333

Schedule Of Payments Under Natural Gas Contracts

Total payments under natural gas contracts and natural gas storage and transportation contracts as well as payments to meet additional portfolio needs at Sempra Energy Consolidated and SoCalGas were as follows:

PAYMENTS UNDER NATURAL GAS CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,429	$	1,169	$	1,200
SoCalGas	1,213		966		975

Schedule Of L N G Commitment Amounts

At December 31, 2017, the following LNG commitment amounts are based on the assumption that all cargoes, less those already confirmed to be diverted, under the agreement are delivered:

LNG COMMITMENT AMOUNTS
(Dollars in millions)
2018	$	302
2019	383
2020	391
2021	403
2022	411
Thereafter	2,935
Total	$	4,825

Schedule Of Estimated Future Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

At December 31, 2017, the future estimated payments under long-term purchased-power contracts are as follows:

FUTURE ESTIMATED PAYMENTS – PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Sempra Energy Consolidated		SDG&E
2018	$	702	$	577
2019	690		571
2020	631		510
2021	633		510
2022	598		496
Thereafter	5,726		5,457
Total estimated payments(1)(2)	$	8,980	$	8,121

⁽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.

⁽²⁾  Includes $5.4 billion of expected payments under purchase agreements accounted for as operating leases at SDG&E, comprising renewable energy PPAs for which there are no future minimum operating lease payments.

Schedule Of Payments Under Purchased Power Contracts

Total payments under purchased-power contracts were as follows:

PAYMENTS UNDER PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	1,694	$	1,667	$	1,573
SDG&E	781		752		715

Schedule Of Operating Leases Rent Expense

Rent expense for operating leases was as follows:

RENT EXPENSE – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Sempra Energy Consolidated	$	109	$	77	$	78
SDG&E	28		28		27
SoCalGas	43		38		39

Schedule Of Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due

At December 31, 2017, the rental commitments payable in future years under all noncancelable operating leases, including estimated payments, are as follows:

FUTURE RENTAL PAYMENTS – OPERATING LEASES
(Dollars in millions)
	2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		Thereafter		Total
Sempra Energy Consolidated:
Future minimum lease payments	$	85	$	57	$	51	$	48	$	42	$	300	$	583
Future estimated rental payments	13		12		12		12		13		46		108
Total future rental commitments	$	98	$	69	$	63	$	60	$	55	$	346	$	691
SDG&E:
Future minimum lease payments	$	22	$	21	$	20	$	19	$	18	$	54	$	154
Future estimated rental payments	2		2		2		2		2		3		13
Total future rental commitments	$	24	$	23	$	22	$	21	$	20	$	57	$	167
SoCalGas:
Future minimum lease payments	$	29	$	25	$	20	$	19	$	13	$	36	$	142
Future estimated rental payments	11		10		10		10		11		43		95
Total future rental commitments	$	40	$	35	$	30	$	29	$	24	$	79	$	237

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

At December 31, 2017, the future minimum lease payments and present value of the net minimum lease payments under these capital leases for both Sempra Energy Consolidated and SDG&E are as follows:

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS
(Dollars in millions)
2018	$	192
2019	210
2020	210
2021	210
2022	210
Thereafter	3,299
Total minimum lease payments(1)	4,331
Less: estimated executory costs	(502		)
Less: interest(2)	(2,548		)
Present value of net minimum lease payments(3)	$	1,281

⁽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 $13 million in Current Portion of Long-Term Debt and $718 million in Long-Term Debt on Sempra Energy’s and SDG&E’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017. The remaining present value of net minimum lease payments of $550 million will be recorded as a capital lease obligation when construction of the power plant facility is completed and delivery of contracted power commences, which is scheduled to occur in June 2018.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs Capitalized In Period

The following table shows our capital expenditures (including construction work in progress) in order to comply with environmental laws and regulations:

CAPITAL EXPENDITURES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
(Dollars in millions)
	Years ended December 31,
	2017		2016		2015
Sempra Energy Consolidated(1)	$	92	$	53	$	64
SDG&E	46		17		24
SoCalGas	45		35		39

⁽¹⁾  In cases of non-wholly owned affiliates, includes only our share.

Schedule Of Environmental Remediation Costs, Status Of Remediation Sites

The table below shows the status at December 31, 2017 of the California Utilities’ manufactured-gas sites and the third-party waste-disposal sites for which we have been identified as a PRP:

STATUS OF ENVIRONMENTAL SITES
	# Sites complete(1)	# Sites 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 ongoing 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

The following table shows our accrued liabilities for environmental matters at December 31, 2017:

ACCRUED LIABILITIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
(Dollars in millions)
	Manufactured- gas sites		Waste disposal sites (PRP)(1)		Other hazardous waste sites		Total(2)
SDG&E(3)	$	—	$	2	$	2	$	4
SoCalGas(4)	22		1		1		24
Other	—		1		—		1
Total Sempra Energy	$	22	$	4	$	3	$	29

⁽¹⁾  Sites for which we have been identified as a PRP.

⁽²⁾  Includes $9 million, $1 million and $8 million classified as current liabilities, and $20 million, $3 million and $16 million 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 environment mitigation.

⁽⁴⁾  Does not include SoCalGas’ liability for environmental matters for the natural gas leak at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility. We discuss matters related to the leak above in “Legal Proceedings – SoCalGas – Aliso Canyon Natural Gas Storage Facility Gas Leak.”

Schedule Of Build To Suit Lease Future Minimum Payments Due

At December 31, 2017, the future minimum lease payments on the lease are as follows:

FUTURE MINIMUM PAYMENTS – BUILD-TO-SUIT LEASE
(Dollars in millions)
2018	$	10
2019	10
2020	11
2021	11
2022	11
Thereafter	234
Total minimum lease payments	$	287