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OTHER FINANCIAL DATA - INVENTORY (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | Mar. 31, 2015 | Dec. 31, 2014
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Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | $ 111 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage | $ 246 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 11 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas | 14 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 133 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies | 136 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies |
Inventory, Total | 255 us-gaap_InventoryNet | 396 us-gaap_InventoryNet | [1]
S D G E Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 6 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember | 8 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 63 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember | 65 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | 69 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember | 73 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SDGESegmentMember |
So Cal Gas Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 83 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember | 155 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 26 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember | 26 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | 109 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember | 181 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SoCalGasSegmentMember |
Sempra South American Utilities Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 32 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember | 33 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | 32 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember | 33 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraSouthAmericanUtilitiesSegmentMember |
Sempra Mexico Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 7 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember | 9 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 9 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember | 9 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | 16 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember | 18 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraMexicoSegmentMember |
Sempra Natural Gas Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 22 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember | 83 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 4 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember | 5 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 1 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember | 1 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | 27 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember | 89 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraNaturalGasSegmentMember |
Sempra Renewables Segment [Member] |  |  |
Total Inventory [Line Items] |  |  |
Energy Related Inventory, Natural Gas in Storage | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember | 0 us-gaap_EnergyRelatedInventoryNaturalGasInStorage / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Liquefied Natural Gas | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember | 0 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryLiquefiedNaturalGas / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember |
Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies | 2 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember | 2 sre_EnergyRelatedInventoryMaterialsAndSupplies / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember |
Inventory, Total | $ 2 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember | $ 2 us-gaap_InventoryNet / us-gaap_StatementBusinessSegmentsAxis = sre_SempraRenewablesSegmentMember |
[1] | Derived from audited financial statements.

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