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SEGMENT INFORMATION | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract] |
Segment Information | NO TE 12. SEGMENT INFORMATION We have six separately managed reportable segments, as follows: SDG&E provides electric service to San Diego and southern Orange counties and natural gas service to San Diego County. SoCalGas is a natural gas distribution utility, serving customers throughout most of Southern California and part of central California. Sempra South American Utilities operates electric transmission and distribut ion utilities in Chile and Peru. Sempra Mexico deve lops, owns and operates, or holds interests in, natural gas transmission pipelines and propane and ethane systems, a natural gas distribution utility, electric generation facilities (including wind), a terminal for the import of LNG, and marketing operatio ns for the purchase of LNG and the purchase and sale of natural gas in Mexico. Sempra Renewables develops, owns and operates, or holds interests in, wind and solar energy projects in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebra ska, Nevada and Pennsylvania to serve wholesale electricity markets in the United States. Sempra Natural Gas develops, owns and operates, or holds interests in, natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, natural gas distribution utilities and a termina l for the import and export of LNG and sale of natural gas, all within the United States. Sempra Natural Gas also owns and operates the Mesquite Power plant, a natural gas-fired electric generation asset. In April 2015, Sempra Natural Gas sold the remaini ng 625-MW block of Mesquite Power, as we discuss in Note 3. Sempra South American Utilities and Sempra Mexico comprise our Sempra International operating unit. Sempra Renewables and Sempra Natural Gas comprise our Sempra U.S. Gas & Power operating unit. We evaluate each segment’s performance based on its contribution to Sempra Energy’s reported earnings. The California Utilities operate in essentially separate service territories, under separate regulatory frameworks and rate structures set by the CPUC. T he California Utilities’ operations are based on rates set by the CPUC and the FERC. We describe the accounting policies of all of our segments in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report. Common services shared by the business segments are assigned directly or allocated based on various cost factors, depending on the nature of the service provided. Interest income and expense is recorded on intercompany loans. The loan balances and related interest are eliminated in con solidation. The following tables show selected information by segment from our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amounts labeled as “All other” in the following tables consist primarily of parent org anizations.
SEGMENT INFORMATION |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Three months ended March 31,
|  | 2015 | 2014
REVENUES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SDG&E | $ | 966 | 36 | % | $ | 987 | 35 | %
SoCalGas |  | 1,048 | 39 |  |  | 1,085 | 39 |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 389 | 15 |  |  | 378 | 14 |
Sempra Mexico |  | 163 | 6 |  |  | 201 | 7 |
Sempra Renewables |  | 8 | ― |  |  | 6 | ― |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 197 | 7 |  |  | 260 | 9 |
Intersegment revenues(1) |  | (89) | (3) |  |  | (122) | (4) |
Total | $ | 2,682 | 100 | % | $ | 2,795 | 100 | %
INTEREST EXPENSE |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SDG&E | $ | 52 |  |  | $ | 50 |  |
SoCalGas |  | 19 |  |  |  | 17 |  |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 5 |  |  |  | 8 |  |
Sempra Mexico |  | 5 |  |  |  | 4 |  |
Sempra Renewables |  | 1 |  |  |  | ― |  |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 21 |  |  |  | 32 |  |
All other |  | 63 |  |  |  | 58 |  |
Intercompany eliminations |  | (32) |  |  |  | (33) |  |
Total | $ | 134 |  |  | $ | 136 |  |
INTEREST INCOME |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sempra South American Utilities | $ | 4 |  |  | $ | 3 |  |
Sempra Mexico |  | 2 |  |  |  | ― |  |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 19 |  |  |  | 31 |  |
Intercompany eliminations |  | (18) |  |  |  | (30) |  |
Total | $ | 7 |  |  | $ | 4 |  |
DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION
SDG&E | $ | 145 | 48 | % | $ | 130 | 45 | %
SoCalGas |  | 113 | 37 |  |  | 105 | 37 |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 13 | 4 |  |  | 14 | 5 |
Sempra Mexico |  | 17 | 6 |  |  | 16 | 6 |
Sempra Renewables |  | 2 | 1 |  |  | 1 | ― |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 12 | 4 |  |  | 17 | 6 |
All other |  | 1 | ― |  |  | 3 | 1 |
Total | $ | 303 | 100 | % | $ | 286 | 100 | %
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)
SDG&E | $ | 88 |  |  | $ | 83 |  |
SoCalGas |  | 95 |  |  |  | 38 |  |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 16 |  |  |  | 15 |  |
Sempra Mexico |  | 8 |  |  |  | 12 |  |
Sempra Renewables |  | (17) |  |  |  | (6) |  |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 2 |  |  |  | 6 |  |
All other |  | (29) |  |  |  | (21) |  |
Total | $ | 163 |  |  | $ | 127 |  |
SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED) |  |  |  |  |  |
(Dollars in millions) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Three months ended March 31,
| 2015 | 2014
EQUITY EARNINGS (LOSSES) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings recorded before tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sempra Renewables | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 2 |  |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 17 |  |  |  | 15 |  |
Total | $ | 19 |  |  | $ | 17 |  |
(Losses) earnings recorded net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |
Sempra South American Utilities | $ | (1) |  |  | $ | (2) |  |
Sempra Mexico |  | 16 |  |  |  | 8 |  |
Total | $ | 15 |  |  | $ | 6 |  |
EARNINGS (LOSSES) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
SDG&E | $ | 147 | 34 | % | $ | 99 | 40 | %
SoCalGas(2) |  | 214 | 49 |  |  | 78 | 32 |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 41 | 9 |  |  | 35 | 14 |
Sempra Mexico |  | 47 | 11 |  |  | 42 | 17 |
Sempra Renewables |  | 13 | 3 |  |  | 28 | 11 |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 2 | ― |  |  | 9 | 4 |
All other |  | (27) | (6) |  |  | (44) | (18) |
Total | $ | 437 | 100 | % | $ | 247 | 100 | %
EXPENDITURES FOR PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT |  |
SDG&E | $ | 355 | 46 | % | $ | 294 | 37 | %
SoCalGas |  | 315 | 40 |  |  | 260 | 33 |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 31 | 4 |  |  | 32 | 4 |
Sempra Mexico |  | 55 | 7 |  |  | 75 | 9 |
Sempra Renewables |  | 3 | 1 |  |  | 99 | 12 |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 10 | 1 |  |  | 40 | 5 |
All other |  | 11 | 1 |  |  | 1 | ― |
Total | $ | 780 | 100 | % | $ | 801 | 100 | %
| March 31, 2015 | December 31, 2014
ASSETS |  |
SDG&E | $ | 16,485 | 42 | % | $ | 16,296 | 41 | %
SoCalGas |  | 10,563 | 27 |  |  | 10,461 | 26 |
Sempra South American Utilities |  | 3,350 | 8 |  |  | 3,379 | 9 |
Sempra Mexico |  | 3,502 | 9 |  |  | 3,488 | 9 |
Sempra Renewables |  | 1,277 | 3 |  |  | 1,338 | 3 |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 6,032 | 15 |  |  | 6,436 | 16 |
All other |  | 960 | 2 |  |  | 895 | 2 |
Intersegment receivables |  | (2,618) | (6) |  |  | (2,561) | (6) |
Total | $ | 39,551 | 100 | % | $ | 39,732 | 100 | %
INVESTMENTS IN EQUITY METHOD INVESTEES |  |
Sempra South American Utilities | $ | (8) |  |  | $ | (8) |  |
Sempra Mexico |  | 439 |  |  |  | 434 |  |
Sempra Renewables |  | 859 |  |  |  | 911 |  |
Sempra Natural Gas |  | 1,319 |  |  |  | 1,347 |  |
All other |  | 163 |  |  |  | 164 |  |
Total | $ | 2,772 |  |  | $ | 2,848 |  |
(1) | Revenues for reportable segments include intersegment revenues of $2 million, $19 million, $25 million and $43 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and $3 million, $18 million, $22 million and $79 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 for SDG&E, SoCalGas, Sempra Mexico and Sempra Natural Gas, respectively.
(2) | After preferred dividends. |  |

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