INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES |
3 Months Ended |
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Jun. 30, 2015 | |
| Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
| Investments in Unconsolidated Entities | NOTE 4. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES We provide additional information concerning our equity method investments in Notes 3 and 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Annual Report. SEMPRA RENEWABLES In addition to Sempra Renewables’ investment in the California solar partnership discussed in Note 3 above, during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, Sempra Renewables invested cash of $18 million and $45 million, respectively, in its other joint ventures. SEMPRA NATURAL GAS During the six months ended June 30, 2015, Sempra Natural Gas invested $3 million of cash in its joint venture, Cameron LNG Holdings, LLC (Cameron LNG Holdings or Cameron LNG JV), accrued $7 million for a project capital call due and subsequently paid in July 2015, and capitalized $24 million of interest related to this equity method investment that has not commenced planned principal operations. In April 2015, Sempra Natural Gas invested $113 million of cash in its equity method investment, Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, a partnership that operates the Rockies Express pipeline, to repay project debt that matured in early 2015. |