Sempra Energy 10-K 12/31/2007


 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

FORM 10-K
 

(Mark One)

[X]

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended

December 31, 2007

 

 

[   ]

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from

 

to

 

 

 

 

 

Commission file number

1-14201


SEMPRA ENERGY

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 

 

California

 

33-0732627

 

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


101 Ash Street, San Diego, California 92101

(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


(619) 696-2034

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

 

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

 

Common stock, without par value

 

New York

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT:

None



Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

 

Yes

X

 

No

 


Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

 

Yes

 

 

No

X

 



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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

 

Yes

X

 

No

 



Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

 

 

 

 

 

X


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of "accelerated filer and large accelerated filer" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer

[ X ]

Accelerated filer

[ ]

Non-accelerated filer

[ ]

 


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

Yes

 

 

No

X


Exhibit Index on page 42. Glossary on page 48.

 

Aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2007 was $15.5 billion.

 

Registrant's common stock outstanding as of January 31, 2008, was 261,306,080 shares.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

Portions of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders are incorporated by reference into Parts I, II and IV.

 

 

 

 

Portions of the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders are incorporated by reference into Parts II and III.

 

 



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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

PART I

 

 

Item 1.

Business and Risk Factors

5

Item 2.

Properties

28

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

29

Item 4.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

29

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


29

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

31

Item 7.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


32

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

32

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

32

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosures


32

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

32

 

 

 

PART III

 

 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

33

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

33

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters


34

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence


34

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

34

 

 

 

PART IV

 

 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

35

 

 

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Report on Schedule

36

 

 

 

Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Parent

37

 

 

 

Signatures

 

41

 

 

 

Exhibit Index

42

 

 

 

Glossary

 

48

 

 

 





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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS


This Annual Report contains statements that are not historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "estimates," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "would" and "should" or similar expressions, or discussions of strategy or of plans are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements.


Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon various assumptions involving judgments with respect to the future and other risks, including, among others, local, regional, national and international economic, competitive, political, legislative and regulatory conditions and developments; actions by the California Public Utilities Commission, the California State Legislature, the California Department of Water Resources, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the U.K. Financial Services Authority and other regulatory bodies in the United States and other countries; capital markets conditions, inflation rates, interest rates and exchange rates; energy and trading markets, including the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices; the availability of electric power, natural gas and liquefied natural gas; weather conditions and conservation efforts; war and terrorist attacks; business, regulatory , environmental and legal decisions and requirements; the status of deregulation of retail natural gas and electricity delivery; the timing and success of business development efforts; the resolution of litigation; and other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the company. Readers are cautioned not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and are urged to review and consider carefully the risks, uncertainties and other factors which affect the company's business described in this report and other reports filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.







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PART I


ITEM 1. BUSINESS AND RISK FACTORS


Description of Business


A description of Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries (the company) is given in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders (Annual Report), which is incorporated by reference. The company has five separately managed reportable segments consisting of Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Sempra Commodities, Sempra Generation and Sempra Pipelines & Storage. SoCalGas and SDG&E are collectively referred to as "the Sempra Utilities." In July 2007, the company entered into an agreement with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) to form a partnership to purchase and operate the company's commodity-marketing businesses, which generally comprise the Sempra Commodities segment. This agreement is discussed in "Sempra Global – Joint Venture Partnership with RBS" herein.


Company Website


The company's website address is http://www.sempra.com. The company makes available free of charge through its website its annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The charters of the audit, compensation and corporate governance committees of the company's board of directors (the board), the board's corporate governance guidelines, and the company's code of business conduct and ethics for directors and officers are posted on the company's website. Printed copies may be obtained by writing to the company's Corporate Secretary at Sempra Energy, 101 Ash Street, San Diego, CA 92101-3017.



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Risk Factors


The following risk factors and all other information contained in this report should be considered carefully when evaluating the company. These risk factors could affect the actual results of the company and cause such results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the company. Other risks and uncertainties, in addition to those that are described below, may also impair its business operations. If any of the following risks occurs, the company's business, cash flows, results of operations and financial condition could be seriously harmed. In addition, the trading price of its securities could decline due to the occurrence of any of these risks. These risk factors should be read in conjunction with the other detailed information concerning the company set forth in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" included in the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders, which is incorporated by reference in this report.


Risks Related to the Sempra Utilities


The Sempra Utilities are subject to extensive regulation by state, federal and local legislation and regulatory authorities, which may adversely affect the operations, performance and growth of their businesses.


The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), which consists of five commissioners appointed by the Governor of California for staggered six-year terms, regulates the Sempra Utilities' rates (except electric transmission rates, which are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)) and conditions of service, sales of securities, capital structure, rates of return, rates of depreciation, the uniform systems of accounts and long-term resource procurement. The CPUC conducts various reviews of utility performance (which may include reasonableness and prudency reviews of capital expenditures, natural gas and electricity procurement, and other costs, and reviews and audits of the company's records) and affiliate relationships and conducts audits and investigations into various matters which may, from time to time, result in disallowances and penalties adversely affecting earnings and cash flows. Various proceedings involving the C PUC and relating to the Sempra Utilities' rates, costs, incentive mechanisms and performance-based regulation are discussed in Notes 14 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."


The Sempra Utilities may expend funds prior to receiving regulatory approval to proceed with a major capital project. If the project does not receive regulatory approval or management decides not to proceed with the project, the company may not be able to recover the amount expended for that project.


Periodically, the Sempra Utilities' rates are approved by the CPUC based on authorized capital expenditures and operating costs. If the Sempra Utilities' actual capital expenditures and operating costs were to exceed the amount approved by the CPUC, it could adversely affect earnings and cash flows.


To promote efficient operations and improved productivity and to move away from reasonableness reviews and disallowances, the CPUC applies Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) to the Sempra Utilities. Under PBR, regulators require future income potential to be tied to achieving or exceeding specific performance and operating income goals, rather than relying solely on expanding utility plant to increase earnings. The areas that are eligible for PBR rewards are: operational incentives based on measurements of safety, reliability and customer service; energy efficiency rewards based on the effectiveness of the programs; and natural gas procurement rewards. Although the Sempra Utilities have received PBR rewards in the past, there can be no assurance that they will receive rewards in the future,



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or that they would be of comparable amounts. Additionally, if the Sempra Utilities fail to achieve certain minimum performance levels established under the PBR mechanisms, they may be assessed financial disallowances or penalties which could negatively affect earnings and cash flows.


The FERC regulates electric transmission rates, the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce, transmission access, the rates of return on transmission investments and other similar matters involving SDG&E.


The Sempra Utilities may be adversely affected by new regulations, decisions, orders or interpretations of the CPUC, FERC or other regulatory bodies. New legislation, regulations, decisions, orders or interpretations could change how the Sempra Utilities operate, could affect their ability to recover various costs through rates or adjustment mechanisms, or could require the Sempra Utilities to incur additional expenses.


The construction and expansion of the Sempra Utilities' natural gas pipelines and storage facilities and electric transmission and distribution facilities require numerous permits and approvals from federal, state and local governmental agencies. If there are delays in obtaining required approvals, or if the company fails to obtain or maintain required approvals or to comply with applicable laws or regulations, its business, cash flows, results of operations and financial condition could be materially adversely affected.


SDG&E may incur substantial costs and liabilities as a result of its ownership of nuclear facilities.


SDG&E has a 20-percent ownership interest in the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), a 2,150-megawatt (MW) nuclear generating facility near San Clemente, California. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has broad authority under federal law to impose licensing and safety-related requirements for the operation of nuclear generation facilities. SDG&E's ownership interest in SONGS subjects it to the risks of nuclear generation, which include:


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the potential harmful effects on the environment and human health resulting from the operation of nuclear facilities and the storage, handling and disposal of radioactive materials;


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limitations on the amounts and types of insurance commercially available to cover losses that might arise in connection with nuclear operations; and


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uncertainties with respect to the technological and financial aspects of decommissioning nuclear plants at the end of their licensed lives.


The Sempra Utilities' future results of operations, financial condition and cash flows may be materially adversely affected by the outcome of pending litigation against them.

Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities are defendants in numerous lawsuits. They have expended and continue to expend substantial amounts defending these lawsuits and in connection with related investigations and regulatory proceedings and have established reserves that they believe to be appropriate for their ultimate resolution. However, uncertainties inherent in complex legal proceedings make it difficult to estimate with any degree of certainty the costs and effects of resolving legal matters. Accordingly, costs ultimately incurred may differ materially from estimated costs and could materially adversely affect Sempra Energy's and the Sempra Utilities' business, cash flows, results of operations and financial condition.


These proceedings are discussed in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."



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Risks Related to Sempra Energy's Electric Generation, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Commodities Trading, Pipelines & Storage and Other Businesses


Sempra Energy's businesses are exposed to market risk, and its financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and liquidity may be adversely affected by fluctuations in commodity market prices that are beyond its control.


Sempra Generation generates electricity that it sells under long-term contracts and into the spot market or other competitive markets. It purchases natural gas to fuel its power plants and may also purchase electricity in the open market to satisfy its contractual obligations. As part of Sempra Generation's risk management strategy, it may hedge a substantial portion of its electricity sales and natural gas purchases to manage its portfolio.


Sempra Energy's revenues and results of operations could be adversely affected if the prevailing market prices for electricity, natural gas, LNG or other commodities, whether procured for power plants or LNG regasification terminals to satisfy contractual obligations with trading counterparties or customers, in regional markets and other competitive markets in which the company competes, change in a direction or manner that it has not anticipated and for which it has not provided through purchase or sale commitments or other hedging transactions.


Sempra Commodities generally seeks to structure its trading contracts so that a substantial majority of its trading revenues are realizable within 24 months and strives to maintain appropriate hedging mechanisms for its trading book. However, it may at any time have substantial unhedged trading positions in the market, resulting from the management of its trading portfolios or from its inability to hedge, in whole or in part, particular risks.


Unanticipated changes in market prices for energy-related and other commodities result from multiple factors, including: weather conditions; seasonality; changes in supply and demand; transmission or transportation constraints or inefficiencies; availability of competitively priced alternative energy sources; commodity production levels; actions by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries with respect to the supply of crude oil; federal, state and foreign energy and environmental regulation and legislation; natural disasters, wars, embargoes and other catastrophic events; and expropriation of assets by foreign countries.


In 2001, the FERC, which has jurisdiction over wholesale power and transmission rates, independent system operators and other entities that control transmission facilities or that administer wholesale power sales in some of the markets in which the company operates, imposed price limitations which resulted in unexpected moves in electricity prices. The FERC may impose additional price limitations, bidding rules and other mechanisms or terminate existing price limitations from time to time in the future. Any such action by the FERC may result in prices for electricity changing in an unanticipated direction or manner, and may have an adverse effect on Sempra Energy's sales and results of operations.


Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries cannot and do not attempt to fully hedge their assets or positions against changes in commodity prices, and their hedging procedures may not work as planned.


To reduce financial exposure related to commodity price fluctuations, Sempra Energy's subsidiaries routinely enter into contracts to hedge a substantial portion of their purchase and sale commitments and inventories of electricity, natural gas, crude oil and refined petroleum products, base metals and other commodities. As part of this strategy, they routinely utilize fixed-price, forward, physical purchase and



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sales contracts, futures, financial swaps and option contracts traded in the over-the-counter markets or on exchanges. However, the company does not cover the entire exposure of its assets or its positions to market price volatility and the coverage will vary over time. To the extent Sempra Energy's subsidiaries have unhedged positions, or if their hedging strategies do not work as planned, fluctuating commodity prices could have a material adverse effect on Sempra Energy's business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.


Risk management procedures may not prevent losses.


Although Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries have in place risk management systems and control systems that use advanced methodologies to quantify and manage risk, these systems may not always prevent material losses. Risk management procedures may not always be followed or may not always work as planned. In addition, daily value-at-risk and loss limits are based on historic price movements. If prices significantly or persistently deviate from historic prices, the limits may not protect the company from significant losses. As a result of these and other factors, there can be no assurance that Sempra Energy's risk management procedures will prevent losses that would negatively affect its business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.


Sempra Energy's businesses depend on counterparties, business partners, customers and suppliers performing in accordance with their agreements, and any failure by them to perform could require the company to incur substantial expenses and expose it to commodity price risk and volatility, which could adversely affect Sempra Energy's liquidity, cash flows and results of operations.


Sempra Energy's subsidiaries are exposed to the risk that counterparties, business partners, customers and suppliers that owe money or commodities as a result of market transactions or other long-term agreements will not perform their obligations under such agreements. Should they fail to perform, the company may be required to acquire alternative hedging arrangements or to honor the underlying commitment at then-current market prices. In such event, Sempra Energy's subsidiaries may incur additional losses to the extent of amounts already paid to such counterparties or suppliers. In addition, the subsidiaries often extend credit to counterparties and customers. While the company performs significant credit analyses prior to extending credit, Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries are exposed to the risk that they may not be able to collect amounts owed to them.


Sempra LNG's obligations and those of its suppliers for LNG supplies are contractually subject to suspension or termination for "force majeure" events beyond the control of the parties and to substantial limitations of remedies for other failures to perform, including limitations on damages to amounts that could be substantially less than those necessary to provide full recovery for breach of the agreements.


If California's Department of Water Resources (DWR) were to succeed in setting aside, or were to fail to perform its obligations under its long-term power contract with Sempra Generation, Sempra Energy's business, results of operations and cash flows will be materially adversely affected.


In 2001, Sempra Generation entered into a 10-year power sales agreement with the DWR to supply up to 1,900 MW to the state. The validity of the power sales agreement with the DWR continues to be the subject of extensive litigation between the parties before the FERC, in the courts and in arbitration proceedings. If the DWR were to succeed in setting aside its obligations under the contract, or if the DWR fails or is unable to meet its contractual obligations on a timely basis, it could have a material adverse effect on Sempra Energy's business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. These proceedings are described in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." As described in Note 16 of



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the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the company unilaterally reduced its price to the DWR in connection with the agreement to settle other litigation.


Sempra Energy's subsidiaries may elect not to or may not be able to enter into long-term supply and sales agreements or long-term firm capacity agreements for their projects, which would subject their sales to increased volatility and its businesses to increased competition.


The electric generation and wholesale power sales industries have become highly competitive. As more plants are built and competitive pressures increase, wholesale electricity prices may become more volatile. Without the benefit of long-term power sales agreements, such as the 10-year power sales agreement between Sempra Generation and the DWR expiring in 2011, Sempra Energy's sales may be subject to increased price volatility, and it may be unable to sell the power generated by Sempra Generation's facilities or operate those facilities profitably.


Sempra LNG intends to utilize its regasification terminals by entering into long-term firm capacity service agreements whereby customers would pay Sempra LNG fees to use Sempra LNG's facilities to regasify the customer's LNG or by entering into long-term supply agreements for the purchase of LNG to be regasified at its terminals for sale to other parties. In the case of long-term supply agreements, these contracts are expected to substantially reduce its exposure to changes in natural gas prices through corresponding natural gas sales agreements or by tying supply prices to prevailing natural gas price market indices. However, if Sempra LNG is unable to obtain such long-term agreements or if the counterparties, customers or suppliers to one or more of the key agreements for the LNG facilities were to fail or become unable to meet their contractual obligations on a timely basis, it could have a material adverse effect on Sempra Energy's business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition. In addition, reduced availability of LNG due to inadequate supplies, delays in the development of new liquefaction capacity and increased demand are affecting the timing of development of new LNG facilities and expansion of existing facilities, and are likely to delay near-term attainment of full-capacity utilization when facilities under construction become operational. The company's potential LNG suppliers also may be subject to international political and economic pressures and risks which may also affect the supply of LNG.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage's natural gas pipeline operations will be dependent on supplies of natural gas from their transportation customers, which may include Sempra LNG facilities.


Business development activities may not be successful and projects under construction may not commence operation as scheduled, which could increase Sempra Energy's costs and impair its ability to recover its investments.


The acquisition, development and construction of LNG receiving terminals, natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, and other energy infrastructure projects involve numerous risks. Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries may be required to expend significant sums for preliminary engineering, permitting, fuel supply, resource exploration, legal and other expenses before it can be established whether a project is feasible, economically attractive or capable of being built. Sempra Energy's success in developing a particular project is contingent upon, among other things, negotiation of satisfactory engineering, procurement and construction agreements, negotiation of supply and natural gas sales agreements or firm capacity service agreements, receipt of required governmental permits and timely implementation and satisfactory completion of construction. Successful completion of a particular project may be adversely affected by unforeseen engineering problems, construction delays and contractor performance shortfalls, work stoppages, equipment supply, adverse weather conditions, environmental and geological conditions, and other factors. If the company is unable to complete the development of a facility, it typically will not be able to recover its investment in the project.



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The operation of existing and future facilities also involves many risks, including the breakdown or failure of generation or regasification and storage facilities or other equipment or processes, labor disputes, fuel interruption and operating performance below expected levels. In addition, weather-related incidents and other natural disasters can disrupt generation, regasification, storage and transmission systems. The occurrence of any of these events could lead to operating facilities below expected capacity levels, which may result in lost revenues or increased expenses, including higher maintenance costs and penalties, and could adversely affect Sempra Energy's business, cash flows and results of operations.


Sempra Energy's subsidiaries rely on transportation assets and services that they do not own or control to deliver electricity and natural gas.


Sempra Energy's subsidiaries depend on electric transmission lines, natural gas pipelines and other transportation facilities owned and operated by third parties to deliver the electricity and natural gas they sell to wholesale markets, to supply natural gas to their electric generation facilities, and to provide retail energy services to customers. Sempra Pipelines & Storage also depends on natural gas pipelines to interconnect with their ultimate source or customers of the commodities they are transporting. Sempra LNG also will rely on specialized LNG ships to transport LNG to its LNG facilities and on natural gas pipelines to transport natural gas for customers of the facilities. If transportation is disrupted, or if capacity is inadequate, the ability of Sempra Energy's subsidiaries to sell and deliver their products and services may be hindered. As a result, they may be responsible for damages incurred by their customers, such as the additional cost of acquiring alternative supply at then-current spot market rates.


Sempra Energy's businesses require numerous permits and other governmental approvals from various federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies, and any failure to obtain or maintain required permits or approvals could cause Sempra Energy's sales to decline and/or its costs to increase.


The acquisition, ownership and operation of LNG receiving terminals, natural gas pipelines and storage facilities, and electric generation facilities require numerous permits, approvals and certificates from federal, state, local and foreign governmental agencies. All of the existing and planned development projects of Sempra Energy's subsidiaries require multiple permits. If there is a delay in obtaining any required regulatory approvals or if the company fails to obtain or maintain any required approvals or to comply with any applicable laws or regulations, it may not be able to operate its facilities, or it may be forced to incur additional costs.


Sempra Energy's businesses are subject to complex government regulations and may be adversely affected by changes in these regulations or in their interpretation or implementation.


In recent years, the regulatory environment applicable to the electric power and natural gas industries has undergone significant changes, on both federal and state levels, which have affected the nature of these industries and the manner in which their participants conduct their businesses. These changes are ongoing, and Sempra Energy cannot predict the future course of changes in this regulatory environment or the ultimate effect that this changing regulatory environment will have on its businesses. Moreover, existing regulations may be revised or reinterpreted, and new laws and regulations may be adopted or become applicable to the company and its facilities. Future changes in laws and regulations may have a detrimental effect on Sempra Energy's business, cash flows, financial condition and results of operations.


Sempra Energy's other operations are subject to affiliate rules relating to transactions with the Sempra Utilities and with each other. These businesses could be adversely affected by changes in these rules or by additional CPUC or FERC rules' further restricting their ability to sell electricity or natural gas or to trade with the Sempra Utilities and with each other. Affiliate transaction rules also could require these



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businesses to obtain the prior approval of the CPUC before entering into any such transactions with the Sempra Utilities. Any such restrictions or approval requirements could adversely affect the LNG receiving terminals, natural gas pipelines, electric generation facilities or trading operations of the company's subsidiaries.


Various proceedings, inquiries and investigations relating to the business activities of Sempra Generation and Sempra Commodities are currently pending before the FERC. A description of such proceedings, inquiries and investigations is provided in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Sempra Energy's international businesses are exposed to different local, regulatory and business risks and challenges, which could have a material adverse effect on Sempra Energy's financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.


Sempra Energy subsidiaries have interests in electricity generation, natural gas distribution and transmission, and LNG terminal projects in Mexico, and also have trading, marketing and risk management operations in Canada, Europe and Asia. Sempra Pipelines & Storage has ownership interests in electricity and natural gas distribution businesses in Argentina, Chile and Peru. Developing infrastructure projects, owning energy assets and operating businesses in foreign jurisdictions subject the company to significant political, legal and financial risks which vary by country, including:


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changes in foreign laws and regulations, including tax and environmental laws and regulations, and U.S. laws and regulations related to foreign operations;

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high rates of inflation;

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changes in government policies or personnel;

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trade restrictions;

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limitations on U.S. company ownership in foreign countries;

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permitting and regulatory compliance;

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changes in labor supply and labor relations in operations outside the U.S.;

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adverse rulings by foreign courts or tribunals, challenges to permits, difficulty in enforcing contractual rights, and unsettled property rights and titles in Mexico and other foreign jurisdictions; and

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general political, economic and business conditions.

Sempra Energy's international businesses also are subject to foreign currency risks. These risks arise from both volatility in foreign currency exchange rates and devaluations of foreign currencies. In such cases, an appreciation of the U.S. dollar against a local currency could reduce the amount of cash and income received from those foreign subsidiaries. While Sempra Pipelines & Storage believes that it has contracts and other measures in place to mitigate its most significant foreign currency exchange risks, it has some exposure that is not fully mitigated.




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A downgrade in Sempra Energy's credit ratings could negatively affect its commodities trading and other non-utility businesses.


If Sempra Energy's credit ratings were to be downgraded, the business prospects of its commodities trading and other non-utility businesses, which generally rely on the credit-worthiness of Sempra Energy, would be adversely affected. Sempra Commodities would be required to comply with various margin or other credit enhancement obligations under its trading and marketing contracts, substantially all of which are guaranteed by Sempra Energy, and it may be unable to continue to trade or able to do so only on less-favorable terms. To meet liquidity requirements, Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries maintain substantial unused committed lines of credit for which borrowings are available without regard to credit ratings. However, a ratings downgrade could require Sempra Energy to divert to Sempra Commodities all or a portion of the liquidity that these lines would otherwise provide for the expansion of Sempra Energy's other non-utility businesses. In addition, if these lines were to become unavailable or to be inadequate to meet margin and other credit enhancement requirements, Sempra Commodities’ trading partners could exercise other remedies such as liquidating and netting their exposures to Sempra Commodities, making it more difficult or impossible for Sempra Commodities to manage effectively its remaining trading positions or to continue its trading business, and Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries may not have sufficient liquidity to meet their obligations.


Under the terms of the agreement for the pending joint venture transaction with RBS, RBS will provide all credit support for the commodities-marketing business, and that business will no longer be dependent on Sempra Energy’s credit ratings. Additional information is provided in "Sempra Global -- Joint Venture Agreement with RBS."


Other Risks Related to the Company


Sempra Energy's businesses have significant environmental compliance costs, and future environmental compliance costs could adversely affect Sempra Energy's profitability.


Sempra Energy's subsidiaries are subject to extensive federal, state, local and foreign statutes, rules and regulations relating to environmental protection, including, in particular, global warming and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. They are required to obtain numerous governmental permits, licenses and other approvals to construct and operate their businesses. Additionally, to comply with these legal requirements, they must spend significant sums on environmental monitoring, pollution control equipment, mitigation costs and emissions fees. The company also is generally responsible for all on-site liabilities associated with the environmental condition of its electric generation facilities and other energy projects, regardless of when the liabilities arose and whether they are known or unknown. If Sempra Energy's subsidiaries fail to comply with applicable environmental laws, they may be subject to penalties, fines and/or curtailments of their operati ons.


The scope and effect of new environmental laws and regulations, including their effects on current operations and future expansions, are difficult to predict. Increasing international, national, regional and state-level concerns as well as new or proposed legislation and regulation may have substantial effects on operations, operating costs, and the scope and economics of proposed expansion. In particular, state-level laws and regulations as well as proposed national and international legislation and regulation relating to GHG emissions (including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxide, hydrofluorocarbon, perfluorocarbon and sulfur hexafluoride) may limit or otherwise adversely affect the operations of Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries. The implementation of recent California legislation and proposed federal legislation may adversely affect Sempra Energy's unregulated businesses by imposing additional costs associated with emission limits and the poss ible requirement of carbon taxes or the purchase of emission credits. Similarly, the Sempra Utilities may be affected if costs are not recoverable in rates and because the effects



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of significantly tougher standards may cause rates to increase to levels that substantially reduce customer demand and growth. In addition, SDG&E may be subject to penalties if certain mandated renewable energy goals are not met. Further discussion of these matters is provided in Notes 14 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


In addition, existing and future laws and regulation on mercury, nitrogen and sulfur oxides, particulates or other emissions could result in requirements for additional pollution control equipment or emission fees and taxes that could adversely affect Sempra Energy's subsidiaries. Moreover, existing rules and regulations may be interpreted or revised in ways that may adversely affect the company and its facilities and operations. Additional information on these matters is provided in Note 14 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements. 


Natural disasters, catastrophic accidents or acts of terrorism could materially adversely affect Sempra Energy's business, earnings and cash flows.


Like other major industrial facilities, Sempra Energy's generation facilities, electric transmission and distribution facilities, LNG receipt terminals and storage facilities, chartered oil and LNG tankers and natural gas pipelines and storage facilities may be damaged by natural disasters, catastrophic accidents or acts of terrorism. Any such incidents could result in severe business disruptions, significant decreases in revenues or significant additional costs to the company, which could have a material adverse effect on the company's financial condition, earnings and cash flows. Given the nature and location of these facilities, any such incidents also could cause fires, leaks, explosions, spills or other significant damage to natural resources or property belonging to third parties, or personal injuries, which could lead to significant claims against the company and its subsidiaries. Insurance coverage may become unavailable for certain of these ris ks and the insurance proceeds received for any loss of or damage to any of its facilities, or for any loss of or damage to natural resources or property or personal injuries caused by its operations, may be insufficient to cover the company's losses or liabilities without materially adversely affecting the company's financial condition, earnings and cash flows.


Sempra Energy's cash flows, ability to pay dividends and ability to meet its debt obligations largely depend on the performance of its subsidiaries.


The company's ability to pay dividends and meet its debt obligations is dependent on cash flows from its subsidiaries and, in the short term, its ability to raise capital from external sources. Cash flows from the subsidiaries are dependent, in the long term, on the ability of the subsidiaries to generate operating cash flows in excess of their own capital expenditures and long-term debt obligations. In addition, the subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and could be precluded from making such distributions under certain circumstances, including as a result of legislation or regulation or in times of financial distress.


GOVERNMENT REGULATION


The most significant government regulation affecting Sempra Energy is the regulation of its utility subsidiaries.


California Utility Regulation


The CPUC, which consists of five commissioners appointed by the Governor of California for staggered six-year terms, regulates SDG&E's and SoCalGas' rates and conditions of service, sales of securities, rates of return, capital structure, rates of depreciation, uniform systems of accounts and long-term resource procurement, except as described below under "United States Utility Regulation." The CPUC also has



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jurisdiction over the proposed construction of major new electric transmission, electric distribution and natural gas transmission and distribution facilities. The CPUC conducts various reviews of utility performance, conducts audits for compliance with regulatory guidelines, and conducts investigations into various matters, such as deregulation, competition and the environment, to determine its future policies. The CPUC also regulates the interactions and transactions of the Sempra Utilities with Sempra Energy and its affiliates. Further discussion is provided in Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


The California Energy Commission (CEC) establishes electric demand forecasts for the state and for specific service territories. Based upon these forecasts, the CEC determines the need for additional energy sources and for conservation programs. The CEC sponsors alternative-energy research and development projects, promotes energy conservation programs and maintains a statewide plan of action in case of energy shortages. In addition, the CEC certifies power-plant sites and related facilities within California.


The CEC conducts a 20-year forecast of supply availability and prices for every market sector consuming natural gas in California. This forecast includes resource evaluation, pipeline capacity needs, natural gas demand and wellhead prices, and costs of transportation and distribution. This analysis is used to support long-term investment decisions.


California Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, makes the California Air Resources Board (CARB) responsible for monitoring and reducing GHG emissions. The bill requires CARB to develop and adopt a comprehensive plan for achieving real, quantifiable and cost-effective GHG emission reductions including, among other things, a statewide GHG emissions cap, mandatory reporting rules, and regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve reductions of GHG emissions. CARB is a part of the California Environmental Protection Agency, an organization which reports directly to the Governor's Office in the Executive Branch of California State Government.


United States Utility Regulation


The FERC regulates the interstate sale and transportation of natural gas, the transmission and wholesale sales of electricity in interstate commerce, transmission access, rates of return on transmission investment, the uniform systems of accounts, rates of depreciation and electric rates involving sales for resale.


The NRC oversees the licensing, construction and operation of nuclear facilities in the United States. NRC regulations require extensive review of the safety, radiological and environmental aspects of these facilities. Periodically, the NRC requires that newly developed data and techniques be used to reanalyze the design of a nuclear power plant and, as a result, requires plant modifications as a condition of continued operation in some cases.


Local Regulation


SoCalGas has natural gas franchises with the 241 legal jurisdictions in its service territory. These franchises allow SoCalGas to locate, operate and maintain facilities for the transmission and distribution of natural gas in public places. Some franchises, such as that for the city of Los Angeles, which expires in 2012, have fixed expiration dates ranging from 2008 to 2048. Most of the franchises have indefinite lives with no expiration date.


SDG&E has electric franchises with the two counties and the 26 cities in its electric service territory, and natural gas franchises with the one county and the 18 cities in its natural gas service territory. These franchises allow SDG&E to locate, operate and maintain facilities for the transmission and distribution of electricity and/or natural gas in public places. Most of the franchises have indefinite lives, except for the



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electric and natural gas franchises with the cities of (with expiration dates as indicated) Encinitas (2012), Chula Vista (2015), San Diego (2020) and Coronado (2028) and the natural gas franchises with the county of San Diego (2029) and the city of Escondido (2035).


Sempra Generation, Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage have operations in Nevada, Arizona, California and Louisiana. These entities are subject to state and local laws and regulations in the states in which they operate.


Other Regulation


Sempra Commodities' operations are subject to regulation by the New York Mercantile Exchange, the London Metal Exchange, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the FERC and the National Futures Association. It also has trading locations in Canada, Europe and Asia that are subject to regulation as to operations and financial position by bodies such as the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA) and Liffe, the international derivatives business of NYSE Euronext. Upon completion of the joint venture transaction with RBS, the joint venture partnership will also be subject to regulation by the Federal Reserve Board.


Sempra Generation and Sempra LNG have operations in the United States that are subject to regulation by the FERC.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage's Mexican utilities build and operate natural gas distribution systems in Mexicali, Chihuahua and the La Laguna-Durango zone in north-central Mexico, and its pipelines transport gas from the U.S. border to Baja California, Mexico. Sempra Generation operates a natural gas-fired power plant in Baja California, Mexico. Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul receipt terminal is currently being developed in Baja California, Mexico. These operations are subject to regulation by the Comisión Reguladora de Energía and by the labor and environmental agencies of city, state and federal governments in Mexico.


Licenses and Permits


The Sempra Utilities obtain numerous permits, authorizations and licenses in connection with the transmission and distribution of natural gas and electricity. They require periodic renewal, which results in continuing regulation by the granting agency.


The company's other subsidiaries are also required to obtain numerous permits, authorizations and licenses in the normal course of business. Some of these permits, authorizations and licenses require periodic renewal.


Sempra Generation and its subsidiaries obtain a number of permits, authorizations and licenses in connection with the construction and operation of power generation facilities, and in connection with wholesale distribution of electricity. Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s Mexican subsidiaries obtain construction permits for their natural gas distribution and transmission systems from the local governments where the service is provided. Sempra Pipelines & Storage obtains licenses and permits for natural gas storage facilities and pipelines. Sempra LNG obtains licenses and permits for the construction and operation of LNG facilities.


Other regulatory matters are described in Notes 14 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




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CALIFORNIA NATURAL GAS UTILITY OPERATIONS


The company is engaged in the purchase, sale, distribution, storage and transportation of natural gas through the Sempra Utilities. The company's resource planning, natural gas procurement, contractual commitments and related regulatory matters are discussed below and in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 15 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Customers


For regulatory purposes, customers are classified as either core or noncore customers. Core customers are primarily residential and small commercial and industrial customers, without alternative fuel capability. Noncore customers consist primarily of electric generation, wholesale, large commercial, industrial and enhanced oil recovery customers.


Most core customers purchase natural gas directly from the Sempra Utilities. While customers are permitted to aggregate their natural gas requirement and purchase directly from brokers or producers, the Sempra Utilities continue to be obligated to provide reliable supplies of natural gas to serve the requirements of core customers.


Natural Gas Procurement and Transportation


Most of the natural gas purchased and delivered by the Sempra Utilities is produced outside of California, primarily in the southwestern U.S., U.S. Rockies and Canada. The Sempra Utilities purchase natural gas under short-term and long-term contracts, which are primarily based on monthly spot-market prices.


To ensure the delivery of the natural gas supplies to the distribution system and to meet the seasonal and annual needs of its customers, SoCalGas is committed to firm pipeline capacity contracts that require the payment of fixed reservation charges to reserve firm transportation entitlements. SoCalGas sells excess capacity on a short-term basis. Interstate pipeline companies, primarily El Paso Natural Gas Company, Transwestern Pipeline Company and Kern River Gas Transmission, provide transportation services into SoCalGas' intrastate transmission system for supplies purchased by SoCalGas or its transportation customers from outside of California. The rates that interstate pipeline companies may charge for natural gas and transportation services are regulated by the FERC.


SDG&E has natural gas transportation contracts with various interstate pipelines that expire on various dates between 2008 and 2023. SDG&E currently purchases natural gas on a spot basis from Canada, the U.S. Rockies and the southwestern U.S. to fill its long-term pipeline capacity and purchases additional spot-market supplies delivered directly to California for its remaining requirements. All of SDG&E's natural gas is delivered through SoCalGas' pipelines under a long-term transportation agreement. In addition, under separate agreements expiring in March 2008, SoCalGas provides SDG&E up to nine billion cubic feet (Bcf) of storage capacity. A December 2007 CPUC decision directs that, effective April 1, 2008, natural gas procurement for both SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ natural gas core customers be combined into a single supply portfolio to be administered by SoCalGas. All SDG&E assets associated with it s core customer natural gas supply portfolio will be transferred or assigned to SoCalGas.




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Natural Gas Storage


SoCalGas provides natural gas storage services for use by core, noncore and off-system customers. Sempra Utilities’ customers are allocated a portion of SoCalGas' storage capacity. Other customers can bid and negotiate the desired amount of storage on a contract basis. The storage service program provides opportunities for these customers to purchase and store natural gas when natural gas costs are low, usually during the summer, to reduce winter purchases when natural gas costs are generally higher. This allows customers to select the level of service they desire to better manage their fuel procurement and transportation needs.


Demand for Natural Gas


The Sempra Utilities face competition in the residential and commercial customer markets based on the customers' preferences for natural gas compared with other energy products. In the non-core industrial market, some customers are capable of using alternate fuels which can affect the demand for natural gas. The company's ability to maintain its industrial market share is largely dependent on the relative spread between energy prices. The demand for natural gas by electric generators is influenced by a number of factors. In the short-term, natural gas use by electric generators is impacted by the availability of alternative sources of generation. The availability of hydroelectricity is highly dependent on precipitation in the western U.S. and Canada. In addition, natural gas use is impacted by the performance of other generation sources in the western U.S., including nuclear and coal, renewable energy and other natural gas faciliti es outside the service area. Natural gas use is also impacted by changes in end-use electricity demand. For example, natural gas use generally increases during extended heat waves. Over the long-term, natural gas used to generate electricity will be influenced by additional factors such as the location of new power plant construction and the development of renewable energy resources. Recently, more generation capacity has been constructed outside Southern California than within the Sempra Utilities' service area. This new generation will displace the output of older, less-efficient local generation, reducing the use of natural gas for local electric generation. Over the next few years, however, construction and planned construction of smaller natural gas-fired peaking and other electric generation facilities within the Sempra Utilities’ service area are expected to result in a slight overall increase in the demand for local natural gas for electric generation.


Effective March 31, 1998, electric industry restructuring provided out-of-state producers the option to provide power to California utility customers. As a result, natural gas demand for electric generation within Southern California competes with electric power generated throughout the western U.S. Natural gas transported for electric generating plant customers may be significantly affected to the extent that regulatory changes and electric transmission infrastructure investment divert electric generation from the company's service area.


Growth in the natural gas markets is largely dependent upon the health and expansion of the Southern California economy and prices of other energy products. External factors such as weather, the price of electricity, electric deregulation, the use of hydroelectric power, development of renewable energy resources, development of new natural gas supply sources and general economic conditions can result in significant shifts in demand and market price. The Sempra Utilities added 62,000 and 85,000 new customer meters in 2007 and 2006, respectively, representing growth rates of 1.0 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. The Sempra Utilities expect that their growth rate for 2008 will approximate that of 2007.


The natural gas distribution business is seasonal in nature and revenues generally are greater during the winter months. As is prevalent in the industry, the company injects natural gas into storage during the



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summer months (usually April through October) for withdrawal from storage during the winter months (usually November through March) when customer demand is higher.


ELECTRIC UTILITY OPERATIONS


Customers


At December 31, 2007, SDG&E had 1.4 million customer meters consisting of 1,210,600 residential, 146,300 commercial, 500 industrial, 2,000 street and highway lighting and 5,400 direct access. The company's service area covers 4,100 square miles. The company added 10,000 new electric customer meters in 2007 and 17,000 in 2006, representing growth rates of 0.7 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. The company expects that its growth rate for 2008 will approximate that of 2007.


Resource Planning and Power Procurement


SDG&E's resource planning, power procurement and related regulatory matters are discussed in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 14, 15 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Electric Resources


Based on CPUC-approved purchased-power contracts currently in place with its various suppliers, its Palomar and Miramar generating facilities and its 20-percent ownership interest in SONGS, the supply of electric power available to SDG&E as of December 31, 2007, is as follows:



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Supplier

 

Source

 

Expiration date

 

MW

PURCHASED-POWER CONTRACTS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DWR-allocated contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bear Energy LP

 

Natural gas

 

2008 to 2010

 

700

*

 

Sunrise Power Co. LLC

 

Natural gas

 

2012

 

575

 

 

Other (5 contracts)

 

Natural gas/Wind

 

2011 to 2013

 

264

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

1,539

 

Other contracts with Qualifying Facilities (QFs):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Applied Energy Inc.

 

Cogeneration

 

2019

 

107

 

 

Yuma Cogeneration

 

Cogeneration

 

2024

 

53

 

 

Goal Line Limited Partnership

 

Cogeneration

 

2025

 

50

 

 

Other (17 contracts)

 

Cogeneration

 

2009 and thereafter

 

56

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

266

 

Other contracts with renewable sources:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oasis Power Partners

 

Wind

 

2019

 

60

 

 

Kumeyaay

 

Wind

 

2025

 

50

 

 

Covanta Delano

 

Bio-mass

 

2017

 

49

 

 

PPM Energy

 

Wind

 

2018

 

25

 

 

WTE/FPL

 

Wind

 

2019

 

17

 

 

Other (8 contracts)

 

Bio-gas/Hydro

 

2012 to 2022

 

31

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

232

 

Other long-term and tolling contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cabrillo Power I, LLC

 

Natural Gas

 

2009

 

964

 

 

LSP South Bay, LLC

 

Natural Gas

 

2009

 

704

 

 

Portland General Electric (PGE)

 

Coal

 

2013

 

89

 

 

Enernoc

 

Demand Response/Dist. Generation

 

2016

 

25

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

1,782

 

Total contracted

 

 

 

 

 

3,819

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GENERATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Palomar

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

550

 

 

SONGS

 

Nuclear

 

 

 

430

 

 

Miramar

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

45

 

Total generation

 

 

 

 

 

1,025

 

TOTAL CONTRACTED AND GENERATION

 

 

 

4,844

 

*

Effective January 1, 2008, the quantity will decrease to 325 MW.


Under the contract with PGE, SDG&E pays a capacity charge plus a charge based on the amount of energy received and/or PGE's non-fuel costs. Costs under most of the contracts with QFs are based on SDG&E's avoided cost. Charges under the remaining contracts are for firm and as-available energy and are based on the amount of energy received, or are tolls based on available capacity. The prices under these contracts are at the market value at the time the contracts were negotiated.




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Natural Gas Supply


SDG&E buys natural gas under short-term contracts for its Palomar and Miramar generating facilities and for the Cabrillo Power I, LLC and LSP South Bay, LLC tolling contracts. Purchases are from various southwestern U.S. suppliers and are primarily based on monthly and spot-market prices. All of SDG&E's natural gas is delivered through SoCalGas' pipelines under a two-year transportation agreement which expires on March 31, 2008.


SDG&E also buys natural gas as the DWR’s limited agent for the DWR-allocated contracts. Most of the natural gas deliveries for the DWR-allocated contracts are transported through the Kern River Gas Transmission under a long-term transportation agreement. The DWR is financially responsible for the costs of gas and transportation.


SONGS


SDG&E has a 20-percent ownership interest in SONGS, which is located south of San Clemente, California. SONGS consists of two operating nuclear generating units and one that is permanently shut down and is being decommissioned. The city of Riverside owns 1.79 percent of Units 2 and 3, and Southern California Edison (Edison), the operator of SONGS, owns the remaining interests.


Units 2 and 3 began commercial operation in August 1983 and April 1984, respectively. SDG&E's share of the capacity is 214 MW of Unit 2 and 216 MW of Unit 3.


Unit 1 was removed from service in November 1992 when the CPUC issued a decision to permanently shut it down. Decommissioning of Unit 1 is now in progress and its spent nuclear fuel is being stored on site in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licensed by the NRC.


SDG&E has fully recovered its SONGS capital investment through December 31, 2003 and earns a return only on subsequent capital additions, including the company's share of costs associated with planned steam generator replacements.


Additional information concerning the SONGS units and nuclear decommissioning is provided below, in "Environmental Matters" herein, in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 7, 14 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Nuclear Fuel Supply


The nuclear fuel supply cycle includes materials and services (uranium oxide, conversion of uranium oxide to uranium hexafluoride, uranium enrichment services, and fabrication of fuel assemblies) performed by others under various contracts which extend through 2012. The availability and the cost of the various components of the nuclear fuel cycle for SDG&E's 20-percent ownership interest in SONGS in subsequent years cannot be estimated at this time.


Spent fuel from SONGS is being stored on site in both the ISFSI and spent fuel pools. Upon completion of the current phase of Unit 1 decommissioning, the site will have adequate space to build ISFSI storage capacity through 2022, the expiration date of the units' NRC operating license. Pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, SDG&E entered into a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for spent-fuel disposal. Under the agreement, the DOE is responsible for the ultimate disposal of spent fuel from SONGS. SDG&E pays the DOE a disposal fee of $1.00 per megawatt-hour of net nuclear generation, or $3 million per year. The DOE projects that it will not begin accepting spent fuel until 2017 at the earliest.



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Additional information concerning nuclear-fuel costs and the storage and movement of spent fuel is provided in Notes 14 and 16, respectively, of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Power Pools


SDG&E is a participant in the Western Systems Power Pool, which includes an electric-power and transmission-rate agreement with utilities and power agencies located throughout the United States and Canada. More than 300 investor-owned and municipal utilities, state and federal power agencies, energy brokers and power marketers share power and information in order to increase efficiency and competition in the bulk power market. Participants are able to make power transactions on standardized terms that have been preapproved by the FERC.


Transmission Arrangements


SDG&E's 500-kV Southwest Powerlink transmission line, which is shared with Arizona Public Service Company and Imperial Irrigation District, extends from Palo Verde, Arizona, to San Diego. SDG&E's share of the line is 1,163 MW, although it can be less under certain system conditions.


Mexico's Baja California Norte system is connected to SDG&E's system via two 230-kV interconnections with firm capability of 408 MW in the north to south direction and 800 MW in the south to north direction.


SDG&E is in the approval phase for the Sunrise Powerlink, a new 500-kV transmission line between the existing Imperial Valley Substation and a new central substation to be located within the SDG&E system. The proposed rating of the Sunrise Powerlink is 1,000 MW. The project is subject to CPUC approval. Further discussion is provided in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Transmission Access


The National Energy Policy Act governs procedures for others' requests for transmission service. The FERC approved the California investor-owned utilities' (IOUs) transfer of operation and control of their transmission facilities to the Independent System Operator (ISO) in 1998. Additional information regarding FERC, ISO and transmission issues is provided in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


RATES AND REGULATION -- SEMPRA UTILITIES


Information concerning rates and regulation applicable to the Sempra Utilities is provided in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 1, 14 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


SEMPRA GLOBAL


Sempra Global consists of most of the businesses of Sempra Energy other than the Sempra Utilities, and serves a broad range of customers' energy and other needs. Sempra Global includes Sempra Commodities, Sempra Generation, Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage. Descriptions of these business units and information concerning their operations are provided under "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 3, 4, 5, 16 and 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




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Joint Venture Partnership with RBS


In July 2007, the company and RBS entered into an agreement to form a partnership, RBS Sempra Commodities LLP (RBS Sempra Commodities), to purchase and operate the company's commodity-marketing businesses, which generally comprise the company’s Sempra Commodities segment. RBS Sempra Commodities has been formed as a United Kingdom limited liability partnership. Due to increased regulatory capital requirements for the partnership, Sempra Energy's expected equity investment in the partnership has increased from $1.3 billion - $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion - $1.7 billion. The partnership concurrently will purchase Sempra Energy’s commodity-marketing subsidiaries at a price (after deducting certain expenses to be paid by Sempra Energy in terminating pre-existing contractual arrangements) equal to their book value computed on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union. The company expects t he transaction to close in April 2008, and to receive proceeds of approximately $1 billion in cash, net of its investment in the partnership, upon closing.


RBS will provide any additional funding required for the ongoing operating expenses of the partnership’s businesses. RBS will also provide all growth capital, credit and liquidity for the partnership, replacing the trading guarantees and credit support currently maintained for these businesses by the company. RBS will terminate or replace Sempra Energy’s credit support arrangements for the commodity-marketing businesses acquired by RBS Sempra Commodities that are reasonably capable of being terminated or replaced. To the extent that Sempra Energy’s credit support arrangements have not been terminated or replaced, RBS will indemnify Sempra Energy for any claims or losses arising in connection with those arrangements.


Sempra Energy and RBS intend that RBS Sempra Commodities will distribute all of its net income on an annual basis, although the distributions are within the discretion of the board of directors of the partnership. Subject to certain limited exceptions, partnership pretax income, calculated in accordance with IFRS, will be allocated as follows:


·

Sempra Energy will receive a preferred 15-percent return on its adjusted equity capital;

·

RBS will receive a preferred 15-percent return on any capital in excess of capital attributable to Sempra Energy that is required by the FSA to be maintained by RBS in respect of the operations of the partnership;

·

Sempra Energy will receive 70 percent of the next $500 million in pretax income, with RBS receiving the remaining 30 percent; and

·

Sempra Energy will receive 30 percent, and RBS 70 percent, of any remaining pretax income.


Any losses of the partnership would be shared equally between Sempra Energy and RBS.


RBS Sempra Commodities will initially be governed by a board of seven directors, three appointed by Sempra Energy and four by RBS. The consent of Sempra Energy will be required before the partnership may take certain significant actions, including materially changing the scope of the partnership’s businesses, issuing credit support outside the ordinary course, incurring certain types of indebtedness and entering into agreements of significant size or duration. Sempra Energy will indemnify the partnership for liabilities in respect of certain litigation and taxes relating to the businesses to be purchased by the partnership.


The company will not be required to invest additional capital in the partnership beyond its initial capital investment although, in limited cases, earnings allocable to the company may be retained by the partnership to replenish capital depleted through losses.



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For a period of four years, RBS and the company are each subject to certain limitations on their ability to compete with the partnership. RBS will not compete with certain core business activities of the partnership (defined to include trading, processing and tolling of, and derivatives and certain other transactions in, oil and oil byproducts, electricity, natural gas, LNG, base metals, coal, liquefied petroleum gas, biofuels, carbon credits and emissions credits) or acquire an equity interest in any entity whose principal business involves activities that are competitive with the partnership’s core business activities. If RBS were to acquire an equity interest in excess of agreed upon thresholds in entities whose activities include, but are not principally comprised of, those that are competitive with the partnership’s core business activities, RBS and Sempra Energy will engage in good faith negotiations to combine the activities of such com petitor with those of the partnership, and if RBS and Sempra Energy are unable to agree on terms within six months, RBS will be required to offer the partnership an opportunity to act as the counterparty with respect to certain significant commodities hedging, supply and offtake opportunities generated by RBS’s other business activities in the areas of project finance and structured finance.


The company will be subject to limitations, mirroring those to which RBS is subject, on its ability to acquire equity interests in entities competing with the core business activities of RBS Sempra Commodities. Certain Sempra Energy non-utility businesses will be required, subject to risk concentration policies, to offer the partnership an opportunity to act as the counterparty to the company in certain transactions that are competitive with the core business activities of the partnership.


For a period of four years, neither RBS nor the company is permitted to sell or assign its interest in the partnership. Following this four-year period, if the company were to desire to sell its interest, it is required to so notify RBS and, unless RBS notifies the company that it is not interested in purchasing such interest, negotiate with RBS to determine a price at which the interest would be sold to RBS. If the company and RBS were unable to agree upon a price at which the interest would be sold to RBS, either party is permitted to request that the price be submitted for binding arbitration. If the other party assents to that request, the interest will be sold to RBS at a price determined by arbitration subject to a maximum price of $3.5 billion in the fourth year following the creation of the partnership and increasing by 2.5% per year to a maximum of $4 billion. If RBS declines to arbitrate, the company may sell its interest to a third party upon terms no more favorable than those at which the interest was offered to RBS. If the third party purchaser is a bank or broker-dealer, a majority owned or controlled affiliate of a bank or broker-dealer or a hedge fund controlled by such an entity or has a credit rating lower than the company’s, the third party purchaser must also be reasonably acceptable to RBS.


If RBS were to desire to sell its interest in RBS Sempra Commodities after such four-year period, it is required to provide the company with the opportunity to make the first offer to acquire the interest and is prohibited from subsequently selling the interest to a third party upon terms less favorable than those offered by the company. The company also will have the right to "tag-along" in connection with any sale of RBS’s interest in the partnership to a third party.


In addition, if RBS were to fail to fund RBS Sempra Commodities consistent with its commitments and intentions and did not cure that failure within a specified period following notice from the company, the company would have the right to purchase RBS’s interest in the partnership at book value.


After closing the transaction, the company will account for its investment in the partnership under the equity method, and the company's share of partnership earnings will be reported in the Sempra Commodities segment.




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Competition


Sempra Energy’s non-utility businesses are among many others in the energy industry providing similar products and services. Most activities in which the company is engaged are very competitive and require significant capital investments and highly skilled and experienced personnel to compete. Many of Sempra Global’s competitors may have significantly greater financial, personnel and other resources than the company.


Sempra Commodities


All aspects of Sempra Commodities’ business are intensely competitive and are expected to remain so. Sempra Commodities’ competitors are other brokers and dealers, investment banking firms, energy companies and other companies that offer similar products and services in the U.S. and globally. Sempra Commodities’ competition is based on a number of factors, including transaction execution, products and services, innovation, reputation and price.


Sempra Commodities also faces intense competition in attracting and retaining qualified employees. Sempra Commodities’ ability to compete effectively will depend upon the ability to attract new employees and retain and motivate existing employees.


Sempra Commodities' competitors include Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.


Sempra Generation


For sales of non-contracted power, Sempra Generation is subject to intense competition from energy marketers, utilities, industrial companies and other independent power producers. For a number of years, natural gas has been the fuel of choice for new power generation facilities for economic, operational and environmental reasons. While natural gas-fired facilities will continue to be an important part of the nation’s generation portfolio, some regulated utilities are now constructing units powered by renewable resources, often with subsidies or under legislative mandate. These utilities generally have a lower cost of capital than most independent power producers and often are able to recover fixed costs through rate base mechanisms, allowing them to build, buy and upgrade generation without relying exclusively on market clearing prices to recover their investments.


When Sempra Generation sells power not subject to long-term contract commitments, it is exposed to market fluctuations in prices based on a number of factors, including the amount of capacity available to meet demand, the price and availability of fuel and the presence of transmission constraints. Some of Sempra Generation’s competitors, such as electric utilities and distribution companies, have their own generation capacity, including nuclear generation. These companies, generally larger than Sempra Generation, have a lower cost of capital and may have competitive advantages as a result of their scale and location of their generation facilities.


Sempra Generation’s competitors include Edison Mission Energy and FPL Energy LLC.


Sempra LNG


New supplies to meet North America’s natural gas demand may be developed from a combination of the following sources:


·

existing producing basins in the United States, Canada, and Mexico;

·

frontier basins in Alaska, northern Canada and offshore deepwater;



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·

areas currently restricted from exploration and development due to public policies, such as areas in the Rocky Mountains and offshore Atlantic, Pacific and Gulf of Mexico coasts; and

·

imported LNG.


In addition, demand for energy currently met by natural gas could alternatively be met by other energy forms such as coal, hydroelectric, oil, wind, solar and nuclear energy. Sempra LNG will face competition from each of these energy sources.


Sempra LNG competes with other companies to be among the first to construct LNG receiving terminals in economically desirable locations. According to the FERC, as of October 31, 2007, there were five existing LNG terminals in North America, as well as 39 new LNG receiving terminals or expansions approved or proposed to be constructed in the U.S., including six under construction. In addition, as of December 31, 2007, there were 60 LNG receiving terminals in 18 countries and other proposed LNG receiving terminals worldwide with which Sempra LNG will compete to be the most economical delivery point for LNG production of both long-term contracted and spot volumes.


Sempra LNG’s U.S. competitors include Cheniere Energy, Dominion Resources, El Paso Corporation, Southern Union, Exxon Mobil, Occidental Energy Ventures, Chevron Texaco and Hess LNG.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Within its market area, Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s natural gas storage facilities and pipelines compete with other storage facilities and pipelines (both regulated and unregulated systems) primarily on the basis of price (in terms of storage and transportation fees), available capacity and connections to downstream markets.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s competitors include Cheniere Energy, Exxon Mobil, Kinder Morgan, Spectra Energy and Enterprise Product Partners LP.


ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS


Discussions about environmental issues affecting the company are included in Notes 14 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The following additional information should be read in conjunction with those discussions.

Hazardous Substances


In 1994, the CPUC approved the Hazardous Waste Collaborative mechanism, allowing California's IOUs to recover certain hazardous waste cleanup costs, including those related to Superfund sites or similar sites requiring cleanup. Rate recovery of 90 percent of hazardous waste cleanup costs and related third-party litigation costs, and 70 percent of the related insurance-litigation expenses is permitted. In addition, the company has the opportunity to retain a percentage of any insurance recoveries to offset the 10 percent of costs not recovered in rates.


At December 31, 2007, the company had accrued its estimated remaining investigation and remediation liability related to hazardous waste sites, including numerous locations that had been manufactured-gas plants, of $48.4 million, of which 90 percent is authorized to be recovered through the Hazardous Waste Collaborative mechanism. This estimated cost excludes remediation costs of $6 million associated with SDG&E's former fossil-fuel power plants. The company believes that any costs not ultimately recovered through rates, insurance or other means will not have a material adverse effect on the company's consolidated results of operations or financial position.



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Estimated liabilities for environmental remediation are recorded when amounts are probable and estimable. Amounts authorized to be recovered in rates under the Hazardous Waste Collaborative mechanism are recorded as a regulatory asset.


Air and Water Quality


The transmission and distribution of natural gas require the operation of compressor stations, which are subject to increasingly stringent air-quality standards, such as those established by the CARB as discussed under "Government Regulation – California Utility Regulation" herein. Costs to comply with these standards are generally recovered in rates.


In connection with the issuance of operating permits, SDG&E and the other owners of SONGS previously reached an agreement with the California Coastal Commission to mitigate the environmental damage to the marine environment attributed to the cooling-water discharge from SONGS Units 2 and 3. SDG&E's share of the cost is estimated to be $36 million, of which $25 million had been incurred at December 31, 2007, and $11 million is accrued for the remaining costs through 2050. In May 2006, the CPUC adopted a decision in Edison's 2006 General Rate Case, in which decision SDG&E is no longer subject to a 50-percent disallowance of cost recovery going forward.


OTHER MATTERS


Employees of Registrant


As of December 31, 2007, the company had 14,314 employees, compared to 14,061 at December 31, 2006.


Labor Relations


Field, technical and most clerical employees at SoCalGas are represented by the Utility Workers Union of America or the International Chemical Workers Union Council. The collective bargaining agreement for these employees covering wages, hours, working conditions, and medical and other benefit plans is in effect through September 30, 2008.


Field, technical and some clerical employees at SDG&E are represented by Local 465 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. The collective bargaining agreement for these employees covering wages, hours and working conditions is in effect through August 31, 2008. For these same employees, the agreements covering health and welfare benefits and pension benefits are in effect through December 31, 2010 and December 4, 2009, respectively.




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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES


Electric Properties - SDG&E


SDG&E owns two natural gas-fired power plants: a 550-MW electric generation facility (the Palomar generation facility) located in Escondido, California, and a 45-MW electric generation facility (the Miramar generation facility) located in San Diego, California. SDG&E's interest in SONGS is described in "Electric Resources" herein.


At December 31, 2007, SDG&E's electric transmission and distribution facilities included substations, and overhead and underground lines. These electric facilities are located in San Diego, Imperial and Orange counties of California and in Arizona, and consist of 1,886 miles of transmission lines and 22,056 miles of distribution lines. Periodically, various areas of the service territory require expansion to accommodate customer growth.


Natural Gas Properties - Sempra Utilities


At December 31, 2007, the Sempra Utilities' natural gas facilities included 3,053 miles of transmission and storage pipeline, 61,701 miles of distribution pipeline and 53,368 miles of service pipelines. They also included 13 transmission compressor stations and 4 underground natural gas storage reservoirs with a combined working capacity of 131 Bcf.


Energy Properties – Sempra Global


At December 31, 2007, Sempra Generation operates power plants in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico with total capacity of 2,630 MW. Additional information is provided in "Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and in Notes 3 and 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


At December 31, 2007, Sempra Pipelines & Storage's operations in Mexico included 1,806 miles of distribution pipeline, 165 miles of transmission pipeline and two compressor stations.


Other Properties


Sempra LNG is constructing an LNG receipt terminal on land it owns in Baja California, Mexico. Sempra LNG has a land lease where it is developing its Cameron LNG receipt terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana, and owns land in Jefferson County, Texas, to be used for a proposed Port Arthur LNG receipt terminal.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage leases land in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, where its Liberty Gas Storage natural gas storage facility is under construction. In 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and Proliance Transportation and Storage, LLC acquired three existing salt caverns representing 10 Bcf to 12 Bcf of potential natural gas storage capacity and more than 150 acres of property in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, that is currently being developed into a natural gas storage facility.


The 21-story corporate headquarters building at 101 Ash Street, San Diego, California, is occupied pursuant to an operating lease that expires in 2015. The lease has two separate five-year renewal options.


SoCalGas leases approximately half of a 52-story office building in downtown Los Angeles through 2011. The operating lease has six five-year renewal options.




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SDG&E occupies an office complex in San Diego pursuant to two separate operating leases, both ending in December 2017. One lease has four five-year renewal options and the other lease has three five-year renewal options.


Sempra Global leases office facilities at various locations in the U.S., Mexico and Europe with the leases ending from 2008 to 2035.


The company owns or leases other land, easements, rights of way, warehouses, offices, operating and maintenance centers, shops, service facilities and equipment necessary in the conduct of its business.


ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS


Except for the matters described in Notes 14, 15 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements or referred to in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," neither the company nor its subsidiaries are party to, nor is their property the subject of, any material pending legal proceedings.


On July 13, 2007, SDG&E, one of its employees, and an SDG&E contractor were convicted in a federal jury trial on criminal charges of environmental violations in connection with the 2000 - 2001 dismantlement of a natural gas storage facility. SDG&E was also convicted of a related charge of making a false statement to a government agency. SDG&E is subject to a maximum fine of $2 million. On December 7, 2007, the trial court set aside all of the convictions and granted all of the defendants a new trial on all counts. The government has filed a notice of appeal.


ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS


None.



PART II



ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES


Sempra Energy common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. At January 31, 2008, there were 48,000 record holders of the company's common stock. The quarterly common stock information required by Item 5 is included in the schedule of Quarterly Common Stock Data provided in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."


The information required by Item 5 concerning dividend declarations is included in the "Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income and Changes in Shareholders' Equity" set forth in Item 8 of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.


Dividend Restrictions


The payment and amount of future dividends are within the discretion of the company's board of directors. The CPUC's regulation of the Sempra Utilities' capital structure limits the amounts that are available for loans and dividends to the company from the Sempra Utilities. Additional information regarding these restrictions is provided in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" under "Capital Resources and Liquidity – Dividends."



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Performance Graph -- Comparative Total Shareholder Returns


The performance graph required by Item 5 is provided in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations."


Equity Compensation Plans


The equity compensation plan information required by Item 5 is incorporated by reference from "Proposals To Be Voted On - Proposal 3: Approval of 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.


Additional discussion of stock-based compensation is provided in Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds


Purchases of Equity Securities:


On April 6, 2005, the board of directors authorized the expenditure of up to $250 million for the purchase of shares of common stock, substantially all of which has been utilized for the repurchase of 5,232,630 shares through September 2007.


On September 11, 2007, the board of directors authorized the repurchase of additional shares of the company's common stock provided that the amounts expended for such purposes do not exceed the greater of $2 billion or amounts expended to purchase no more than 40 million shares. Purchases may include open market and negotiated transactions, structured purchase arrangements and tender offers. After the completion of the joint venture transaction with RBS, the company intends to begin a $1 billion purchase program of the company's common stock. Following the expected completion of this purchase program in 2008, the company intends to continue purchasing common shares in 2009, up to a total of $1.5 billion to $2 billion in purchases.


In addition to the programs discussed above, the company may, from time to time, repurchase shares of its common stock from restricted stock program participants who elect to sell enough shares to meet minimum statutory tax withholding requirements.


On December 31, 2007, the company purchased 374,820 shares, at a price of $62.12 per share, from restricted stock program participants.



 



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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA


 

 

 

 

 

At December 31, or for the years then ended

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

2003

 

Income Statement Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

$

11,438

 

 

$

11,761

 

 

$

11,512

 

 

$

9,234

 

 

$

7,697

 

 

Operating income

 

$

1,679

 

 

$

1,785

 

 

$

1,089

 

 

$

1,272

 

 

$

1,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

 

$

1,125

 

 

$

1,091

 

 

$

913

 

 

$

915

 

 

$

745

 

 

Net income

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

1,406

 

 

$

920

 

 

$

895

 

 

$

649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

30,091

 

 

$

28,949

 

 

$

29,246

 

 

$

23,847

 

 

$

22,053

 

 

Long-term debt

 

$

4,553

 

 

$

4,525

 

 

$

4,815

 

 

$

4,182

 

 

$

3,828

 

 

Short-term debt*

 

$

1,071

 

 

$

933

 

 

$

1,141

 

 

$

783

 

 

$

1,429

 

 

Trust preferred securities

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

200

**

 

$

200

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

$

8,339

 

 

$

7,511

 

 

$

6,160

 

 

$

4,865

 

 

$

3,890

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Common Share Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

4.34

 

 

$

4.25

 

 

$

3.71

 

 

$

4.01

 

 

$

3.53

 

 

Diluted

 

$

4.26

 

 

$

4.17

 

 

$

3.62

 

 

$

3.92

 

 

$

3.48

 

 

Net income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

4.24

 

 

$

5.48

 

 

$

3.74

 

 

$

3.92

 

 

$

3.07

 

 

Diluted

 

$

4.16

 

 

$

5.38

 

 

$

3.65

 

 

$

3.83

 

 

$

3.03

 

 

Dividends declared

 

$

1.24

 

 

$

1.20

 

 

$

1.16

 

 

$

1.00

 

 

$

1.00

 

 

Book value

 

$

31.93

 

 

$

28.67

 

 

$

23.95

 

 

$

20.77

 

 

$

17.17

 

*

 Includes long-term debt due within one year.

**

 The company redeemed these securities in February 2005.


This data should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. See Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information concerning discontinued operations.



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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


The information required by Item 7 is incorporated by reference from pages 1 through 43 of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK


The information required by Item 7A is incorporated by reference from pages 28 through 31 of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.


ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA


The information required by Item 8 is incorporated by reference from pages 44 through 126 of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders. Item 15(a)1 includes a listing of financial statements included in the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.


ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURES


None.


ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES


Company management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). The company has designed and maintains disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the company's reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is accumulated and communicated to the company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating these controls and procedures, management recognizes that any system of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired objectives and necessarily applies judgment in evaluating the cost-bene fit relationship of other possible controls and procedures. In addition, the company has investments in unconsolidated entities accounted for using the equity method and consolidates a variable interest entity as defined in Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation (FIN) No. 46(R) that it does not control or manage and consequently, its disclosure controls and procedures with respect to these entities are necessarily limited to oversight or monitoring controls that the company has implemented to provide reasonable assurance that the objectives of the company's disclosure controls and procedures as described above are met.


There have been no changes in the company's internal control over financial reporting during the company's most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting.


The company evaluates the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control--Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, the company evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the company's disclosure controls and



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procedures as of December 31, 2007, the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.


Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting is included in Item 8, which information, as noted above, is incorporated by reference from the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.


PART III


ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE


The information required by Item 10 is incorporated by reference from "Corporate Governance" and "Share Ownership" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders. The information required on the company's executive officers is provided below.


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT


Name

Age*

Position*

Donald E. Felsinger

60

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Neal E. Schmale

61

President and Chief Operating Officer

Javade Chaudhri

55

Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Edwin A. Guiles

58

Executive Vice President - Corporate Development

Jessie J. Knight, Jr.

57

Executive Vice President - External Affairs

Mark A. Snell

51

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Joseph A. Householder

52

Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer

Charles A. McMonagle

58

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

G. Joyce Rowland

53

Senior Vice President - Human Resources

* As of February 26, 2008.


Each Executive Officer has been an officer of the company or one of its subsidiaries for more than five years, except for Mr. Chaudhri and Mr. Knight. Prior to joining the company in 2003, Mr. Chaudhri was Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Gateway, Inc. since 2001. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Mr. Knight served as President and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce since 1999.


ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION


The information required by Item 11 is incorporated by reference from "Corporate Governance," and "Executive Compensation," including "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," and "Compensation Committee Report" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.




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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS


Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans


Information regarding securities authorized for issuance under equity compensation plans as required by Item 12 is incorporated by reference from "Proposals To Be Voted On - Proposal 3: Approval of 2008 Long Term Incentive Plan" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.


Additional discussion of stock-based compensation is provided in Note 10 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders.


Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners


The security ownership information required by Item 12 is incorporated by reference from "Share Ownership" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.


ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE


The information required by Item 13 is incorporated by reference from "Corporate Governance" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.


ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES


Information regarding principal accountant fees and services as required by Item 14 is incorporated by reference from "Proposals To Be Voted On - Proposal 2: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in the Proxy Statement prepared for the May 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.






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PART IV


ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES


(a) The following documents are filed as part of this report:


1. Financial statements

 

Page in

 

Annual Report*

 

 

Management's Responsibility for Financial Statements

44

 

 

Management's Report On Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

44

 

 

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

45

 

 

Statements of Consolidated Income for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

48

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007 and 2006

49

 

 

Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

51

 

 

Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income and Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

53

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

54

 

 

*

Incorporated by reference from the indicated pages of the 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders, filed as Exhibit 13.01.



2. Financial statement schedules


Schedule I--Condensed Financial Information of Parent may be found on page 37.


Any other schedule for which provision is made in Regulation S-X is not required under the instructions contained therein, is inapplicable or the information is included in the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto.


3. Exhibits


See Exhibit Index on page 42 of this report.






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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Sempra Energy:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration Statements No. 333-51309, 333-52192, 333-70640 and 333-103588 on Form S-3 and 333-56161, 333-50806, 333-49732, 333-121073 and 333-128441 on Form S-8 of our reports dated February 25, 2008, relating to the consolidated financial statements of Sempra Energy and subsidiaries ("the Company") (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the Company's adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, effective January 1, 2007, FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, effective January 1, 2007, and FASB Statement No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), effective December 31, 2006) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control ove r financial reporting, incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Sempra Energy for the year ended December 31, 2007.


Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned report also included the financial statement schedule of the Company, listed in Item 15. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.


/S/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


San Diego, California
February 25, 2008



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Schedule I -- Condensed Financial Information of Parent


SEMPRA ENERGY

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF INCOME


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 2007

 

 2006

 

 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

$

166

 

 

$

188

 

 

$

186

 

Interest expense

 

 

(178

)

 

 

(202

)

 

 

(197

)

Litigation expense

 

 

--

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(316

)

Operating expenses and other

 

 

(47

)

 

 

(97

)

 

 

(41

)

Income tax benefits

 

 

38

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

195

 

 

Loss before equity in earnings of subsidiaries

 

(21

)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(173

)

Equity in earnings of subsidiaries

 

1,120

 

 

 

1,458

 

 

 

1,093

 

 

Net income

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

1,406

 

 

$

920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

4.24

 

 

$

5.48

 

 

$

3.74

 

 

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (thousands)

 

259,269

 

 

 

256,477

 

 

 

245,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

4.16

 

 

$

5.38

 

 

$

3.65

 

 

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (thousands)

264,004

 

 

 

261,368

 

 

 

252,088

 

See Notes to Condensed Financial Information of Parent.




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SEMPRA ENERGY


CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS



 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

6

 

 

$

427

 

Due from affiliates

 

 

103

 

 

 

17

 

Other current assets

 

 

31

 

 

 

65

 

 

Total current assets

 

140

 

 

 

509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments in subsidiaries

 

8,766

 

 

 

7,824

 

Due from affiliates

 

2,298

 

 

 

2,845

 

Other assets

 

784

 

 

 

699

 

 

 Total assets

$

11,988

 

 

$

11,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

$

--

 

 

$

600

 

Income taxes payable

 

663

 

 

 

453

 

Due to affiliates

 

835

 

 

 

891

 

Other current liabilities

 

344

 

 

 

313

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,842

 

 

 

2,257

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

1,290

 

 

 

1,590

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

517

 

 

 

519

 

Shareholders' equity

 

8,339

 

 

 

7,511

 

 

 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

11,988

 

 

$

11,877

 

See Notes to Condensed Financial Information of Parent.






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SEMPRA ENERGY


CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

240

 

 

$

322

 

 

$

330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends received from subsidiaries

 

 

150

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

1,025

 

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(16

)

Increase in investments and other assets

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(207

)

 

 

(6

)

Purchase of trust assets

 

 

(59

)

 

 

(65

)

 

 

(70

)

Proceeds from sales by trust

 

 

21

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

28

 

Decrease (increase) in loans to affiliates, net

 

 

532

 

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(189

)

 

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

 

627

 

 

 

(145

)

 

 

772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock dividends paid

 

(316

)

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(268

)

Issuances of common stock

 

40

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

694

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

(185

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(95

)

Issuances of long-term debt

 

82

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

Payments on long-term debt

 

 

(990

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(511

)

Increase (decrease) in loans from affiliates, net

 

 

59

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

(762

)

Other

 

 

22

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

--

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

(1,288

)

 

 

67

 

 

 

(942

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(421

)

 

 

244

 

 

 

160

 

Cash and cash equivalents, January 1

 

 

427

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

23

 

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31

 

$

6

 

 

$

427

 

 

$

183

 

See Notes to Condensed Financial Information of Parent.






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SEMPRA ENERGY


NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF PARENT



Note 1. Basis of Presentation


Equity in Earnings of Subsidiaries on the Condensed Statements of Income includes income (loss) of $(26) million, $315 million and $7 million related to discontinued operations for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


Note 2. Long-Term Debt


 

 

 

 December 31,

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.0% notes February 1, 2013

 

$

400

 

$

400

 

 

Notes at variable rates after fixed-to-floating swap

 

 

300

 

 

300

 

 

(7.42% at December 31, 2007) March 1, 2010

 

4.75% notes May 15, 2009

 

 

300

 

 

300

 

 

7.95% notes March 1, 2010

 

 

200

 

 

200

 

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds at 5.781% (fixed rate to July 1, 2010) November 1, 2014

 

 

50

 

 

82

 

 

Bonds at variable rates (4.99% at December 31, 2007)

 

 

33

 

 

10

 

 

November 1, 2014

 

4.621% notes May 17, 2007

 

 

--

 

 

600

 

 

Notes at variable rates May 21, 2008

 

 

--

 

 

300

 

 

Market value adjustments for interest rate swap, net

 

 

8

 

 

(1

)

 

(expires March 1, 2010)

 

 

 

1,291

 

 

2,191

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

--

 

 

(600

)

 

Unamortized discount on long-term debt

 

 

(1

)

 

(1

)

 

 

$

1,290

 

$

1,590

 


Maturities of long-term debt, excluding market value adjustments for the interest rate swap, are $300 million in 2009, $500 million in 2010 and $483 million after 2012.


Additional information on Sempra Energy's long-term debt is provided in Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Note 3. Contingencies and Commitments


For material contingencies and guarantees related to Sempra Energy, refer to Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.



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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

SEMPRA ENERGY,
(Registrant)

 

 

 

By: /s/ Donald E. Felsinger

 

Donald E. Felsinger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report is signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

Name/Title

Signature

Date

Principal Executive Officer:
Donald E. Felsinger
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer



/s/ Donald E. Felsinger



February 26, 2008

 

 

 

Principal Financial Officer:
Mark A. Snell
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer




/s/ Mark A. Snell




February 26, 2008

 

 

 

Principal Accounting Officer:
Joseph A. Householder
Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer




/s/ Joseph A. Householder




February 26, 2008

 

 

 

Directors:

 

 

Donald E. Felsinger, Chairman

/s/ Donald E. Felsinger

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

James G. Brocksmith, Jr., Director

/s/ James G. Brocksmith, Jr.

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard A. Collato, Director

/s/ Richard A. Collato

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wilford D. Godbold, Jr., Director

/s/ Wilford D. Godbold, Jr.

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

William D. Jones, Director

/s/ William D. Jones

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard G. Newman, Director

/s/ Richard G. Newman

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

William G. Ouchi, Director

/s/ William G. Ouchi

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

William C. Rusnack, Director

/s/ William C. Rusnack

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

William P. Rutledge, Director

/s/ William P. Rutledge

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carlos Ruiz Sacristán, Director

/s/ Carlos Ruiz Sacristán

February 26, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neal E. Schmale, Director

/s/ Neal E. Schmale

February 26, 2008

 

 

 



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EXHIBIT INDEX


The Registration Statements and Forms S-8, 8-K, 10-K and 10-Q referred to herein were filed under Commission File Number 1-14201 (Sempra Energy), Commission File Number 1-40 (Pacific Enterprises/Pacific Lighting Corporation), Commission File Number 1-3779 (San Diego Gas & Electric Company), Commission File Number 1-1402 (Southern California Gas Company) and/or Commission File Number 1-11439 (Enova Corporation).


3.a The following exhibits relate to Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries


Exhibit 3 -- Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation


Bylaws


3.01   Amended Bylaws of Sempra Energy effective December 4, 2007 (Form 8-K filed on December 5, 2007, Exhibit 3(ii)).


3.02   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Sempra Energy effective May 26, 1998 (incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form S-8 Sempra Energy Registration Statement No. 333-56161 dated June 5, 1998, Exhibit 3.2).


Articles of Incorporation


3.03   Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Sempra Energy effective May 8, 2006 (June 30, 2006 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 3.01)


Exhibit 4 -- Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders, Including Indentures


The company agrees to furnish a copy of each such instrument to the Commission upon request.


4.01   Description of rights of Sempra Energy Common Stock (incorporated by reference from Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Sempra Energy effective May 8, 2006, Exhibit 3.03 above).


San Diego Gas & Electric Company


4.02   Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated July 1, 1940 (incorporated by reference from SDG&E Registration Statement No. 2-49810, Exhibit 2A).


4.03   Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of August 1, 1968 (incorporated by reference from SDG&E Registration Statement No. 2-68420, Exhibit 2D).


4.04   Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture dated August 28, 1975 (incorporated by reference from SDG&E Registration Statement No. 2-68420, Exhibit 2E).


4.05   Thirtieth Supplemental Indenture dated September 28, 1983 (incorporated by reference from SDG&E Registration Statement No. 33-34017, Exhibit 4.3).



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Southern California Gas Company


4.06   First Mortgage Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to American Trust Company dated as of October 1, 1940 (Registration Statement No. 2-4504 filed by Southern California Gas Company on September 16, 1940, Exhibit B-4).


4.07   Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to American Trust Company dated as of August 1, 1955 (Registration Statement No. 2-11997 filed by Pacific Lighting Corporation on October 26, 1955, Exhibit 4.07).


4.08   Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to American Trust Company dated as of June 1, 1956 (Registration Statement No. 2-12456 filed by Southern California Gas Company on April 23, 1956, Exhibit 2.08).


4.09

Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to American Trust Company dated as of December 1, 1956 (2006 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.09).


4.10

Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to Wells Fargo Bank dated as of June 1, 1965 (2006 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.10).


4.11   Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association dated as of August 1, 1972 (Registration Statement No. 2-59832 filed by Southern California Gas Company on September 6, 1977, Exhibit 2.19).


4.12   Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association dated as of May 1, 1976 (Registration Statement No. 2-56034 filed by Southern California Gas Company on April 14, 1976, Exhibit 2.20).


4.13   Supplemental Indenture of Southern California Gas Company to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company of California, successor to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and Crocker National Bank as Successor Trustee dated as of May 18, 1984 (Southern Gas Company 1984 Form 10-K, Exhibit 4.29).


Exhibit 10 -- Material Contracts


10.01 Form of Limited Liability Partnership Agreement of RBS Sempra Commodities LLP among The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, Sempra Global, Sempra Energy Trading International, B.V., RBS Sempra Commodities LLP and Sempra Energy (Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2007, Exhibit 10.1).


10.02 Master Formation and Equity Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, by and among Sempra Energy, Sempra Global, Sempra Energy Trading International, B.V. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2007, Exhibit 10.2).


10.03 Form of Indemnity Agreement among Sempra Energy and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc. (Form 8-K filed on July 9, 2007, Exhibit 10.3).


10.04 Form of Continental Forge and California Class Action Price Reporting Settlement Agreement dated as of January 4, 2006 (Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2006, Exhibit 99.1).




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10.05 Form of Nevada Antitrust Settlement Agreement dated as of January 4, 2006 (Form 8-K filed on January 5, 2006, Exhibit 99.2).


10.06 Energy Purchase Agreement between Sempra Energy Resources and the California Department of Water Resources, executed May 4, 2001 (2001 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.01).


San Diego Gas & Electric Company


10.07 Operating Agreement between San Diego Gas & Electric and the California Department of Water Resources dated April 17, 2003 (2003 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.06).


10.08 Servicing Agreement between San Diego Gas & Electric and the California Department of Water Resources dated December 19, 2002 (2003 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.07).


Compensation


10.09 Form of Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, 2008 Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Award.


10.10 Form of Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, 2008 Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement.


10.11

Sempra Energy Excess Cash Balance Plan dated December 5, 2005 (2006 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.08).


10.12

Form of Sempra Energy 1998 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2006 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.09).


10.13 Form of Sempra Energy Severance Pay Agreement (2004 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.10).


10.14 Sempra Energy 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan (Form 8-K filed on December 7, 2004, Exhibit 10.1).


10.15 Sempra Energy Employee Stock Incentive Plan (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.1).


10.16 Sempra Energy Amended and Restated Executive Life Insurance Plan (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.2).


10.17 Sempra Energy Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.7).


10.18 Neal Schmale Restricted Stock Award Agreement (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.8).


10.19 Severance Pay Agreement between Sempra Energy and Donald E. Felsinger (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.9).


10.20 Severance Pay Agreement between Sempra Energy and Neal Schmale (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.10).


10.21 Sempra Energy Executive Personal Financial Planning Program Policy Document (September 30, 2004 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.11).



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10.22 2003 Sempra Energy Executive Incentive Plan (2003 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.10).


10.23 Amended and Restated Sempra Energy 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan (June 30, 2003 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.2).


10.24 Sempra Energy Executive Incentive Plan effective January 1, 2003 (2002 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.09).


10.25 Amended Sempra Energy Retirement Plan for Directors (2002 Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.10).


10.26 Amended and Restated Sempra Energy Deferred Compensation and Excess Savings Plan (September 30, 2002 Form 10-Q, Exhibit 10.3).


10.27 Sempra Energy 1998 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Plan (incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form S-8 Sempra Energy Registration Statement No. 333-56161 dated June 5, 1998, Exhibit 4.2).


Nuclear


San Diego Gas & Electric Company


10.28 Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, approved November 25, 1987 (1992 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.7).


10.29 Amendment No. 1 to the Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement dated September 22, 1994 (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1994 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.56).


10.30 Second Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1994 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.57).


10.31 Third Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1996 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.59).


10.32 Fourth Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1996 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.60).


10.33 Fifth Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1999 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.26).


10.34 Sixth Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.28 above)(1999 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.27).




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10.35 Seventh Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station dated December 24, 2003 (see Exhibit 10.28 above) (2003 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.42).


10.36 Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, approved November 25, 1987 (1992 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.8).


10.37 First Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.36 above)(1996 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.62).


10.38 Second Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.36 above)(1996 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.63).


10.39 Third Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.36 above)(1999 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.31).


10.40 Fourth Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (see Exhibit 10.36 above)(1999 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.32).


10.41 Fifth Amendment to the San Diego Gas & Electric Company Nuclear Facilities Non-Qualified CPUC Decommissioning Master Trust Agreement for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station dated December 24, 2003 (see Exhibit 10.36 above)(2003 Sempra Energy Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.48).


10.42 Second Amended San Onofre Operating Agreement among Southern California Edison Company, SDG&E, the City of Anaheim and the City of Riverside, dated February 26, 1987 (1990 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10.6).


10.43 U. S. Department of Energy contract for disposal of spent nuclear fuel and/or high-level radioactive waste, entered into between the DOE and Southern California Edison Company, as agent for SDG&E and others; Contract DE-CR01-83NE44418, dated June 10, 1983 (1988 SDG&E Form 10-K, Exhibit 10N).



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Exhibit 12 -- Statement re: Computation of Ratios


12.01 Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Stock Dividends for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 and 2003.


Exhibit 13 -- Annual Report to Security Holders


13.01 Sempra Energy 2007 Annual Report to Shareholders. (Such report, except for the portions thereof which are expressly incorporated by reference in this Annual Report, is furnished for the information of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not to be deemed "filed" as part of this Annual Report).


Exhibit 21 -- Subsidiaries


21.01 Schedule of Significant Subsidiaries at December 31, 2007.


Exhibit 23 -- Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm and Report on Schedule, page 36.


Exhibit 31 -- Section 302 Certifications


31.1   Statement of Registrant's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


31.2   Statement of Registrant's Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.


Exhibit 32 -- Section 906 Certifications


32.1   Statement of Registrant's Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350.


32.2   Statement of Registrant's Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec. 1350.





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GLOSSARY


AEP

American Electric Power


AFUDC

Allowance for Funds Used During Construction


ALJ

Administrative Law Judge


APBO

Accounting Principles Board Opinion


ARB

Accounting Research Bulletin


BCAP

Biennial Cost Allocation Proceeding


Bcf

Billion Cubic Feet (of natural gas)


Black-Scholes Model

Black-Scholes Option-Pricing Model


Cal Fire

California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection


CARB

California Air Resources Board


CEC

California Energy Commission


CEQA

California Environmental Quality Act


CFE

Comisión Federal de Electricidad


Coleto Creek

Coleto Creek Power Station


Conoco

ConocoPhillips


CPUC

California Public Utilities Commission


CRRs

Congestion Revenue Rights


DOE

Department of Energy


DRA

Division of Ratepayer Advocates


DSM

Demand-Side Management


DWR

Department of Water Resources  


Edison

Southern California Edison Company


EIR

Environmental Impact Report


EIS

Environmental Impact Study


EITF

Emerging Issues Task Force



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Elk Hills

Elk Hills Power


ENI

ENI USA Gas Marketing LLC


EPS

Earnings per Share


ESOP

Employee Stock Ownership Plan


FASB

Financial Accounting Standards Board


FERC

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


FIN

FASB Interpretation


FSA

Financial Services Authority


FSP

FASB Staff Position


GAAP

Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States of America


GCIM

Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism


GHG

Greenhouse Gas


GRC

General Rate Case


ICSID

International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes


IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards


IOUs

Investor-Owned Utilities


IRS

Internal Revenue Service


ISFSI

Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation


ISO

Independent System Operator


KMP

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.


Liberty

Liberty Gas Storage


LIFO

Last-in first-out inventory costing method


LNG

Liquefied Natural Gas


LTPP

Long-Term Procurement Plan


Luz del Sur

Luz del Sur S.A.A.




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MLC

Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc.


MMBtu

Million British Thermal Units

(of natural gas)


MSCI

Morgan Stanley Capital International


MW

Megawatt


Ninth Circuit Court

of Appeals

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit


NRC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission


OIR

Order Instituting Rulemaking


OMEC

Otay Mesa Energy Center


OMEC LLC

Otay Mesa Energy Center, LLC


OTC

Over-the-counter


Overthrust

Overthrust Pipeline Company


PBR

Performance-Based Regulation


PE

Pacific Enterprises


PGE

Portland General Electric Company


PRP

Potentially Responsible Party


PX

Power Exchange


QFs

Qualifying Facilities


RBS

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc


RBS Sempra

Commodities

RBS Sempra Commodities LLP


REX

Rockies Express Pipeline


Rockies Express

Rockies Express Pipeline LLC


ROE

Return on Equity


RPS

Renewable Portfolio Standards


SDG&E

San Diego Gas & Electric Company




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Sempra Utilities

Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric Company


SEPCO

Sempra Energy Production Company


SFAS

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards


SoCalGas

Southern California Gas Company


SONGS

San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station


Tangguh PSC

Tangguh PSC Contractors


Topaz

Topaz Power Partners


Trust

ESOP Trust


TURN

The Utility Reform Network


Twin Oaks

Twin Oaks Power Plant


VaR

Value at Risk


VIE

Variable Interest Entity




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Sempra Energy -- Form of 2008 Restricted Stock Award Unit Agreement Ex. 10.09

Exhibit 10.09

SEMPRA ENERGY

1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

2008 PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD

You have been granted a performance-based restricted stock unit award representing the right to receive the number of shares of Sempra Energy Common Stock set forth below, subject to the vesting conditions set forth below.  The restricted stock units, and dividend equivalents with respect to the restricted stock units, under your award may not be sold or assigned and will be subject to forfeiture unless and until they vest based upon the satisfaction of total shareholder return performance criteria for a performance period beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending in January 2012.   Shares of Common Stock will be distributed to you after the completion of the performance period ending in January 2012, if the restricted stock units vest under the terms and conditions of your award.


The terms and conditions of your award are set forth in the attached Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and in the Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, which is enclosed.  The summary below highlights selected terms and conditions but it is not complete and you should carefully read the attachments to fully understand the terms and conditions of your award.

 

SUMMARY

 

 

 

Date of Award:

January 2, 2008

Name of Recipient:

 

Recipient’s Employee Number:

 

Number of Restricted Stock Units (prior to any dividend equivalents):

 

At Target:

 

At Maximum (150% of Target)

 

Award Date Fair Market Value per Share of Common Stock:

$61.41

Restricted Stock Units:

Your restricted stock units represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of your award.  Your restricted stock units are not shares of Common Stock.  The target number of restricted stock units will vest (as described below), if the target total shareholder return (a return at the 50th percentile) is achieved.  If above target total shareholder return is achieved, you may vest in up to the maximum number of restricted stock units.

Vesting/Forfeiture of Restricted Stock Units:

Your restricted stock units will vest only upon and only to the extent that the Compensation Committee determines and certifies that Sempra Energy has met specified total shareholder return performance criteria for the performance period beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending at the close of trading on the first New York Stock Exchange trading day of 2012.  Any restricted stock units that do not vest upon the Compensation Committee's determination and certification  will be forfeited.

Transfer Restrictions:

Your restricted stock units may not be sold or otherwise transferred and will remain subject to forfeiture conditions until they vest.

Termination of Employment:

Your restricted stock units also may be forfeited if your employment terminates.   






SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





Dividend Equivalents:

You also have been awarded dividend equivalents with respect to your restricted stock units.  Your dividend equivalents represent the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of your award.  Your dividend equivalents will be determined based on the dividends that you would have received, had you held shares of Common Stock equal to the vested number of your restricted stock units from the date of your award to the date of the distribution of shares of Common Stock following the vesting of your restricted stock units, and assuming that the dividends were reinvested in Common Stock (and any dividends on such shares were reinvested in Common Stock).  The dividends will be deemed reinvested in Common Stock in the same manner as dividends reinvested pursuant to the terms of the Sempra Dividend Reinvestment Plan. &nb sp;Your dividend equivalents will be subject to the same transfer restrictions and forfeiture and vesting conditions as the shares represented by your restricted stock units.

Distribution of Shares:

Shares of Common Stock will be distributed to you to the extent your restricted stock units vest.  The shares will be distributed to you after the completion of the performance period ending in January 2012 and the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification of Sempra Energy’s total shareholder return for the performance period.  The shares of Common Stock will include the additional shares to be distributed pursuant to your dividend equivalents.

Taxes:

Upon distribution of shares of Common Stock to you, you will be subject to income taxes on the value of the distributed shares at the time of distribution and must pay applicable withholding taxes.  

To accept your award you must sign the accompanying copy of this page and promptly return it to Sempra Energy.  By doing so, you agree to all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Cover Page/Summary, the attached Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement and the Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.


Recipient:

 

X

 

 

(Signature)

Sempra Energy:

 

/S/ Donald E. Felsinger

 

 

(Signature)

Title:

 

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer




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SEMPRA ENERGY

1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN


Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement


Award:

You have been granted a performance-based restricted stock unit award under Sempra Energy’s 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.  The award consists of the number of restricted stock units set forth on the Cover Page/Summary to this Agreement, and dividend equivalents with respect to the restricted stock units (described below).  


Your restricted stock units represent the right to receive shares of Common Stock in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of your award.  Your restricted stock units are not shares of Common Stock.


Each restricted stock unit represents the right to receive one share of Common Stock upon the vesting of the unit.


Unless and until they vest, your restricted stock units and any dividend equivalents (as described below) will be subject to transfer restrictions and forfeiture and vesting conditions.  

Your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will vest only upon and only to the extent that the Compensation Committee of Sempra Energy's Board of Directors determines and certifies that Sempra Energy has met specified total shareholder return criteria for the performance period beginning January 1, 2008 and ending in January 2012.  Any restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) that do not vest upon the Compensation Committee's determination and certification will be forfeited.

Your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) also may be forfeited if your employment terminates before they vest.

See “Vesting/Forfeiture,” “Transfer Restrictions,” and “Termination of Employment” below.




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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





Vesting/Forfeiture:

Your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents, as described below) will vest only upon and only to the extent that the Compensation Committee of Sempra Energy's Board of Directors determines and certifies that Sempra Energy has met the following total shareholder return performance criteria for the performance period beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending on the close of trading on the first New York Stock Exchange trading day of 2012:


§

Your target number of restricted stock units will vest based on the percentile ranking of Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return (consisting of per share appreciation in Common Stock plus dividends and other distributions paid on Common Stock), as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee, for the performance period among the companies (ranked by cumulative total shareholder returns) in the Standard & Poors  500 Utility Index.


§

The percentage of your target number of restricted stock units that vest will be determined as follows, based on the percentile ranking of Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return among the companies (ranked by cumulative total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Utility Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee.


Total Shareholder

Percentage of Target
Return Percentile

Number of Restricted
       Ranking

Stock Units that Vest


75th

150%

70th

140%

65th

130%

60th

120%

55th

110%

50th

100%

45th

70%

40th  

40%

35th

0


If the percentile ranking does not equal a ranking shown in the above table, the percentage of your target number of restricted stock units that vest will be determined by a linear interpolation between the next lowest  percentile shown in the table and the next highest percentile shown on the table.


o

If the percentile ranking is at or above the 75th percentile, 150% of your target number of restricted stock units will vest.

o

If the percentile ranking is at or below the 35th percentile, none of your restricted stock units will vest.

·

The Compensation Committee also will determine and certify the percentile ranking of Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return (consisting of per share appreciation in Common Stock plus dividends and other distributions paid on Common Stock) for the performance period beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending on the close of trading on the first New York Stock Exchange trading day of 2012 among the companies (ranking by cumulative total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Composite Index.  If the Compensation Committee determines and certifies that Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return is at or above the 50th percentile among the companies in the S&P 500 Composite Index, the percentage of your target number of restricted stock units that vest will be not less than 100%.

·

As soon as reasonably practicable following the end of the performance period, the Compensation Committee will determine and certify the extent to which Sempra Energy has met the performance criteria and the extent, if any, as to which your restricted stock units have then vested.  You will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your vested restricted stock units after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification.  Also, you will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to your dividend equivalents after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification.  Certificates for the shares will be issued to you or  transferred to an account that you designate.  When the shares of Common Stock are issued to you, your restricted stock units (vested and unvested) and your dividend equival ents will terminate.   

·

Examples illustrating the application of the vesting provisions are shown in Exhibit A to this Award Agreement.



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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





Transfer Restrictions:

You may not sell or otherwise transfer or assign your restricted stock units (or your dividend equivalents).

Dividend Equivalents:

You also have been awarded dividend equivalents with respect to your restricted stock units.  Your dividend equivalents represent the right to receive additional shares of Common Stock in the future, subject to the terms and conditions of your award.  Your dividend equivalents will be determined based on the dividends that you would have received, had you held shares of Common Stock equal to the vested number of your restricted stock units from the date of your award to the date of the distribution of shares of Common Stock following the vesting of your restricted stock units, and assuming that the dividends were reinvested in Common Stock (and any dividends on such shares were reinvested in Common Stock).  The dividends will be deemed reinvested in Common Stock in the same manner as dividends reinvested pursuant to the terms of the Sempra Dividend Reinv estment Plan.  

Your dividend equivalents will be subject to the same transfer restrictions and forfeiture and vesting conditions.  Your dividend equivalents will vest when your restricted stock units vest.

Also, your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will be adjusted to reflect stock dividends on shares of Common Stock or as the result of a stock-split, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar transaction in accordance with the terms and conditions of the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.   Any additional restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) awarded to you as a result of such an adjustment also will be subject to the same transfer restrictions, forfeiture and vesting conditions and other terms and conditions that are applicable to your restricted stock units.

No Shareholder Rights:

Your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) are not shares of Common Stock.  You will have no rights as a shareholder unless and until shares of Common Stock are issued to you following the vesting of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) as provided in this Agreement and the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.  



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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





Distribution of Shares:

As described in “Vesting/Forfeiture” above, the Compensation Committee will determine and certify the extent to which Sempra Energy has met the performance criteria and the extent, if any, as to which your restricted stock units have then vested.

You will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your restricted stock units that have vested.  However, in no event will you receive under this award, and other awards granted to you under the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan in the same fiscal year of Sempra Energy, more than the maximum number of shares of Common Stock permitted under the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.  Also, you will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to your dividend equivalents after the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification.

You will receive the shares as soon as practicable following the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification (and in no event later than March 15, 2012).  Once you receive the shares of Common Stock, your vested and unvested restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will terminate.

Termination of Employment:

§

Termination:

If your employment with Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries terminates for any reason prior to the vesting of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) (other than under the circumstances set forth in the next paragraph), all of your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will be forfeited.  The vesting of your restricted stock units does not occur until the date of the Compensation Committee’s determination and certification described above.

If your employment terminates after December 31, 2008 and at the date of termination you had both (a) attained age 55 and (b) completed five years of continuous service with Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries, your restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will not be forfeited but will continue to be subject to the transfer restrictions and vesting conditions and other terms and conditions of this Agreement.

§

Leaves of Absence:

Your employment does not terminate when you go on military leave, a sick leave or another bona fide leave of absence, if the leave was approved by your employer in writing.  But your employment will be treated as terminating 90 days after you went on leave, unless your right to return to active work is guaranteed by law or by a contract.  And your employment terminates in any event when the approved leave ends, unless you immediately return to active work.  Your employer determines which leaves count for this purpose.

Taxes:

The following is a general summary of the federal income tax consequences of your Restricted Stock Unit Award.  The summary may not cover your particular circumstances because it does not consider foreign, state, local or other tax laws and does not describe future changes in tax rules.  You are urged to consult your tax advisor regarding the specific tax consequences applicable to you rather than relying on this general summary.



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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





§

Generally:

You will not be subject to federal income taxes on your award until you receive shares of Common Stock following the vesting of your restricted stock units.  

When you receive your shares, you will realize taxable income based on the fair market value of the shares at the time you receive the shares.

When you sell your shares you may also realize taxable gain (or loss) based upon the difference between the sales price and the amount that you have previously recognized as income.  

§

Withholding Taxes:

When you become subject to income taxes upon your receipt of the shares of Common Stock, Sempra Energy or its subsidiary is required to withhold taxes.  Unless you instruct otherwise and pay or make arrangements satisfactory to Sempra Energy to pay these taxes, upon the distribution of your shares, Sempra Energy will withhold a sufficient number of the shares (valued at the distribution date fair market value) to cover the minimum required withholding taxes and transfer to you only the remaining balance of your shares.

Retention Rights:

Neither your restricted stock unit award nor this Agreement gives you any right to be retained by Sempra Energy or any of its subsidiaries in any capacity and your employer reserves the right to terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause.  The value of your award will not be included as compensation or earnings for purposes of any other benefit plan offered by Sempra Energy or any of its subsidiaries.

Change in Control:

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, in the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the plan) of Sempra Energy during the performance period beginning on January 1, 2008 and ending on the first New York Stock Exchange trading day of 2012, unless your restricted stock units have been forfeited prior to the Change in Control, 150% of your target number of restricted stock units will vest in the event of a Change in Control.

You will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of your restricted stock units that have vested.  Also, you will receive the number of shares of Common Stock equal to your dividend equivalents.  You will receive the shares of Common Stock immediately prior to the Change in Control.

Upon the Change in Control, your vested and unvested restricted stock units (and dividend equivalents) will terminate.

Further Actions:

You agree to take all actions and execute all documents appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Agreement.

You also appoint as your attorney-in-fact each individual who at the time of so acting is the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of Sempra Energy with full authority to effect any transfer of any shares of Common Stock distributable to you, including any transfer to pay withholding taxes, that is authorized by this Agreement.

Applicable Law:

This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of California.



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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement





Other Agreements:

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any written employment, severance or other employment-related agreement between you and Sempra Energy, the terms of this Agreement, or the terms of such other agreement, whichever are more favorable to you, shall prevail.


By signing the Cover Sheet/Summary of this Agreement, you agree

to all of the terms and conditions described above and in the 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan



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Exhibit A


Examples Illustrating the Determination
of the Vested Percentage of the

Target Number of Restricted Stock Units



The following examples illustrate how the percentage of the target number of restricted stock units is to be determined.  The examples assume that Sempra Energy achieves certain total cumulative shareholder returns for the performance period.  The vested percentage of your target number of restricted stock units will be determined based on Sempra Energy’s actual cumulative total shareholder return for the performance period.  No assurance is given that Sempra Energy will achieve the cumulative total shareholder returns shown in the examples.

Example 1

Sempra Energy’s total cumulative shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Utility Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee, is at the 80th percentile.

Because Sempra Energy’s cumulative total cumulative shareholder return is above the 75th percentile, 150% of the target number of restricted stock units vest.  This is the maximum number of restricted stock units under the award.

Example 2

Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Utility Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee, is at the 67th percentile.

The percentage of the target number of restricted stock units that vest is determined by a linear interpolation between the percentage based on the achievement of the 65th percentile (130%) and the percentage based on the achievement of the 70th percentile (140%).

The percentage is determined as follows:  

(a)

130% (the percentage based on the achievement of the 65th percentile), plus

(b)

10% (the percentage based on the achievement of the 75th percentile, less the percentage based on the achievement of the 65th percentile), multiplied by an interpolation factor.   

The interpolation factor equals (67th percentile, less 65th percentile), divided by (70th percentile, less 65th percentile), or two fifths (2/5).  

The percentage based on the achievement of the 67th percentile equals:  (a) 130%, plus (b) 10%, multiplied by 2/5, or 134%.   Based on Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return, 134% of the target number of restricted stock units vest.




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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement



Example 3

Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Utility Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee, is at the 45th percentile.

Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Composite Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation, is at or above the 50th percentile.

Because Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return is at the 45th percentile when ranked among the companies in the S&P 500 Utility Index, 70% of the target number of restricted stock units would vest (before taking into account Sempra Energy’s performance among the companies in the S&P 500 Composite Index).  

However, because Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return is at or above the 50th percentile when ranked among the companies in the S&P 500 Composite Index, 100% of the target number of restricted stock units vest.

Example 4

Sempra Energy’s cumulative total shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Utility Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation  Committee, is at the 30th percentile.

Also, Sempra Energy’s total shareholder return for the performance period among the companies (ranked by cumulative total shareholder returns) in the S&P 500 Composite Index, as determined and certified by the Compensation Committee, is below the 50th percentile.

Because Sempra Energy’s total shareholder return for the performance period among companies in the S&P 500 Utility Index is below the 35th percentile, none of the target number of restricted stock units vest.



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SEMPRA ENERGY Form of 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement Ex. 10.10

 

Exhibit 10.10

SEMPRA ENERGY

1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

2008 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

You have been granted an option to purchase the number of shares of Sempra Energy Common Stock set forth below.  


The terms and conditions of your option are set forth in the attached Year 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement and in the Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan, which is enclosed.  The summary below highlights selected terms and conditions but it is not complete and you should carefully read the attachments to fully understand the terms and conditions of your grant.

 

SUMMARY

 

 

 

Date of Option Grant:

January 2, 2008

Name of Optionee:

 

Optionee’s Employee Number:

 

Number of Shares of Sempra Energy Common Stock Covered by Option:

 

Exercise Price per Share:

$61.41

Vesting:
Your option vests (becomes exercisable) in four equal annual cumulative installments of 25% each over a four-year period.  Once an installment becomes exercisable, it will remain exercisable until it is exercised or your option expires or terminates.

Option Term:
Ten years subject to earlier expiration if your employment terminates.

Termination of Employment:
Your option may expire or cease to vest if your employment is terminated.

No Dividend Equivalents:
No dividend equivalents will be paid by the Company with respect to your option or the shares covered by your option.

Exercise of Option/Taxes:
Upon exercise of your option you must pay (or make acceptable arrangements to pay) the exercise price for each share for which you exercise your option and any withholding taxes that may be due as a result of exercise.  

To accept your grant you must sign this page and promptly return it to Sempra Energy. By doing so, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached Year 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement and in the Sempra Energy 1998 Long Term Incentive Plan.


Recipient:

 

X

 

 

(Signature)

Sempra Energy:

 

/S/ Donald E. Felsinger

 

 

(Signature)

Title:

 

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer




 



SEMPRA ENERGY
1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

2008 NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

Company

“Company” as used in this agreement refers to your employer, which may be Sempra Energy or a subsidiary of Sempra Energy.

Vesting

Your option vests (becomes exercisable) in equal annual cumulative installments over a four-year period.  Each installment is 25% of the original number of shares covered by your option and an installment vests on each of the first four anniversaries of the Date of Option Grant shown on the cover sheet.  Once an installment of your option becomes exercisable, it will remain exercisable until it is exercised or your option expires.

No Dividend Equivalents

No dividend equivalents will be paid by the Company with respect to your option or the shares covered by your option.

Term

Your option will expire at the close of business at Sempra Energy head­quarters on the day before the 10th anniversary of the Date of Option Grant shown on the cover sheet, and is subject to earlier expiration (as described below) if your employment with the Company terminates.

Termination of Employment

If your employment with the Company terminates for any reason (other than under the circumstances set forth below), your option will expire at the close of business at Sempra Energy headquarters on the 90th day after the date your employment terminated or upon the earlier expiration of the ten-year term of your option.  Your option will not continue to vest after your employment terminates and will be exercisable only as to the number of shares for which it was exercisable on the date of your employment terminated.

If your employment terminates for any reason (including as a result of your death or total and permanent disability) after you have attained age 55 and at the time your employment terminated you had completed five years of continuous service, your option will expire at the close of business at Sempra Energy headquarters on the date three years (five years if you have attained age 62) after the date your employment terminated or upon the earlier expiration of the ten-year term of your option.  Your option will continue to vest during that period.

If your employment terminates as a result of your death or total and permanent disability and at the date your employment terminated you had not attained age 55 and completed five years of continuous service, your option will expire at the close of business at Sempra Energy headquarters on the date 12 months after the date your employment terminated or upon the earlier expiration of the ten-year term of your option.  Your option will not continue to vest following your death and will be exercisable only as to the number of shares for which it was exercisable at the date your employment terminated.




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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement







 

“Total and permanent disability” means that you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted, or can be expected to last, for a continuous period of not less than one year.

Leaves of Absence

For purposes of this plan, your employment does not terminate when you go on:

·

Military leave,

·

Sick leave that is approved in writing by the Company, or

·

Other bona fide leave of absence that is approved in writing by the Company.

Your employment will be deemed to have terminated at the end of your approved leave unless (a) you immediately return to active work when your approved leave ends; or (b) your right to return to active work is otherwise guaranteed by law or contract; or (c) for military leaves, you return to active work within the 90-day period prescribed by law.

Restrictions on Exercise

You will not be permitted to exercise your option at any time at which Sempra Energy determines that the issuance of shares may violate any law, regulation or Sempra Energy policy.

Notice of Exercise

When you wish to exercise your option, you must notify Sempra Energy by filing the proper “Notice of Exercise” form at the address given on the form.  Your notice must specify how many shares you wish to purchase.   Your notice must also specify how your shares should be registered.  The notice will be effective when Sempra Energy receives it.

 

If someone else wants to exercise your option after your death, that person must prove to Sempra Energy’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.

Payment of Option Price and Withholding Taxes

When you submit your notice of exercise, you must pay the option price for the shares you are purchasing and any related withholding taxes.  Payment may be made by one (or a combination of two or more) of the following methods:

 

-

Personal check, cashier’s check or money order.

 

-

Effecting a net share exercise by instructing Sempra Energy to retain a number of the shares as to which you are exercising your option that, taken at their fair market value, is sufficient to pay the option price and any related withholding taxes.  In that event, the number of shares that will be issued to you will have a fair market value (at the date your option is exercised) that equals the spread or “in the money value” of the shares as to which you are exercising your option.

 

-

To the extent permitted by law, making arrangements for a “cashless exercise” directing a securities broker approved by Sempra Energy to sell your option shares and to deliver sufficient sale proceeds to Sempra Energy in payment.  




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SEMPRA ENERGY 1998 LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

Year 2008 Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement







Restrictions on Resale

You agree not to sell any option shares at a time when applicable laws, regulations or Sempra Energy policies prohibit a sale.

Transfer of Option

Prior to your death, only you or the trustee of a revocable living trust established by you  may exercise this option.  You cannot otherwise transfer or assign this option.  For example, you may not sell this option or use it as security for a loan.  If you attempt to do any of these things, your option will immediately become invalid.  You may, however, dispose of your option in your will, and your option may be transferred pursuant to a “qualified domestic relations order” as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

Retention Rights

Neither your option nor this Agreement gives you the right to be retained by the Company in any capacity.  The Company reserves the right to terminate your employment at any time, with or without cause.  The value of the shares subject to your option will not be included as compensation or earnings for purposes of any other benefit plan offered by the Company or any of its subsidiaries.

Shareholder Rights

You have no rights as a shareholder of Sempra Energy until your option shares have been issued.  No adjustments are made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your option shares are issued.

Adjustments

In the event of a stock split, a stock dividend or a similar change in Sempra Energy common stock the number of shares covered by this option and the exercise price per share may be adjusted pursuant to the Plan.

Change in Control

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Plan, in the event of a Change in Control (as defined in the Plan) of Sempra Energy, your option will automatically become fully vested and exercisable as of the date of the Change in Control, and may, in the discretion of Sempra Energy’s compensation committee, be cashed-out.

Nonqualified Stock Option

This option is not intended to be an incentive stock option under section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Applicable Law

This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of California.

The Plan and Other Agreements

The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference.

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any written employment, severance or other employment-related agreement between you and Sempra Energy, the terms of such other agreement shall prevail.

By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to
all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.






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Sempra Energy - Exhibit 12.1




EXHIBIT 12.1

SEMPRA ENERGY

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES

AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003

 

2004

 

2005

 

2006

 

2007

Fixed charges and preferred stock dividends:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 $                       345

 

 $                       332

 

 $                       342

 

 $                       413

 

 $                      379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest portion of annual rentals

 

 

                              4

 

                              4

 

                              5

 

                              6

 

                             6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred dividends of subsidiaries (1)

 

 

                            11

 

                            12

 

                            10

 

                            15

 

                           14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Total fixed charges

 

 

                          360

 

                          348

 

                          357

 

                          434

 

                         399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred dividends for purpose of ratio

 

 

                              -

 

                              -

 

                              -

 

                              -

 

                             -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total fixed charges and preferred dividends for purpose of ratio                        

 

 

 $                       360

 

 $                       348

 

 $                       357

 

 $                       434

 

 $                      399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pretax income from continuing operations

 

 

 $                       814

 

 $                     1,105

 

 $                       947

 

 $                     1,732

 

 $                    1,649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Total fixed charges (from above)

 

 

                          360

 

                          348

 

                          357

 

                          434

 

                         399

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Distributed income of equity investees

 

 

                            72

 

                            59

 

                            73

 

                          431

 

                           19

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Interest capitalized

 

 

                            26

 

                              8

 

                            28

 

                            58

 

                         100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Equity in income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures

 

 

                              5

 

                            36

 

                            66

 

                          156

 

                           90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Minority interest in income of consolidated subsidiaries

 

 

                            -   

 

                            -   

 

                            -   

 

                              7

 

                           31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total earnings for purpose of ratio

 

 

 $                     1,215

 

 $                     1,468

 

 $                     1,283

 

 $                     2,376

 

 $                    1,846

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends

 

 

                         3.38

 

                         4.22

 

                         3.59

 

                         5.47

 

                        4.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

 

 

                         3.38

 

                         4.22

 

                         3.59

 

                         5.47

 

                        4.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)  In computing this ratio, “Preferred dividends of subsidiaries” represents the before-tax earnings necessary to pay such dividends, computed at the effective tax rates for the applicable periods.




Sempra Energy 2007 Annual Report / Exhibit 13


Exhibit 13


SEMPRA ENERGY

 

FINANCIAL REPORT

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2

  

 

Information Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

40

  

 

Quarterly Common Stock Data

41

  

 

Performance Graph – Comparative Total Shareholder Returns

42

  

 

Five-Year Summary

43

  

 

Management’s Responsibility for Financial Statements

44

 

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

44

 

 

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

45

  

 

Sempra Energy Consolidated Financial Statements

48

  

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

54

 

 




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MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS



INTRODUCTION


This section of the 2007 Annual Report includes management's discussion and analysis of operating results from 2005 through 2007, and provides information about the capital resources, liquidity and financial performance of Sempra Energy and its subsidiaries (collectively referred to as "the company"). This section also focuses on the major factors expected to influence future operating results and discusses investment and financing activities and plans. It should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report.


OVERVIEW


Sempra Energy

 

Sempra Energy is a Fortune 500 energy services holding company. Its business units provide electric, natural gas and other energy products and services to its customers. Operations are divided into the Sempra Utilities and Sempra Global, as described below.


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Summary descriptions of the operating business units are provided below and further detail is provided throughout this section of the Annual Report.




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Major 2007 issues, some of which may also affect future years (and the page number where each is discussed), included the following:


·

Joint venture agreement in 2007 with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) to form RBS Sempra Commodities LLP, a partnership of RBS and Sempra Energy, which is expected to purchase and operate Sempra Energy's commodity-marketing businesses (generally comprising the Sempra Commodities segment) (25);


·

Final regulatory decision increasing San Diego Gas & Electric Company's (SDG&E's) return on equity beginning in 2008 from 10.7 percent to 11.1 percent (110);


·

California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) approval of SDG&E's advanced metering infrastructure project (108);


·

Expected resolution of the regulatory review process setting rates for 2008 and future years for Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and SDG&E (109);


·

Southern California wildfires (112 and 117);


·

Delay in regulatory review process of SDG&E's proposed Sunrise Powerlink project (106);


·

Near-completion of Sempra LNG's Energía Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) receipt terminal (27); and


·

Continued development of the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) (26).


The Sempra Utilities


SoCalGas and SDG&E (collectively, the Sempra Utilities) serve 23 million consumers from California's Central Valley to the Mexican border. Natural gas service is provided throughout Southern California and portions of central California through 6.5 million meters. Electric service is provided throughout San Diego County and portions of Orange County, both in Southern California, through 1.4 million meters.


Sempra Global


Sempra Global is a holding company for most of the subsidiaries of Sempra Energy that are not subject to California utility regulation. Sempra Global's principal subsidiaries provide the following energy-related products and services:


·

Sempra Commodities is primarily a wholesale and retail trader of physical and financial products, including natural gas, power, petroleum and petroleum products, and other commodities; and it is also a trader and wholesaler of base metals. On July 9, 2007, the company entered into an agreement with RBS to form a partnership to purchase and operate the company's commodity-marketing businesses, which generally comprise the Sempra Commodities segment. This agreement is discussed in "Factors Influencing Future Performance."


·

Sempra Generation develops, owns and operates electric generation facilities.



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·

Sempra LNG is developing receipt terminals for the importation of LNG and has an agreement to supply natural gas to Mexico's government-owned electric utility.


·

Sempra Pipelines & Storage develops and owns natural gas pipelines and storage facilities in the United States and Mexico, and holds interests in companies that provide natural gas or electricity services in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru. The company is currently pursuing the sale of its interests in the Argentine utilities, as discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Overall Operations


Income from continuing operations for 2007 increased by $34 million (3%) over 2006 to $1.125 billion primarily due to higher earnings from SDG&E. In 2006, a $221 million after-tax impairment of Sempra Pipelines & Storage's Argentine investments was offset by a $204 million after-tax gain from Sempra Generation's sale of its investment in Topaz Power Partners (Topaz).


Net income was $1.1 billion in 2007, 22 percent lower than 2006 results. Results for 2006 included $315 million in after-tax income from discontinued operations primarily due to asset sales. Diluted earnings per share was $4.16, a decrease of 23 percent. The decrease in net income primarily resulted from higher income from discontinued operations in 2006 due to asset sales. The asset sales are discussed further in Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Net income increased $486 million (53%) in 2006 compared to 2005, primarily due to 2006 asset sales, partially offset by the 2006 impairment of Argentine investments. The results for 2005 included litigation expense of $311 million related to a settlement of matters arising from the 2000 - 2001 California energy crisis, partially offset by $156 million related to the favorable resolution of prior years' income tax issues. Additional information is provided in "Business Unit Results" below.


The following table shows income from continuing operations, net income and diluted earnings per share for each of the last five years.


(Dollars in millions,

except per share amounts)

Income from Continuing Operations

 

Net Income

Diluted

Earnings Per Share

2007

$ 1,125

 

$ 1,099

$ 4.16

2006

$ 1,091

 

$ 1,406

$ 5.38

2005

$    913

 

$    920

$ 3.65

2004

$    915

 

$    895

$ 3.83

2003

$    745

*

$    649

$ 3.03

*

Before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles.




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Net Income (Loss) by Business Unit


 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

2007

 

2006

 

2005

Sempra Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Southern California Gas Company*

$

230

 

21

%

 

$

223

 

16

%

 

$

211

 

23

%

  San Diego Gas & Electric Company*

 

283

 

25

 

 

 

237

 

17

 

 

 

262

 

28

 

  Total Sempra Utilities

 

513

 

46

 

 

 

460

 

33

 

 

 

473

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Sempra Commodities

 

499

 

45

 

 

 

504

 

36

 

 

 

460

 

50

 

  Sempra Generation**

 

162

 

15

 

 

 

375

 

27

 

 

 

149

 

16

 

  Sempra Pipelines & Storage**

 

64

 

6

 

 

 

(165

)

(12

)

 

 

64

 

7

 

  Sempra LNG

 

(46

)

(4

)

 

 

(42

)

(3

)

 

 

(25

)

(3

)

  Total Sempra Global

 

679

 

62

 

 

 

672

 

48

 

 

 

648

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent and other***

 

(67

)

(6

)

 

 

(41

)

(3

)

 

 

(208

)

(22

)

Income from continuing operations

 

1,125

 

102

 

 

 

1,091

 

78

 

 

 

913

 

99

 

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

 

(26

)

(2

)

 

 

315

 

22

 

 

 

7

 

1

 

Consolidated net income

$

1,099

 

100

%

 

$

1,406

 

100

%

 

$

920

 

100

%

*

After preferred dividends.

**

Excludes amounts now classified as discontinued operations.

***

Includes after-tax interest expense ($82 million, $101 million and $104 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively), after-tax litigation expense ($1 million and $193 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively), intercompany eliminations recorded in consolidation and certain corporate costs incurred at Sempra Global.


Regulation


The Sempra Utilities are subject to regulation by federal, state and local governmental agencies. The primary regulatory agency is the CPUC, which regulates utility rates and operations in California, except for SDG&E's electric transmission operations, which are regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The FERC also regulates interstate transportation of natural gas and various related matters. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulates nuclear generating plants. Municipalities and other local authorities regulate the location of utility assets, including natural gas pipelines and electric lines. Other business units are also subject to regulation by the FERC, various state commissions, local governmental entities, and various similar authorities in countries other than the United States.


Sempra Utility Operations


Natural Gas Revenues and Cost of Natural Gas. Natural gas revenues increased by $106 million (2%) to $4.9 billion, and the cost of natural gas remained constant at $2.8 billion in 2007. The increase in revenues in 2007 was primarily due to a $71 million increase in authorized base margin and $34 million of higher revenues for recoverable expenses, which are fully offset in other operating expenses. The company's weighted average cost (including transportation charges) per million British thermal units (MMBtu) of natural gas was $6.49 in 2007, $6.54 in 2006 and $7.83 in 2005.


Natural gas revenues decreased by $490 million (9%) to $4.8 billion, and the cost of natural gas decreased by $476 million (15%) to $2.8 billion in 2006 compared to 2005. The decreases in 2006 were due to lower average costs of natural gas, which are passed on to customers, offset by higher volumes. In addition, natural gas revenues decreased at SoCalGas due to the CPUC's decision in 2005 eliminating 2004 revenue sharing (for which $18 million was included in revenue in 2005), $14 million in demand-side management (DSM) awards in 2005 and $50 million of lower revenues for decreased recoverable



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expenses. The decreases at SoCalGas were offset by a $52 million increase in authorized base margin and $10 million from the positive resolution in 2006 of a natural gas royalty matter.


Although the current regulatory framework provides that the cost of natural gas purchased for customers and the variations in that cost are passed through to the customers on a substantially concurrent basis, SoCalGas' Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism (GCIM) and SDG&E's natural gas procurement Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) mechanism allow them to share in the savings or costs from buying natural gas for their customers below or above market-based monthly benchmarks. The mechanisms permit full recovery of all costs within a tolerance band around the benchmark price. The costs or savings outside the tolerance band are shared between customers and shareholders. Further discussion is provided in Notes 1 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Electric Revenues and Cost of Electric Fuel and Purchased Power. Electric revenues increased by $48 million (2%) to $2.2 billion, and the cost of electric fuel and purchased power decreased by $22 million (3%) to $699 million in 2007. The increased revenue in 2007 was primarily due to $33 million from higher authorized transmission and electric generation margins, $22 million from the resolution of a regulatory matter, a $24 million increase in authorized base margin on electric distribution and $12 million of higher revenues for recoverable expenses, which are fully offset in other operating expenses. The increases were offset by $20 million from the favorable resolution of a prior year cost recovery issue in 2006 and $22 million lower recovery of electric fuel and purchased power costs in 2007.


Electric revenues increased by $347 million (19%) to $2.1 billion, and the cost of electric fuel and purchased power increased by $97 million (16%) to $721 million in 2006 compared to 2005. The increase in revenue was due to $206 million of increased authorized distribution, generation and transmission base margins, $60 million of higher revenues for recoverable expenses, and the $20 million favorable resolution of a prior year cost recovery issue. The increases were offset by a $28 million DSM awards settlement in 2005 and $23 million from the 2005 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) decision relating to the sale of SDG&E's former South Bay power plant. In addition, electric revenues and costs increased due to the commencement of commercial operations of the Palomar generating facility in 2006, which contributed $112 million to both 2006 revenues and costs, offset by lower purchased power costs.





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The tables below summarize the Sempra Utilities' natural gas and electric volumes and revenues by customer class for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005.


Natural Gas Sales, Transportation and Exchange

(Volumes in billion cubic feet, dollars in millions)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Transportation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Natural Gas Sales

 and Exchange

 Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volumes

Revenue

Volumes

Revenue

Volumes

Revenue

2007:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential

 

277

 

$

3,065

 

1

 

$

5

 

278

 

$

3,070

 

Commercial and industrial

 

127

 

 

1,159

 

282

 

 

215

 

409

 

 

1,374

 

Electric generation plants

 

--

 

 

1

 

264

 

 

112

 

264

 

 

113

 

Wholesale

 

--

 

 

--

 

19

 

 

8

 

19

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

404

 

$

4,225

 

566

 

$

340

 

970

 

 

4,565

 

Balancing accounts and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

304

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,869

2006:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential

 

278

 

$

3,124

 

1

 

$

5

 

279

 

$

3,129

 

Commercial and industrial

 

124

 

 

1,157

 

276

 

 

223

 

400

 

 

1,380

 

Electric generation plants

 

--

 

 

2

 

248

 

 

118

 

248

 

 

120

 

Wholesale

 

--

 

 

--

 

21

 

 

8

 

21

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

402

 

$

4,283

 

546

 

$

354

 

948

 

 

4,637

 

Balancing accounts and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

126

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,763

2005:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential

 

271

 

$

3,193

 

1

 

$

6

 

272

 

$

3,199

 

Commercial and industrial

 

123

 

 

1,257

 

273

 

 

190

 

396

 

 

1,447

 

Electric generation plants

 

1

 

 

3

 

201

 

 

88

 

202

 

 

91

 

Wholesale

 

--

 

 

--

 

19

 

 

6

 

19

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395

 

$

4,453

 

494

 

$

290

 

889

 

 

4,743

 

Balancing accounts and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

510

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

5,253

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Electric Distribution and Transmission

(Volumes in millions of kilowatt-hours, dollars in millions)


 

 

 

 

 

2007

2006

2005

 

Volumes

Revenue

Volumes

Revenue

Volumes

Revenue

Residential

 

7,520

 

$

980

 

7,501

 

$

910

 

7,075

 

$

738

Commercial

 

7,154

 

 

852

 

6,983

 

 

723

 

6,674

 

 

654

Industrial

 

2,264

 

 

228

 

2,250

 

 

180

 

2,148

 

 

141

Direct access

 

3,220

 

 

118

 

3,390

 

 

133

 

3,213

 

 

114

Street and highway lighting

 

107

 

 

12

 

102

 

 

10

 

93

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,265

 

 

2,190

 

20,226

 

 

1,956

 

19,203

 

 

1,658

Balancing accounts and other

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

180

 

 

 

 

131

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,184

 

 

 

$

2,136

 

 

 

$

1,789


Although commodity costs associated with long-term contracts allocated to SDG&E from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) (and the revenues to recover those costs) are not included in the Statements of Consolidated Income, as discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, the associated volumes and distribution revenues are included in the above table.



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Sempra Global and Parent Operating Revenues and Cost of Sales. The following table provides a breakdown of operating revenues and cost of sales at Sempra Global and the parent companies by business unit.


 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

OPERATING REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities*

 

$

2,674

 

61

%

 

$

3,256

 

67

%

 

$

2,724

 

61

%

Sempra Generation*

 

 

1,476

 

34

 

 

 

1,454

 

30

 

 

 

1,708

 

38

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage*

 

 

314

 

7

 

 

 

295

 

6

 

 

 

317

 

7

 

Sempra LNG

 

 

(22

)

(1

)

 

 

(21

)

(1

)

 

 

--

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sempra Global

 

 

4,442

 

101

 

 

 

4,984

 

102

 

 

 

4,749

 

106

 

Parent and other**

 

 

(57

)

(1

)

 

 

(122

)

(2

)

 

 

(279

)

(6

)

 

Total Operating Revenues

 

$

4,385

 

100

%

 

$

4,862

 

100

%

 

$

4,470

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COST OF SALES***

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Generation*

 

$

1,058

 

81

%

 

$

996

 

82

%

 

$

1,067

 

81

%

Sempra Pipelines & Storage*

 

 

255

 

20

 

 

 

233

 

19

 

 

 

261

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sempra Global

 

 

1,313

 

101

 

 

 

1,229

 

101

 

 

 

1,328

 

101

 

Parent and other**

 

 

(11

)

(1

)

 

 

(8

)

(1

)

 

 

(7

)

(1

)

 

Total Cost of Natural Gas, Electric Fuel and Purchased Power

 

$

1,302

 

100

%

 

$

1,221

 

100

%

 

$

1,321

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities*

 

$

988

 

100

%

 

$

1,468

 

100

%

 

$

1,267

 

100

%

Sempra Generation*

 

 

1

 

--

 

 

 

23

 

2

 

 

 

142

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Sempra Global

 

 

989

 

100

 

 

 

1,491

 

102

 

 

 

1,409

 

111

 

Parent and other**

 

 

(1

)

--

 

 

 

(23

)

(2

)

 

 

(142

)

(11

)

 

Total Other Cost of Sales

 

$

988

 

100

%

 

$

1,468

 

100

%

 

$

1,267

 

100

%

*

Does not include unconsolidated affiliates that are part of this business unit.

**

Includes intercompany eliminations recorded in consolidation, including the Palomar facility as discussed in Note 3 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

***

Excludes depreciation, which is shown separately on the Statements of Consolidated Income.


Sempra Global and Parent operating revenues decreased by $477 million (10%) in 2007 to $4.4 billion. The cost of natural gas, electric fuel and purchased power increased $81 million (7%) to $1.3 billion, while other cost of sales decreased $480 million (33%) to $988 million in 2007. The decreases in revenues and other cost of sales were primarily attributable to trading activity at Sempra Commodities, primarily as a result of less volatility in the natural gas markets. The decrease was partially offset by higher Sempra Generation operating revenues and related costs, primarily due to higher merchant customer revenues resulting from increased sales volumes and higher prices.


Sempra Global and Parent operating revenues in 2006 were $4.9 billion, an increase of $392 million (9%) in 2006 compared to 2005. The cost of natural gas, electric fuel and purchased power decreased $100 million (8%) to $1.2 billion, while other cost of sales increased $201 million (16%) to $1.5 billion in 2006. Increases in Sempra Global and Parent operating revenues and other cost of sales in 2006 compared to 2005 reflected increased trading activity and higher commodity prices at Sempra Commodities, primarily as a result of increased volatility in the natural gas and metals markets, and higher sales to merchant customers at Sempra Generation. The increases at Sempra Generation were offset by the decreased value of its sales to the DWR, primarily due to lower natural gas prices.



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Other Operating Expenses. This table provides a breakdown of other operating expenses by business unit.


 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 

OTHER OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Southern California Gas Company

 

$

1,020

 

35

%

 

$

951

 

34

%

 

$

954

 

37

%

   San Diego Gas & Electric Company

 

 

797

 

27

 

 

 

774

 

28

 

 

 

603

 

23

 

   Total Sempra Utilities

 

 

1,817

 

62

 

 

 

1,725

 

62

 

 

 

1,557

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Global

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Sempra Commodities

 

 

860

 

29

 

 

 

869

 

31

 

 

 

811

 

32

 

   Sempra Generation

 

 

102

 

4

 

 

 

96

 

3

 

 

 

99

 

4

 

   Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

42

 

1

 

 

 

36

 

1

 

 

 

37

 

1

 

   Sempra LNG

 

 

42

 

1

 

 

 

38

 

1

 

 

 

34

 

1

 

   Total Sempra Global

 

 

1,046

 

35

 

 

 

1,039

 

36

 

 

 

981

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent and other*

 

 

91

 

3

 

 

 

50

 

2

 

 

 

45

 

2

 

Total

 

$

2,954

 

100

%

 

$

2,814

 

100

%

 

$

2,583

 

100

%

*

Includes intercompany eliminations recorded in consolidation.


The increase in operating expenses in 2007 was primarily attributable to higher recoverable expenses (offset in revenues) and other operational costs at the Sempra Utilities.


Other operating expenses for 2006 increased compared to 2005 primarily due to the growth in Sempra Commodities' revenues noted previously and increases at SDG&E. SDG&E's other operating expenses increased due to $72 million higher recoverable expenses, $33 million related to the 2005 recovery of line losses and grid management charges arising from a favorable settlement with the Independent System Operator (ISO), an independent operator of California's wholesale transmission grid, and increases in other operational costs.


Litigation Expense. Litigation expense was $73 million, $56 million and $551 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The higher amount in 2005 was primarily due to an increase in litigation reserves related to a settlement of matters arising from the 2000 - 2001 California energy crisis. Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provides additional information concerning this matter.


Gains on Sale of Assets, Net. Net pretax gains on the sale of assets were $6 million, $1 million and $112 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The 2005 gain included $106 million ($67 million after related costs) associated with Sempra Commodities' sale of its two natural gas storage facilities, Bluewater Gas Storage and Pine Prairie Energy Center.


Impairment Losses. Impairments included a $63 million pretax write-down in 2005 of unused gas and steam turbines at Sempra Generation.


Other Income, Net. Other income, net, as discussed further in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and which consists primarily of equity earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries, allowance for equity funds used during construction and regulatory interest, was $81 million, $381 million and $51 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. In 2006, the company recorded a $344 million pretax gain on the sale of the Topaz power plants (by a joint venture 50-percent owned by Sempra Generation). The gain was included in equity earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries, as discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The decrease in 2007 was partially offset by a



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$24 million net pretax gain from interest-rate swaps. Further discussion on the interest-rate swaps related to Sempra LNG's Energía Costa Azul project is provided in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Interest Income. Interest income was $72 million, $109 million and $72 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Interest income in 2006 included $12 million from a favorable resolution of a state income tax matter, $13 million from the resolution of an insurance claim at Pacific Enterprises (PE) (the parent company of SoCalGas) related to a quasi-reorganization issue (discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements) and $6 million from an income tax audit settlement at SoCalGas.


The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily due to the items noted above and higher interest resulting from increases in short-term investments, offset by a decrease at SDG&E due to $12 million lower interest as a result of income tax audit settlements in 2005.


Interest Expense. Interest expense was $272 million, $351 million and $310 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The decrease in 2007 was due to $41 million higher capitalized interest at Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage, and $22 million lower interest expense due to repayment and early redemption of long-term debt. The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily due to increased borrowings at SDG&E to finance the purchase of the Palomar generating facility, increased short-term borrowings at Sempra Commodities, lower capitalized interest at Sempra Generation due to completion of the Palomar generating facility, higher interest expense at SoCalGas associated with the $250 million first mortgage bonds issued in November 2005, higher variable interest rates and interest expense related to the accretion of the California energy crisis litigation settlement liability. The increases were offset by higher capitalized interest at Sempra LNG.


Income Taxes. Income tax expense was $524 million, $641 million and $34 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and the corresponding effective income tax rates were 34 percent, 33 percent and 4 percent. The decrease in 2007 income tax expense was primarily due to lower pretax income. The increase in 2006 expense compared to 2005 was due to higher pretax income and the higher effective tax rate. The increase in the 2006 effective rate was due primarily to $156 million of favorable resolutions of prior years' income tax issues in 2005 compared to $45 million in 2006, an increased portion of income earned in high tax rate jurisdictions, and lower synthetic fuels credits generated in 2006 compared to 2005 as a percentage of income.


Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries. For the years ended 2007, 2006 and 2005, equity in earnings (losses) of certain unconsolidated subsidiaries, net of tax, as discussed further in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, was $99 million, $(182) million and $55 million, respectively. In February 2007, Sempra Commodities sold its interests in an equity-method investment, along with a related cost-basis investment, receiving cash and a 12.7-percent interest in a newly formed entity. The after-tax gain on this transaction, recorded in Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries, was $30 million. The 2006 amount included a $221 million impairment loss associated with Sempra Pipelines & Storage's Argentine investments.


Discontinued Operations. Income (loss) from discontinued operations was $(26) million, $315 million and $7 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Results for 2006 included $351 million in gains from the disposal of Sempra Generation's Twin Oaks Power plant, its Energy Services and Facilities Management businesses, and Sempra Energy Production Company (SEPCO), its exploration and production subsidiary, offset by $42 million, primarily from an impairment loss related to Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy. Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provides further details on these discontinued operations.




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Net Income. Variations in net income were summarized previously in "Overall Operations."


Business Unit Results


Southern California Gas Company


SoCalGas recorded net income of $230 million, $223 million and $211 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in 2007 was due primarily to $9 million of higher authorized base margins, net of higher operating expenses, and $10 million of lower income tax expense due to a lower effective tax rate in 2007, offset by $7 million from the favorable resolution of a natural gas royalty matter in 2006.


The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 was due primarily to the California energy crisis reserve of $57 million recorded in litigation expense in 2005 and $7 million from the positive resolution in 2006 of a natural gas royalty matter, offset by $24 million in 2005 from the favorable resolution of prior years' income tax issues, $11 million from the reversal in 2005 of the 2004 revenue-sharing reserve resulting from the CPUC's 2004 Cost of Service decision, higher income tax expense in 2006 of $13 million due to a higher effective tax rate in 2006 (excluding the effect of the resolution of prior years' income tax issues in 2005) and a DSM awards settlement of $9 million in 2005.


San Diego Gas & Electric Company


SDG&E recorded net income of $283 million, $237 million and $262 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in 2007 was primarily due to $18 million from the higher favorable resolution of prior years' income tax issues in 2007, $15 million from higher electric transmission earnings and $7 million due to the Palomar electric generation facility operating for twelve months in 2007 as compared to nine months in 2006. Net income in 2007 also included $26 million from the resolution of a regulatory item associated with the disposition of a power plant in a prior year. Regulatory items in 2006 included a $13 million resolution of a prior-year cost recovery issue, $8 million due to the CPUC authorization for retroactive recovery on the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) revenues related to a computational error in the 2004 Cost of Service, and $4 million due to FERC approval to recover prior-year ISO charges in 200 6.


The decrease in 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily due to $60 million associated with the favorable resolution of prior years' income tax issues in 2005, the $23 million recovery of costs in 2005 associated with an IRS decision relating to the sale of the South Bay power plant and $22 million related to a DSM awards settlement in 2005. These items were offset by a $42 million increase in earnings from electric generation activities including the commencement of commercial operation of the Palomar generating facility in 2006, $29 million due to the litigation expense in 2005 related to the California energy crisis matter and a $13 million increase in earnings due to lower income tax expense primarily resulting from a lower effective tax rate in 2006 (excluding the effect of the resolution of prior years' income tax issues in 2005). Resolution of regulatory items was $25 million in 2006 as compared to $24 million in 2005. The 2005 regulatory item of $24 million resulted from FERC approval to recover prior-year ISO charges (as discussed further in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).


Sempra Commodities


Sempra Commodities recorded net income of $499 million, $504 million and $460 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The decrease in 2007 was primarily due to a $19 million net income effect of an increase in reserves related to energy crisis litigation, a $25 million reduction due to the phase-out of synthetic fuels tax credits, and decreased margins in the natural gas market. These decreases were largely offset by increased margins primarily for metals and power. Margin for 2007 also included $32 million in



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the power product line representing the value of preferred stock received for services rendered. A portion of the decrease in margins was also the result of earnings variability associated with certain commodity inventories and storage and transportation capacity contracts not being marked to market while the corresponding hedges qualify as derivative instruments and are marked to market. Earnings variability will continue in future periods as a result of these factors. Results for 2007 also included an $18 million gain (after related costs) on the sale of equity-method investments.


The increase in 2006 compared to 2005 was due to improved margins in North America and in natural gas and metals, offset by decreased margins for petroleum and power, the $41 million after-tax gain on the sale of two natural gas storage facilities in 2005 and lower income from synthetic fuels tax-credit operations.


Margin by geographical region and product line, presented below, is a key performance measure used by management to evaluate the Sempra Commodities business, and similarly enhances the understanding of the business by investors and investment analysts. Margin represents the contribution to earnings of the Sempra Commodities business relative to its overhead costs, and consists primarily of Operating Revenues less Cost of Sales. Cost of Sales for Sempra Commodities is comprised primarily of transportation and storage costs. Margin also is net of transaction-related execution costs (primarily brokerage and other fees) and net interest income/expense.

 

 

Years ended December 31,

Margin (Dollars in millions)

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

Geographical:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    North America

$

1,202

 

77

%

 

$

1,313

 

80

%

 

$

1,091

 

81

%

    Europe and Asia

 

359

 

23

 

 

 

325

 

20

 

 

 

255

 

19

 

 

$

1,561

 

100

%

 

$

1,638

 

100

%

 

$

1,346

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product Line:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Gas

$

570

 

37

%

 

$

792

 

49

%

 

$

439

 

32

%

    Power

 

460

 

29

 

 

 

431

 

26

 

 

 

443

 

33

 

    Oil – crude and products

 

195

 

12

 

 

 

198

 

12

 

 

 

292

 

22

 

    Metals

 

292

 

19

 

 

 

138

 

8

 

 

 

54

 

4

 

    Other

 

44

 

3

 

 

 

79

 

5

 

 

 

118

 

9

 

 

$

1,561

 

100

%

 

$

1,638

 

100

%

 

$

1,346

 

100

%

 

For the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, "Other" included synthetic fuels credit operations of $31 million, $97 million and $110 million, respectively, which contributed $6 million, $31 million and $36 million to net income for the same periods, respectively.


Margin is a non-GAAP financial measure and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies (GAAP represents accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America). Management believes this non-GAAP financial measure provides meaningful supplementary information regarding Sempra Commodities' results, as it presents the information used by management to evaluate its performance. As noted above, the calculation of margin is substantively the net of the GAAP financial measures of Revenues and Cost of Sales, adjusted for other transaction-related costs as noted above. Margin has limitations as an analytical tool, and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the company's results under GAAP. Some of the limitations of margin are that it does not reflect other operating expenses and income taxes, and other companies in this industry may calculate this measure differently than presente d above. The company compensates for these limitations



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by relying primarily on GAAP results and by using margin only supplementally. A reconciliation of GAAP information to margin for Sempra Commodities is as follows:


 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

2006

2005

Revenues

 

$

2,674

 

$

3,256

 

$

2,724

 

Cost of sales

 

 

(988

)

 

(1,468

)

 

(1,267

)

 

 

 

1,686

 

 

1,788

 

 

1,457

 

Other related costs

 

 

(125

)

 

(150

)

 

(111

)

Margin

 

$

1,561

 

$

1,638

 

$

1,346

 


A summary of Sempra Commodities' unrealized revenues for trading activities follows:


 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

Balance at January 1

$

1,913

 

$

1,488

 

$

1,193

 

Additions

 

2,252

 

 

3,069

 

 

1,241

 

Realized

 

(2,981

)

 

(2,644

)

 

(946

)

SFAS 157 cumulative effect*

 

19

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Balance at December 31

$

1,203

 

$

1,913

 

$

1,488

 

*

Notes 2 and 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provide additional information on Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 157.


The estimated fair values as of December 31, 2007, and the scheduled maturities related to the unrealized revenues are (dollars in millions):


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Market

Scheduled Maturity (in months)

Source of fair value

 

Value

 

 

0-12

 

 

 

13-24

 

 

 

25-36

 

 

 

>36

 

Over-the-counter (OTC) fair value of forwards, swaps and options*

 

 

$


1,381

 

 


$


1,074

 

 


$


95

 

 


$


23

 

 


$


189

 

Exchange contracts**

 

 

 

(178

)

 

 

(274

)

 

 

118

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(15

)

Total

 

 

$

1,203

 

 

$

800

 

 

$

213

 

 

$

16

 

 

$

174

 

*

The present value of unrealized revenue to be received from outstanding OTC contracts.

**

Cash received (paid) associated with open exchange contracts.


Sempra Generation


Sempra Generation recorded net income of $162 million, $375 million and $149 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Results for 2006 included a $204 million gain from the sale of the Topaz power plants and $6 million of related operational earnings, and $16 million of earnings related to the construction of the Palomar generating facility for SDG&E, offset by $18 million of litigation expense primarily related to the April 2006 DWR arbitration decision, which is discussed in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


In addition to the gain on the sale of the Topaz power plants and the litigation reserves related to the DWR arbitration decision, the change in 2006 compared to 2005 was also due to a 2005 impairment loss of $38 million related to the write-down of unused gas and steam turbines, and in 2006, $23 million of higher interest income, offset by a $35 million decrease in mark-to-market earnings on long-term forward contracts with Sempra Commodities for the sale of power during 2007 to 2012.




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Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Net income (loss) for Sempra Pipelines & Storage was $64 million, $(165) million and $64 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The decrease in 2006 was primarily due to a $221 million impairment loss associated with the decision to sell its Argentine investments and $24 million of income tax expense related to repatriation of foreign earnings.


Sempra LNG


Sempra LNG recorded net losses of $46 million, $42 million and $25 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increased loss in 2007 compared to 2006 was due to a $2 million increase in mark-to-market loss related to a natural gas marketing agreement with Sempra Commodities and higher development and general and administrative expenses. The increased loss in 2006 compared to 2005 was due to a $13 million mark-to-market loss related to the natural gas marketing agreement and higher development and general and administrative expenses.


Parent and Other


Net losses for Parent and Other were $67 million, $41 million and $208 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Net losses consist primarily of interest expense, litigation expense and tax-related adjustments. Interest expense was $82 million, $101 million and $104 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increase in net loss for 2007 was due to a $38 million favorable resolution of a state income tax matter in 2006, $12 million for contributions to fund the Sempra Energy Foundation (a private charitable foundation) in 2007 and $8 million in interest income related to an insurance claim in 2006, partially offset by $26 million lower net interest expense in 2007 primarily due to the 2006 Sempra Generation asset sales and a $14 million net gain from interest-rate swaps. The decrease in net losses in 2006 compared to 2005 was due to $193 million of California energy crisis litigation reserves recorded in 2005, the favorable resolution of a s tate income tax matter in 2006 and interest income from the insurance claim at PE in 2006, offset by the $42 million favorable resolution of prior years' income tax issues in 2005 and $24 million lower 2006 affordable-housing credits at Sempra Financial.


Book Value Per Share


Book value per share was $31.93, $28.67 and $23.95, at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The increases in 2007 and 2006 were primarily the result of comprehensive income exceeding dividends.


CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY


A substantial portion of the funding of the company's capital expenditures and its ability to pay dividends is dependent on the relatively stable pattern of earnings by the Sempra Utilities and Sempra Generation's long-term power sale contracts. However, in order to fund a significant capital expenditures program, SDG&E is not expected to pay common dividends to Sempra Energy over the next few years. The availability of capital for other business operations is also greatly affected by Sempra Commodities' liquidity and margin requirements, which fluctuate substantially. The company's expansion also requires the issuances of securities from time to time.


At December 31, 2007, the company had $668 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, and $5.2 billion in available unused, committed lines of credit to provide liquidity and support commercial paper. Management believes that these amounts and cash flows from operations and security issuances, combined with current cash balances, will be adequate to finance capital expenditures and meet liquidity



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requirements and to fund shareholder dividends and anticipated share repurchases, any new business acquisitions or start-ups, and other commitments. Forecasted capital expenditures for the next five years are discussed in "Future Construction Expenditures and Investments." If cash flows from operations were to be significantly reduced or the company were to be unable to raise funds under acceptable terms, neither of which is considered likely, the company would be required to reduce non-utility capital expenditures, share repurchases, trading operations and/or investments in new businesses. Management continues to regularly monitor the company's ability to finance the needs of its operating, investing and financing activities in a manner consistent with its intention to maintain strong, investment-quality credit ratings.


As discussed above and in "Factors Influencing Future Performance," the company has entered into an agreement with RBS to form RBS Sempra Commodities LLP (RBS Sempra Commodities), a partnership which will absorb the operations of Sempra Commodities. RBS will provide the joint venture with all growth capital, working-capital requirements and credit support. Accordingly, following the closing of the transaction, the company intends to reduce the amount of available credit under its existing facilities to a level consistent with its reduced liquidity requirements. Also following the closing, the company expects that its board of directors will increase the company’s quarterly common stock dividend to $0.35 per share ($1.40 annually), an increase of $0.03 per share ($0.12 annually) from the $0.32 per share ($1.28 annually) authorized in February 2008, and target an annual dividend payout ratio of 35 percent to 40 percent of net income. As a r esult of the transaction, the company expects to receive proceeds of approximately $1 billion in cash upon closing, net of its investment in the partnership, and to begin a $1 billion purchase program of the company’s common stock. Following the expected completion of this program in 2008, the company intends to continue purchasing common shares in 2009, up to a total of $1.5 billion to $2 billion in purchases, which may require additional borrowings, including a hybrid capital issuance.


Until completion of the transaction with RBS, Sempra Commodities will continue to provide or require cash as the level of its net trading assets fluctuates with prices, volumes, margin requirements (which are substantially affected by commodity price fluctuations and are dependent on credit ratings) and the length of its various trading positions. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities' intercompany borrowings were $95 million, down from $376 million at December 31, 2006. Sempra Commodities' external debt was $443 million and $201 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Company management continuously monitors the level of Sempra Commodities' cash requirements in light of the company's overall liquidity.


At the Sempra Utilities, cash flows from operations, security issuances and/or capital contributions by Sempra Energy are expected to continue to be adequate to meet utility capital expenditure requirements. As a result of SDG&E's projected capital expenditure program, SDG&E has elected to suspend the payment of dividends on its common stock to Sempra Energy, and the level of future common dividends may be affected during periods of increased capital expenditures. In connection with SDG&E’s purchase of the Palomar generating facility in 2006, the company made a capital contribution of $200 million to SDG&E.


Sempra Generation's projects have been financed through a combination of operating cash flow, project financing, funds from the company and external borrowings. Its 2006 asset sales provided funds to assist in financing company projects.


Sempra Generation's long-term power sale contracts may contain collateral requirements. The DWR contracts do not contain such requirements. The collateral arrangements provide for Sempra Generation and/or the counterparty to post cash, guarantees or letters of credit to the other party for exposure in excess of established thresholds. Sempra Generation may be required to provide collateral when market



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price movements adversely affect the counterparty's cost of replacement energy supplies were Sempra Generation to fail to deliver the contracted amounts. Sempra Generation had no outstanding collateral requirements under these contracts at December 31, 2007 and 2006.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage is expected to require funding from the company or external sources, or both, to continue the expansion of its existing natural gas operations in Mexico, its Liberty Gas Storage (Liberty) facility and other natural gas storage projects, its participation in the development of REX, a natural gas pipeline, and its planned development of pipelines to serve Sempra LNG facilities being developed in Baja California, Mexico; Louisiana and Texas, as discussed in "Capital Expenditures and Investments." The sale of interests in Argentina, as discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, is expected to provide cash for company projects.


Sempra LNG requires funding for its development of LNG receiving facilities. While Sempra LNG's $1.25 billion credit facility and other Sempra Energy sources are expected to be adequate for these requirements, the company may decide to use project financing if management determines its use to be advantageous. As the projects currently under construction are put in service, Sempra LNG is expected to provide operating cash flow for further development.


CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES


Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $2.1 billion, $1.6 billion and $524 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cash provided by operating activities in 2007 increased by $459 million (28%). The change was primarily due to a $303 million decrease in net trading assets in 2007 compared to a $543 million increase in 2006 and a $190 million increase in income from continuing operations (adjusted for noncash items), offset by an $82 million decrease in accounts payable in 2007 compared to an increase of $227 million in 2006, a $63 million increase in accounts and notes receivable in 2007 compared to a $94 million decrease in 2006 and a $107 million higher increase in other current assets in 2007 compared to 2006.


The increase in cash provided by operating activities in 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily due to a $562 million lower increase in net trading assets in 2006, a $170 million increase in overcollected regulatory balancing accounts in 2006 compared to a $321 million decrease in 2005, a $565 million increase in income from continuing operations (adjusted for noncash items) and a $94 million reduction in accounts receivable in 2006 compared to a $79 million increase in 2005. The increases were offset by a $416 million higher increase in other liabilities in 2005, and a $79 million decrease in current liabilities in 2006 compared to a $189 million increase in 2005.


The company made pension plan and other postretirement benefit plan contributions of $35 million and $45 million, respectively, during 2007, $35 million and $32 million, respectively, during 2006 and $24 million and $45 million, respectively, during 2005.


CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES


Net cash used in investing activities totaled $2.1 billion, $866 million and $1.2 billion for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cash used in investing activities in 2007 increased by $1.2 billion (139%). The change was primarily attributable to activity in 2006, which included $789 million in proceeds from asset sales, primarily the sales of Twin Oaks, the Energy Services and Facilities Management businesses and SEPCO at Sempra Generation, and $404 million in dividends received from unconsolidated affiliates related to the sale of the Topaz power plants.




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The decrease in cash used in investing activities in 2006 compared to 2005 was primarily attributable to the proceeds from the asset sales and dividends received from unconsolidated subsidiaries in 2006 discussed above, offset by a $530 million increase in capital expenditures and $247 million in proceeds from the sale in 2005 of the Bluewater Gas Storage and Pine Prairie Energy Center natural gas storage sites at Sempra Commodities.


Capital Expenditures and Investments


Expenditures for property, plant and equipment and for investments are presented in the following table.


(Dollars in millions)

Property, plant and equipment

 

Investments in and acquisitions of subsidiaries

2007

$

2,011

 

$

121

2006

$

1,907

 

$

257

2005

$

1,377

 

$

86

2004

$

1,065

 

$

74

2003

$

1,012

 

$

192


Capital expenditure information by segment is provided in Note 17 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Investment and acquisition costs were $121 million, $257 million and $86 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The 2007 amount included a contribution of $100 million to Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) and $21 million for purchases of available-for-sale securities and other investments. The 2006 amount included a $128 million investment in industrial development bonds in connection with the Liberty project, discussed in Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, and a $104 million initial capital contribution to Rockies Express during the first half of 2006. The 2006 contribution was returned to Sempra Pipelines & Storage later that year in connection with financing received by Rockies Express during the second quarter of 2006 and was reported in Distributions from Investments on the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. The 2005 amount included Sempra Generation's purchase of Reliant Energy's 50-percent inter est in El Dorado, discussed below.


Sempra Utilities


Capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment by the Sempra Utilities were $1.2 billion in 2007 compared to $1.5 billion in 2006 and $825 million in 2005. The larger amount in 2006 compared to 2007 and 2005 was primarily due to the addition of the Palomar generating facility in 2006. This purchase is substantially eliminated in consolidation in 2006, as the capital expenditures were recorded by Sempra Energy over the construction period from 2004 through the first quarter of 2006.


Sempra Generation


Sempra Generation develops, owns and operates generation facilities in the Pacific Southwest and Mexico, which sell electricity under long-term contracts and into spot market and other competitive markets. It purchases natural gas to fuel its power plants and may also purchase electricity in the open market to satisfy its contractual obligations. The following table lists the megawatt (MW) capacity of each operating power plant.




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Power Plant

 

Maximum Generating Capacity (MW)

 

Location

Mesquite Power

 

1,250

 

Arlington, AZ

Termoeléctrica de Mexicali

 

625

 

Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

El Dorado

 

480

 

Boulder City, NV

Elk Hills (50% owned)

 

275

*

Bakersfield, CA

 

Total MW in operation

 

2,630

 

 

*

Sempra Generation's share

 

 

 

 


During 2006, Sempra Generation sold its Texas-based power plants and other assets due to the increased market valuation of coal-fired power plants in Texas. The coal-fired assets included the company’s wholly owned Twin Oaks power plant and Coleto Creek, which the company co-owned in the Topaz joint venture with Riverstone Holdings. The joint venture also owned three operating natural gas and oil-fired plants in Laredo, San Benito and Corpus Christi, Texas, that it sold in 2006. Notes 4 and 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provide detailed information about the sales.


In July 2005, Sempra Generation purchased Reliant Energy's 50-percent interest in El Dorado for $132 million (including assumed debt), resulting in its having full ownership of the plant.


Additional information concerning Sempra Generation's facilities is provided in Notes 3, 4, 5 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Sempra LNG


Sempra LNG develops and builds, and will operate LNG receipt terminals and sell regasified LNG.


Energía Costa Azul LNG receipt terminal


In early 2005, Sempra LNG began construction of the Energía Costa Azul LNG receipt terminal in Baja California, Mexico, which will be capable of processing 1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas per day and is expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2008. The estimated costs of this project, including capitalized interest, are approximately $975 million (excluding pre-expansion costs, which are $66 million to date) for the base facility and approximately $125 million for a nitrogen-injection facility. The nitrogen-injection facility will allow the terminal to process LNG cargoes from a wider variety of sources and will provide additional revenue from long-term firm capacity payments for the injection service. Through December 31, 2007, Sempra LNG has made expenditures of $936 million related to the terminal (including breakwater) and proposed expansion project, including $298 million, $302 million and $273 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


Cameron LNG receipt terminal


Sempra LNG’s Cameron LNG receipt terminal is currently under construction in Hackberry, Louisiana. The estimated costs of this project, including capitalized interest, are approximately $800 million (excluding pre-expansion costs, which are $41 million to date). Construction is expected to be completed in late 2008, with capacity revenues starting in early 2009. Through December 31, 2007, Sempra LNG has made expenditures of $641 million related to the terminal and proposed expansion project, including $224 million, $279 million and $60 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.




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Additional information concerning Sempra LNG's projects is provided in "Factors Influencing Future Performance" below.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Sempra Pipelines & Storage, Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) and ConocoPhillips are jointly pursuing through Rockies Express the development of a natural gas pipeline, the REX, that would link producing areas in the Rocky Mountain region to the upper Midwest and the eastern United States. The project cost is estimated to be $4.9 billion. A subsidiary of Sempra Global entered into an agreement with Rockies Express for 200 million cubic feet per day of capacity on the REX, which will have capacity of 1.8 Bcf per day.


In connection with financing received by Rockies Express in 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and KMP were repaid their initial 2006 capital contributions. The company's 25-percent participation in the project required a contribution to the partnership of $100 million in 2007 and is expected to require cash outflows of approximately $150 million in 2008 and $300 million in 2009.


Liberty, as currently permitted, is a 17 Bcf salt-cavern natural gas storage facility located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The facility has been under construction by the company and its 25-percent partner, Proliance Transportation and Storage, LLC, and will be connected to the Cameron and Port Arthur Pipelines under development by Sempra Pipelines & Storage to connect area LNG regasification terminals to an interstate gas transmission system. The estimated project cost is approximately $250 million, of which $181 million has been expended through December 31, 2007. Pipeline and compressor systems are currently in operation and can provide transportation services. Liberty is expected to be able to provide 12 Bcf of storage beginning in the second quarter of 2008.


In 2006, the company acquired additional property with 11 Bcf of existing salt dome caverns and the capability to add significant additional capacity by mining new caverns. The newly purchased caverns would allow Liberty to be expanded to at least 28 Bcf of total capacity. Total project costs for Liberty and its expansion are expected to be approximately $450 million to $500 million.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage is currently expanding its existing pipelines in Baja California, Mexico, and adding a spur line to connect Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul terminal to an existing Sempra Energy natural gas pipeline in Mexico with interconnections to the U.S. border. The estimated cost of this project is approximately $200 million. Expenditures were $204 million through December 31, 2007. The expansion is expected to be completed in early 2008, and commercial operation of the pipeline is expected to begin upon completion of Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul terminal in the second quarter of 2008.


Additional information regarding Sempra Pipeline’s projects is provided in "Factors Influencing Future Performance" below.




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Future Construction Expenditures and Investments


The company expects to make capital expenditures and investments of $2.1 billion in 2008. Significant capital expenditures and investments are expected to include $1.1 billion for Sempra Utility plant improvements and $1 billion of capital expenditures at its other subsidiaries, including the development of LNG facilities and natural gas pipelines. The $2.1 billion does not include the expected investment in RBS Sempra Commodities. These expenditures and investments are expected to be financed by cash flows from operations, cash on hand and security issuances.


Over the next five years, the company expects to make capital expenditures and investments of $7.1 billion at the Sempra Utilities, and $4.3 billion of capital expenditures at the other subsidiaries, including the development of LNG facilities and natural gas pipelines.


SDG&E has an application on file with the CPUC for the Sunrise Powerlink, a proposed new transmission power line between the San Diego region and the Imperial Valley of Southern California. The proposed line would be able to deliver 1,000 MW and is estimated to cost $1.2 billion. Additional information on the Sunrise Powerlink is provided in Note 14 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Capital expenditure amounts include capitalized interest and the portion of AFUDC (allowance for funds used during construction) related to debt, and exclude the portion of AFUDC related to equity. AFUDC is discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Construction, investment and financing programs are periodically reviewed and revised by the company in response to changes in regulation, economic conditions, competition, customer growth, inflation, customer rates, the cost of capital and environmental requirements, as discussed in Notes 14 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


The company's level of construction expenditures and investments in the next few years may vary substantially, and will depend on the availability of financing, regulatory approvals and business opportunities providing desirable rates of return. The company intends to finance its capital expenditures in a manner that will maintain its strong investment-grade ratings and capital structure.


The amounts and timing of capital expenditures are subject to approvals by the CPUC, the FERC and other regulatory bodies.


CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES


Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities totaled $(296) million, $(612) million and $1.0 billion for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Cash used in financing activities in 2007 decreased by $316 million (52%). The change was primarily due to an $812 million increase in short-term debt in 2007 compared to a $791 million decrease in 2006, offset by an $809 million increase in long-term debt payments, a $148 million decrease in issuances of long-term debt, a $148 million increase in common stock repurchases and an $83 million decrease due to proceeds in 2006 from the sale of the company’s interests in affordable-housing projects. The increase in short-term debt was primarily to fund the repayment of maturing long-term debt, and to a lesser extent, from increased borrowings at Sempra Commodities.


The 2006 change from 2005 was due to a $600 million issuance of common stock in 2005 in connection with the Equity Units' $600 million purchase contract settlement, a $791 million reduction in short-term debt in 2006 compared to $659 million of net borrowings in 2005 and a $210 million decrease in



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issuances of long-term debt in 2006, offset by the redemption of $200 million of mandatorily redeemable preferred securities in 2005, $266 million of higher payments on long-term debt in 2005 primarily from the retirement of El Dorado's project finance debt and an $88 million open-market repurchase of common stock in the first half of 2005. Further discussion of Equity Units is provided in Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, in June 2006, Sempra Financial effectively sold the majority of its interests in affordable-housing projects to an unrelated party subject to certain guarantees. Because of the guarantees, the $83 million of proceeds from the transaction was recorded as a financing rather than as a sale.


Long-Term Debt


During 2007, the company’s long-term debt decreased $646 million to $4.6 billion. At December 31, 2007, the company’s long-term debt had a weighted average life to maturity of 11.8 years and a weighted average interest rate of 5.47 percent. In 2007, the company repaid $1.1 billion and issued $404 million in long-term debt.


In September 2007, SDG&E publicly offered and sold $250 million of 6.125-percent first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2037. SDG&E’s variable interest entity, OMEC LLC, had construction loan borrowings of $63 million.


In September 2006, SDG&E issued $161 million of variable-rate first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2018, and applied the proceeds in November 2006 to retire an identical amount of first mortgage bonds and related tax-exempt industrial development bonds of a similar weighted-average maturity. The bonds will secure the repayment of tax-exempt industrial development bonds of an identical amount, maturity and interest rate issued by the City of Chula Vista, the proceeds of which have been loaned to SDG&E and will be repaid with payments on the first mortgage bonds.


In June 2006, SDG&E publicly offered and sold $250 million of 6-percent first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2026.


In 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage incurred $128 million of long-term debt in order to reduce its property tax related to the Liberty facility in Calcasieu Parish, as discussed in Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Related to the debt, Sempra Pipelines & Storage recorded bonds receivable for the same amount.


In November 2005, SDG&E and SoCalGas each publicly offered and sold $250 million of 5.30-percent and 5.75-percent, respectively, first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2015 and 2035, respectively.


In May 2005, SDG&E publicly offered and sold $250 million of 5.35-percent first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2035.


Payments on long-term debt in 2007 primarily consisted of $600 million of notes payable that matured in May 2007, $300 million of notes payable that were due in May 2008 but redeemed in August 2007 and $66 million, the remaining outstanding balance of SDG&E’s rate-reduction bonds.


Payments on long-term debt in 2006 primarily included $161 million of SDG&E's first mortgage bonds and $66 million of rate-reduction bonds. Also in 2006, Sempra Financial repaid $24 million of debt incurred to acquire limited partnership interests.


Payments on long-term debt in 2005 included $300 million of notes payable that matured in December 2005 and $66 million related to SDG&E's rate-reduction bonds. Also in 2005, Sempra Generation repaid



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$122 million of debt assumed in its purchase of the remaining interest in El Dorado, and Sempra Financial repaid $28 million of debt incurred to acquire limited partnership interests.


Note 6 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provides information concerning lines of credit and further discussion of debt activity.


Capital Stock Transactions


During 2007, the company repurchased almost 3 million shares of common stock for $161 million in connection with the share repurchase program authorized in 2005, as discussed in Note 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. Cash provided by employee stock option exercises was $32 million, $79 million and $90 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


During 2005, 19.7 million shares of common stock were issued at $30.52 per share in settlement of the 2002 share purchase contracts included in the company's $600 million of Equity Units. Also during 2005, the company repurchased common stock for $95 million, including 2.3 million shares of common stock at a cost of $88 million in connection with the share repurchase program authorized in 2005.


Dividends


Dividends paid on common stock were $316 million in 2007, $283 million in 2006 and $268 million in 2005. The increases were primarily due to increases in the per-share quarterly dividend from $0.29 in 2005 to $0.30 in 2006 and $0.31 in 2007. In February 2008, the company’s board of directors approved an increase in quarterly dividends from $0.31 per share to $0.32 per share. Following the expected closing of the transaction with RBS, the company expects that its board of directors will increase the company’s quarterly common stock dividend to $0.35 per share ($1.40 annually) and target an annual dividend payment ratio of 35 percent to 40 percent of net income.


The payment and amount of future dividends are at the discretion of the company's board of directors. The CPUC's regulation of the Sempra Utilities' capital structure limits the amounts that are available for loans and dividends to the company from the Sempra Utilities. At December 31, 2007, SoCalGas and SDG&E could have provided a total (combined loans and dividends) of $30 million and $29 million, respectively, to Sempra Energy.


Capitalization


At December 31, 2007, total capitalization, including short-term debt and the current portion of long-term debt, was $14.3 billion. The debt-to-capitalization ratio was 39 percent at December 31, 2007. Significant changes affecting capitalization during 2007 included common stock issuances and repurchases, a net decrease in long-term debt, increases in short-term borrowings, an increase in minority interest, and comprehensive income exceeding dividends. Additional discussion related to the significant changes is provided in Notes 6 and 13 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and "Results of Operations" above.



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Commitments


The following is a summary of the company's principal contractual commitments at December 31, 2007. Additional information concerning commitments is provided above and in Notes 2, 6, 9, 12 and 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


(Dollars in millions)

 

2008

 


2009

and 2010

 


2011

and 2012

 



Thereafter

 

 

Total

Short-term debt

$

1,064

 

$

--

 

$

--

 

$

--

 

$

1,064

Long-term debt

 

7

 

 

936

 

 

528

 

 

3,089

 

 

4,560

Interest on debt (1)

 

250

 

 

439

 

 

345

 

 

1,864

 

 

2,898

Due to unconsolidated affiliates

 

60

 

 

--

 

 

102

 

 

--

 

 

162

Preferred stock of subsidiaries subject to mandatory redemption

 


14

 

 


--

 

 


--

 

 


--

 

 


14

Operating leases

 

120

 

 

214

 

 

121

 

 

223

 

 

678

Litigation reserves

 

51

 

 

53

 

 

52

 

 

49

 

 

205

Purchased-power contracts

 

399

 

 

795

 

 

688

 

 

2,542

 

 

4,424

Natural gas contracts

 

1,486

 

 

1,304

 

 

444

 

 

236

 

 

3,470

LNG contract (2)

 

--

 

 

1,790

 

 

2,569

 

 

22,223

 

 

26,582

Construction commitments

 

275

 

 

8

 

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

284

SONGS decommissioning

 

10

 

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

400

 

 

411

Other asset retirement obligations

 

19

 

 

34

 

 

39

 

 

655

 

 

747

Pension and postretirement benefit obligations (3)

 

108

 

 

201

 

 

288

 

 

962

 

 

1,559

Environmental commitments

 

40

 

 

17

 

 

6

 

 

4

 

 

67

Other

 

9

 

 

28

 

 

7

 

 

9

 

 

53

Totals

$

3,912

 

$

5,820

 

$

5,190

 

$

32,256

 

$

47,178


(1)

Expected interest payments were calculated using the stated interest rate for fixed rate obligations, including floating-to-fixed interest-rate swaps. Expected interest payments were calculated based on forward rates in effect at December 31, 2007 for variable rate obligations, including fixed-to-floating interest-rate swaps.

(2)

Sempra LNG has a purchase agreement with Tangguh PSC Contractors (Tangguh PSC) for the supply of 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from Indonesia’s Tangguh liquefaction facility to Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul regasification terminal at a price based on the Southern California border index. The expected minimum payments under the contract are based on the Southern California border index price plus an estimated 1 percent escalation per year. Sempra LNG has a contract to sell a portion of the volumes purchased from Tangguh PSC to Mexico’s national electric company, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) at prices that are based on the Southern California border index for natural gas.

(3)

Amounts are after reduction for the Medicare Part D subsidy and only include expected payments to the plans for the next 10 years.


The table excludes trading liabilities and commitments, which are primarily offset by trading assets; contracts between consolidated affiliates; intercompany debt; individual contracts that have annual cash requirements less than $1 million; and employment contracts. The table also excludes income tax liabilities of $105 million recorded in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation (FIN) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 (FIN 48), because the company is unable to reasonably estimate the timing of future payments of these liabilities due to uncertainties in the



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timing of the effective settlement of tax positions. Additional information on FIN 48 is provided in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Off Balance-Sheet Arrangements


The company has provided guarantees aggregating $686 million at December 31, 2007, to related parties, including the guarantee related to Rockies Express project financing discussed in Note 6.


Credit Ratings


Credit ratings of the company and its principal subsidiaries remained unchanged at investment grade levels in 2007. As of January 31, 2008, credit ratings for Sempra Energy and its principal subsidiaries were as follows:


 

 

Standard

 

Moody's Investor

 

 

 

 

& Poor's

 

 Services, Inc.

 

Fitch

SEMPRA ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured debt

 

BBB+

 

Baa1

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured debt

 

A+

 

A1

 

AA

Unsecured debt

 

A-

 

A2

 

AA-

Preferred stock

 

BBB+

 

Baa1

 

A+

Commercial paper

 

A-1

 

P-1

 

F1+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOCALGAS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Secured debt

 

A+

 

A1

 

AA

Unsecured debt

 

A-

 

A2

 

AA-

Preferred stock

 

BBB+

 

Baa1

 

A+

Commercial paper

 

A-1

 

P-1

 

F1+

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PACIFIC ENTERPRISES

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

BBB+

 

--

 

A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEMPRA GLOBAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured debt guaranteed by Sempra Energy

 

--

 

Baa1

 

--

Commercial paper guaranteed by Sempra Energy

 

A-2

 

P-2

 

F1


As of January 31, 2008, the companies have a stable ratings outlook from all three credit rating agencies.


FACTORS INFLUENCING FUTURE PERFORMANCE


The Sempra Utilities' operations and Sempra Generation's long-term contracts generally provide relatively stable earnings and liquidity. However, for the next few years SDG&E is planning to reinvest its earnings in significant capital projects and is not expected to pay common dividends to Sempra Energy during that time. Also, Sempra Generation’s contract with the DWR, which provides a significant portion of Sempra Generation’s revenues, ends in late 2011. Due to the inability to forecast with certainty future electricity prices and the cost of natural gas, contracts entered into to replace this capacity may provide substantially lower revenue. Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage are expected to provide relatively stable earnings and liquidity upon the completion of their construction programs, but to require substantial funding during the construction period. Also, until firm supply or capacity contracts are in place and effecti ve for Sempra LNG’s Cameron and Energía Costa Azul LNG regasification facilities, Sempra LNG will seek to obtain interim LNG supplies, which may result in greater variability in revenues and earnings.



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Sempra Commodities experiences significant volatility in earnings and liquidity requirements. In July 2007, the company and RBS entered into an agreement to form a partnership, RBS Sempra Commodities, to purchase and operate the company's commodity-marketing businesses, which generally comprise the company’s Sempra Commodities segment. This transaction will eliminate the company’s requirements for trading guarantees and credit support for this business. The company expects somewhat lower earnings from the commodities business in the near term due to its reduced ownership after the formation of the partnership.


RBS Sempra Commodities has been formed as a United Kingdom limited liability partnership. Due to increased regulatory capital requirements for the partnership, Sempra Energy's expected equity investment in the partnership has increased from $1.3 billion - $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion - $1.7 billion. The partnership concurrently will purchase Sempra Energy’s commodity-marketing subsidiaries at a price (after deducting certain expenses to be paid by Sempra Energy in terminating pre-existing contractual arrangements) equal to their book value computed on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union.


RBS will provide any additional funding required for the ongoing operating expenses of the partnership’s businesses. RBS will also provide all growth capital, credit and liquidity for the partnership, replacing the trading guarantees and credit support currently maintained for these businesses by the company. RBS will terminate or replace Sempra Energy’s credit support arrangements for the commodity-marketing businesses acquired by RBS Sempra Commodities that are reasonably capable of being terminated or replaced. To the extent that Sempra Energy’s credit support arrangements have not been terminated or replaced, RBS will indemnify Sempra Energy for any claims or losses arising in connection with those arrangements.


Sempra Energy and RBS intend that RBS Sempra Commodities will distribute all of its net income on an annual basis, although the distributions are within the discretion of the board of directors of the partnership. Subject to certain limited exceptions, partnership pretax income, calculated in accordance with IFRS, will be allocated as follows:


·

Sempra Energy will receive a preferred 15-percent return on its adjusted equity capital;

·

RBS will receive a preferred 15-percent return on any capital in excess of capital attributable to Sempra Energy that is required by the U.K. Financial Services Authority to be maintained by RBS in respect of the operations of the partnership;

·

Sempra Energy will receive 70 percent of the next $500 million in pretax income, with RBS receiving the remaining 30 percent; and

·

Sempra Energy will receive 30 percent, and RBS 70 percent, of any remaining pretax income.


Any losses of the partnership would be shared equally between Sempra Energy and RBS.


After closing the transaction, the company will account for its investment in the partnership under the equity method, and the company's share of partnership earnings will be reported in the Sempra Commodities segment. In limited cases, earnings allocable to the partnership may be retained by the partnership to replenish capital depleted through losses.


Litigation


Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements describes litigation, the ultimate resolution of which could have a material adverse effect on future performance.



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Sempra Utilities


Notes 14 and 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements describe electric and natural gas regulation and rates, and other pending proceedings and investigations.


Sempra Global


Investments


As discussed in "Cash Flows From Investing Activities," the company's investments will significantly impact the company's future performance. In addition to the discussion below, information regarding these investments is provided in "Capital Resources and Liquidity."


Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Rockies Express Pipeline


The Rockies Express project is comprised of three segments: the Entrega Pipeline, REX-West and REX-East. The Entrega Pipeline, which runs from the Meeker Hub in Colorado to Wamsutter, Wyoming, and connects Wamsutter to an interconnection with REX at the Cheyenne Hub in Colorado, was placed into service in February 2007. REX-West extends 713 miles from the Cheyenne Hub to Audrain County in Missouri, and began interim service in January 2008 with full service expected in March 2008. REX-East, which will run 638 miles from Missouri to Clarington, Ohio, is expected to begin interim service in December 2008 and full service in June 2009.


In February 2006, Rockies Express entered into an agreement with Overthrust Pipeline Company (Overthrust), a subsidiary of Questar Corp., for a long-term lease to provide REX with capacity for up to 1.5 Bcf per day on Overthrust's pipeline. The capacity lease effectively extends the REX to the Opal Hub in Wyoming.


Liberty Gas Storage


Liberty, as currently permitted, is a 17 Bcf salt-cavern natural gas storage facility located in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The pipeline and compressor systems are currently in operation and can provide transportation services. Liberty is expected to be able to provide 12 Bcf of storage beginning in the second quarter of 2008.


In 2006, the company acquired additional property with 11 Bcf of existing salt dome caverns and the capability to add significant additional capacity by mining new caverns. The newly purchased caverns would allow Liberty to be expanded to at least 28 Bcf of total capacity. Total project costs for Liberty and its expansion are expected to be approximately $450 million to $500 million.


Luz del Sur


Sempra Pipelines & Storage owns a 38-percent interest in Luz del Sur, a Peruvian electric utility, as discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.  In December 2007, AEI purchased a 38-percent interest in Luz del Sur from Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s previous partner, PSEG Global.  As part of its acquisition from PSEG Global, AEI is required to launch a tender offer to the minority shareholders to purchase their shares at a price as determined by an independent appraiser.  



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The company expects to make an additional investment in Luz del Sur to maintain ownership of Luz del Sur equal to that of AEI.


Sempra LNG


Energía Costa Azul LNG Receipt Terminal


Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul LNG receipt terminal, with a capacity of 1 Bcf per day, is currently under construction in Baja California, Mexico, and is expected to begin operations in the second quarter of 2008.


Upon commencement of operations, the facility will generate revenue under an agreement with Shell México Gas Natural, utilizing one-half of the terminal’s capacity. It is expected that LNG supplies will begin arriving in 2009 under a 20-year purchase and sale agreement with Tangguh PSC (discussed in "Commitments" above) that will fully utilize the remaining capacity. The company is negotiating for temporary supplies of LNG to utilize the available capacity until the Tangguh PSC supplies arrive.


In January 2005, Sempra LNG was awarded a 15-year natural gas supply contract by Mexico’s government-owned electric utility, the CFE. The contract revenue is estimated at $1.4 billion over its life and supports the CFE’s future energy needs in northern Baja California, including the Presidente Juarez power plant in Rosarito. The supply is expected to come from natural gas processed at the Energía Costa Azul terminal. Starting in 2008 and running through 2022, the agreement provides the CFE with an average of about 130 million cubic feet per day of natural gas.


Approvals from key governmental agencies have been received to expand the terminal capacity to 2.5 Bcf per day. The ultimate scope and timing of a proposed expansion project will depend on the outcome of negotiations for supply and/or terminal service agreements.


Cameron LNG Receipt Terminal


Sempra LNG’s Cameron LNG receipt terminal is currently under construction in Hackberry, Louisiana. Construction is expected to be completed in late 2008 with capacity revenues starting in early 2009. In January 2007, Sempra LNG received approval from the FERC for a possible expansion of the terminal’s production capacity to 2.65 Bcf per day of natural gas from 1.5 Bcf per day. The ultimate scope and timing of the expansion project will depend on the outcome of negotiations for supply and/or terminal service agreements.


In August 2005, Sempra LNG executed a terminal services agreement with ENI USA Gas Marketing LLC (ENI). The 20-year, full-service capacity agreement utilizes over 40 percent of the Cameron terminal and will generate revenue within 90 days upon commencement of operation.


In March 2006, Sempra LNG executed a terminal services agreement with Merrill Lynch Commodities Inc. (MLC) to bring natural gas to the U.S. Gulf Coast, conditioned on MLC’s obtaining a contract for the supply of LNG. The 20-year, full-service capacity agreement provides MLC the capability to process 500,000 MMBtu per day through the Cameron LNG receipt terminal. MLC may terminate the agreement at various dates upon payment of an increasing early termination fee which, while significant, would not be material to the company. Sempra LNG and MLC have amended various provisions since the original agreement was executed, including a recent extension of an interim early-termination date to March 31, 2008. The final date for early termination is June 30, 2008.




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Port Arthur LNG Receipt Terminal


In June 2006, Sempra LNG received approval from the FERC to construct the Port Arthur LNG receipt terminal in Texas, which would be capable of processing up to 3 Bcf per day of natural gas. Construction of this facility has been delayed indefinitely until the company has obtained sufficient supply and capacity contracts for the terminal.


Sempra Generation


Sempra Generation is in the final development stages for construction of a proposed 600-MW natural gas-fired generation plant, Catoctin Power, in Adamstown, Maryland. The project has received the permits required for construction. Expenditures on this project have not been significant.


Other


As discussed in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, income tax benefits from synthetic fuels credits were partially phased out in 2006. The partial phase-out extended into 2007, the last year of the program.


Market Risk


Market risk is the risk of erosion of the company's cash flows, net income, asset values and equity due to adverse changes in prices for various commodities, and in interest and foreign-currency rates.


The company has policies governing its market risk management and trading activities. As required by CPUC and FERC affiliate compliance rules, Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities maintain separate and independent risk management committees, organizations and processes for each of the Sempra Utilities and for all non-CPUC regulated affiliates to provide oversight of these activities. The committees, consisting of senior officers, establish policy for and oversee energy risk management activities and monitor the results of trading and other activities to ensure compliance with the company's stated energy risk management and trading policies. This includes monitoring daily, detailed information regarding market positions that create credit, liquidity and market risk. Independently from the company’s energy procurement departments, the respective oversight organizations and committees separately monitor energy price risk management and measure and report the credit, liquidity and market risk associated with these positions.


Along with other tools, the company uses Value at Risk (VaR) to measure daily its exposure to market risk. VaR is an estimate of the potential loss on a position or portfolio of positions over a specified holding period, based on normal market conditions and within a given statistical confidence interval. The company has adopted the variance/covariance methodology in its calculation of VaR, and uses both the 95-percent and 99-percent confidence intervals. VaR is calculated independently by the respective risk management oversight organizations. Historical and implied volatilities and correlations between instruments and positions are used in the calculation.


The Sempra Utilities use energy and natural gas derivatives to manage natural gas and energy price risk associated with servicing load requirements. The use of energy and natural gas derivatives is subject to certain limitations imposed by company policy and is in compliance with risk management and trading activity plans that have been filed and approved by the CPUC. Any costs or gains/losses associated with the use of energy and natural gas derivatives, which use is in compliance with CPUC approved plans, are considered to be commodity costs that are passed on to customers on a substantially concurrent basis.



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Following is a summary of Sempra Commodities' trading VaR profile (using a one-day holding period, at the two confidence levels) in millions of dollars:


 

 

 

 

95%

 

 

99%

 

December 31, 2007

$

10.3

 

 

$

14.5

 

2007 range

$

6.1

 

to $ 32.1

 

$

8.6

 

to $ 45.2

December 31, 2006

$

13.4

 

 

 

$

18.8

 

 

2006 range

$

5.5

 

to $ 37.7

 

$

7.8

 

to $ 53.1


Revenue recognition is discussed in Notes 1 and 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and the additional market-risk information regarding derivative instruments is discussed in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


The following discussion of the company's primary market-risk exposures as of December 31, 2007 includes a discussion of how these exposures are managed.


Commodity Price Risk


Market risk related to physical commodities is created by volatility in the prices and basis of certain commodities. The company's market risk is impacted by changes in volatility and liquidity in the markets in which these commodities or related financial instruments are traded. The company's various subsidiaries are exposed, in varying degrees, to price risk, primarily in the petroleum, metals, natural gas and electricity markets. The company's policy is to manage this risk within a framework that considers the unique markets and operating and regulatory environments of each subsidiary.


Sempra Commodities


Sempra Commodities derives most of its revenue from its worldwide trading activities in natural gas, electricity, petroleum products, metals and other commodities. As a result, Sempra Commodities is exposed to price volatility in the related domestic and international markets. Sempra Commodities conducts these activities within a structured and disciplined risk management and control framework that is based on clearly communicated policies and procedures, position limits, active and ongoing management monitoring and oversight, clearly defined roles and responsibilities, and daily risk measurement and reporting.


Sempra Utilities


The Sempra Utilities’ market-risk exposure is limited due to CPUC-authorized rate recovery of the costs of commodity purchase, intrastate transportation and storage activity. However, the Sempra Utilities may, at times, be exposed to market risk as a result of SDG&E's natural gas PBR and electric procurement activities or SoCalGas' GCIM, which are discussed in Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. If commodity prices were to rise too rapidly, it is likely that volumes would decline. This would increase the per-unit fixed costs, which could lead to further volume declines. The Sempra Utilities manage their risk within the parameters of their market risk management framework. As of December 31, 2007, the total VaR of the Sempra Utilities' natural gas and electric positions was not material, and the procurement activities were in compliance with the procurement plans filed with and approved by the CPUC.




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Interest Rate Risk


The company is exposed to fluctuations in interest rates primarily as a result of its short-term and long-term debt. Subject to regulatory constraints, interest-rate swaps may be used to adjust interest-rate exposures. The company periodically enters into interest-rate swap agreements to moderate its exposure to interest-rate changes and to lower its overall costs of borrowing.


At December 31, 2007, after the effects of interest-rate swaps, the Sempra Utilities had $2.7 billion of fixed-rate, long-term debt and $418 million of variable-rate, long-term debt. Interest on fixed-rate utility debt is fully recovered in rates on a historical cost basis and interest on variable-rate debt is provided for in rates on a forecasted basis. At December 31, 2007, utility fixed-rate, long-term debt, after the effects of interest-rate swaps, had a one-year VaR of $480 million and utility variable-rate, long-term debt, after the effects of interest-rate swaps, had a one-year VaR of $9 million. Non-utility long-term debt (fixed-rate and variable-rate) subject to VaR modeling totaled $1.5 billion at December 31, 2007, with a one-year VaR of $130 million, after the effects of interest-rate swaps.


At December 31, 2007, the total notional amount of interest-rate swap transactions ranges from $1.9 billion to $2.2 billion (ranges relate to amortizing notional amounts). Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements provides further information regarding interest-rate swap transactions.


In addition, the company is subject to the effect of interest-rate fluctuations on the assets of its pension plans, other postretirement benefit plans and the nuclear decommissioning trusts. However, the effects of these fluctuations, as they relate to the Sempra Utilities, are expected to be passed on to customers.


Credit Risk


Credit risk is the risk of loss that would be incurred as a result of nonperformance by counterparties of their contractual obligations. As with market risk, the company has policies governing the management of credit risk that are administered by the respective credit departments for each of the Sempra Utilities and for all non-CPUC regulated affiliates and overseen by their separate risk management committees. Using rigorous models, this oversight includes calculating current and potential credit risk on a daily basis and monitoring actual balances in comparison to approved limits. The company avoids concentration of counterparties whenever possible, and management believes its credit policies significantly reduce overall credit risk. These policies include an evaluation of prospective counterparties' financial condition (including credit ratings), collateral requirements under certain circumstances, the use of standardized agreements that allow for t he netting of positive and negative exposures associated with a single counterparty, and other security such as lock-box liens and downgrade triggers. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities' 20 largest customers had balances totaling $1.13 billion, of which $734 million corresponds to investment-grade customers, with individual customers varying from $212 million to $26 million. The company believes that adequate reserves have been provided for counterparty nonperformance.


As described in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, Sempra Generation has a contract with the DWR to supply up to 1,900 MW of power to the state of California over 10 years, beginning in 2001. This contract results in a significant potential nonperformance exposure with a single counterparty; however, this risk has been addressed and mitigated by the liquidated damages provision of the contract.


When operational, development projects at Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage will place significant reliance on the ability of their suppliers to perform on long-term agreements and on the company’s ability to enforce contract terms in the event of non-performance. Also, factors considered in



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the evaluation of a project for development include the negotiation of customer and supplier agreements, and therefore, reliance on these agreements for future performance. The decision to go forward on development projects may also be based on these agreements.


The company monitors credit risk through a credit-approval process and the assignment and monitoring of credit limits. These credit limits are established based on risk and return considerations under terms customarily available in the industry.


As noted above under "Interest Rate Risk," the company periodically enters into interest-rate swap agreements to moderate exposure to interest-rate changes and to lower the overall cost of borrowing. The company would be exposed to interest-rate fluctuations on the underlying debt should counterparties to the agreement not perform.


Foreign Currency Rate Risk


The company has investments in entities whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar, exposing the company to foreign exchange movements, primarily in Latin American currencies. As a result of the devaluation of the Argentine peso that began at the end of 2001, Sempra Pipelines & Storage has reduced the carrying value of its Argentine investments downward by a cumulative total of $204 million as of December 31, 2007. These noncash adjustments continue to occur based on fluctuations in the Argentine peso and they generally do not affect net income, but affect other comprehensive income and accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). However, in 2006, the impairment of these investments reflected the cumulative effect of currency translation adjustments. Further discussion is provided in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


The company's primary objective with respect to currency risk is to preserve the economic value of its overseas investments and to reduce net income volatility that would otherwise occur due to exchange-rate fluctuations.


Sempra Energy's net investment in its Latin American operating companies and the resulting cash flows are partially protected against normal exchange-rate fluctuations by rate-setting mechanisms that are intended to compensate for local inflation and currency exchange-rate fluctuations. In addition, the company offsets material cross-currency transactions and net income exposure through various means, including financial instruments and short-term investments.


Because the company does not hedge its net investment in foreign countries, it is susceptible to volatility in other comprehensive income caused by exchange-rate fluctuations.




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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES AND KEY NONCASH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS


Certain accounting policies are viewed by management as critical because their application is the most relevant, judgmental and/or material to the company's financial position and results of operations, and/or because they require the use of material judgments and estimates.


The company's significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. The most critical policies, all of which are mandatory under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, are the following:



Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Contingencies

 

 

 

 

SFAS 5, Accounting for Contingencies, establishes the amounts and timing of when the company provides for contingent losses. The company continuously assesses potential loss contingencies for litigation claims, environmental remediation and other events.


 

The company accrues losses for the estimated impacts of various conditions, situations or circumstances involving uncertain outcomes. For loss contingencies, the loss is accrued if (1) information is available that indicates it is probable that the loss has been incurred, given the likelihood of uncertain future events, and (2) the amounts of the loss can be reasonably estimated. SFAS 5 does not permit the accrual of contingencies that might result in gains.

 

Details of the company's issues in this area are discussed in Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory Accounting

 

 

 

 

SFAS 71, Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation, has a significant effect on the way the Sempra Utilities record assets and liabilities, and the related revenues and expenses that would not be recorded absent the principles contained in SFAS 71.

 

The Sempra Utilities record a regulatory asset if it is probable that, through the ratemaking process, the utility will recover that asset from customers. Similarly, regulatory liabilities are recorded for amounts recovered in rates in advance of the expenditure. The Sempra Utilities review probabilities associated with regulatory balances whenever new events occur, such as changes in the regulatory environment or the utility's competitive position, issuance of a regulatory commission order or passage of new legislation. To the extent that circumstances associated with regulatory balances change, the regulatory balances could be adjusted.

 

Details of the Sempra Utilities' regulatory assets and liabilities are discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Income Taxes

 

 

 

 

SFAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes, governs the way the company provides for income taxes.



 

The company's income tax expense and related balance sheet amounts involve significant management estimates and judgments. Amounts of deferred income tax assets and liabilities, as well as current and noncurrent accruals, involve judgments and estimates of the timing and probability of recognition of income and deductions by taxing authorities. The anticipated resolution of income-tax issues considers past resolutions of the same or similar issue, the status of any income-tax examination in progress and positions taken by taxing authorities with other taxpayers with similar issues. The likelihood of deferred tax recovery is based on analyses of the deferred tax assets and the company's expectation of future taxable income, based on its strategic planning.

 

Actual income taxes could vary from estimated amounts due to the future impacts of various items including changes in tax laws, the company's financial condition in future periods, and the resolution of various income tax issues between the company and the various taxing authorities. Details of the company's issues in this area are discussed in Note 8 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


 

 

 

 

 

FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in a company's financial statements. FIN 48 addresses how an entity should recognize, measure, classify and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that it has taken or expects to take in an income tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.

 

For a position to qualify for benefit recognition under FIN 48, the position must have at least a "more likely than not" chance of being sustained (based on the position’s technical merits) upon challenge by the respective authorities. The term "more likely than not" means a likelihood of more than 50 percent. If the company does not have a more likely than not position with respect to a tax position, then the company may not recognize any of the potential tax benefit associated with the position. A tax position that meets the "more likely than not" recognition shall initially and subsequently be measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50 percent likely of being realized upon the effective resolution of the tax position.

 

Unrecognized tax benefits involve management judgment regarding the likelihood of the benefit being sustained. The final resolution of uncertain tax positions could result in adjustments to recorded amounts and may affect the company’s results of operations, financial position and cash flows.

 

Additional information related to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes is discussed in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

 

 

 

SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, was adopted by the company in the first quarter of 2007. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes criteria to be considered when measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not expand the use of fair value accounting in any new circumstances.


Under Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 02-3, Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities (EITF 02-3), the transaction price presumption prohibited recognition of a trading profit at inception of a derivative unless the positive fair value of that derivative was substantially based on quoted prices or a valuation process incorporating observable inputs. For transactions that did not meet this criterion at inception, trading profits that had been deferred were recognized in the period that inputs to value the derivative became observable or when the contract performed. SFAS 157 nullified this portion of EITF 02-3.

 

As defined in SFAS 157, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). However, as permitted under SFAS 157, the company utilizes a mid-market pricing convention (the mid-point price between bid and ask prices) as a practical expedient for valuing the majority of its assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. The company primarily applies the market approach for recurring fair value measurements and endeavors to utilize the best available information. Accordingly, the comp any utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The company is able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by SFAS 157 are as follows:

 

The company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurements requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels. Also, for trading contracts, the time between inception and performance of the contract may affect the fair value. The determination of fair value may, therefore, affect the timing of recognition of revenues and net income.


As a result of adopting SFAS 157, the transition adjustment to beginning retained earnings was a gain of $12 million, net of income tax. Additional information relating to fair value measurement is discussed in Notes 2 and 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements (continued)

SFAS 157 also: (1) establishes that fair value is based on a hierarchy of inputs into the valuation process (as described in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements), (2) clarifies that an issuer's credit standing should be considered when measuring liabilities at fair value, (3) precludes the use of a liquidity or blockage factor discount when measuring instruments traded in an actively quoted market at fair value, and (4) requires costs related to acquiring instruments carried at fair value to be recognized as expense when incurred.


The following assets and liabilities are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2007: (1) derivatives, (2) certain inventories that are the hedged item in a fair value hedge, (3) certain trust assets, and (4) marketable securities.

 

Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments such as exchange-traded derivatives, listed equities and U.S. government treasury securities.


Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value, volatility factors, and current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace. Instruments in this category include non-exchange-traded derivatives such as OTC forwards, options and repurchase agreements.


Level 3 – Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value from the perspective of a market participant. Level 3 instruments include those that may be more structured or otherwise tailored to customers’ needs. At each balance sheet date, the company performs an analysis of all instruments subject to SFAS 157 and includes in level 3 all of those whose fair value is based on significant unobservable inputs.

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

 

 

 

 

SFAS 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, as amended, and related EITF Issues govern the accounting requirements for derivatives.

 

The company values derivative instruments at fair value on the balance sheet. Depending on the purpose for the contract and the applicability of hedge accounting, the impact of instruments may be offset in earnings, on the balance sheet, or in other comprehensive income. The company also utilizes normal purchase or sale accounting for certain contracts. As discussed elsewhere herein, the company uses exchange quotations or other third-party pricing to estimate fair values whenever possible. When no such data is available, it uses internally developed models and other techniques. The assumed collectibility of receivables considers the aging of the receivables, the credit-worthiness of customers and the enforceability of contracts, where applicable.

 

The application of hedge accounting to certain derivatives and the normal purchase or sale election is made on a contract-by-contract basis. Utilizing hedge accounting or the normal purchase or sale election in a different manner could materially impact reported results of operations. The effects of derivatives' accounting have a significant impact on the balance sheet of Sempra Commodities and the Sempra Utilities but have no significant effect on the Sempra Utilities' results of operations because of the principles contained in SFAS 71 and the application of the normal purchase or sale election. Details of the company's financial instruments are discussed in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

Impairments of Long-Lived Assets

SFAS 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, requires that long-lived assets be evaluated as necessary for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any such assets may not be recoverable or the assets meet the held-for-sale criteria under SFAS 144.

 

Whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that an asset's carrying amount may not be recoverable, the company applies SFAS 157 to estimate the fair value of its long-lived assets and may consider data from multiple market participants and multiple valuation methods. Judgment is exercised to estimate the future cash flows and the useful lives of long-lived assets and to determine management's intent to use the assets. Management's intent to use or dispose of assets is subject to re-evaluation and can change over time.

 

In connection with the evaluation of long-lived assets in accordance with the requirements of SFAS 144, the fair value of the asset can vary if different estimates and assumptions are used in the applied valuation techniques. Discussion of impairment of long-lived assets is included in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. In addition, details of the company's impairment loss relating to Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy are discussed in Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Impairments of Equity Method Investments

Under Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APBO) 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common Stock, investments are generally accounted for under the equity method when the company has an ownership interest of 20 to 50 percent. For the investments the company accounts for under the equity method of accounting, the premium or excess cost over underlying fair value of net assets is referred to as equity method goodwill. In accordance with APBO 18, as amended by SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, equity method goodwill is not subject to amortization but rather to impairment testing, as is the equity method investment overall.

 

The company considers whether the fair value of each equity investment as a whole, not the underlying net assets, has declined and whether that decline is other than temporary. Therefore, in addition to the annual impairment test of goodwill, the company re-evaluates the amount at which the company carries the excess of cost over fair value of net assets accounted for under the equity method. Unamortized goodwill related to unconsolidated subsidiaries is discussed in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


When calculating estimates of fair or realizable values, the company considers whether it intends to sell the investment or continue to hold it. For certain investments that will be held, critical assumptions include the availability and costs of natural gas, competing fuels (primarily propane) and electricity.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage owns non-controlling interests in two Argentine natural gas distribution companies. In view of continuing disputes with the Argentine government, the company decided to sell its investments in these companies in December 2006. The company recorded a noncash impairment charge to net income of $221 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

The company estimated the fair value of its Argentine investments using primarily an income-based valuation approach, including risk assumptions for similar investments. The risk assumptions applied by other market participants to value the investments could vary significantly, which could result in a different impairment charge, and ultimately additional loss or gain upon sale. Further details are discussed in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 



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Description

 

Assumptions & Approach Utilized

 

Effect if Different Assumptions Used

 

 

 

 

 

Defined Benefit Plans

 

 

 

 

The company has funded and unfunded noncontributory defined benefit plans that together cover substantially all of its employees. The company also has other postretirement benefit plans covering substantially all of its employees. The company accounts for its pension and other postretirement benefit plans under SFAS 87, Employers' Accounting for Pensions, and SFAS 106, Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions, respectively, and under SFAS 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R).

 

The measurement of the company's pension and postretirement obligations, costs and liabilities is dependent on a variety of assumptions used by the company. The critical assumptions used in developing the required estimates include the following key factors: discount rate, expected return on plan assets, health-care cost trend rates, mortality rates, rate of compensation increases and payout elections (lump sum or annuity). These assumptions are reviewed on an annual basis prior to the beginning of each year and updated when appropriate. The company considers current market conditions, including interest rates, in making these assumptions.

 

The actuarial assumptions used may differ materially from actual results due to changing market and economic conditions, higher or lower withdrawal rates, longer or shorter participant life spans, or more or fewer lump sum versus annuity payout elections made by plan participants. These differences, other than as related to the Sempra Utilities plans, where rate recovery offsets any effects of the assumptions on net income, may result in a significant impact to the amount of pension and postretirement benefit expense recorded. For the remaining plans, the approximate annual effect on net income of a 0.25 percent point increase or decrease in the assumed discount rate or the assumed rate of return on plan assets would be less than $1 million in each case.


The health-care cost trend rate is 9.48 percent for 2007. Increasing the health-care cost trend rate by one percentage point would increase the accumulated obligation for postretirement benefit plans by $93 million and total service and interest cost by $11 million. Decreasing the health-care cost trend rate by one percentage point would decrease the accumulated obligation by $77 million and total service and interest cost by $9 million.


Additional discussion of pension plan assumptions is included in Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.


Choices among alternative accounting policies that are material to the company's financial statements and information concerning significant estimates have been discussed with the audit committee of the board of directors.


Key noncash performance indicators for the company's subsidiaries include number of customers and natural gas volumes and electricity sold for the Sempra Utilities, and plant availability factors



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at Sempra Generation's generating plants. For competitive reasons, Sempra Generation does not disclose its plant availability factors. The Sempra Utilities information is provided in "Overview" and "Results of Operations." Sempra Commodities does not use noncash performance factors. Its key indicators are profit margins by product line and by geographic area. The table under "Business Unit Results– Sempra Commodities" provides this information for Sempra Commodities. As of December 31, 2007, Sempra Pipelines & Storage's only consolidated operations are in Mexico. The natural gas distribution utility that operates in three separate areas in Mexico had a customer count of 95,600 and sales volume of 51 million cubic feet per day in 2007, which is comparable to amounts in 2006. The pipeline system in Mexico had contracted capacity of 450 million cubic feet per day in 2007 and 2006.


NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Relevant pronouncements that have recently become effective and have had or may have a significant effect on the company's financial statements are described in Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.




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INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS


This Annual Report contains statements that are not historical fact and constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words "estimates," "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "plans," "intends," "may," "could," "would" and "should" or similar expressions, or discussions of strategy or of plans are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements.


Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon various assumptions involving judgments with respect to the future and other risks, including, among others, local, regional, national and international economic, competitive, political, legislative and regulatory conditions and developments; actions by the California Public Utilities Commission, the California State Legislature, the California Department of Water Resources, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the U.K. Financial Services Authority and other regulatory bodies in the United States and other countries; capital markets conditions, inflation rates, interest rates and exchange rates; energy and trading markets, including the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices; the availability of electric power, natural gas and liquefied natural gas; weather conditions and conservation efforts; war and terrorist attacks; business, regulatory , environmental and legal decisions and requirements; the status of deregulation of retail natural gas and electricity delivery; the timing and success of business development efforts; the resolution of litigation; and other uncertainties, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the company. Readers are cautioned not to rely unduly on any forward-looking statements and are urged to review and consider carefully the risks, uncertainties and other factors which affect the company's business described in this report and other reports filed by the company from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





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QUARTERLY COMMON STOCK DATA

 

 

 

First

Quarter

 

 

Second

Quarter

 

 

Third

Quarter

 

 

Fourth

Quarter

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

 

$63.03

 

 

$66.38

 

 

$62.25

 

 

$64.21

 

 

Low

 

$54.73

 

 

$57.04

 

 

$50.95

 

 

$57.62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market price

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High

 

$49.54

 

 

$47.29

 

 

$50.91

 

 

$57.35

 

 

Low

 

$44.66

 

 

$42.90

 

 

$44.42

 

 

$50.19

 

Dividends declared were $0.31 and $0.30 per share in each quarter in 2007 and 2006, respectively.









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PERFORMANCE GRAPH -- COMPARATIVE TOTAL SHAREHOLDER RETURNS


The following graph compares the percentage change in the cumulative total shareholder return on the company's common stock for the five-year period ending December 31, 2007, with the performance over the same period of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Standard & Poor's Utilities Index.



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These returns were calculated assuming an initial investment of $100 in the company's common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Utilities Index on December 31, 2002, and the reinvestment of all dividends.




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FIVE-YEAR SUMMARY


(In millions, except per share amounts)

At December 31 or for the years then ended

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

 

 

2004

 

 

 

2003

 

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Utilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas

 

$

4,869

 

 

$

4,763

 

 

$

5,253

 

 

$

4,537

 

 

$

4,005

 

 

Electric

 

 

2,184

 

 

 

2,136

 

 

 

1,789

 

 

 

1,658

 

 

 

1,786

 

Sempra Global and parent

 

 

4,385

 

 

 

4,862

 

 

 

4,470

 

 

 

3,039

 

 

 

1,906

 

 

Total operating revenues

 

$

11,438

 

 

$

11,761

 

 

$

11,512

 

 

$

9,234

 

 

$

7,697

 

Operating income

 

$

1,679

 

 

$

1,785

 

 

$

1,089

 

 

$

1,272

 

 

$

1,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles

 

$

1,125

 

 

$

1,091

 

 

$

913

 

 

$

915

 

 

$

745

 

Net income

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

1,406

 

 

$

920

 

 

$

895

 

 

$

649

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

< P> 

 

Income per common share from continuing operations before cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

4.34

 

 

$

4.25

 

 

$

3.71

 

 

$

4.01

 

 

$

3.53

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

4.26

 

 

$

4.17

 

 

$

3.62

 

 

$

3.92

 

 

$

3.48

 

Net income per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

4.24

 

 

$

5.48

 

 

$

3.74

 

 

$

3.92

 

 

$

3.07

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

4.16

 

 

$

5.38

 

 

$

3.65

 

 

$

3.83

 

 

$

3.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Dividends declared per common share

 

$

1.24

 

 

$

1.20

 

 

$

 1.16

 

 

$

 1.00

 

 

$

 1.00

 

Return on common equity

 

 

13.9%

 

 

 

20.6%

 

 

 

16.7%

 

 

 

20.5%

 

 

 

19.3%

 

Effective income tax rate

 

 

34%

 

 

 

33%

 

 

 

4%

 

 

 

18%

 

 

 

9%

 

Price range of common shares

 

$

66.38-

 

 

$

57.35-

 

 

$

47.86-

 

 

$

37.93-

 

 

$

30.90-

 

 

 

 

 

50.95

 

 

 

 42.90

 

 

 

 35.53

 

 

 

 29.51

 

 

 

 22.25

 

Weighted average rate base:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

$

2,642

 

 

$

2,477

 

 

$

2,386

 

 

$

2,351

 

 

$

2,268

 

 

SDG&E

 

$

3,846

 

 

$

3,474

 

 

$

2,902

 

 

$

2,755

 

 

$

2,619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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AT DECEMBER 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

11,338

 

 

$

12,016

 

 

$

13,827

 

 

$

9,306

 

 

$

8,310

 

Total assets

 

$

30,091

 

 

$

28,949

 

 

$

29,246

 

 

$

23,847

 

 

$

22,053

 

Current liabilities

 

$

10,394

 

 

$

10,349

 

 

$

12,253

 

 

$

9,183

 

 

$

8,662

 

Long-term debt (excludes current portion)

 

$

4,553

 

 

$

4,525

 

 

$

4,815

 

 

$

4,182

 

 

$

3,828

 

Trust preferred securities

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

200

*

 

$

200

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

$

8,339

 

 

$

7,511

 

 

$

6,160

 

 

$

4,865

 

 

$

3,890

 

Common shares outstanding

 

 

261.2

 

 

 

262.0

 

 

 

257.2

 

 

 

234.2

 

 

 

226.6

 

Book value per share

 

$

31.93

 

 

$

28.67

 

 

$

23.95

 

 

$

20.77

 

 

$

17.17

 

* The company redeemed these securities in February 2005.


Note 5 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements discusses discontinued operations. Note 16 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements discusses litigation and other contingencies.


In 2003, the company recorded a $46 million decrease to net income from the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles. The $46 million included $29 million from the initial effect of the rescission of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue 98-10, Accounting for Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities and $17 million from the consolidation of two variable interest entities pursuant to FIN 46, Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities - an interpretation of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51.




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MANAGEMENT'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Management is responsible for the preparation of the company's consolidated financial statements and related information appearing in this report. Management believes that the consolidated financial statements fairly present the form and substance of transactions and that the financial statements reasonably present the company's financial position and results of operations in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management also has included in the company's financial statements amounts that are based on estimates and judgments, which it believes are reasonable under the circumstances.


The board of directors of the company has an Audit Committee composed of six non-management directors. The committee meets periodically with financial management and the internal auditors to review accounting, control, auditing and financial reporting matters.


MANAGEMENT'S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING


Company management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of company management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, the company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control -- Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on the company's evaluation under the framework in Internal Control -- Integrated Framework, management concluded that the company's internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2007. The effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, as stated in the ir report, which is included in Item 8.






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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Sempra Energy:


We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Sempra Energy and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2007 based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. The Company's management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.


We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.


A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the company's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, and effected by the company's board of directors, management, and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting princ iples, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.


Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of the internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.


In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.


We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year



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ended December 31, 2007 of the Company and our report dated February 25, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements and included an explanatory paragraph regarding the Company’s adoption of two new accounting standards in 2007.


/S/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


San Diego, California
February 25, 2008





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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Sempra Energy:


We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sempra Energy and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statements of consolidated income, comprehensive income and changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.


We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.


In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sempra Energy and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.


As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements, effective January 1, 2007 and FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, effective January 1, 2007. As discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted FASB Statement No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), effective December 31, 2006.


We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007, based on the criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 25, 2008 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.


/S/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP


San Diego, California
February 25, 2008




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SEMPRA ENERGY

 

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

2007

 

2006

 

2005

OPERATING REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Utilities

 

 

 

 

$

7,053

 

 

$

6,899

 

 

$

7,042

 

Sempra Global and parent

 

 

 

 

 

4,385

 

 

 

4,862

 

 

 

4,470

 

 

 

Total operating revenues

 

 

11,438

 

 

 

11,761

 

 

 

11,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Utilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas

 

 

2,763

 

 

 

2,756

 

 

 

3,232

 

 

Cost of electric fuel and purchased power

 

 

699

 

 

 

721

 

 

 

624

 

Sempra Global and parent:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of natural gas, electric fuel and purchased power

 

1,302

 

 

 

1,221

 

 

 

1,321

 

 

Other cost of sales

 

988

 

 

 

1,468

 

 

 

1,267

 

Litigation expense

 

 

73

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

551

 

Other operating expenses

 

 

2,954

 

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

2,583

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

686

 

 

 

657

 

 

 

626

 

Franchise fees and other taxes

 

 

295

 

 

 

275

 

 

 

246

 

Gains on sale of assets, net

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(112

)

Impairment losses

 

 

5

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

9,759

 

 

 

9,976

 

 

 

10,423

 

Operating income

 

 

1,679

 

 

 

1,785

 

 

 

1,089

 

Other income, net

 

 

81

 

 

 

381

 

 

 

51

 

Interest income

 

 

72

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

72

 

Interest expense

 

 

(272

)

 

 

(351

)

 

 

(310

)

Preferred dividends of subsidiaries

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(10

)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in earnings (losses) of certain unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

1,550

 

 

 

1,914

 

 

 

892

 

Income tax expense

 

 

524

 

 

 

641

 

 

 

34

 

Equity in earnings (losses) of certain unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

99

 

 

 

(182

)

 

 

55

 

Income from continuing operations

 

1,125

 

 

 

1,091

 

 

 

913

 

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

 

(26

)

 

 

315

 

 

 

7

 

Net income

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

1,406

 

 

$

920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

4.34

 

 

$

4.25

 

 

$

3.71

 

 

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

1.23

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

Net income

 

$

4.24

 

 

$

5.48

 

 

$

3.74

 

 

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (thousands)

 

 

259,269

 

 

 

256,477

 

 

 

245,906

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

$

4.26

 

 

$

4.17

 

 

$

3.62

 

 

Discontinued operations, net of income tax

 

 

(0.10

)

 

 

1.21

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

Net income

 

$

4.16

 

 

$

5.38

 

 

$

3.65

 

 

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding (thousands)

 

 

264,004

 

 

 

261,368

 

 

 

252,088

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared per share of common stock

$

1.24

 

 

$

1.20

 

 

$

1.16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 






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SEMPRA ENERGY

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in millions)

December 31, 2007

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

668

 

 

$

920

 

 

Restricted cash

 

 

1

 

 

 

4

 

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

 

960

 

 

 

938

 

 

Other accounts and notes receivable, net

 

 

114

 

 

 

97

 

 

Income taxes receivable

 

 

99

 

 

 

--

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

247

 

 

 

270

 

 

Interest receivable

 

 

4

 

 

 

40

 

 

Trading-related receivables and deposits, net

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

3,047

 

 

Derivative trading instruments

 

 

3,367

 

 

 

4,068

 

 

Commodities owned

 

 

2,231

 

 

 

1,845

 

 

Inventories

 

 

224

 

 

 

215

 

 

Regulatory assets

 

 

106

 

 

 

193

 

 

Other

 

 

430

 

 

 

317

 

 

Current assets of continuing operations

 

 

11,338

 

 

 

11,954

 

 

Current assets of discontinued operations

 

 

--

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

Total current assets

 

 

11,338

 

 

 

12,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investments and other assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regulatory assets arising from fixed-price contracts and other derivatives

 

 

309

 

 

 

353

 

 

Regulatory assets arising from pension and other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   postretirement benefit obligations

 

 

162

 

 

 

356

 

 

Other regulatory assets

 

 

460

 

 

 

472

 

 

Nuclear decommissioning trusts

 

 

739

 

 

 

702

 

 

Investments

 

 

1,243

 

 

 

1,086

 

 

Sundry

 

 

956

 

 

 

789

 

 

 

Total investments and other assets

 

 

3,869

 

 

 

3,758

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

20,917

 

 

 

18,916

 

 

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(6,033

)

 

 

(5,741

)

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

14,884

 

 

 

13,175

 

Total assets

 

$

30,091

 

 

$

28,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





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SEMPRA ENERGY

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

December 31, 2007

December 31, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term debt

 

 

$

1,064

 

 

$

252

 

 

Accounts payable - trade

 

 

 

1,374

 

 

 

1,432

 

 

Accounts payable - other

 

 

 

189

 

 

 

155

 

 

Due to unconsolidated affiliate

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

--

 

 

Income taxes payable

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

9

 

 

Trading-related payables

 

 

 

3,328

 

 

 

3,211

 

 

Derivative trading instruments

 

 

 

1,974

 

 

 

2,304

 

 

Commodities sold with agreement to repurchase

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

537

 

 

Dividends and interest payable

 

 

 

145

 

 

 

145

 

 

Regulatory balancing accounts, net

 

 

 

481

 

 

 

332

 

 

Fixed-price contracts and other derivatives

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

87

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

681

 

 

Other

 

 

 

1,210

 

 

 

1,197

 

 

Current liabilities of continuing operations

 

 

 

10,394

 

 

 

10,342

 

 

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

10,394

 

 

 

10,349

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

 

 

4,553

 

 

 

4,525

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred credits and other liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due to unconsolidated affiliate

 

 

 

102

 

 

 

162

 

 

Customer advances for construction

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

126

 

 

Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations, net of plan assets

 

 

 

434

 

 

 


609

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

 

531

 

 

 

412

 

 

Deferred investment tax credits

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

67

 

 

Regulatory liabilities arising from removal obligations

 

 

 

2,522

 

 

 

2,330

 

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

 

 

1,129

 

 

 

1,128

 

 

Other regulatory liabilities

 

 

 

265

 

 

 

221

 

 

Fixed-price contracts and other derivatives

 

 

 

332

 

 

 

358

 

 

Deferred credits and other

 

 

 

949

 

 

 

961

 

 

 

Total deferred credits and other liabilities

 

 

 

6,478

 

 

 

6,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock of subsidiaries

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Minority interests

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock (50 million shares authorized; none issued)

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

Common stock (750 million shares authorized;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

261 million and 262 million shares outstanding at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively; no par value)

 

 

3,198

 

 

 

3,245

 

 

Retained earnings

 

 

 

5,464

 

 

 

4,681

 

 

Deferred compensation

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(25

)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

(301

)

 

 

(390

)

 

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

 

 

8,339

 

 

 

7,511

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

 

 

$

30,091

 

 

$

28,949

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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SEMPRA ENERGY

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

 

$

1,099

 

 

$

1,406

 

 

$

920

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

(315

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

686

 

 

 

657

 

 

 

626

 

 

 

 

Gains on sale of assets, net

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(112

)

 

 

 

Impairment losses

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

77

 

 

 

(298

)

 

 

 

Noncash rate-reduction bond expense

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

68

 

 

 

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

(90

)

 

 

(156

)

 

 

(66

)

 

 

 

Other

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

(6

)

 

Quasi-reorganization resolution

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

--

 

 

Net changes in other working capital components

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

(183

)

 

 

(1,196

)

 

Changes in other assets

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

21

 

 

Changes in other liabilities

 

 

 

79

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

458

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by continuing operations

 

 

 

2,091

 

 

 

1,666

 

 

 

493

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 

2,088

 

 

 

1,629

 

 

 

524

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenditures for property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

(2,011

)

 

 

(1,907

)

 

 

(1,377

)

 

Proceeds from sale of assets from continuing operations

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

277

 

 

Expenditures for investments and acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

(121

)

 

 

(257

)

 

 

(86

)

 

Distributions from investments

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

104

 

 

 

--

 

 

Purchases of nuclear decommissioning and other trust assets

 

 

 

(646

)

 

 

(546

)

 

 

(299

)

 

Proceeds from sales by nuclear decommissioning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    and other trusts

 

 

 

613

 

 

 

503

 

 

 

262

 

 

Dividends received from unconsolidated affiliates

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

431

 

 

 

73

 

 

Other

 

 

 

(29

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

Net cash used in continuing operations

 

 

 

(2,073

)

 

 

(1,659

)

 

 

(1,162

)

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

793

 

 

 

(25

)

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

(2,073

)

 

 

(866

)

 

 

(1,187

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common dividends paid

 

 

 

(316

)

 

 

(283

)

 

 

(268

)

 

Issuances of common stock

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

694

 

 

Repurchases of common stock

 

 

 

(185

)

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(95

)

 

Issuances of long-term debt

 

 

 

404

 

 

 

552

 

 

 

762

 

 

Payments on long-term debt

 

 

 

(1,072

)

 

 

(263

)

 

 

(529

)

 

Redemption of mandatorily redeemable preferred securities

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

(200

)

 

Increase (decrease) in short-term debt, net

 

 

 

812

 

 

 

(791

)

 

 

659

 

 

Financing transaction related to Sempra Financial

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

--

 

 

Other

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

 

 

 

(296

)

 

 

(614

)

 

 

1,017

 

 

 

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

 

(296

)

 

 

(612

)

 

 

1,017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

(281

)

 

 

151

 

 

 

354

 

Cash and cash equivalents, January 1

 

 

 

920

 

 

 

769

 

 

 

415

 

Cash assumed in connection with FIN 46(R) initial consolidation

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

Cash and cash equivalents, December 31

 

 

$

668

 

 

$

920

 

 

$

769

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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SEMPRA ENERGY

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOWS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGES IN OTHER WORKING CAPITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     COMPONENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Excluding cash and cash equivalents, and debt due within one year)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts and notes receivable

 

 

$

(63

)

 

$

94

 

 

$

(79

)

 

Net trading assets

 

 

 

303

 

 

 

(543

)

 

 

(1,105

)

 

Income taxes, net

 

 

 

(73

)

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(76

)

 

Inventories

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(38

)

 

Regulatory balancing accounts

 

 

 

120

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

(321

)

 

Regulatory assets and liabilities

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

(4

)

 

Other current assets

 

 

 

(109

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(42

)

 

Accounts payable

 

 

 

(82

)

 

 

227

 

 

 

280

 

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

 

(62

)

 

 

(79

)

 

 

189

 

 

 

 

 

Net changes in other working capital components

 

 

$

25

 

 

$

(183

)

 

$

(1,196

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest payments, net of amounts capitalized  

 

 

$

380

 

 

$

337

 

 

$

294

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax payments, net of refunds

 

 

$

443

 

 

$

601

 

 

$

429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NONCASH INVESTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisition of subsidiary:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets acquired

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

132

 

 

 

Cash paid, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

(70

)

 

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable from

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

investments in property, plant and equipment

 

 

$

81

 

 

$

(43

)

 

$

45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of stock received for services rendered

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of stock received for sale of investments

 

 

$

26

 

 

$

--

 

 

$

--

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







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SEMPRA ENERGY

STATEMENTS OF CONSOLIDATED COMPREHENSIVE INCOME AND CHANGES IN

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

Years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in millions)

Comprehensive Income

 

Common Stock

 

Retained Earnings

 

Deferred Compensation Relating to ESOP

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

Total Shareholders' Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2004

 

 

$ 2,301

 

$ 2,961

 

$ (32

)

$ (365

)

$ 4,865

 

Net income

$ 920

 

 

 

920

 

 

 

 

 

920

 

Comprehensive income adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Foreign currency translation adjustments

30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

30

 

     Available-for-sale securities

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

(4

)

     Financial instruments

(19

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(19

)

(19

)

Comprehensive income

$ 927

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock dividends declared

 

 

 

 

(293

)

 

 

 

 

(293

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

720

 

Tax benefit related to employee stock options

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

 

(95

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(95

)

Common stock released from ESOP

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

10

 

Balance at December 31, 2005

 

 

2,958

 

3,588

 

(28

)

(358

)

6,160

 

Net income

$ 1,406

 

 

 

1,406

 

 

 

 

 

1,406

 

Comprehensive income adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Foreign currency translation adjustments

(12

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12

)

(12

)

     Available-for-sale securities

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

18

 

     Pension adjustment

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

(7

)

     Financial instruments

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

8

 

Comprehensive income

$ 1,413

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adoption of FASB Statement No. 158

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(39

)

(39

)

Adoption of  FASB Statement No. 123(R)  

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96

 

Common stock dividends declared

 

 

 

 

(313

)

 

 

 

 

(313

)

Quasi-reorganization adjustment

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

Issuance of common stock

 

 

175

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

175

 

Tax benefit related to employee stock options

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

 

(37

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(37

)

Common stock released from ESOP

 

 

8

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

11

 

Balance at December 31, 2006

 

 

3,245

 

4,681

 

(25

)

(390

)

7,511

 

Adoption of FASB Statement No. 157

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Adoption of FIN 48

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Net income

$ 1,099  

 

 

 

1,099

 

 

 

 

 

1,099

 

Comprehensive income adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Foreign currency translation adjustments

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

 

38

 

     Available-for-sale securities

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

10

 

     Pension and other post retirement benefits

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

 

15

 

     Financial instruments

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

26

 

Comprehensive income

$ 1,188

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share-based compensation expense

 

 

43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43

 

Common stock dividends declared

 

 

 

 

(326

)

 

 

 

 

(326

)

Quasi-reorganization adjustment

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Issuance of common stock

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

Tax benefit related to employee stock options

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Repurchase of common stock

 

 

(185

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(185

)

Common stock released from ESOP

 

 

9

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

12

 

Balance at December 31, 2007

 

 

$ 3,198

 

$ 5,464

 

$ (22

)

$ (301

)

$ 8,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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SEMPRA ENERGY AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


NOTE 1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND OTHER FINANCIAL DATA


Principles of Consolidation


The Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Sempra Energy (the company), a California-based Fortune 500 holding company, its consolidated subsidiaries, and a variable interest entity of which it is the primary beneficiary. Sempra Energy’s principal subsidiaries are San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) and Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) (collectively referred to herein as the Sempra Utilities) and Sempra Global, which is the holding company for Sempra Commodities, Sempra Generation, Sempra Pipelines & Storage, Sempra LNG and other, smaller businesses. Investments in affiliated companies over which Sempra Energy has the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, are accounted for using the equity method. Further discussion of investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries is provided in Note 4. All material intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.


Quasi-Reorganization


In 1993, Pacific Enterprises (PE), the holding company of SoCalGas, effected a quasi-reorganization for financial reporting purposes as of December 31, 1992. Certain of the liabilities established in connection with the quasi-reorganization were favorably resolved in 2006, resulting in increases in common equity. Cash received in 2006 from the resolution of an insurance claim related to quasi-reorganization issues was reported in Quasi-Reorganization Resolution on the Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. An adjustment to the liabilities in 2007 resulted in a decrease to equity. The remaining liabilities of $16 million will be resolved in future years, and management believes the provisions established for these matters are adequate.


Use of Estimates in the Preparation of the Financial Statements


The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period, and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Although management believes the estimates and assumptions are reasonable, actual amounts ultimately may differ significantly from those estimates.


Regulatory Matters


Effects of Regulation


The accounting policies of the company's principal regulated utility subsidiaries, SDG&E and SoCalGas, conform with GAAP for regulated enterprises and reflect the policies of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).


The Sempra Utilities prepare their financial statements in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 71, Accounting for the Effects of Certain Types of Regulation (SFAS 71), under which a regulated utility records a regulatory asset if it is probable that, through the ratemaking process, the utility will recover that asset from customers. To the extent that recovery is no longer probable as a result of changes in regulation or the utility's competitive position, the related regulatory assets would be written off. Regulatory liabilities represent reductions in future rates for



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amounts due to customers. Information concerning regulatory assets and liabilities is provided below in "Revenues," "Regulatory Balancing Accounts" and "Regulatory Assets and Liabilities."


Regulatory Balancing Accounts


The amounts included in regulatory balancing accounts at December 31, 2007, represent net payables (payables net of receivables) of $183 million and $298 million for SoCalGas and SDG&E, respectively. The corresponding amounts at December 31, 2006 were net payables of $167 million and $165 million, respectively. These amounts are returned to customers through the reduction of future rates.

 

Except for certain costs subject to balancing account treatment, fluctuations in most operating and maintenance accounts from forecasted amounts approved by the CPUC in establishing rates affect utility earnings. Balancing accounts provide a mechanism for charging utility customers, over time, the amount actually incurred for certain costs, primarily commodity costs. The CPUC has also approved balancing account treatment for variances between forecast and actual for SoCalGas' and SDG&E’s commodity volumes and costs, eliminating the impact on earnings from any throughput and revenue variances from adopted forecast levels. Additional information on regulatory matters is included in Notes 14 and 15.


Regulatory Assets and Liabilities


In accordance with the accounting principles of SFAS 71, the company records regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities as discussed above.


Regulatory assets (liabilities) as of December 31 relate to the following matters:


(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-price contracts and other derivatives

 

$

361

 

 

$

429

 

Recapture of temporary rate reduction*

 

 

--

 

 

 

56

 

Deferred taxes recoverable in rates

 

 

312

 

 

 

318

 

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt, net

 

 

34

 

 

 

38

 

Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations

 

 

162

 

 

 

220

 

Removal obligations**

 

 

(1,335

)

 

 

(1,311

)

Environmental costs

 

 

11

 

 

 

16

 

Other

 

 

17

 

 

 

18

 

 

Total

 

 

(438

)

 

 

(216

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed-price contracts and other derivatives

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Environmental costs

 

 

43

 

 

 

39

 

Unamortized loss on reacquired debt, net

 

 

34

 

 

 

37

 

Removal obligations**

 

 

(1,187

)

 

 

(1,019

)

Deferred taxes refundable in rates

 

 

(231

)

 

 

(221

)

Employee benefit costs

 

 

41

 

 

 

36

 

Pension and other postretirement benefit obligations

 

 

(34

)

 

 

136

 

Other

 

 

22

 

 

 

24

 

 

Total

 

 

(1,313

)

 

 

(969

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

(1,751

)

 

$

(1,185

)

*

 

In connection with electric industry restructuring, which is described in Note 14, SDG&E temporarily reduced rates to its small-usage customers. That reduction was recovered in rates through 2007.

**

 

This is related to SFAS 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, which is discussed below in "Asset Retirement Obligations."




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Net regulatory assets (liabilities) are recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31 as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

Current regulatory assets

 

$

106

 

 

$

193

 

Noncurrent regulatory assets

 

 

931

 

 

 

1,181

 

Current regulatory liabilities*

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(8

)

Noncurrent regulatory liabilities

 

 

(2,787

)

 

 

(2,551

)

 

Total

 

$

(1,751

)

 

$

(1,185

)

*

Included in Other Current Liabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Regulatory assets arising from fixed-price contracts and other derivatives are offset by corresponding liabilities arising from purchased power and natural gas transportation contracts. The regulatory asset is reduced as payments are made for services under these contracts. Deferred taxes recoverable in rates are based on current regulatory ratemaking and income tax laws. SoCalGas and SDG&E expect to recover net regulatory assets related to deferred income taxes over the lives of the assets that give rise to the accumulated deferred income taxes. The regulatory asset related to the recapture of a temporary rate reduction was amortized simultaneously with the amortization of the related rate-reduction bond liability and was fully recovered by the end of 2007. The regulatory assets related to unamortized losses on reacquired debt are being recovered over the remaining original amortization periods of the loss on reacquired debt over peri ods ranging from four months to 20 years. Regulatory assets related to environmental costs represent the portion of the company’s environmental liability recognized at the end of the period in excess of the amount that has been recovered through rates charged to customers. This amount is expected to be recovered in future rates as expenditures are made. Regulatory assets related to pension and other postretirement benefit obligations are offset by corresponding liabilities and are being recovered in rates as the costs are incurred.


All of these assets either earn a return, generally at short-term rates, or the cash has not yet been expended and the assets are offset by liabilities that do not incur a carrying cost.


Cash and Cash Equivalents


Cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase.


Restricted cash


Restricted cash was $1 million and $4 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The amounts are included in current assets under the caption Restricted Cash and primarily serve as cash collateral for certain debt agreements.


Collection Allowances


The allowance for doubtful accounts was $9 million, $8 million and $10 million at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The company recorded provisions for doubtful accounts of $15 million, $13 million and $13 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The company wrote off doubtful accounts of $14 million, $15 million and $11 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


The allowance for realization of trading assets was $48 million, $53 million and $64 million at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The company recorded provisions for trading assets of $(2)



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million, $15 million and $30 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. The company wrote off doubtful accounts of $3 million, $26 million and $22 million in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


Trading Instruments


Trading assets and trading liabilities (described further in Note 11) include option premiums paid and received, unrealized gains and losses from exchange-traded futures and options, and over-the-counter (OTC) swaps, forwards, options and physical commodities. Trading instruments are recorded by Sempra Commodities on a trade-date basis and the majority of such derivative instruments are adjusted daily to current market value. Unrealized gains and losses on OTC transactions reflect amounts which would be received from or paid to a third party upon net settlement of the contracts. Unrealized gains and losses on OTC transactions are reported separately as assets and liabilities unless a legal right of setoff exists under an enforceable netting arrangement.


The valuation of trading derivatives and commodity trading inventories is discussed in Note 11. Given the nature, size and timing of transactions, estimated values may differ significantly from realized values. Changes in fair values are reflected in net income. Although trading instruments may have scheduled maturities in excess of one year, the actual settlement of these transactions can occur sooner, resulting in the current classification of trading assets and liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Energy transportation and storage contracts are recorded on an accrual basis, and energy commodity inventory is recorded at the lower of cost or market. Fair value hedge accounting may be applied to a portion of these inventories. Metals inventories are recorded at fair value.


Inventories


At December 31, 2007, inventory shown on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, which does not include Commodities Owned (which is shown as a separate caption on the Consolidated Balance Sheets), included natural gas of $130 million, and materials and supplies of $94 million. The corresponding balances at December 31, 2006 were $134 million and $81 million, respectively. Natural gas at the Sempra Utilities ($129 million and $132 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively) is valued by the last-in first-out (LIFO) method. When the Sempra Utilities' inventory is consumed, differences between the LIFO valuation and replacement cost are reflected in customer rates. Materials and supplies at the Sempra Utilities are generally valued at the lower of average cost or market.


Income Taxes


Income tax expense includes current and deferred income taxes from operations during the year. In accordance with SFAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS 109), the company records deferred income taxes for temporary differences between the book and tax bases of assets and liabilities. Investment tax credits from prior years are being amortized to income by the Sempra Utilities over the estimated service lives of the properties. Other credits, mainly low-income housing and synthetic fuels tax credits, are recognized in income as earned. The company follows certain provisions of SFAS 109 that require regulated enterprises to recognize regulatory assets or liabilities to offset deferred tax liabilities and assets, respectively, if it is probable that such amounts will be recovered from, or returned to, customers.


The company follows Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APBO) 23, Accounting for Income Taxes -- Special Areas, in recording deferred taxes for investments in foreign subsidiaries and the undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Note 2 describes the impact of the adoption of Financial Accounting



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Standards Board (FASB) Interpretation (FIN) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.


Property, Plant and Equipment


Property, plant and equipment primarily represents the buildings, equipment and other facilities used by the Sempra Utilities to provide natural gas and electric utility services, and by Sempra Generation and Sempra Pipelines & Storage. It also reflects projects included in construction work in progress at Sempra Pipelines & Storage and Sempra LNG.


The cost of plant includes labor, materials, contract services, and certain expenditures incurred during a major maintenance outage of a generating plant. Maintenance costs are expensed as incurred. In addition, the cost of utility plant includes an allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC), as discussed below. The cost of non-utility plant includes capitalized interest. The cost of most retired depreciable utility plant minus salvage value is charged to accumulated depreciation.


Property, plant and equipment balances by major functional categories are as follows:


 

 

Property, Plant

 

 

 

 

and Equipment at

 

Depreciation rates for years ended

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

(Dollars in billions)

2007

2006

 

   2007

  2006

  2005

Sempra Utilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas operations

$

9.3

$

9.1

 

3.60

%

3.56

%

 3.66

%

 

Electric distribution

 

4.0

 

3.7

 

4.15

%

4.13

%

 4.13

%

 

Electric transmission

 

1.4

 

1.2

 

2.84

%

3.07

%

 3.05

%

 

Other electric

 

1.3

 

1.2

 

8.50

%

8.70

%

9.75

%

 

Construction work in progress

 

0.7

 

0.4

 

NA

 

NA

 

NA

 

 

 

Total

 

16.7

 

15.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated Useful Lives

Sempra Global and Parent:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land and land rights

 

0.1

 

0.1

 

NA

 

Machinery and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Generating plant

 

1.4

 

1.3

 

4 to 35 years

 

 

Pipelines

 

0.3

 

0.3

 

10 to 40 years

 

 

Other

 

0.3

 

0.2

 

3 to 10 years

 

Construction work in progress

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LNG (liquefied natural gas)

 

1.5

 

1.0

 

NA

 

 

Other

 

0.4

 

0.1

 

NA

 

Other

 

0.2

 

0.3

 

1 to 20 years

 

 

 

4.2

 

3.3

 

 

 

 

Total

$

20.9

$

18.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Accumulated depreciation and decommissioning of natural gas and electric utility plant in service were $3.7 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2007, and were $3.6 billion and $1.7 billion, respectively, at December 31, 2006. Depreciation expense is based on the straight-line method over the useful lives of the assets or, for the Sempra Utilities, a shorter period prescribed by the CPUC. Accumulated depreciation for Sempra Global and Parent was $440 million and $362 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, which includes amounts for power plants at Sempra Generation totaling $190 million and $137 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Depreciation expense is computed using the straight-line method over the asset's estimated original composite useful life or the remaining term of the site leases, whichever is shorter.




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AFUDC, which represents the cost of debt and equity funds used to finance the construction of utility plant, is added to the cost of utility plant. Although it is not a current source of cash, AFUDC increases income and is recorded partly as an offset to interest expense and partly as a component of Other Income, Net in the Statements of Consolidated Income. AFUDC amounted to $31 million, $23 million and $19 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Total capitalized carrying costs, including AFUDC and the impact of Sempra Global’s construction projects, were $131 million, $81 million and $48 million for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


Goodwill and Intangible Assets


Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net assets of acquired companies. Goodwill is not amortized, but is tested annually for impairment in accordance with SFAS 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS 142). As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, goodwill included in Noncurrent Sundry Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets is recorded as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

Sempra Commodities

$

164

Parent and other

 

6

 

$

170


In addition, the unamortized goodwill related to unconsolidated subsidiaries (included in Investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets), primarily those located in South America, was $254 million at both December 31, 2007 and 2006, before foreign-currency translation adjustments. Including foreign-currency translation adjustments, these amounts were $262 million and $248 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Other intangible assets were not material at December 31, 2007 or 2006. Additional information concerning the impairment of investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries is provided in Note 4.


Long-Lived Assets


In accordance with SFAS 144, the company periodically evaluates whether events or circumstances have occurred that may affect the recoverability or the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, the definition of which does not include unconsolidated subsidiaries. Impairment of long-lived assets occurs when the estimated future undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the assets. If that comparison indicates that the assets' carrying value may be permanently impaired, the potential impairment is measured based on the difference between the carrying amount and the fair value of the assets. This calculation is performed at the lowest level for which separately identifiable cash flows exist.


During 2005, impairments included pretax write-downs of $66 million at Sempra Generation and $6 million at Sempra Pipelines & Storage for abandoned projects. Sempra Generation recorded a noncash impairment charge to write down the carrying value of a turbine set (consisting of two gas turbines and one steam turbine) to their estimated fair values. The charge is included in Impairment Losses on the Statements of Consolidated Income. Additional information concerning impairment of long-lived assets is provided in Note 5.


Variable Interest Entities


FIN 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities - an interpretation of ARB No. 51 (FIN 46(R)), requires an enterprise to consolidate a variable interest entity (VIE), as defined in FIN 46(R), if the company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE’s activities.




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SDG&E has entered into a 10-year power purchase agreement with Otay Mesa Energy Center LLC (OMEC LLC) for power generated at the Otay Mesa Energy Center (OMEC), a 573-megawatt (MW) generating facility currently under construction by OMEC LLC, which is expected to be in commercial operation by mid-2009. SDG&E will supply all of the natural gas to fuel the power plant. The agreement provides SDG&E the option to purchase the power plant from OMEC LLC at the end of the contract term in 2019, or upon earlier termination of the purchase power agreement, at a predetermined price subject to adjustments based on performance of the facility. If SDG&E does not exercise its option, OMEC LLC has the right, under certain circumstances, to require SDG&E to purchase the power plant at a predetermined price. As defined in FIN 46(R), OMEC LLC is a VIE, of which SDG&E is the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, the company co nsolidated OMEC LLC beginning in the second quarter of 2007. The CPUC also approved an additional financial return to SDG&E to compensate it for the effect on its financial ratios from the requirement to consolidate OMEC LLC in accordance with FIN 46(R). OMEC LLC’s equity of $135 million is included in Minority Interests on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2007.


OMEC LLC has a project finance credit facility with third party lenders, secured by the assets of OMEC LLC, that provides for up to $377 million for the construction of OMEC. SDG&E is not a party to the credit agreement. The loan matures in April 2019. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at rates varying with market rates. OMEC LLC had $63 million of outstanding borrowings under this facility at December 31, 2007. In addition, OMEC LLC has entered into interest-rate swap agreements to moderate its exposure to interest-rate changes on this facility. Additional information concerning the interest-rate swaps is provided in Note 11.


Contracts under which SDG&E acquires power from generation facilities otherwise unrelated to SDG&E could result in a requirement for SDG&E to consolidate the entity that owns the facility. In accordance with FIN 46(R), SDG&E is continuing the process of determining whether it has any such situations and, if so, gathering the information that would be needed to perform the consolidation. The effects of this, if any, are not expected to significantly affect the financial position of SDG&E and there would be no effect on results of operations or liquidity.

 

Asset Retirement Obligations


The company accounts for its tangible long-lived assets under SFAS 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (SFAS 143), and FIN 47, Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an interpretation of SFAS 143 (FIN 47). SFAS 143 and FIN 47 require the company to record an asset retirement obligation for the present value of liabilities of future costs expected to be incurred when assets are retired from service, if the retirement process is legally required and if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. It requires recording of the estimated retirement cost over the life of the related asset by depreciating the present value of the obligation (measured at the time of the asset's acquisition) and accreting the discount until the liability is settled. Rate-regulated entities may recognize regulatory assets or liabilities as a result of the timing difference between the recognition of costs as recorded in acco rdance with SFAS 143 and FIN 47, and costs recovered through the rate-making process. A regulatory liability has been recorded to reflect that the Sempra Utilities have collected the funds from customers more quickly than SFAS 143 and FIN 47 would accrete the retirement liability and depreciate the asset.




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The company has recorded asset retirement obligations related to fuel storage tanks; underground natural gas storage facilities and wells; hazardous waste storage facilities; asbestos-containing construction materials; decommissioning of its nuclear power facilities; the California natural gas transmission pipeline; natural gas transportation and distribution, electric distribution and electric transmission systems assets; and the site restoration of certain generation power plants. The changes in asset retirement obligations for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

2006

Balance as of January 1*

 

$

 1,163

 

$

977

 

Accretion expense

 

 

78

 

 

63

 

Liabilities incurred

 

 

2

 

 

--

 

Payments

 

 

 (21

)

 

(12

)

Revision to estimated cash flows

 

 

(64

)

 

135

 

Balance as of December 31*

 

$

1,158

 

$

1,163

 

*

The current portion of the obligation is included in Other Current Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


Legal Fees


Legal fees that are associated with a past event for which a liability has been recorded are accrued when it is probable that fees also will be incurred.


Comprehensive Income


Comprehensive income includes all changes in the equity of a business enterprise (except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners), including foreign-currency translation adjustments, amortization of net actuarial loss and prior service cost related to pension and other postretirement benefits plans, changes in minimum pension liability and certain hedging activities. The components of other comprehensive income, which consist of all these changes other than net income as shown on the Statements of Consolidated Income, are shown in the Statements of Consolidated Comprehensive Income and Changes in Shareholders' Equity.


The components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), net of income taxes, at December 31, 2007 and 2006 are as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

Foreign-currency translation loss

$

(238

)

$

(276

)

Financial instruments, net of $11 and $32 income tax benefit, respectively

 

(24

)

 

(50

)

Unrealized gains on available-for-sale securities, net of $16 and $11 income tax expense, respectively

 

28

 

 

18

 

Unamortized net actuarial loss, net of $50 and $57 income tax benefit, respectively

 

(72

)

 

(85

)

Unamortized prior service credit, net of $4 and $1 income tax expense, respectively

 

5

 

 

3

 

Balance as of December 31

$

(301

)

$

(390

)


Revenues


Revenues of the Sempra Utilities are primarily derived from deliveries of electricity and natural gas to customers and changes in related regulatory balancing accounts. Revenues from electricity and natural gas sales and services are recorded under the accrual method and recognized upon delivery and performance. The portion of SDG&E's electric commodity that was procured for its customers by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) and delivered by SDG&E is not included in SDG&E's revenues or costs. Commodity costs associated with long-term contracts allocated to SDG&E from the DWR also are not included in the Statements of Consolidated Income, since the DWR retains legal and



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financial responsibility for these contracts. Note 14 includes a discussion of the electric industry restructuring. Natural gas storage contract revenues are accrued on a monthly basis and reflect reservation, storage and injection charges in accordance with negotiated agreements, which have terms of up to 15 years. Included in revenues for the Sempra Utilities are revenues of $2.2 billion, $2.1 billion and $1.8 billion for electric and $4.9 billion, $4.8 billion and $5.3 billion for natural gas for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Operating revenues include amounts for services rendered but unbilled (approximately one-half month's deliveries) at the end of each year. The company presents its operating revenues net of sales taxes.


Additional information concerning utility revenue recognition is discussed above under "Regulatory Matters."


Sempra Commodities generates a substantial portion of its revenues from market making and trading activities as a principal in natural gas, electricity, petroleum, metals and other commodities, for which it quotes bid and ask prices to end users and other market makers. Sempra Commodities also earns trading profits as a dealer by structuring and executing transactions. Sempra Commodities utilizes derivative instruments to reduce its exposure to unfavorable changes in market prices, which are subject to significant and volatile fluctuation. These instruments include futures, forwards, swaps and options. Principal transaction revenues are recognized on a trade-date basis net of realized gains and losses and the net change in the fair value of unrealized gains and losses related to commodity derivatives used for trading purposes.


Options, which are either exchange-traded or directly negotiated between counterparties, provide the holder with the right to buy from or sell to the other party an agreed amount of a commodity at a specified price within a specified period or at a specified time. As a writer of options, Sempra Commodities generally receives an option premium and manages the risk of an unfavorable change in the value of the underlying commodity by entering into offsetting transactions or by other means.


Forward and future transactions are contracts for delivery of commodities in which the counterparty agrees to make or take delivery at a specified price. Commodity swap transactions may involve the exchange of fixed and floating payment obligations without the exchange of the underlying commodity. Sempra Commodities’ financial instruments represent contracts with counterparties whereby payments are linked to or derived from market indices or on terms predetermined by the contract.


Non-derivative contracts are accounted for on an accrual basis. Therefore, the related profit or loss will be recognized as the contracts are performed. Derivative instruments are discussed further in Note 11.


Sempra Generation’s revenues are derived primarily from the sale of electric energy to governmental and wholesale power marketing entities and are recognized as the energy is delivered. Sempra Generation’s revenues also include net realized gains and losses and the net change in the fair value of unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts for power and natural gas. During 2007, 2006 and 2005, electric energy sales to the DWR accounted for a significant portion of Sempra Generation's revenues.


The consolidated foreign subsidiaries of Sempra Pipelines & Storage, all of which operate in Mexico, recognize revenue as deliveries are made similar to the Sempra Utilities, except that SFAS 71 is not applicable due to the different regulatory environment.




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Other Cost of Sales


Other cost of sales includes primarily the cost of sales of Sempra Commodities, consisting primarily of transportation and storage costs.


Other Operating Expenses


Other operating expenses include operating and maintenance costs, and general and administrative costs, consisting primarily of personnel costs, purchased materials and services and outside services.


Foreign Currency Translation


The assets and liabilities of the company's foreign operations are translated into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates and revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for the year. Resulting translation adjustments do not enter into the calculation of net income or retained earnings (unless the operation is being discontinued), but are reflected in Comprehensive Income and in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), a component of shareholders' equity, as described above. To reflect the fluctuation in the value of the Chilean peso, the functional currency of the company's Chilean operations, Sempra Pipelines & Storage adjusted its investment in Chile upward by $29 million in 2007, downward by $15 million in 2006 and upward by $32 million in 2005. Sempra Pipelines & Storage also adjusted its investment in Peru to reflect the fluctuation in the value of the Peruvian Nuevo Sol, the functional currency of the company’ ;s Peruvian operations, upward by $8 million and $7 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively, and downward by $5 million in 2005. These noncash adjustments did not affect net income, but did affect Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss). Smaller adjustments have been made to other operations where the U.S. dollar is not the functional currency. Additional information concerning these investments is described in Note 4.


Currency transaction gains and losses in a currency other than the entity's functional currency are included in the calculation of consolidated net income. The company recorded a negligible amount of currency transaction losses in 2007, $1 million of currency transaction losses in 2006 and $1 million of currency transaction gains in 2005.


Transactions with Affiliates


Loans to Unconsolidated Affiliates


In December 2001, Sempra Pipelines & Storage issued two U.S. dollar-denominated loans totaling $35 million and $22 million to its affiliates Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S.A. and Camuzzi Gas del Sur S.A., respectively. These companies are affiliates of the company’s Argentine investments discussed in Note 4. In June 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage collected the outstanding balance from Camuzzi Gas Pampeana S.A. The loan to Camuzzi Gas del Sur S.A. has a $21 million balance outstanding at a variable interest rate (12.23 percent at December 31, 2007). The loan was due in June 2007 and is fully reserved at December 31, 2007.


Loans from Unconsolidated Affiliates


At both December 31, 2007 and 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage had notes payable to an unconsolidated affiliate of $60 million at 6.57 percent due April 1, 2008 and $100 million at 6.73 percent due April 1, 2011. The notes are due to Chilquinta Energía Finance Co. LLC and are secured by Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s investments in Chilquinta Energía S.A. and Luz del Sur S.A.A. (Luz del Sur), which are discussed in Note 4.



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Revenues and Expenses with Unconsolidated Affiliates


For the years ended 2007 and 2006, Sempra Commodities recorded $303 million and $173 million, respectively, of sales to its unconsolidated affiliates.


In 2006 and 2005, Sempra Commodities recorded $29 million and $85 million, respectively, of purchases from Topaz Power Partners (Topaz), then an unconsolidated affiliate of Sempra Energy. Sales to Topaz were $95 million and $213 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively. Topaz sold its power plant assets in July 2006, as discussed in Note 4. Additionally, during the first seven months of 2005, Sempra Generation recorded $38 million in sales to and $43 million of purchases from El Dorado, then an unconsolidated affiliate. Sempra Energy purchased the remaining 50-percent interest in El Dorado in July 2005 and consolidated El Dorado in its financial statements.


Capitalized Interest


The company recorded $109 million, $65 million and $33 million of capitalized interest for 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, including the portion of AFUDC related to debt.


Other Income, Net


Other Income, Net consists of the following:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

Equity in income (losses) of unconsolidated subsidiaries (see Note 4)

 

$

(9

)

 

$

338

 

 

$

11

 

Regulatory interest, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(6

)

Allowance for equity funds used during construction

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

14

 

Sundry, net*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

36

 

 

 

32

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

81

 

 

$

381

 

 

$

51

 

*

2007 amount includes $24 million net pretax gain from interest-rate swaps, as discussed in Note 11.


NOTE 2. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS


Pronouncements that have recently become effective that have had or may have a significant effect on the company's financial statements are described below.


SFAS 157, "Fair Value Measurements" (SFAS 157): SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes criteria to be considered when measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 does not expand the application of fair value accounting to any new circumstances. The company applies recurring fair value measurements to certain assets and liabilities, primarily trading derivatives and certain trading inventories, nuclear decommissioning trusts, marketable securities and other miscellaneous derivatives.


SFAS 157 nullified a portion of Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Issue No. 02-3, Issues Involved in Accounting for Derivative Contracts Held for Trading Purposes and Contracts Involved in Energy Trading and Risk Management Activities (EITF 02-3). Under EITF 02-3, the transaction price presumption prohibited recognition of a trading profit at inception of a derivative unless the positive fair value of that derivative was substantially based on quoted prices or a valuation process incorporating observable inputs. For transactions that did not meet this criterion at inception, trading profits that had been deferred were recognized in the period that inputs to value the derivative became observable or



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when the contract performed. SFAS 157 nullified this portion of EITF 02-3. SFAS 157 also: (1) establishes that fair value is based on a hierarchy of inputs into the valuation process (as described in Note 11), (2) clarifies that an issuer's credit standing should be considered when measuring liabilities at fair value, (3) precludes the use of a liquidity or blockage factor discount when measuring instruments traded in an actively quoted market at fair value and (4) requires costs relating to acquiring instruments carried at fair value to be recognized as expense when incurred. SFAS 157 requires that a fair value measurement reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability based on the best available information. These assumptions include the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique (such as a pricing model) and the risks inherent in the inputs to the model.


The provisions of SFAS 157 are to be applied prospectively, except for the initial impact on three specific items: (1) changes in fair value measurements of existing derivative financial instruments measured initially using the transaction price under EITF 02-3, (2) existing hybrid financial instruments measured initially at fair value using the transaction price and (3) blockage factor discounts. Adjustments to these items required under SFAS 157 are to be recorded as a transition adjustment to beginning retained earnings in the year of adoption.


The company elected to early-adopt SFAS 157 in the first quarter of 2007. The transition adjustment to beginning retained earnings was a gain of $12 million, net of income tax. SFAS 157 also requires new disclosures regarding the level of pricing observability associated with financial instruments carried at fair value. This additional disclosure is provided in Note 11.


SFAS 159, "The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities – Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115" (SFAS 159): SFAS 159 allows measurement at fair value of eligible financial assets and liabilities that are not otherwise measured at fair value. If the fair value option for an eligible item is elected, unrealized gains and losses for that item are reported in current earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to draw comparison between the different measurement attributes the company elects for similar types of assets and liabilities. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The company does not anticipate electing the fair value option at the adoption of SFAS 159 for its eligible financial assets or liabilities.


SFAS 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of ARB No. 51" (SFAS 160): SFAS 160 amends Accounting Research Bulletin (ARB) No. 51, Consolidated Financial Statements, to establish accounting and reporting standards for ownership interests in subsidiaries held by parties other than the parent, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the parent and to the noncontrolling interest, changes in a parent’s ownership interest and the valuation of retained noncontrolling equity investments when a subsidiary is deconsolidated. This statement also requires disclosures that clearly identify and distinguish between the interest of the parent and the interest of the noncontrolling owners. SFAS 160 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is prohi bited. SFAS 160 requires retroactive application for the presentation and disclosure requirements for existing minority interests. All other requirements of SFAS 160 shall be applied prospectively. The company is in the process of evaluating the effect of this statement on its financial position and results of operations.


SFAS 141 (revised 2007), "Business Combinations" (SFAS 141R): SFAS 141R applies to all transactions or events in which an entity obtains control of one or more businesses, including those combinations achieved without transfer or consideration. In the context of a business combination, SFAS 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer recognizes assets acquired including goodwill, liabilities assumed, noncontrolling interest in the acquiree, contractual contingencies and



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contingent consideration measured at fair value. SFAS 141R requires that the acquirer in a business combination achieved in stages recognize identifiable assets and liabilities at the full amounts of their fair values. This statement also establishes disclosure requirements that will enable users to evaluate the nature and financial effect of the business combination. SFAS 141R applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. Early adoption is prohibited.


FIN 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109" (FIN 48): FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements in accordance with SFAS 109. FIN 48 addresses how an entity should recognize, measure, classify and disclose in its financial statements uncertain tax positions that it has taken or expects to take in an income tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition. Additionally, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FIN 48-1, Definition of Settlement in FASB Interpretation No. 48, which amends FIN 48 to provide guidance on how an enterprise should determine whether a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously unrecognized tax benefits. The company's implementation of FIN 48 as of January 1, 2007 was consistent with the guidance in this FSP.


The company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007 and recognized a $2 million decrease in retained earnings. Including this adjustment, the company had unrecognized tax benefits of $110 million as of January 1, 2007. Of this amount, $99 million related to tax positions that, if recognized, would decrease the effective tax rate; however, $47 million related to tax positions that would increase the effective tax rate in subsequent years.


As of December 31, 2007, the company had unrecognized tax benefits of $131 million. Of this amount, $109 million related to tax positions that, if recognized, would decrease the effective tax rate; however, $44 million related to tax positions that would increase the effective tax rate in subsequent years.


A reconciliation of the company's unrecognized tax benefits from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 is provided in the following table:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

2007

 

Balance as of January 1, 2007

 

 

 

$

110

 

 

Increase in prior period tax positions

 

 

 

 

53

 

 

Decrease in prior period tax positions

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

Increase in current period tax positions

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

Decrease in current period tax positions

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

Settlements with taxing authorities

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

Expirations of statutes of limitations

 

 

 

 

(6

)

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

 

 

$

131

 


It is reasonably possible that the company’s unrecognized tax benefits could decrease by up to $20 million within the next 12 months due to the expiration of statutes of limitations on tax assessments, by up to $30 million due to the potential resolution of audit issues with various federal, state and foreign taxing authorities, and by up to $10 million due to the impact of federal and state timing items affecting taxable income.


Effective January 1, 2007, the company’s policy is to recognize accrued interest and penalties on accrued tax balances as components of tax expense. Prior to the adoption of FIN 48, the company accrued interest expense and penalties as components of tax expense and interest income as a component of interest income. As of January 1, 2007, the company had accrued a total of $11 million of such interest expense



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and $2 million of penalties. As of December 31, 2007, the company had accrued a total of $7 million of interest benefit and $2 million of penalties. Amounts accrued for interest expense and penalties associated with income taxes are included in income tax expense on the Statements of Consolidated Income and in various income tax balances on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


The company is subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax of multiple state and foreign jurisdictions. The company remains subject to examination by U.S. federal and major state tax jurisdictions only for years after 2001. Certain major foreign income tax returns from 1995 through the present are open to examination.


In addition, the company has filed federal and state refund claims for tax years back to 1998. The pre-2002 tax years are closed to new issues; therefore, no additional tax may be assessed by the taxing authorities for these years.


EITF Issue No. 06-11, "Accounting for Income Tax Benefits of Dividends on Share-Based Payment Awards" (EITF 06-11): EITF 06-11 requires that the tax benefit related to dividends paid on employee share-based payment awards classified as equity be recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital. EITF 06-11 is to be applied prospectively for tax benefits on dividends declared in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. The company does not expect the adoption of EITF 06-11 to have a material impact on its financial position or results of operations.


NOTE 3. RECENT INVESTMENT ACTIVITY


Sempra Commodities


On July 9, 2007, the company and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc (RBS) entered into an agreement to form a partnership, RBS Sempra Commodities LLP (RBS Sempra Commodities or the partnership), to purchase and operate Sempra Energy’s commodity-marketing businesses, which generally comprise the Sempra Commodities segment. The closing is subject to customary closing conditions and the approval of regulatory authorities including the U.K. Financial Services Authority (FSA), the U.S. Federal Reserve Board and the FERC. The required approvals by the FERC and the FSA were issued in September 2007 and November 2007, respectively. The transaction is expected to close in April 2008.


RBS Sempra Commodities has been formed as a United Kingdom limited liability partnership. Due to increased regulatory capital requirements for the partnership, Sempra Energy's expected equity investment in the partnership has increased from $1.3 billion - $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion - $1.7 billion. The partnership concurrently will purchase Sempra Energy’s commodity-marketing subsidiaries at a price (after deducting certain expenses to be paid by Sempra Energy in terminating pre-existing contractual arrangements) equal to their book value computed on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union. The company’s investment in the partnership will be made principally from the proceeds of the sale of the subsidiaries to the partnership.


Financial information for the Sempra Commodities segment, which generally comprises the company's commodity-marketing businesses, is provided in Note 17.


In September 2005, Sempra Commodities sold Bluewater Gas Storage, a natural gas storage facility in Michigan, and Pine Prairie Energy Center, a salt-cavern natural gas storage facility in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, for $253 million.


Additional information regarding investment activity at Sempra Commodities is provided in Note 4.




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Sempra Generation


In March 2006, Sempra Generation completed the construction of the 550-MW Palomar generating facility in Escondido, California, at which time it was transferred to SDG&E.


In July 2005, Sempra Generation purchased Reliant Energy’s 50-percent interest in El Dorado Energy for $132 million (including assumed debt), resulting in Sempra Generation’s having full ownership of the 480-MW El Dorado power plant located in Boulder City, Nevada.


Additional information regarding investment activity at Sempra Generation is provided in Notes 4 and 5.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Sempra Pipelines & Storage has a 25-percent interest in Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (Rockies Express) as discussed in Note 4. In connection with financing received by Rockies Express in 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and KMP were repaid their initial capital contributions, which was reported in Distributions from Investments on the company’s Statements of Consolidated Cash Flows. The company made a contribution of $100 million to Rockies Express in 2007.


NOTE 4. INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES


Investments are accounted for under the equity method when the company has an ownership interest of 20 to 50 percent. In these cases, the company’s pro rata shares of the subsidiaries’ net assets are included in Investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and are adjusted for the company’s share of each investee’s earnings or losses, dividends and foreign currency translation effects. Equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries that is recorded before income tax is reported in Other Income, Net on the Statements of Consolidated Income. Equity earnings recorded net of income tax recorded by the subsidiary are reported in Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries on the Statements of Consolidated Income. The carrying value of unconsolidated subsidiaries is evaluated for impairment based on the requirements of APBO 18, The Equity Method of Accounting for Investments in Common S tock (APBO 18). The company accounts for certain investments in housing partnerships made before May 19, 1995 under the cost method, whereby they had been amortized over ten years based on the expected residual value. The company has no unconsolidated subsidiaries where its ability to influence or control an investee differs from its ownership percentage.




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The company’s investment balances and earnings are summarized as follows:


 

 

 

Investment at
December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Equity method investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chilquinta Energía

 

 

$

497

$

440

 

 

 

Luz del Sur

 

 

 

182

 

164

 

 

 

Rockies Express

 

 

 

97

 

--

 

 

Sempra Generation:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elk Hills Power

 

 

 

205

 

212

 

 

Sempra Commodities—investments

 

 

 

32

 

--

 

 

Housing partnerships

 

 

 

46

 

78

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

1,059

 

894

 

Cost method investments—housing partnerships

 

 

 

15

 

18

 

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

 

1,074

 

912

 

Other*

 

 

 

229

 

174

 

Total investments**

 

 

$

1,303

$

1,086

 

*

Other includes Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s $128 million investment in bonds as discussed in "Unsecured Long-Term Debt" in Note 6.

**

Includes $60 million in Other Current Assets on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2007.


 

Earnings for the
years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

2007

 

2006

 

2005

Equity method investments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings recorded before tax included in other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elk Hills Power

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

El Dorado Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

Topaz Power Partners:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings from operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of power plants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

Housing partnerships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

Sempra Financial synthetic fuels partnerships

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

3

 

 

Rockies Express

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

Total earnings recorded before tax

$

(9

)

 

$

338

 

 

$

11

 

 

Earnings recorded net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chilquinta Energía

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

28

 

 

$

25

 

 

$

25

 

 

 

Luz del Sur

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings from operations

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

Impairment loss, net of tax benefit of $86

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

(221

)

 

 

--

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain on sale of investments

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

Earnings from operations

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

Total earnings recorded net of tax

 

 

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

(182

)

 

$

55

 


For equity method investments, costs in excess of equity in net assets (goodwill) were $262 million and $248 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Costs in excess of the underlying equity in net assets will continue to be reviewed for impairment in accordance with APBO 18. Descriptive information concerning these investments follows.





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Sempra Pipelines & Storage


In 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage consummated an agreement with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. (KMP) to jointly pursue through Rockies Express the development of a proposed natural gas pipeline, the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX), that would link producing areas in the Rocky Mountain region to the upper Midwest and the eastern United States. Currently, KMP, Sempra Pipelines & Storage and Conoco Phillips (Conoco) own interests of 51 percent, 25 percent and 24 percent, respectively, in Rockies Express. Upon completion of construction of the pipeline, Conoco will acquire an additional one-percent interest from KMP. Additional information is provided in Note 6.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage owns a 50-percent interest in Chilquinta Energía S.A., a Chilean electric utility, and a 38-percent interest in Luz del Sur, a Peruvian electric utility.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage also owns 43 percent of two Argentine natural gas utility holding companies, Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur. As a result of the devaluation of the Argentine peso at the end of 2001 and subsequent changes in the value of the peso, Sempra Pipelines & Storage had reduced the carrying value of its investment downward by a cumulative total of $204 million as of December 31, 2007. These noncash adjustments, based on fluctuations in the value of the Argentine peso, did not affect net income, but were recorded in Comprehensive Income and Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss).


The related Argentine economic decline and government responses (including Argentina’s unilateral, retroactive abrogation of utility agreements early in 2002) continue to adversely affect the operations of these Argentine utilities. In 2002, Sempra Pipelines & Storage initiated arbitration proceedings at the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) under the 1994 Bilateral Investment Treaty between the United States and Argentina for recovery of the diminution of the value of its investments that has resulted from Argentine governmental actions. In September 2007, the tribunal officially closed the arbitration proceedings and awarded the company compensation of $172 million, which includes interest up to the award date. In January 2008, Argentina filed an action at the ICSID seeking to annul the award. The company will not recognize the award until collectibility is assured.


In December 2006, the company decided to sell its Argentine investments, and continues to actively pursue their sale. The company adjusted its investments to estimated fair value and recorded a noncash impairment charge to fourth quarter 2006 net income of $221 million. The charge to net income is reported in Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries on the Statements of Consolidated Income.


The following tables show selected financial data for Sodigas Pampeana and Sodigas Sur:


 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

2007

 

2006

 

2005

Gross revenues

$

227

 

 

$

215

 

 

$

242

 

Gross profit

$

111

 

 

$

97

 

 

$

92

 

Income from operations

$

21

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

14

 

Gain on sale of assets

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

Net income

$

14

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

22

 


 

 

 

At December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

2006

Current assets

 

 

$

117

 

 

$

95

 

Noncurrent assets

 

 

$

332

 

 

$

325

 

Current liabilities

 

 

$

198

 

 

$

166

 

Noncurrent liabilities

 

 

$

38

 

 

$

49

 



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Sempra Generation


The 550-MW Elk Hills Power (Elk Hills) project located near Bakersfield, California began commercial operations in July 2003. Elk Hills is 50-percent owned by Sempra Generation.


The 480-MW El Dorado power plant, located near Las Vegas, Nevada, began commercial operations in May 2000. In July 2005, Sempra Generation, a 50-percent owner at the time, purchased the remaining 50-percent ownership interest in El Dorado for $132 million (including assumed debt) from Reliant Energy Power Generation, which had been the joint venture partner in the El Dorado power plant. As discussed in Note 14, SDG&E has exercised an option to purchase the El Dorado power plant for book value in 2011.


In July 2004, Topaz, a 50/50 joint venture between Sempra Generation and Riverstone Holdings, acquired ten Texas power plants from American Electric Power (AEP), including the 632-MW coal-fired Coleto Creek Power Station (Coleto Creek) and three natural gas and oil-fired plants in Laredo, San Benito and Corpus Christi, Texas. In July 2006, Sempra Generation and Riverstone Holdings sold Coleto Creek for a total of $1.15 billion in cash. The majority of the proceeds from the sale were distributed by Topaz as a dividend to Sempra Generation and Riverstone Holdings. The sale of the plant resulted in a pretax gain of $353 million for the company, which was reported in Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Subsidiaries. In a separate transaction, also in July 2006, Sempra Generation sold its interests in the natural gas plants that it acquired in connection with the Coleto Creek plant. An impairment loss of $9 million pretax related to the sale of the natural ga s plants was recorded in 2006. In accordance with GAAP, because the company’s interests in Topaz are reported under the equity method, they are not reported as a discontinued operation.


The following table shows selected financial data for Topaz and ignores any reclassifications necessary for discontinued operations reporting by Topaz:


 

 

 

Year ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2006*

 

2005

Gross revenues

 

 

$

212

 

 

$

511

 

Gross profit

 

 

$

71

 

 

$

167

 

Income from operations

 

 

 $

21

 

 

$

42

 

Gain on sale of assets

 

 

$

705

 

 

$

11

 

Net income

 

 

$

726

 

 

$

53

 

*

As noted above, Topaz sold Coleto Creek in July 2006.


Sempra Commodities


Investments in Unconsolidated Subsidiaries


In February 2007, Sempra Commodities sold its interests in an equity-method investment, along with a related cost-basis investment, receiving cash and a 12.7-percent interest in a newly formed entity. The after-tax gain on this transaction, recorded as Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries on the Statements of Consolidated Income, was $30 million.


Available-for-Sale Securities


Sempra Commodities had $80 million and $55 million of available-for-sale securities included in Investments at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. At December 31, 2007, the balance in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) related to these securities was $28 million net of income tax, comprised of $28 million of unrealized gains and a negligible amount of unrealized losses. At



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December 31, 2006, the balance in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) related to these securities was $18 million net of income tax, comprised of $19 million of unrealized gains and $1 million of unrealized losses.


Sempra Commodities recorded $12 million and $17 million in purchases of available-for-sale securities in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Sempra Commodities sold $20 million and $1 million of available-for-sale securities in 2007 and 2006, respectively, yielding proceeds of $54 million and $2 million in 2007 and 2006, respectively. The cost basis of the sales was determined by the specific identification method and pretax gains of $34 million and $1 million were realized as a result of the sales in 2007 and 2006, respectively. Sempra Commodities recorded a $1 million pretax impairment loss in 2006 due to the permanent decline in market value of a single available-for-sale security in 2006. There was no impairment of available-for-sale securities in 2007.


The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2007 was $13 million. The unrealized losses were primarily caused by temporary declines in the market values of the securities. The company does not consider these investments to be other than temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2007.


Trading Securities


Sempra Commodities had securities of $16 million and $13 million classified as trading securities at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


In 2007, Sempra Commodities recorded $14 million of pretax gains related to trading securities, including a pretax gain of $6 million resulting from sales, an unrealized pretax gain of $8 million from transfers to trading securities from available-for-sale securities due to changes in their status and an unrealized pretax loss of a negligible amount related to securities held at December 31, 2007.


The December 31, 2006 balance in trading securities included $3 million of securities that were reclassified from available-for-sale securities and $3 million that were reclassified from other investments during 2006 due to changes in their status. In 2006, Sempra Commodities recorded $19 million of pretax gains related to trading securities, including a pretax gain of $17 million resulting from sales, an unrealized pretax gain of $1 million from the aforementioned transfers to trading securities and an unrealized pretax gain of $1 million related to securities held at December 31, 2006.


In 2005, Sempra Commodities recognized a $5 million pretax gain in earnings from the reclassification of $9 million of available-for-sale securities to trading securities.


Sempra Financial


Prior to June 2006, Sempra Financial invested as a limited partner in affordable-housing properties. Sempra Financial’s portfolio included 1,300 properties throughout the United States that provided income tax benefits (primarily from income tax credits) generally over 10-year periods.


In June 2006, Sempra Financial effectively sold the majority of its interests in affordable-housing projects to an unrelated party for $83 million subject to certain guarantees. Because of the guarantees, the transaction has been recorded as a financing transaction rather than as a sale, and the company consolidates the investments in the housing partnerships. Subsequent to the transaction, the company expects slightly higher income tax rates since the transaction almost completely eliminated the income tax benefits from the company's affordable-housing investments.




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NOTE 5. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS


In the second quarter of 2006, Sempra Generation sold its 305-MW, coal-fired Twin Oaks Power plant (Twin Oaks) in Texas for $479 million in cash. Also in the second quarter, Sempra Generation completed the sales of Energy Services, which provided energy-saving facilities, and Facilities Management, which managed building heating and cooling facilities, for a total of $95 million in cash. In the third quarter of 2006, Sempra Generation sold its exploration and production subsidiary, Sempra Energy Production Company (SEPCO), for $225 million in cash.


In June 2006, pursuant to Sempra Energy’s previously announced plan to focus resources on the development of its core businesses, Sempra Energy’s management decided to sell Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy, Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s natural gas distribution companies located in Maine and North Carolina, respectively. In accordance with SFAS 144, the company recorded an after-tax impairment loss of $40 million in 2006. The sales of Frontier Energy and Bangor Gas were completed on September 30, and November 30, 2007, respectively, for a total of $5 million in cash.


In accordance with SFAS 144, the above operations have been reported as discontinued for all periods presented in the company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.


Information concerning discontinued operations is summarized below:


 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

Operating revenues

 

 

$

10

 

$

89

 

$

225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations, before income taxes

 

$

2

 

$

20

 

$

25

 

Impairment loss

 

 

--

 

 

(68

)

 

--

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

4

 

 

(20

)

 

9

 

Consolidated state tax adjustment

 

 

--

 

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

(27

)

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) on disposal, before income taxes

 

 

(2

)

 

525

 

 

(9

)

Income tax expense

 

 

23

 

 

174

 

 

--

 

Consolidated state tax adjustment

 

 

1

 

 

(9

)

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

(24

)

 

342

 

 

(9

)

 

 

 

$

(26

)

$

315

 

$

7

 


Current assets and liabilities of discontinued operations at December 31, 2006 consist primarily of income tax balances related to Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy.


NOTE 6. DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES


Committed Lines of Credit


At December 31, 2007, the company had available $5.2 billion in unused, committed lines of credit to provide liquidity and support commercial paper (the major components of which are detailed below).


Sempra Global has a $2.5 billion, five-year syndicated revolving credit facility expiring in 2010 and a $750 million, three-year syndicated revolving credit facility expiring in November 2008. The five-year



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and three-year credit facilities include provisions for the issuance of up to $400 million and $500 million, respectively, of letters of credit on behalf of Sempra Global. The amount of borrowings otherwise available under each facility would be reduced by the amount of outstanding letters of credit. Obligations under each facility are guaranteed by Sempra Energy and bear interest at rates varying with market rates and Sempra Energy's credit rating. Each facility requires Sempra Energy to maintain, at the end of each quarter, a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Global had letters of credit of $43 million outstanding under the five-year facility and no outstanding borrowings under either facility. The facilities provide support for $642 million of commercial paper outstanding at December 31, 2007.


Sempra Commodities has a five-year syndicated revolving credit facility expiring in 2010 that provides for up to $1.72 billion of extensions of credit (consisting of borrowings, letters of credit and other credit support accommodations) to Sempra Commodities and certain of its affiliates. The amount of credit available under the facility is limited to the amount of a borrowing base consisting of receivables, inventories and other assets of Sempra Commodities that secure the credit facility and are valued for purposes of the borrowing base at varying percentages of current market value. Extensions of credit are guaranteed by Sempra Energy subject to a maximum guarantee liability of 20 percent of the lenders' total commitments under the facility. The facility requires Sempra Commodities to meet certain financial tests at the end of each quarter, including leverage ratio, senior debt to tangible net worth ratio, and minimum working capital, net worth and t angible net worth tests. It also requires Sempra Energy to maintain, at the end of each quarter, a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent. It also imposes certain other limitations on Sempra Commodities, including limitations on other indebtedness, capital expenditures, liens, transfers of assets, investments, loans, advances, dividends, other distributions, modifications of risk-management policies and transactions with affiliates. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities had $352 million of outstanding borrowings under this facility. At December 31, 2007, letters of credit of $635 million were outstanding under the facility.


Sempra Commodities also has a $500 million, three-year credit facility expiring in 2009 that provides for extensions of credit (consisting of borrowings and the issuance of letters of credit and bank guarantees) to Sempra Commodities. Extensions of credit under the facility are guaranteed by Sempra Energy and bear interest at rates varying with market rates plus a fixed credit spread. The facility requires Sempra Energy to maintain, at the end of each quarter, a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent. Sempra Commodities had $70 million of outstanding borrowings and $341 million of outstanding letters of credit under this facility at December 31, 2007.


Sempra LNG has a $1.25 billion, five-year syndicated revolving credit facility expiring in 2009. The facility includes provisions for the issuance of letters of credit on behalf of Sempra LNG up to $200 million outstanding at any one time. Extensions of credit under the facility are guaranteed by Sempra Energy and bear interest at rates varying with market rates and Sempra Energy's credit ratings. The facility requires Sempra Energy to maintain, at the end of each quarter, a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent. Sempra LNG had no outstanding borrowings and $85 million of outstanding letters of credit under this facility at December 31, 2007.


The Sempra Utilities have a combined $600 million, five-year syndicated revolving credit facility expiring in 2010, under which each utility individually may borrow up to $500 million, subject to a combined borrowing limit for both utilities of $600 million. Borrowings under the agreement bear interest at rates varying with market rates and the borrowing utility's credit rating. The agreement requires each utility to maintain, at the end of each quarter, a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent. Borrowings under the agreement are individual



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obligations of the borrowing utility and a default by one utility would not constitute a default or preclude borrowings by the other. At December 31, 2007, the Sempra Utilities had no amounts outstanding under this facility.


Short-term borrowings in 2007 resulted from the repayment of maturing long-term debt, and to a lesser extent, increased borrowings at Sempra Commodities.


Guarantees


As discussed in Note 3, Sempra Energy, Conoco and KMP currently hold 25 percent, 24 percent and 51 percent ownership interests, respectively, in Rockies Express, which is constructing a natural gas pipeline to link natural gas producing areas in the Rocky Mountain region to the upper Midwest and the eastern United States. Rockies Express has entered into a $2 billion, five-year credit facility expiring in 2011 that provides for revolving extensions of credit that are guaranteed severally by Sempra Energy, Conoco and KMP in proportion to their respective ownership percentages. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at rates varying with market rates plus a margin that varies with the credit ratings of the lowest-rated guarantor. The facility requires each guarantor to comply with various financial and other covenants comparable to those contained in its senior unsecured credit facilities, consisting in the case of Sempra Energy, primarily of a req uirement that it maintain a ratio of total indebtedness to total capitalization (as defined in the facility) of no more than 65 percent at the end of each quarter. Rockies Express had no outstanding borrowings under this facility at December 31, 2007. This facility supports the Rockies Express commercial paper program, which had $1.63 billion outstanding at December 31, 2007. In September 2007, Rockies Express issued $600 million of floating rate notes maturing in August 2009 that are guaranteed severally by Sempra Energy, Conoco and KMP in proportion to their respective ownership percentages. The fair value to the company of these guarantees is negligible.


Uncommitted Lines of Credit


Under uncommitted facilities, lenders provide credit on a discretionary basis. Terms are generally consistent with existing committed credit facilities. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities had $918 million in various uncommitted lines of credit, which are secured by certain assets at Sempra Commodities and guaranteed by Sempra Energy up to 20 percent of the amount of borrowings or credit lines utilized, subject to additional amounts based on the recoverability of Sempra Commodities' collateral. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities had $316 million of letters of credit and no short-term borrowings outstanding against these lines.


Other Short-Term Debt


In addition to its lines of credit and commercial paper, Sempra Commodities had $25 million of other short-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2006.


Weighted Average Interest Rates


The company's weighted average interest rates on the total short-term debt outstanding were 5.59 percent and 5.76 percent at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.





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Long-Term Debt


 

 

   December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

First mortgage bonds:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate (5.29% at December 31, 2007) December 1, 2009

 

$

100

 

$

100

 

 

4.375% January 15, 2011

 

 

100

 

 

100

 

 

Variable rates after fixed-to-floating rate swaps (3.88% at December 31, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     January 15, 2011

 

 

150

 

 

150

 

 

4.8% October 1, 2012

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

6.8% June 1, 2015

 

 

14

 

 

14

 

 

5.3% November 15, 2015

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

5.45% April 15, 2018

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

Variable rate (3.80% at December 31, 2007) July 2018

 

 

161

 

 

161

 

 

5.85% June 1, 2021

 

 

60

 

 

60

 

 

6.0% June 1, 2026

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

5% to 5.25% December 1, 2027

 

 

150

 

 

150

 

 

2.516% to 2.832%* January and February 2034

 

 

176

 

 

176

 

 

5.35% May 15, 2035

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

5.75% November 15, 2035

 

 

250

 

 

250

 

 

6.125% September 15, 2037

 

 

250

 

 

--

 

 

2.8275%* May 1, 2039

 

 

75

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

2,736

 

 

2,486

 

Other long-term debt (unsecured unless otherwise noted):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.0% Notes February 1, 2013

 

 

400

 

 

400

 

 

Notes at variable rates after fixed-to-floating swap (7.42% at December 31, 2007)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     March 1, 2010

 

 

300

 

 

300

 

 

4.75% Notes May 15, 2009

 

 

300

 

 

300

 

 

7.95% Notes March 1, 2010

 

 

200

 

 

200

 

 

5.9% June 1, 2014

 

 

130

 

 

130

 

 

6.3% December 31, 2021

 

 

128

 

 

128

 

 

5.5% December 1, 2021

 

 

60

 

 

60

 

 

Employee Stock Ownership Plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bonds at 5.781% (fixed through July 1, 2010) November 1, 2014

 

 

50

 

 

82

 

 

Bonds at variable rates (4.99% at December 31, 2007) November 1, 2014

 

 

33

 

 

10

 

 

5.3% July 1, 2021

 

 

39

 

 

39

 

 

Notes at 3.92% to 5.05% payable 2010 through 2012

 

 

41

 

 

32

 

 

4.9% March 1, 2023

 

 

25

 

 

25

 

 

Debt incurred to acquire limited partnerships, secured by real estate, at 7.52% to 9.35% annually through 2009

 

 

9

 

 

24

 

 

4.75% May 14, 2016

 

 

8

 

 

8

 

 

5.67% January 18, 2028

 

 

5

 

 

5

 

 

4.621% Notes May 17, 2007

 

 

--

 

 

600

 

 

Notes at variable rates May 21, 2008

 

 

--

 

 

300

 

 

6.37% Rate-reduction bonds, payable through 2007

 

 

--

 

 

66

 

 

OMEC LLC project financing at 5.2925% April 2019**

 

 

63

 

 

--

 

 

Other debt

 

 

28

 

 

21

 

 

Market value adjustments for interest-rate swaps, net (expiring 2010-2011)

 

 

11

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

4,566

 

 

5,212

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

(7

)

 

(681

)

Unamortized discount on long-term debt

 

 

(6

)

 

(6

)

Total

 

$

4,553

 

$

4,525

 

*

 

After floating-to-fixed rate swaps expiring in 2009.

**

 

After floating-to-fixed rate swaps expiring in 2019.



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Excluding market value adjustments for interest-rate swaps, maturities of long-term debt are:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2008

$

7

2009

 

423

2010

 

513

2011

 

270

2012

 

258

Thereafter

 

3,084

Total

$

4,555


Callable Long-Term Debt


At the company's option, certain debt is callable subject to premiums at various dates: $674 million in 2008, $50 million in 2010 and $282 million after 2012. In addition, $3.2 billion of bonds are callable subject to make-whole provisions.


In addition, the OMEC LLC project financing loan, discussed in Note 1, with $63 million of borrowings at December 31, 2007, may be prepaid at the borrower’s option.


First Mortgage Bonds


First mortgage bonds are issued by the Sempra Utilities and secured by a lien on utility plant. The Sempra Utilities may issue additional first mortgage bonds upon compliance with the provisions of their bond indentures, which require, among other things, the satisfaction of pro forma earnings-coverage tests on first mortgage bond interest and the availability of sufficient mortgaged property to support the additional bonds, after giving effect to prior bond redemptions. The most restrictive of these tests (the property test) would permit the issuance, subject to CPUC authorization, of an additional $3.1 billion of first mortgage bonds at December 31, 2007.


In September 2007, SDG&E sold $250 million of 6.125-percent first mortgage bonds, maturing in 2037.


Equity Units


In 2002, the company issued $600 million of Equity Units. The units included $600 million of the company's 5.60-percent senior notes due May 17, 2007. In February 2005, the company remarketed the senior notes for their remaining term at a rate of 4.621 percent. In May 2007, the company redeemed the $600 million of notes then currently due.


In March and May 2005, 19.7 million shares of common stock were issued in connection with the settlement of the related common stock purchase contract as discussed in Note 13.


Unsecured Long-Term Debt


Various long-term obligations totaling $1.7 billion at December 31, 2007 are unsecured.


In August 2007, the company redeemed $300 million of variable-rate notes due in May 2008.


In 2006, Sempra Pipelines & Storage, in order to reduce its property tax, incurred $128 million of long-term debt related to the development of its Liberty Gas Storage (Liberty) facility in Calcasieu Parish,



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Louisiana. The debt is payable to the Calcasieu Parish Industrial Development Board. Related to the debt, the company recorded bonds receivable from the Industrial Development Board for the same amount. Both the financing obligation and the bonds receivable have interest rates of 6.3 percent and are due on December 31, 2021.


Rate-Reduction Bonds


In 2007, SDG&E redeemed the $66 million remaining outstanding balance of its rate-reduction bonds, including $17 million in September 2007 in advance of the scheduled maturity of December 26, 2007.


Debt of Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and Trust (Trust)


The Trust covers substantially all of the employees of the parent organization, SDG&E, SoCalGas and most of Sempra Global's subsidiaries. The Trust is used to fund part of the retirement savings plan described in Note 9. The notes are payable by the Trust and mature in 2014. In July 2007, $50 million of these notes was repriced at an interest rate of 5.781 percent for a three-year term ending July 1, 2010. The remaining $33 million of the notes is repriced weekly and subject to repurchase by the company at the issuer’s option. ESOP debt was paid down by $32 million during 2007, 2006 and 2005 when 656,777 shares of company common stock were released from the Trust in order to fund the employer contribution to the company savings plan. Interest on the ESOP debt amounted to $4 million in each of 2007, 2006 and 2005. Dividends used for debt service amounted to $2 million in each of 2007, 2006 and 2005.


Interest-Rate Swaps


The company's fair value interest-rate swaps and interest-rate swaps to hedge cash flows are discussed in Note 11.


NOTE 7. FACILITIES UNDER JOINT OWNERSHIP


San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) and the Southwest Powerlink transmission line are owned jointly with other utilities. The company's interests at December 31, 2007 were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

SONGS

 

Southwest

Powerlink

Percentage ownership

 

 

20

%

 

 

91

%

Utility plant in service

 

$

75

 

 

$

311

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

$

14

 

 

$

169

 

Construction work in progress

 

$

75

 

 

$

2

 


The company, and each of the other owners, holds its interest as an undivided interest as tenants in common in the property. Each owner is responsible for financing its share of each project and participates in decisions concerning operations and capital expenditures.


The company's share of operating expenses is included in the Statements of Consolidated Income.




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SONGS Decommissioning


Objectives, work scope and procedures for the dismantling and decontamination of the SONGS units must meet the requirements of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of the Navy (the land owner), the CPUC and other regulatory bodies.


The asset retirement obligation related to decommissioning costs for the SONGS units was $411 million at December 31, 2007. That amount includes the cost to decommission Units 2 and 3, and the remaining cost to complete Unit 1’s decommissioning, which is currently in progress. Decommissioning cost studies are updated every three years, with the most recent update approved by the CPUC in January 2007. Rate recovery of decommissioning costs is allowed until the time that the costs are fully recovered, and is subject to adjustment every three years based on the costs allowed by regulators. Collections are authorized to continue until 2022.


Unit 1 was permanently shut down in 1992, and physical decommissioning began in January 2000. Most structures, foundations and large components have been dismantled, removed and disposed of. Spent nuclear fuel has been removed from the Unit 1 Spent Fuel Pool and stored on-site in an independent spent fuel storage installation (ISFSI) licensed by the NRC. The remaining major work will include dismantling, removal and disposal of all remaining equipment and facilities (both nuclear and non-nuclear components), and decontamination of the site. These activities are expected to be completed in 2008. The ISFSI will be decommissioned after a permanent storage facility becomes available and the spent fuel is removed from the site by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The Unit 1 reactor vessel is expected to remain on site until Units 2 and 3 are decommissioned.


The amounts collected in rates are invested in externally managed trust funds. Amounts held by the trusts are invested in accordance with CPUC regulations. These trusts are shown on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with the offsetting credits recorded in Asset Retirement Obligations and Regulatory Liabilities Arising from Removal Obligations.


The following tables show the fair values and gross unrealized gains and losses for the securities held in the trust funds.


 

 

As of December 31, 2007

(Dollars in millions)

 

Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government issues*

 

$

168

 

$

15

 

$

--

 

$

183

 

Municipal bonds**

 

 

77

 

 

1

 

 

(2)

 

 

76

Total debt securities

 

 

245

 

 

16

 

 

(2)

 

 

259

Equity securities

 

 

204

 

 

234

 

 

(4)

 

 

434

Cash and other securities***

 

 

44

 

 

2

 

 

--

 

 

46

Total available-for-sale securities

 

$

493

 

$

252

 

$

(6)

 

$

739

*

Maturity dates are 2009-2038.

**

Maturity dates are 2008-2057.

***

Maturity dates are 2008-2049.




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As of December 31, 2006

(Dollars in millions)

 

Cost

 

Gross
Unrealized
Gains

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

Estimated
Fair
Value

Debt securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government issues

 

$

215

 

$

10

 

$

(1)

 

$

224

 

Municipal bonds

 

 

55

 

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

56

Total debt securities

 

 

270

 

 

11

 

 

(1)

 

 

280

Equity securities

 

 

142

 

 

217

 

 

(1)

 

 

358

Cash and other securities

 

 

61

 

 

3

 

 

--

 

 

64

Total available-for-sale securities

 

$

473

 

$

231

 

$

(2)

 

$

702


The following table shows the proceeds from sales of securities in the trust and gross realized gains and losses on those sales.


 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

Proceeds from sales

 

$

578

 

 

$

474

 

 

$

223

 

Gross realized gains

 

$

18

 

 

$

22

 

 

$

17

 

Gross realized losses

 

$

(12

)

 

$

(13

)

 

$

(11

)


Net unrealized gains are included in Asset Retirement Obligations and Regulatory Liabilities Arising from Removal Obligations on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The company determines the cost of securities in the trust on the basis of specific identification.


The fair value of securities in an unrealized loss position as of December 31, 2007 was $79 million. The unrealized losses were primarily caused by interest-rate movements and fluctuations in the market. The company does not consider these investments to be other than temporarily impaired as of December 31, 2007.


Customer contribution amounts are determined by estimates of after-tax investment returns, decommissioning costs and decommissioning cost escalation rates. Lower actual investment returns or higher actual decommissioning costs result in an increase in future customer contributions.


Discussion regarding the impact of SFAS 143 is provided in Note 1. Additional information regarding SONGS is provided in Notes 14 and 16.




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NOTE 8. INCOME TAXES


Reconciliations of the U.S. statutory federal income tax rate to the effective income tax rate are as follows:


 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

Statutory federal income tax rate

 

 

35

%

 

 

35

%

 

 

35

%

Utility depreciation

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

5

 

State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

3

 

Tax credits

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(14

)

Foreign income taxes

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(3

)

Resolution of Internal Revenue Service audits

 

 

--

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(8

)

Reduction of prior period state income tax accruals,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduction of prior period state income tax accruals, net of federal income tax effect

 

 

1

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(6

)

Utility repair allowance

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(3

)

Adjustment to prior year estimated tax accruals

 

 

--

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

Other, net

 

 

(3

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(3

)

 

Effective income tax rate

 

 

34

%

 

 

33

%

 

 

4

%


The geographic components of Income from Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity in Earnings (Losses) of Certain Unconsolidated Subsidiaries are as follows:


 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

Domestic

 

$

1,282

 

 

$

1,682

 

 

$

724

 

Foreign

 

 

268

 

 

 

232

 

 

 

168

 

Total

 

$

1,550

 

 

$

1,914

 

 

$

892

 


The components of income tax expense are as follows:


 

 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

Current:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

$

247

 

 

$

416

 

 

$

312

 

 

State

 

 

77

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

11

 

 

Foreign

 

 

51

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

9

 

 

Total

 

 

375

 

 

 

564

 

 

 

332

 

Deferred:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Federal

 

 

124

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

(208

)

 

State

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(36

)

 

 

(78

)

 

Foreign

 

 

36

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

(6

)

 

Total

 

 

155

 

 

 

82

 

 

 

(292

)

Deferred investment tax credits

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(6

)

 

Total income tax expense

 

$

524

 

 

$

641

 

 

$

34

 



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Accumulated deferred income taxes at December 31 relate to the following:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Differences in financial and tax bases of depreciable and amortizable assets

 

$

864

 

 

$

831

 

 

Regulatory balancing accounts

 

 

152

 

 

 

269

 

 

Unrealized revenue

 

 

63

 

 

 

63

 

 

Loss on reacquired debt

 

 

24

 

 

 

26

 

 

Property taxes

 

 

29

 

 

 

27

 

 

Other

 

 

32

 

 

 

17

 

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

1,164

 

 

 

1,233

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Credits from alternative minimum tax

 

 

--

 

 

 

101

 

 

Investment tax credits

 

 

42

 

 

 

46

 

 

Equity losses

 

 

34

 

 

 

48

 

 

Net operating losses of separate state and foreign entities

 

 

125

 

 

 

95

 

 

Compensation-related items

 

 

169

 

 

 

165

 

 

Postretirement benefits

 

 

148

 

 

 

198

 

 

Other deferred liabilities

 

 

34

 

 

 

63

 

 

State income taxes

 

 

34

 

 

 

54

 

 

Bad debt allowance

 

 

13

 

 

 

18

 

 

Litigation and other accruals not yet deductible

 

 

322

 

 

 

327

 

 

Total deferred tax assets

 

 

921

 

 

 

1,115

 

Net deferred income tax liability before valuation allowance

 

 

243

 

 

 

118

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

41

 

 

 

24

 

Net deferred income tax liability

 

$

284

 

 

$

142

 


The net deferred income tax liability is recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31 as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

Current asset

 

$

(247

)

 

$

(270

)

Noncurrent liability

 

 

531

 

 

 

412

 

Total

 

$

284

 

 

$

142

 


At December 31, 2007, foreign subsidiaries had $251 million in unused net operating losses available to reduce future income taxes, primarily in Mexico and Canada. Significant amounts of these losses become unavailable to reduce future incomes taxes beginning in 2009. Financial statement benefits were recorded on all but $58 million of these losses, primarily by offsetting them against deferred tax liabilities with the same expiration pattern and country of jurisdiction. No benefits were recorded on the $58 million because they were incurred in jurisdictions where utilization is sufficiently in doubt.


At December 31, 2007, the company had not provided for U.S. income taxes on $803 million of foreign subsidiaries' undistributed earnings, since they are expected to be reinvested indefinitely outside the United States. It is not possible to predict the amount of U.S. income taxes that might be payable if these earnings were eventually repatriated.


Sempra Commodities continued its operations related to synthetic fuels tax credits through 2007, the last year of the program. Credits of $32 million were recorded in 2007.


The impact of the company’s adoption of FIN 48 is discussed in Note 2.



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NOTE 9. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS


The company accounts for its employee benefit plans in accordance with SFAS 158, Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans - an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R) (SFAS 158), which requires an employer to recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan's overfunded status or a liability for a plan's underfunded status, measure a plan's assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the company's fiscal year (with limited exceptions), and recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. Generally, those changes are reported in the company's comprehensive income and as a separate component of shareholders' equity.


The information presented below covers the employee benefit plans of the company and its principal subsidiaries.


The company has funded and unfunded noncontributory defined benefit plans that together cover substantially all of its employees. The plans provide defined benefits based on years of service and either final average or career salary.


The company also has other postretirement benefit plans covering substantially all of its employees. The life insurance plans are both contributory and noncontributory, and the health care plans are contributory, with participants' contributions adjusted annually. Other postretirement benefits include medical benefits for retirees' spouses.


Pension and other postretirement benefits costs and obligations are dependent on assumptions used in calculating such amounts. These assumptions include discount rates, expected return on plan assets, rates of compensation increase, health-care cost trend rates, mortality rates and other factors. These assumptions are reviewed on an annual basis prior to the beginning of each year and updated when appropriate. The company considers current market conditions, including interest rates, in making these assumptions. The company uses a December 31 measurement date for all of its plans.


In support of its Supplemental Executive Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans, the company maintains dedicated assets, including investments in life insurance contracts, which totaled $440 million and $379 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


Effective July 1, 2008, SDG&E’s other postretirement benefit plan will be amended to increase the health benefits for certain represented participants. This amendment resulted in a $3 million increase in the benefit obligation and unrecognized prior service costs as of December 31, 2007.


Effective January 1, 2008, the pension plans were amended to increase the death benefit for beneficiaries of vested non-represented participants that die prior to retirement. This amendment resulted in a $2 million increase in the benefit obligation and unrecognized prior service costs as of December 31, 2007.


Effective January 1, 2008, the company’s and SoCalGas’ other postretirement benefit plan was amended to provide a health benefit for both represented and non-represented participants that are surviving spouses over the age of 65. This amendment resulted in an $18 million increase in the benefit obligation and unrecognized prior service costs as of December 31, 2007.


Effective March 1, 2007, the pension plans for all employees, except the represented employees of SoCalGas, were amended to change the calculation of the benefit for certain participants. The affected participants are those who had an accrued benefit under the SoCalGas or SDG&E pension plans at the



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date the plans transitioned from a traditional defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan. The transition date was July 1, 1998 for SoCalGas and SDG&E non-represented participants, and November 1, 1998 for SDG&E represented participants. Before the amendment date, these participants received the greater of their accrued benefit in the cash balance plan or the present value of their benefit under the prior plan as of June 30, 2003. After the amendment date, they receive the greater of the accrued benefit under the cash balance plan, or the present value of their accrued benefit under the prior plan at June 30, 2003 plus the cash balance benefit accrued after that date. This amendment resulted in a $56 million increase in the company’s benefit obligation and in the unrecognized prior service cost at the end of 2006.


In the third quarter of 2006, the Pension Protection Act of 2006 was enacted. This act increases the funding requirements for qualified pension plans beginning in 2008. It also changes certain costs of providing pension benefits, including the interest rate for benefits paid as lump sums and the level of benefits that may be provided through qualified pension plans. The $73 million decrease in the company’s pension obligation due to the plan changes required by this legislation were recognized in the benefit obligation and in the unrecognized prior service cost at the end of 2006.


Effective January 1, 2006, the pension plans for all employees, except the represented employees of SoCalGas, were amended to include deferred compensation, beginning January 1, 2006, in pension-eligible earnings. Also effective January 1, 2006, SoCalGas’ pension plan for non-represented employees was amended to change the early retirement requirements. The service requirement necessary to qualify for early retirement was changed from 15 years to 10 years for participants currently in or grandfathered back to SoCalGas’ prior pension plan as of June 30, 2003. These two changes resulted in a net $1 million increase in the company’s benefit obligation and in the unrecognized prior service cost at the end of 2006.


Effective January 1, 2006, the other postretirement benefit plans for represented and non-represented employees at SDG&E and non-represented employees at SoCalGas were amended to integrate the benefits plan design across the Sempra Utilities, resulting in a net $6 million decrease in the benefit obligation as of December 31, 2005.


SoCalGas' pension plan was amended effective January 1, 2005, to increase the pension formula for service credit in excess of 30 years resulting in an increase in the pension benefit obligation of $3 million.



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The following table provides a reconciliation of the changes in the plans' projected benefit obligations and the fair value of assets during the latest two years, and a statement of the funded status as of the latest two year ends:


 



Pension Benefits

 

Other
Postretirement
Benefits

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

CHANGE IN PROJECTED BENEFIT OBLIGATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net obligation at January 1

$

2,885

 

$

2,843

 

$

952

 

$

869

 

Service cost

 

76

 

 

73

 

 

26

 

 

24

 

Interest cost

 

164

 

 

158

 

 

54

 

 

45

 

Plan amendments

 

2

 

 

(16

)

 

21

 

 

--

 

Actuarial loss (gain)

 

(90

)

 

25

 

 

(139

)

 

59

 

Curtailments

 

1

 

 

(1

)

 

--

 

 

(4

)

Special termination benefits

 

2

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Benefit payments

 

(249

)

 

(197

)

 

(46

)

 

(43

)

Federal subsidy (Medicare Part D)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

3

 

 

2

 

Net obligation at December 31

 

2,791

 

 

2,885

 

 

871

 

 

952

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANGE IN PLAN ASSETS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair value of plan assets at January 1

 

2,535

 

 

2,364

 

 

694

 

 

623

 

Actual return on plan assets

 

207

 

 

333

 

 

47

 

 

82

 

Employer contributions

 

35

 

 

35

 

 

45

 

 

32

 

Benefit payments

 

(249

)

 

(197

)

 

(46

)

 

(43

)

Other

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

3

 

 

--

 

Fair value of plan assets at December 31

 

2,528

 

 

2,535

 

 

743

 

 

694

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded status at December 31

$

(263

)

$

(350

)

$

(128

)

$

(258

)

Net recorded liability at December 31

$

(263

)

$

(350

)

$

(128

)

$

(258

)


The assets and liabilities of the pension and other postretirement benefit plans are affected by changing market conditions as well as when actual plan experience is different than assumed. Such events result in gains and losses. Investment gains and losses are deferred and recognized in pension and postretirement benefit costs over a period of years. The company uses the asset "smoothing" method for nearly 80 percent of the assets held for its pension and other postretirement plans and recognizes realized and unrealized investment gains and losses over a three-year period. This adjusted asset value, known as the market-related value of assets, is used to determine the expected return-on-assets component of net periodic cost. If, as of the beginning of a year, unrecognized net gain or loss exceeds 10 percent of the greater of the projected benefit obligation or the market-related value of plan assets, the excess is amortized over the average r emaining service period of active participants. The asset smoothing and 10-percent corridor accounting methods help mitigate volatility of net periodic costs from year to year.




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The net liability is included in the following captions on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31 as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

Noncurrent assets

$

75

 

$

19

 

$

--

 

$

--

 

Current liabilities

 

(32

)

 

(18

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

Noncurrent liabilities

 

(306

)

 

(351

)

 

(128

)

 

(258

)

Net recorded liability

$

(263

)

$

(350

)

$

(128

)

$

(258

)


Amounts recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, net of tax effects and amounts recorded as regulatory assets, are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

Net actuarial loss

$

70

 

$

82

 

$

2

 

$

3

 

Prior service credit

 

(3

)

 

(1

)

 

(2

)

 

(2

)

Total

$

67

 

$

81

 

$

--

 

$

1

 


The accumulated benefit obligations for defined benefit pension plans were $2.6 billion and $2.7 billion at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The following table provides information concerning the one pension plan with benefit obligations in excess of plan assets as of December 31:


(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

Projected benefit obligation

$

774

 

$

812

 

Accumulated benefit obligation

$

771

 

$

809

 

Fair value of plan assets

$

684

 

$

679

 

 



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The following table provides the components of net periodic benefit cost and amounts recognized in other comprehensive income for the years ended December 31:


 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

Net Periodic Benefit Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

$

76

 

$

73

 

$

62

 

$

26

 

$

24

 

$

24

 

Interest cost

 

164

 

 

158

 

 

153

 

 

54

 

 

45

 

 

48

 

Expected return on assets

 

(158

)

 

(149

)

 

(153

)

 

(44

)

 

(40

)

 

(39

)

Amortization of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service cost (credit)

 

5

 

 

10

 

 

10

 

 

(3

)

 

(3

)

 

(2

)

 

Actuarial loss

 

8

 

 

18

 

 

17

 

 

6

 

 

3

 

 

7

 

Regulatory adjustment

 

(34

)

 

(38

)

 

(36

)

 

7

 

 

4

 

 

9

 

Transfer of retirees

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

30

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

(10

)

Special termination benefit charge

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Curtailment charge

 

6

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Total net periodic benefit cost

 

68

 

 

72

 

 

83

 

 

46

 

 

33

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Changes in Plan Assets and Benefit Obligations Recognized in other Comprehensive Income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain

 

(12

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

(2

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

Prior service credit

 

(4

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Amortization of prior service credit

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

1

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

(8

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

Total recognized in other comprehensive Income

 

(24

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

(1

)

 

--

 

 

--

 

 

Total recognized in net periodic benefit cost and other comprehensive income

$

44

 

$

72

 

$

83

 

$

45

 

$

33

 

$

37

 


The estimated net loss and prior service credit for the pension plans that will be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) into net periodic benefit cost in 2008 are $6 million and $1 million, respectively. The estimated prior service credit for the other postretirement benefit plans that will be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) into net periodic benefit cost in 2008 is $1 million.


The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 establishes a prescription drug benefit under Medicare (Medicare Part D) and a tax-exempt federal subsidy to sponsors of retiree health care benefit plans that provide a benefit that actuarially is at least equivalent to Medicare Part D. The company determined that benefits provided to certain participants actuarially will be at least equivalent to Medicare Part D, and, accordingly, the company is entitled to a tax-exempt subsidy that reduced the company's accumulated postretirement benefit obligation under the plan at January 1, 2007 by $105 million and reduced the net periodic cost for 2007 by $13 million.




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The significant assumptions related to the company's pension and other postretirement benefit plans are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

 

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

WEIGHTED-AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DETERMINE BENEFIT OBLIGATION AS OF DECEMBER 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount rate

 

6.10%

 

 

5.75%

 

 

6.20%

 

 

5.85%

 

Rate of compensation increase

 

4.50%

 

 

4.50%

 

 

4.00%

 

 

4.50%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEIGHTED-AVERAGE ASSUMPTIONS USED TO DETERMINE NET PERIODIC BENEFIT COSTS FOR YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Discount rate

 

5.75%

 

 

5.50%

 

 

5.85%

 

 

5.60%

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

7.00%

 

 

7.00%

 

 

6.86%

 

 

6.85%

 

Rate of compensation increase

 

      * 

 

 

*

 

 

  **

 

 

      **

 

*

 

4.50% for non-qualified pension plans and 4.00% for the qualified pension plan for SoCalGas' unions. All other qualified plan participants use an age-based table.

**

 

4.00% in 2007 and 4.50% in 2006 for the life insurance benefits for SoCalGas' unions. There are no compensation-based benefits for all other postretirement benefits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


The company develops the discount rate assumptions based on the results of a third party modeling tool that matches each plan's expected future benefit payments to a bond yield curve to determine their present value. It then calculates a single equivalent discount rate that produces the same present value. The modeling tool uses an actual portfolio of 500 to 600 non-callable bonds with a Moody’s Aa rating with an outstanding value of at least $50 million to develop the bond yield curve. This reflects over $300 billion in outstanding bonds with approximately 50 issues having maturities in excess of 20 years.


The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets is derived from historical returns for broad asset classes consistent with expectations from a variety of sources.


 

 

2007

 

 

 2006

 

ASSUMED HEALTH CARE COST TREND RATES AT DECEMBER 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

Health-care cost trend rate *

 

9.48

%

 

 

9.52

%

 

Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend)

 

5.50

%

 

 

5.50

%

 

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend

2014 and 2016 **

 

2009

 

 

*

 

This is the weighted average of the increases for the company's health plans. The rate for these plans ranged from 8.50% to 10.00% in 2006 and 2007.

**

 

The ultimate trend rate is reached in 2014 for HMOs and 2016 for Anthem Blue Cross Plans.




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Assumed health-care cost trend rates have a significant effect on the amounts reported for the health-care plan costs. A one-percent change in assumed health-care cost trend rates would have the following effects:


(Dollars in millions)

 

1% Increase

 

1% Decrease

 

Effect on total of service and interest cost components of net periodic postretirement health-care benefit cost

 

$

11

 

$

(9

)

Effect on the health-care component of the accumulated other postretirement benefit obligation

 

$

93

 

$

(77

)


Pension Trust Investment Strategy


The asset allocation for the company's pension trust (which includes other postretirement benefit plans, except for those of the Sempra Utilities separately described below) at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the target allocation for 2008 by asset categories are as follows:


 

Target

 

Percentage of Plan

 

Allocation

 

Assets at December 31,

Asset Category

2008

 

2007

 

2006

U.S. Equity

45

%

 

45

%

 

46

%

Foreign Equity

25

 

 

25

 

 

24

 

Fixed Income

30

 

 

30

 

 

30

 

 

Total

100

%

 

100

%

 

100

%


The company's investment strategy is to stay fully invested at all times and maintain its strategic asset allocation. The equity portfolio is balanced to maintain risk characteristics similar to the Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) 2500 index with respect to industry, sector and market capitalization exposures. The foreign equity portfolios are managed to track the MSCI Europe, Pacific Rim and Emerging Markets indices. Bond portfolios are managed with respect to the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index and Lehman Long Government Credit Bond Index. Other than index weight, the plan does not invest in securities of the company.


Investment Strategy for SoCalGas' Other Postretirement Benefit Plans


The asset allocation for SoCalGas' other postretirement benefit plans at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the target allocation for 2008 by asset categories are as follows:


 

Target

 

Percentage of Plan

 

Allocation

 

Assets at December 31,

Asset Category

2008

 

2007

 

2006

U.S. Equity

70

%

 

75

%

 

74

%

Fixed Income

30

 

 

25

 

 

26

 

 

Total

100

%

 

100

%

 

100

%


SoCalGas' other postretirement benefit plans are funded by cash contributions from SoCalGas and the retirees. The asset allocation is designed to match the long-term growth of the plans' liability. These plans are managed using index funds.



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Investment Strategy for SDG&E's Postretirement Health Plans


The asset allocation for SDG&E's postretirement health plans at December 31, 2007 and 2006 and the target allocation for 2008 by asset categories are as follows:


 

Target

 

Percentage of Plan

 

Allocation

 

Assets at December 31,

Asset Category

2008

 

2007

 

2006

U.S. Equity

25

%

 

25

%

 

25

%

Foreign Equity

5

 

 

5

 

 

7

 

Fixed Income

70

 

 

70

 

 

68

 

 

Total

100

%

 

100

%

 

100

%


SDG&E's postretirement health plans that are not included in the pension trust (shown above) pay premiums to health maintenance organization and point-of-service plans from company and participant contributions. SDG&E's investment strategy is to maintain a diversified portfolio of equities and tax-exempt California municipal bonds.


Future Payments


The company expects to contribute $73 million to its pension plans and $36 million to its other postretirement benefit plans in 2008.


The following table reflects the total benefits expected to be paid for the next 10 years to current employees and retirees from the plans or from the company's assets.


 

 

 

Other

(Dollars in millions)

Pension Benefits

 

Postretirement Benefits

2008

$

280

 

 

$

41

 

2009

$

255

 

 

$

45

 

2010

$

257

 

 

$

48

 

2011

$

265

 

 

$

52

 

2012

$

267

 

 

$

55

 

2013-2017

$

1,374

 

 

$

328

 


The expected future Medicare Part D subsidy payments are as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

2008

 

 

 

 

$

3

 

2009

 

 

 

 

$

3

 

2010

 

 

 

 

$

3

 

2011

 

 

 

 

$

4

 

2012

 

 

 

 

$

4

 

2013-2017

 

 

 

 

$

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Savings Plans


The company offers trusteed savings plans to all employees. Participation in the plans is immediate for salary deferrals for all employees except for the represented employees at SoCalGas, who are eligible upon completion of one year of service. Subject to plan provisions, employees may contribute from one percent to 25 percent of their regular earnings, beginning with the start of employment. After one year of each employee's completed service, the company begins to make matching contributions. Employer



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contribution amounts and methodology vary by plan, but generally the contributions are equal to 50 percent of the first 6 percent of eligible base salary contributed by employees and, if certain company goals are met, an additional amount related to incentive compensation payments.


Employer contributions are initially invested in company common stock but may be transferred by the employee into other investments. Employee contributions are invested in company stock, mutual funds, institutional trusts or guaranteed investment contracts (the same investments to which employees may direct the employer contributions) as elected by the employee. Employer contributions for the Sempra Energy and SoCalGas plans are partially funded by the ESOP referred to below. Company contributions to the savings plans were $31 million in 2007, $31 million in 2006 and $29 million in 2005. The market value of company stock held by the savings plans was $997 million and $976 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


Sempra Commodities also operates defined contribution plans outside of the United States. The contributions made by the company to such plans were $4 million in each of 2007, 2006 and 2005.


Employee Stock Ownership Plan


All contributions to the ESOP Trust (described in Note 6) are made by the company; there are no contributions made by the participants. As the company makes contributions, the ESOP debt service is paid and shares are released in proportion to the total expected debt service. Compensation expense is charged and equity is credited for the market value of the shares released. Dividends on unallocated shares are used to pay debt service and are applied against the liability. The shares held by the Trust are unallocated and consist of 1.5 million shares and 1.7 million shares, respectively, of Sempra Energy common stock, with fair values of $92 million and $94 million, at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


NOTE 10. SHARE-BASED COMPENSATION


The company has share-based compensation plans intended to align employee and shareholder objectives related to the long-term growth of the company. The plans permit a wide variety of share-based awards, including non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, performance awards, stock payments and dividend equivalents.


At December 31, 2007, the company had the following types of equity awards outstanding:


·

Non-Qualified Stock Options: Options have an exercise price equal to the market price of the common stock at the date of grant; are service-based; become exercisable over a four-year period (subject to accelerated vesting and/or exercisability upon a change in control, in accordance with severance pay agreements or upon retirement eligibility); and expire 10 years from the date of grant. Options are subject to forfeiture or earlier expiration upon termination of employment.


·

Restricted Stock: Substantially all restricted stock vests at the end of a four-year period based on Sempra Energy’s total return to shareholders relative to that of market indices (subject to earlier forfeiture upon termination of employment and accelerated vesting upon a change in control, in accordance with severance pay agreements or upon retirement eligibility). Holders of restricted stock have full voting rights. They also have full dividend rights, except for company officers, whose dividends are reinvested to purchase additional shares that become subject to the same vesting conditions as the restricted stock to which the dividends relate.

 



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The company accounts for share-based awards in accordance with SFAS 123 (revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS 123(R)), which requires the measurement and recognition of compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to the company’s employees and directors based on estimated fair values. The company adopted the provisions of SFAS 123(R) on January 1, 2006, using the modified prospective transition method. In accordance with this transition method, the company’s consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect the impact of SFAS 123(R). Under the modified prospective transition method, share-based compensation expense for 2006 includes compensation expense for all share-based compensation awards granted prior to, but for which the requisite service had not yet been performed as of January 1, 2006, based on the fair value estimated in accordance with the orig inal provisions of SFAS 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS 123). Share-based compensation expense for all share-based compensation awards granted after January 1, 2006 is based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS 123(R). The company recognizes compensation costs net of an assumed forfeiture rate and recognizes the compensation costs for non-qualified stock options and restricted shares on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the award, which is generally four years. However, in the year that an employee becomes eligible for retirement, the remaining expense related to the employee's awards is recognized immediately. The company estimates the forfeiture rate based on its historical experience. The company accounts for these awards as equity awards in accordance with SFAS 123(R).


Total share-based compensation expense for all of the company’s share-based awards was comprised as follows:


(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2007

 

 

 2006

Share-based compensation expense, before income taxes

$

45

 

 

$

42

 

Income tax benefits

 

(17

)

 

 

(16

)

Share-based compensation expense, net of income taxes

$

28

 

 

$

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net share-based compensation expense, per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.11

 

 

$

0.10

 

 

Diluted

$

0.11

 

 

$

0.10

 


Capitalized compensation cost was $3 million in each of 2007 and 2006.


Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the company presented the tax benefit of stock option exercises as operating cash flows. Upon the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in excess of the tax benefit related to compensation cost recognized for those share-based awards are classified as financing cash flows.


As of December 31, 2007, 20,515,872 shares were authorized and available for future grants of share-based awards. In addition, on January 1 of each year, additional shares equal to 1.5 percent of the outstanding shares of Sempra Energy common stock become available for grant. Company practice is to satisfy share-based awards by issuing new shares rather than by open-market purchases.


The company uses a Black-Scholes option-pricing model (Black-Scholes model) to estimate the fair value of each non-qualified stock option grant. The use of a valuation model requires the company to make certain assumptions with respect to selected model inputs. Expected volatility is calculated based on the historical volatility of the company’s stock price. In accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin 107 (SAB 107), for all share-based compensation awards granted after December 31, 2007, the average expected life will be based on the contractual term of the option and expected employee exercise and post-vesting employment termination behavior. Currently, it is based on the simplified approach provided by SAB 107. The risk-free interest rate is based on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a remaining term equal



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to the expected life assumed at the date of the grant. The weighted-average fair values for options granted during 2007 and 2006 were $13.82 and $10.75 per share, respectively, using the Black-Scholes model with the following weighted-average assumptions:


 

 

2007

 

 2006

 

Stock price volatility

 

21%

 

23%

 

Risk-free rate of return

 

4.7%

 

4.3%

 

Annual dividend yield

 

2.1%

 

2.5%

 

Expected life

 

6.2 Years

 

6.2 Years

 


A summary of the non-qualified stock options as of December 31, 2007 and activity for the year then ended follows:


 

 

Shares

under

Option

 

Weighted-Average

Exercise

Price

 

Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term

(in years)

 

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

(in millions)

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

 

7,303,435

 

$

28.87

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

760,700

 

$

57.27

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

(1,245,696

)

$

25.58

 

 

 

$

43

 

 

Forfeited/canceled

 

(30,225

)

$

37.83

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at December 31, 2007

 

6,788,214

 

$

32.61

 

5.5

 

$

199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vested or expected to vest,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

at December 31, 2007

 

6,705,034

 

$

32.47

 

5.4

 

$

197

 

Exercisable at December 31, 2007

 

4,851,389

 

$

27.06

 

4.5

 

$

169

 


The aggregate intrinsic value at December 31, 2007 is the total of the difference between the company’s closing stock price and the exercise price for all in-the-money options. The total fair value of shares vested in 2007 and 2006 were $7 million and $12 million, respectively.


The $7 million of total compensation cost related to nonvested stock options not yet recognized as of December 31, 2007 is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years.


Cash received from option exercises during 2007 was $32 million. The tax benefits realized for the share-based payment award deductions, in addition to the $17 million benefit shown above, totaled $24 million for 2007.


The company uses a Monte-Carlo simulation model to estimate the fair value of the restricted stock awards. The company’s determination of fair value is affected by the stock price volatility and dividend yields for the company and its peer group companies. The valuation is also affected by the risk-free rates of return, and a number of other variables. Below are key assumptions for the company:


 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Risk-free rate of return

 

4.6%

 

4.3%

 

Annual dividend yield

 

2.2%

 

2.6%

 

Stock price volatility

 

19%

 

24%

 




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A summary of the company’s restricted stock awards as of December 31, 2007 and the activity during the year is presented below.


 

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Grant-Date Fair Value

 

Nonvested at December 31, 2006

 

2,872,003

 

$

37.41

 

 

Granted

 

803,706

 

$

36.62

 

 

Vested

 

(867,012

)

$

42.65

 

 

Forfeited

 

(49,900

)

$

36.59

 

Nonvested at December 31, 2007

 

2,758,797

 

$

35.79

 


The $31 million of total compensation cost related to nonvested restricted stock awards not yet recognized as of December 31, 2007, is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.1 years. The total fair value of shares vested in 2007 and 2006 was $37 million and $68 million, respectively.


Prior to the adoption of SFAS 123(R), the company recognized share-based compensation expense in accordance with APBO 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, whereby it would have recorded compensation expense only if it had granted options at a discount, which it did not do, and for certain pre-1999 stock option grants that included dividend equivalents. The company provided pro forma disclosure amounts in accordance with SFAS 148, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation—Transition and Disclosure, as if the fair value method defined by SFAS 123 had been applied to its share-based compensation. The pro forma table below reflects net earnings and basic and diluted net earnings per share for 2005, had the company applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS 123:


(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

 2005

Net income as reported

 

 

 

 

$

920

 

Stock-based employee compensation expense reported in net income, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

37

 

Total stock-based employee compensation under fair-value method for all awards, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

(43

)

Pro forma net income

 

 

 

 

$

914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic - as reported

 

 

 

 

$

3.74

 

 

Basic - pro forma

 

 

 

 

$

3.72

 

 

Diluted - as reported

 

 

 

 

$

3.65

 

 

Diluted - pro forma

 

 

 

 

$

3.63

 


The pro forma effects of estimated share-based compensation expense for stock options on net income and earnings per common share for 2005 were estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model based on the following assumptions:


 

 

 

 

2005

 

Stock price volatility

 

 

 

25%

 

Risk-free rate of return

 

 

 

3.9%

 

Annual dividend yield

 

 

 

2.8%

 

Expected life

 

 

 

6 Years

 


The Black-Scholes model weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted in 2005 was $8.28 per share. The total intrinsic value of options exercised in 2005 was $74 million. The total fair



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value of option shares vested in 2005 was $13 million. The weighted-average grant-date fair value for restricted stock granted in 2005 was $36.49 per share. The total fair value of restricted stock vested in 2005 was $10 million.


NOTE 11. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS


The company periodically uses commodity derivative instruments and interest-rate swap agreements to moderate its exposure to commodity price changes and interest-rate changes and to lower its overall cost of borrowing.


Fair Value Hedges


Commodity fair value hedges are associated with Sempra Commodities. These hedges are recorded as trading instruments and may involve significant notional quantities of commodities traded within that business.


As of both December 31, 2007 and 2006, the company had fair value interest-rate swap hedges for a notional amount of debt totaling $450 million. The maturities of these swaps range from 2010 to 2011. These fair value hedge balances were an asset of $11 million and a liability of $4 million at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.


Market value adjustments since inception of the interest-rate swap hedges were recorded as an increase in Fixed-price Contracts and Other Derivatives (in noncurrent assets as Sundry or in noncurrent liabilities) and a corresponding increase or decrease in Long-Term Debt without affecting net income or other comprehensive income.


Cash Flow Hedges


Commodity cash flow hedges are primarily associated with Sempra Commodities. These hedges are recorded primarily as trading instruments and may involve significant notional quantities of commodities traded within that business.


As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, the company had established cash flow interest-rate swap hedges for notional debt balances totaling $434 million and $701 million, respectively. The maturities on the swaps at December 31, 2007 range from 2009 to 2038. In addition, OMEC LLC has entered into cash flow interest-rate swap hedges for a notional amount of debt ranging from $73 million to $377 million. The swaps expire in 2019.


In the third quarter of 2005, the company entered into derivative transactions to hedge future interest payments associated with forecasted borrowings of $450 million for facilities related to Sempra LNG's Energía Costa Azul project. The swaps expire in 2027. During the second quarter of 2007, the company revised its borrowing plans in anticipation of net cash proceeds to be received in connection with the transaction related to Sempra Commodities discussed in Note 3. Accordingly, as of June 30, 2007, the company reclassified the cash flow hedge gain of $30 million pretax from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) to Other Income, Net in the Statements of Consolidated Income. In August 2007, the company entered into interest-rate swaps with a collective notional value of $450 million to economically offset the original swap instruments.


The balances in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) at December 31, 2007 and 2006 related to all cash flow hedges were losses of $24 million and $50 million, respectively, net of income tax. The company expects that losses of $26 million, which are net of income tax benefit, that are



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currently recorded in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) related to these cash flow hedges will be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months as the hedged items affect earnings. However, in connection with the expected consummation of the transaction related to Sempra Commodities discussed in Note 3, a portion of the remaining cash flow hedge balance may be recognized at that time.


Hedge Ineffectiveness


Following is a summary of the hedge ineffectiveness gains (losses) for 2007, 2006 and 2005:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

 

 

2006

 

 

 

2005

 

Commodity hedges:*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges

 

$

3

 

 

$

24

 

 

$

1

 

 

Fair value hedges

 

 

29

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

5

 

 

Time value exclusions from hedge assessment

 

 

192

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

98

 

 

Total unrealized gains

 

 

224

 

 

 

289

 

 

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest-rate hedges:**

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flow hedges***

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

4

 

 

Fair value hedges

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

--

 

 

Total unrealized gains (losses)

 

 

(19

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total ineffectiveness gains

 

$

205

 

 

$

288

 

 

$

108

 

*

For commodity derivative instruments, the company records ineffectiveness gains (losses) in Operating Revenues from Sempra Global and Parent on the Statements of Consolidated Income.

**

For interest-rate swap instruments, the company records ineffectiveness gains (losses) in Other Income, Net on the Statements of Consolidated Income.

***

The 2007 loss includes $(17) million associated with the consolidation of OMEC LLC as discussed in Note 1.


For commodity derivative instruments designated as fair value hedges, the ineffectiveness gains relate to hedges of commodity inventory and include gains that represent time value of money, which is excluded for hedge assessment purposes. For commodity derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges, the ineffectiveness amounts for 2007, 2006 and 2005 relate to hedges of natural gas purchases and sales related to transportation and storage capacity arrangements. For 2006 and 2005, the ineffectiveness also relates to the phase-out of synthetic fuels income tax credits. In 2007 and 2006, the company also reclassified $2 million and $39 million, respectively, of losses from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) due to the expectation that these losses will not be recovered. The gains and losses are included in Operating Revenues from Sempra Global and Parent on the Statements of Consolidated Income.




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Sempra Commodities


The carrying values of trading assets and trading liabilities, primarily at Sempra Commodities, are as follows:


 

 

 

 

 

December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

TRADING ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading-related receivables and deposits, net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due from trading counterparties

 

$

2,657

 

$

2,610

 

 

Due from commodity clearing organizations and clearing brokers

 

 

230

 

 

437

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,887

 

 

3,047

 

Derivative trading instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains on swaps and forwards

 

 

2,264

 

 

2,389

 

 

OTC commodity options purchased

 

 

1,103

 

 

1,679

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,367

 

 

4,068

 

Commodities owned

 

 

2,231

 

 

1,845

 

Total trading assets

 

$

8,485

 

$

8,960

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRADING LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading-related payables

 

$

3,328

 

$

3,211

 

Derivative trading instruments sold, not yet purchased:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized losses on swaps and forwards

 

 

1,252

 

 

1,670

 

 

OTC commodity options written

 

 

722

 

 

634

 

 

 

 

1,974

 

 

2,304

 

Commodities sold with agreement to repurchase

 

 

500

 

 

537

 

Total trading liabilities

 

$

5,802

 

$

6,052

 


Based on quarterly measurements, the average fair values during 2007 for trading assets and liabilities were approximately $7.8 billion and $5.5 billion, respectively. For 2006, the amounts were $8.9 billion and $6.4 billion, respectively.


Sempra Commodities' credit risk from physical and financial instruments as of December 31, 2007 is represented by their positive fair value after consideration of collateral. Options written do not expose Sempra Commodities to credit risk. Exchange-traded futures and options are not deemed to have significant credit exposure since the exchanges guarantee that every contract will be properly settled on a daily basis. Credit risk is also associated with its retail customers.


The following table summarizes the counterparty credit quality and exposure for Sempra Commodities, expressed in terms of net replacement value. These exposures are net of collateral in the form of customer margin and/or letters of credit of $1.6 billion and $1.9 billion at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.



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December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

2007

 

2006

Counterparty credit quality*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity exchanges

 

$

230

 

$

437

 

AAA

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

19

 

AA

 

 

 

 

478

 

 

262

 

A

 

 

 

 

419

 

 

654

 

BBB

 

 

 

 

504

 

 

1,032

 

Below investment grade or not rated

 

 

959

 

 

1,011

 

 

Total

 

 

$

2,603

 

$

3,415

*

As determined by rating agencies or by internal models intended to approximate rating agency determinations.


Sempra Utilities


At the Sempra Utilities, the use of derivative instruments is subject to certain limitations imposed by company policy and regulatory requirements. These instruments enable the company to estimate with greater certainty the effective prices to be received by the company and the prices to be charged to its customers. The Sempra Utilities record realized gains or losses on derivative instruments associated with transactions for electric energy and natural gas contracts in Cost of Electric Fuel and Purchased Power and Cost of Natural Gas, respectively, on the Statements of Consolidated Income. On the Consolidated Balance Sheets, the Sempra Utilities record corresponding regulatory assets and liabilities related to unrealized gains and losses from these derivative instruments to the extent derivative gains and losses associated with these derivative instruments will be payable or recoverable in future rates.


Fair Value of Financial Instruments


The fair values of certain of the company's financial instruments (cash, temporary investments, notes receivable, dividends payable, short-term debt and customer deposits) approximate their carrying amounts. The following table provides the carrying amounts and fair values of the remaining financial instruments at December 31:


 

2007

 

2006

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Fair

 

 

Carrying

 

 

Fair

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

Amount

 

 

Value

 

 

Amount

 

 

Value

 

Investments in limited partnerships*

$

61

 

$

84

 

$

96

 

$

134

 

Total long-term debt**

$

4,566

 

$

4,620

 

$

5,212

 

$

5,244

 

Due to unconsolidated affiliates

$

162

 

$

170

 

$

162

 

$

169

 

Preferred stock of subsidiaries***

$

193

 

$

173

 

$

196

 

$

186

 

*

See Note 4.

**

Before reductions for unamortized discount of $6 million at both December 31, 2007 and 2006.

***

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, $14 million and $3 million, respectively, of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock of subsidiaries were included in Other Current Liabilities, and at December 31, 2006, $14 million was included in Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.


The fair values of investments in limited partnerships were based on the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at rates available for similar investments. The fair values of debt incurred to acquire limited partnerships were estimated based on the present value of the future cash flows, discounted at rates available for similar notes with comparable maturities. The fair values of the other long-term debt and preferred stock were based on their quoted market prices or quoted market prices for similar securities.




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Adoption of SFAS 157


Effective January 1, 2007, the company early-adopted SFAS 157 as discussed in Note 2, which, among other things, requires enhanced disclosures about assets and liabilities carried at fair value.


As defined in SFAS 157, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). However, as permitted under SFAS 157, the company utilizes a mid-market pricing convention (the mid-point price between bid and ask prices) as a practical expedient for valuing the majority of its assets and liabilities measured and reported at fair value. The company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated, or generally unobservable. The company primarily applies the market approach for recurring fair value measurements and endeavors to utilize the best available information. Accordingly, the company utilizes valuation techn iques that maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The company is able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs. SFAS 157 establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (level 1 measurement) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (level 3 measurement). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy defined by SFAS 157 are as follows:


Level 1 – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets or liabilities as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis. Level 1 primarily consists of financial instruments such as exchange-traded derivatives, listed equities and U.S. government treasury securities.


Level 2 – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets included in level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date. Level 2 includes those financial instruments that are valued using models or other valuation methodologies. These models are primarily industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices for commodities, time value, volatility factors, and current market and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. Substantially all of these assumptions are observable in the marketplace throughout the full term of the instrument, can be derived from observable data or are supported by observable levels at which transactions are executed in the marketplace. Instruments in this category include non-exchange-traded derivatives such as OTC forwards, options and repurchase agreements.


Level 3 – Pricing inputs include significant inputs that are generally less observable from objective sources. These inputs may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management’s best estimate of fair value. Level 3 instruments include those that may be more structured or otherwise tailored to customers’ needs. At each balance sheet date, the company performs an analysis of all instruments subject to SFAS 157 and includes in level 3 all of those whose fair value is based on significant unobservable inputs.


The following table sets forth by level within the fair value hierarchy the company's financial assets and liabilities that were accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 31, 2007. As required by SFAS 157, financial assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment, and may affect the valuation of fair value assets and liabilities and their placement within the fair value hierarchy levels.



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Recurring Fair Value Measures

 

At fair value as of December 31, 2007

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

Level 1

 

 

 

Level 2

 

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading derivatives

 

$

201

 

 

$

2,943

 

 

$

446

 

 

$

3,590

 

 

Commodity trading inventories

 

 

--

 

 

 

2,177

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

2,177

 

 

Other derivatives

 

 

25

 

 

 

45

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

77

 

 

Nuclear decommissioning trusts

 

 

551

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

726

 

 

Other

 

 

86

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

99

 

 

Total

 

$

863

 

 

$

5,346

 

 

$

460

 

 

$

6,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trading derivatives

 

$

200

 

 

$

2,116

 

 

$

59

 

 

$

2,375

 

 

Other derivatives

 

 

9

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

41

 

 

Total

 

$

209

 

 

$

2,148

 

 

$

59

 

 

$

2,416

 


Trading derivatives in the Recurring Fair Value Measures table above include OTC unrealized values related to swaps, forwards and options, as well as open, listed exchange transactions. However, exchange transactions, which are cash settled during the life of the transaction, are classified as part of Trading-related Receivables and Deposits, Net on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The following table provides a reconciliation of these balances as of December 31, 2007.


 

 

As of December 31, 2007

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

Assets

 

 

Liabilities

Derivative trading instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

$

3,367

 

 

$

1,974

 

Unrealized revenues for exchange contracts

 

 

223

 

 

 

401

 

Per Recurring Fair Value Measures Table

 

$

3,590

 

 

$

2,375

 


The Recurring Fair Value Measures table above does not include certain commodity trading inventories that are carried on a lower-of-cost-or-market basis. The table does include a portion of commodity trading inventories for which fair value hedge accounting is applied.


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

As of
December 31,
2007

Commodities owned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

 

 

$

2,231

 

Less: Commodities owned, recorded at lower-of-cost-or-market

 

 

 

 

(54

)

Per Recurring Fair Value Measures Table

 

 

 

$

2,177

 


The determination of the fair values above incorporates various factors required under SFAS 157. These factors include not only the credit standing of the counterparties involved and the impact of credit enhancements (such as cash deposits, letters of credit and priority interests), but also the impact of the company’s nonperformance risk on its liabilities.


Trading derivatives and commodity trading inventories reflect positions held by Sempra Commodities. Trading derivatives include exchange-traded derivative contracts and OTC derivative contracts. Exchange-traded derivative contracts, which include futures and exchange-traded options, are generally based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets and are classified within level 1. In addition, certain OTC-cleared options and swap contracts are included in level 1, as the fair values of these items are based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets. Some exchange-traded derivatives are valued using broker



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or dealer quotations, or market transactions in either the listed or OTC markets. In such cases, these exchange-traded derivatives are classified within level 2. OTC derivative trading instruments include swaps, forwards, options and complex structures that are valued at fair value and may be offset with similar positions in exchange-traded markets. In certain instances, these instruments may utilize models to measure fair value. Generally, the company uses a similar model to value similar instruments. Valuation models utilize various inputs that include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, other observable inputs for the asset or liability, and market-corroborated inputs, i.e., inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means. Where observable inputs a re available for substantially the full term of the asset or liability, the instrument is categorized in level 2. Certain OTC derivatives trade in less active markets with a lower availability of pricing information. In addition, complex or structured transactions can introduce the need for internally-developed model inputs that might not be observable in or corroborated by the market. When such inputs have a significant impact on the measurement of fair value, the instrument is categorized in level 3.


Nuclear decommissioning trusts reflect the assets of SDG&E's nuclear decommissioning trusts, excluding cash balances, as discussed in Note 7. Other derivatives include commodity and other derivative positions entered into primarily by the Sempra Utilities to manage customer price exposures, as well as interest-rate management instruments. Other assets primarily represent marketable securities.


The following table sets forth a reconciliation primarily of changes in the fair value of net trading derivatives classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

2007

Balance as of January 1, 2007

 

 

 

 

$

519

 

 

Realized and unrealized gains (losses)

 

 

 

 

 

(272

)

 

Purchases and issuances

 

 

 

 

 

154

 

Balance as of December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

$

401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains (losses) relating to instruments still held as of December 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

$

75

 


Gains and losses (realized and unrealized) for level 3 recurring items are included primarily in Operating Revenues for Sempra Global and Parent on the Statements of Consolidated Income. The company believes an analysis of instruments classified as level 3 should be undertaken with the understanding that these items are generally economically hedged as a portfolio with instruments that may be classified in levels 1 and 2. Accordingly, gains or losses associated with level 3 balances may not necessarily reflect trends occurring in the underlying business. Further, unrealized gains and losses for the period from level 3 items are often offset by unrealized gains and losses on positions classified in level 1 or 2, as well as positions that have been realized during the period.


Transfers in and/or out of level 3 represent existing assets or liabilities that were either previously categorized as a higher level for which the inputs to the model became unobservable or assets and liabilities that were previously classified as level 3 for which the lowest significant input became observable during the period. There were no transfers in or out of level 3 during the period.


During the third quarter of 2007, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) began the process of allocating congestion revenue rights (CRRs) to load serving entities, including SDG&E. These instruments are considered derivatives and are recorded at fair value based on discounted cash flows. They are classified as level 3 and reflected in the table above. As of December 31, 2007, changes in the



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fair value of CRRs, which are valued at $7 million, will be deferred and recorded in regulatory accounts to the extent they are recoverable through rates.


NOTE 12. PREFERRED STOCK OF SUBSIDIARIES


 

 

 

 

 

Call/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redemption

December 31,

 

 

 

 

Price

2007

2006

Not subject to mandatory redemption:

 

 

 

(in millions)

 

Pacific Enterprises:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without par value, authorized 15,000,000 shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$4.75 Dividend, 200,000 shares outstanding

$

100.00

$

20

$

20

 

 

 

$4.50 Dividend, 300,000 shares outstanding

$

100.00

 

30

 

30

 

 

 

$4.40 Dividend, 100,000 shares outstanding

$

101.50

 

10

 

10

 

 

 

$4.36 Dividend, 200,000 shares outstanding

$

101.00

 

20

 

20

 

 

 

$4.75 Dividend, 253 shares outstanding

$

101.00

 

 --

 

--

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

80

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$25 par value, authorized 1,000,000 shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6% Series, 28,041 shares outstanding

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

6% Series A, 783,032 shares outstanding

 

 

 

19

 

19

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

20

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$20 par value, authorized 1,375,000 shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5% Series, 375,000 shares outstanding

$

24.00

 

8

 

8

 

 

 

4.5% Series, 300,000 shares outstanding

$

21.20

 

6

 

6

 

 

 

4.4% Series, 325,000 shares outstanding

$

21.00

 

7

 

7

 

 

 

4.6% Series, 373,770 shares outstanding

$

20.25

 

7

 

7

 

 

Without par value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$1.70 Series, 1,400,000 shares outstanding

$

25.595

 

35

 

35

 

 

 

$1.82 Series, 640,000 shares outstanding

$

26.00

 

16

 

16

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

79

 

79

 

 

 

 

Total not subject to mandatory redemption

 

 

 

179

 

179

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Subject to mandatory redemption:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Without par value: $1.7625 Series, 550,000 and 650,000 shares outstanding at December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively*

$

25.00

 

14

 

17

 

 

 

Total preferred stock

 

 

$

193

$

196

*

At December 31, 2007 and 2006, $14 million and $3 million, respectively, were included in Other Current Liabilities, and at December 31, 2006, $14 million was included in Deferred Credits and Other Liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. This series was redeemed on January 15, 2008.


PE preferred stock is callable at the applicable redemption price of each series, plus any unpaid dividends. The preferred stock is subject to redemption at PE's option at any time upon at least 30 days' notice, at the applicable redemption price for each series plus any unpaid dividends. All series have one vote per share, cumulative preferences as to dividends, and a liquidation value of $100 per share plus any unpaid dividends.




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None of SoCalGas' preferred stock is callable. All series have one vote per share, cumulative preferences as to dividends and liquidation values of $25 per share plus any unpaid dividends. SoCalGas is currently authorized to issue 5 million shares of series preferred stock and 5 million shares of preference stock, both without par value and with cumulative preferences as to dividends and with liquidation value (the preference stock would rank junior to all series of preferred stock), and other rights and privileges that would be established by the board of directors at the time of issuance.


All series of SDG&E's preferred stock have cumulative preferences as to dividends. The $20 par value preferred stock has two votes per share on matters being voted upon by shareholders of SDG&E and a liquidation value at par. The no-par-value preferred stock is nonvoting and has a liquidation value of $25 per share plus any unpaid dividends. SDG&E is authorized to issue 10,000,000 shares of no-par-value preferred stock (both subject to and not subject to mandatory redemption). All series are callable. The $1.7625 Series has a sinking fund requirement to redeem 50,000 shares at $25 per share in 2007 and all remaining shares in 2008. On January 15, 2007 and January 15, 2008, SDG&E redeemed 100,000 shares and 550,000 shares, respectively.


SDG&E is currently authorized to issue up to 25 million shares of an additional class of preference shares designated as "Series Preference Stock." The Series Preference Stock is in addition to the Cumulative Preferred Stock, Preference Stock (Cumulative) and Common Stock that SDG&E was otherwise authorized to issue, and when issued would rank junior to the Cumulative Preferred Stock and Preference Stock (Cumulative) and have rights, preferences and privileges that would be established by the board at the time of issuance.




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NOTE 13. SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY AND EARNINGS PER SHARE (EPS)


The following table provides the per share computations for income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31:


 

 

 

Income
(millions)
(numerator)

Shares
(thousands)
(denominator)

Per
Share
Amounts

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

$

1,125

 

259,269

 

$

4.34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restricted stock awards

 

--

 

4,735

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

$

1,125

 

264,004

 

$

4.26

 


2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

$

1,091

 

256,477

 

$

4.25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restricted stock awards

 

--

 

4,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

$

1,091

 

261,368

 

$

4.17

 


2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic EPS

 

$

913

 

245,906

 

$

3.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

restricted stock awards

 

--

 

4,308

 

 

 

 

Equity Units

 

--

 

1,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted EPS

 

$

913

 

252,088

 

$

3.62

 


The dilution from common stock options is based on the treasury stock method, whereby the proceeds from the exercise price and unearned compensation as defined by SFAS 123(R) are assumed to be used to repurchase shares on the open market at the average market price for the year. The calculation excludes options for which the exercise price was greater than the average market price for common stock during the year. The company had 733,711 and 789,830 stock options outstanding during 2007 and 2006, respectively, that were antidilutive due to the inclusion of unearned compensation in the assumed proceeds under the treasury stock method. There were no such options in 2005.


The dilution from unvested restricted stock awards is based on the treasury stock method, whereby assumed proceeds equivalent to the unearned compensation as defined by SFAS 123(R) related to the awards are assumed to be used to repurchase shares on the open market at the average market price for the year. The company had 850 and 1,566 restricted stock awards outstanding during 2006 and 2005, respectively, that were antidilutive. There were no such restricted stock awards in 2007.


The company is authorized to issue 750,000,000 shares of no-par-value common stock. In addition, the company is authorized to issue 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock having rights, preferences and privileges that would be established by the Sempra Energy board of directors at the time of issuance.




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Excluding shares held by the ESOP, common stock activity consisted of the following:


 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

2005

 

Common shares outstanding, January 1

 

262,005,690

 

257,187,943

 

234,175,980

 

 

Equity Units

 

--

 

--

 

19,655,999

 

 

Savings plan issuance

 

268,178

 

807,258

 

376,418

 

 

Shares released from ESOP

 

195,720

 

232,650

 

228,407

 

 

Stock options exercised

 

1,245,696

 

3,306,937

 

4,023,167

 

 

Restricted stock issuances

 

803,706

 

920,900

 

1,170,800

 

 

Common stock investment plan*

 

95,499

 

352,736

 

127,983

 

 

Shares repurchased

 

(3,349,771

)

(706,554

)

(2,453,346

)

 

Shares forfeited and other

 

(50,709

)

(96,180

)

(117,465

)

Common shares outstanding, December 31

 

261,214,009

 

262,005,690

 

257,187,943

 

*

Participants in the Direct Stock Purchase Plan may reinvest dividends to purchase newly issued shares.


Shares of common stock held by the ESOP were 1,488,046, 1,683,766 and 1,916,416 at December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These shares are unallocated and therefore excluded from the computation of EPS.


The payment of future dividends and the amount thereof are within the discretion of the company's board of directors. The CPUC's regulation of the Sempra Utilities' capital structure limits the amounts that are available for dividends and loans to the company from the Sempra Utilities. At December 31, 2007, SoCalGas and SDG&E could have provided a total of $30 million and $29 million, respectively, to Sempra Energy, through dividends and loans.


Equity Units


In 2002, the company issued $600 million of Equity Units. The units included $600 million of the company's 5.60-percent senior notes due May 17, 2007 and a contract to purchase shares of the company stock on May 17, 2005 at a price per share determined by the then-prevailing market price. In 2005, 19,655,999 shares of common stock were issued in settlement of the contracts to purchase the company's common stock for $600 million.


Common Stock Repurchase Programs


On September 11, 2007, the board of directors authorized the repurchase of additional shares of the company's common stock provided that the amounts expended for such purposes do not exceed the greater of $2 billion or amounts expended to purchase no more than 40 million shares. Purchases may include open-market and negotiated transactions, structured purchase arrangements and tender offers.


On April 6, 2005, the board of directors authorized the expenditure of up to $250 million for the purchase of shares of common stock, substantially all of which has been utilized through September 2007, for the repurchase of 5,232,630 shares. Under the program, 2,966,130 and 2,266,500 shares were repurchased for $161 million and $88 million in 2007 and 2005, respectively.


These share repurchase programs are unrelated to share-based compensation as described in Note 10.




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NOTE 14. ELECTRIC INDUSTRY REGULATION


Background


One legislative response to the 2000 - 2001 energy crisis resulted in the purchase by the DWR of a substantial portion of the power requirements of California's electricity users. In 2001, the DWR entered into long-term contracts with suppliers, including Sempra Generation, to provide power for the utility procurement customers of each of the California investor-owned utilities (IOUs). The CPUC has established the allocation among the IOUs of the power and its administrative responsibility, including collection of power contract costs from utility customers. Beginning on January 1, 2003, the IOUs resumed responsibility for electric commodity procurement above their allocated share of the DWR's long-term contracts.


Department of Water Resources


The DWR operating agreement with SDG&E, approved by the CPUC, provides that SDG&E is acting as a limited agent on behalf of the DWR in undertaking energy sales and natural gas procurement functions under the DWR contracts allocated to SDG&E's customers. Legal and financial responsibility associated with these activities continues to reside with the DWR. Therefore, commodity costs associated with long-term contracts allocated to SDG&E from the DWR (and the revenues to recover those costs) are not included in the Statements of Consolidated Income.


Power Procurement and Resource Planning


Effective in 2003, the CPUC directed the IOUs to resume electric commodity procurement to cover their net short energy requirements and also implemented legislation regarding procurement and renewable energy portfolio standards. In addition, the CPUC established a process for review and approval of the utilities' long-term resource and procurement plans, which is intended to identify forecasted needs for generation and transmission resources within a utility's service territory to support transmission grid reliability and to serve customers.


Sunrise Powerlink Electric Transmission Line


SDG&E has applied to the CPUC for authorization to construct the Sunrise Powerlink, a 500-kV electric transmission line between the Imperial Valley and the San Diego region that will be able to deliver 1,000 MW. The project, as proposed, is estimated to cost $1.3 billion, which includes AFUDC related to both debt and equity. In November 2007, the Imperial Irrigation District, which had entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with SDG&E to cooperatively build the project subject to the negotiation of a definitive agreement, decided not to participate in the project.


Phase I evidentiary hearings covering project need were completed in October 2007, and the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) directed parties to submit Phase I opening and reply briefs, which were filed on November 9, 2007 and November 30, 2007, respectively.


In January 2008, the CPUC issued a draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for public comment and will hold additional workshops and public participation hearings in response to their findings. Comments on the draft EIR/EIS are due in April 2008. Among other things, the draft EIR/EIS finds that a combination of in-basin conventional fossil fuel generation and renewable generation is the environmentally superior alternative when analyzed entirely from an environmental impact standpoint. The environmental analysis is one of many studies the CPUC will evaluate in its overall project assessment. Phase II evidentiary hearings have been scheduled for April 2008 to address



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environmental issues associated with the project, including alternative project and route proposals. The final EIR/EIS is scheduled to be issued by June 2008. A final CPUC decision on the project, which will consider the environmental, technical and economic attributes of the various alternatives, is expected in the second half of 2008.


Given this timeline, if the project is approved by the CPUC as proposed in the company’s original filings, the earliest management projects the Sunrise Powerlink would be in commercial operation would be in the first half of 2011.


Renewable Energy


California Senate Bill 107 (SB 107), enacted in September 2006, requires certain California electric retail sellers, including SDG&E, to achieve a 20-percent renewable energy portfolio by 2010. The rules governing this requirement, administered by both the CPUC and the California Energy Commission, are generally known as the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS).


At the end of December 2007, SDG&E has renewable energy supply under contract of approximately 13 percent of its projected 2010 retail demand. A substantial portion of these contracts, however, are contingent upon many factors, including access to electric transmission infrastructure (including SDG&E's proposed Sunrise Powerlink transmission line), timely regulatory approval of contracted renewable energy projects, the renewable energy project developers' ability to obtain project financing, and successful development and implementation of the renewable energy technologies.


Given the revised Sunrise Powerlink EIR/EIS timeline, as discussed above, the Sunrise Powerlink transmission line, if approved, will not be in operation to provide transmission capability to meet the RPS requirements by the 2010 deadline. Consequently, SDG&E believes it is unlikely that it will be able to meet the 2010 delivered-energy goal as contained in the RPS. SDG&E's failure to attain the 20-percent goal in 2010, or in any subsequent year, could subject it to a CPUC-imposed penalty, subject to flexible compliance measures, of 5 cents per kilowatt hour of renewable energy under-delivery up to a maximum penalty of $25 million per year under the current rules. In January 2008, the CPUC issued a proposed decision defining the flexible compliance mechanisms that can be used in meeting the RPS goals in 2010 and beyond, including clarifying rules within which insufficient transmission is a permissible reason for failing to sa tisfy the RPS goals. While SDG&E believes it will be able to comply with the RPS requirements based on its contracting activity and application of the flexible compliance mechanisms, SDG&E is unable to predict whether it will be penalized or the amount that would be imposed.


Greenhouse Gas Regulation


Legislation was enacted in 2006, including California Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) and California Senate Bill 1368 (SB 1368), mandating reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, which could affect costs and growth at the Sempra Utilities and at Sempra Generation's power plants. Any cost impact at the Sempra Utilities is expected to be recoverable through rates. As discussed in Note 16 under "Environmental Issues," compliance with this and similar legislation could adversely affect Sempra Generation. However, such legislation may also present growth opportunities for Sempra Generation due to increased preferability of natural gas for electric generation, as opposed to other sources.


Long-Term Procurement Plan


SDG&E filed its long-term procurement plan (LTPP) with the CPUC in December 2006, including a ten-year energy resource plan that details its expected portfolio of energy resources over the planning horizon of 2007 - 2016. The LTPP incorporates the renewable energy and greenhouse gas emissions performance



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standards established by the CPUC and by AB 32, SB 107 and SB 1368. SDG&E's LTPP identifies, among other details, the need for additional system generation resources beginning in 2010, including a baseload plant in 2012. A final CPUC decision was issued in December 2007 adopting the various elements of the SDG&E LTPP. Consistent with its LTPP, SDG&E separately filed an application with the CPUC in August 2007 seeking authority to exercise its option to acquire, in 2011, the El Dorado power plant from Sempra Generation at Sempra Generation’s net book value on the date of acquisition, estimated to be $189 million, as part of a settlement described in Note 16 under "Other Natural Gas Cases." The CPUC and the FERC approved SDG&E’s request to exercise its option to acquire the El Dorado power plant in 2011 in November 2007 and February 2008, respectively.


San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS)


In June 2006, the CPUC adopted a decision granting SDG&E an increase in SONGS' electric rate revenues for 2004 and 2005, which resulted in a $13.2 million increase in pretax income in the second quarter of 2006. This decision resolved a computational error in the CPUC's 2004 Cost of Service decision which established the revenue requirement for SDG&E's share of the operating costs of SONGS.


In May 2006, the CPUC adopted a decision in the 2006 General Rate Case for Southern California Edison (Edison), the operator of SONGS, which authorized for SDG&E a $21.8 million increase in its revenue requirement for 2006.


In 2004, Edison applied for CPUC approval to replace the steam generators at SONGS, stating that the work needed to be done in 2009 and 2010 for Units 2 and 3, respectively, and would require an estimated capital expenditure of $680 million (in 2004 dollars). SDG&E’s share of the estimated capital investment, in 2004 dollars, is $136 million. During 2006, SDG&E, Edison and the CPUC's Division of Ratepayer Advocates (DRA) reached a settlement, which was subsequently approved by the CPUC, supporting SDG&E's participation in the replacement project as well as providing SDG&E with full recovery of current operating and maintenance costs via balancing account treatment effective January 1, 2007.


Spent Nuclear Fuel


SONGS owners have responsibility for the interim storage of spent nuclear fuel generated at SONGS until it is accepted by the DOE for final disposal. Spent nuclear fuel has been stored in the SONGS Units 1, 2 and 3 spent fuel pools and in the ISFSI. Movement of all Unit 1 spent fuel to the ISFSI was completed as of December 31, 2005. Spent fuel for Unit 2 is being stored in both the Unit 2 spent fuel pool and the ISFSI. Spent fuel for Unit 3 is being stored in the spent fuel pool, with storage in the ISFSI scheduled to begin in 2008. Construction of a second ISFSI pad was initiated in the second half of 2007 and will provide sufficient storage capacity through 2022.


Electric Transmission Formula Rate


Effective July 1, 2007, SDG&E will recover its annual transmission capital investment at a return on equity (ROE) of 11.35 percent, an increase from the previous authorized ROE of 11.25 percent, which equates to an estimated annualized revenue increase in 2008 of $18 million. SDG&E also renewed its annual transmission formula rate, with only slight modifications from the previous formula, for six years from July 1, 2007 through August 31, 2013.


Advanced Metering Infrastructure


In April 2007, the CPUC approved SDG&E's initiative to install advanced meters with integrated two-way communications functionality, providing for remote disconnect and a home area network for all customers.



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SDG&E estimates expenditures for this project of $572 million (including approximately $500 million in capital investment), which involves the replacement of 1.4 million electric and 900,000 natural gas meters throughout SDG&E’s service territory. The meter replacements are anticipated to commence in the fourth quarter of 2008 and be completed by early 2011.


NOTE 15. OTHER REGULATORY MATTERS


General Rate Case (GRC)


In April 2007, SoCalGas and SDG&E each filed an amendment to their original 2008 General Rate Case applications (2008 GRC) as filed in December 2006 with the CPUC. The 2008 GRC applications, as amended, establish the 2008 authorized margin requirements and the ratemaking mechanisms by which those margin requirements would change annually effective in 2009 through 2013 (2008 GRC rate period).


As part of the General Rate Case process, applications are subject to review and testimony by various groups representing the interests of ratepayers and other constituents. In December 2007, SoCalGas and SDG&E filed with the CPUC a settlement agreement reached in principle with the DRA, The Utility Reform Network (TURN) and Aglet Consumer Alliance for SoCalGas, and the DRA and Aglet Consumer Alliance for SDG&E. If approved, the settlements would provide a 2008 revenue requirement of $1.685 billion for SoCalGas and $1.349 billion for SDG&E and would resolve all 2008 revenue requirement issues. Comments were submitted in January 2008. If adopted, the settlements represent an increase in the annual authorized margin in 2008 of $29 million for SoCalGas, and $138 million for SDG&E, as compared to 2007 authorized margins. The Sempra Utilities also reached a settlement agreement with the DRA, TURN and Aglet Consumer Alliance regarding post tes t-year provisions including the term of the GRC period, earnings sharing and the year-to-year attrition allowances during the GRC period. As part of the settlement, the parties agreed to a GRC term of four years (2008 through 2011) with the DRA separately agreeing to a term of five years (through 2012). The parties also agreed to post test-year revenue requirement increases in fixed dollar amounts (i.e., no escalation, true-up or after-the-fact modification) as follows: $41 million for 2009, $44 million for 2010 and $44 million for 2011 for SDG&E and $52 million for 2009, $51 million for 2010 and $53 million for 2011 for SoCalGas. The DRA separately agreed to revenue requirement increases of $45 million for SDG&E and $52 million for SoCalGas for 2012. These amounts exclude any CPUC-approved revenue requirements or rate base changes that are outside the scope of the GRC (e.g., Cost of Capital). The parties also agreed that there would be no earnings sharing between the company and ratepayers should th e company exceed the authorized return on equity for any year in the post test-year period. The settlement was filed with the CPUC on January 18, 2008, and parties have an opportunity to comment on the filing.


Both SoCalGas and SDG&E have filed requests with the CPUC to make any decision on the 2008 GRC effective retroactive to January 1, 2008. In December 2007, the CPUC issued a decision allowing SoCalGas and SDG&E to establish regulatory memorandum accounts to record any difference between their current and future adopted revenue requirements on and after January 1, 2008 until a final decision is issued. This would enable the utilities to recover or refund these amounts in the future. However, the decision asks parties to comment on the extent to which SoCalGas and SDG&E may have improperly caused a delay in the proceeding and to what extent, if any, these recorded amounts should be reduced as a result. A final CPUC decision on all GRC Phase I issues is expected in the second quarter of 2008.


Phase II of this proceeding, which deals with cost allocation among customer classes, began with public hearings in early September 2007. The GRC Phase II filing proposes a number of demand response and energy conservation initiatives for all customer classes, with incentives for reduced electricity usage. The filing also proposes the gradual elimination of residential rate caps that have been required by state



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legislation since the California energy crisis in 2001. An all-party settlement agreement was reached and filed with the CPUC in October 2007. The settlement agreement resolves all issues in the proceeding, except SDG&E's proposal to gradually eliminate residential rate caps. On January 29, 2008, the ALJ issued a proposed decision adopting the settlement agreement. A final decision on the settlement agreement is expected to be issued in early 2008. Opening briefs on the proposal to gradually eliminate residential rate caps were filed in December 2007 and reply briefs in January 2008. A CPUC decision on that proposal is expected to be issued by mid-2008.


Cost of Capital Proceeding


SDG&E filed an application with the CPUC in May 2007 seeking to update its cost of capital, authorized ROE and debt/equity ratios. In December 2007, the CPUC issued a final decision increasing the company’s authorized ROE from 10.7 percent to 11.1 percent effective January 1, 2008, and maintaining the company’s current capital structure of 49 percent common equity, 5.75 percent preferred equity and 45.25 percent long-term debt. As a result, SDG&E’s authorized return on rate base will be 8.40 percent effective January 1, 2008.


Utility Ratemaking Incentive Awards


Performance-Based Regulation (PBR) consists of a series of measures of utility performance. Generally, if performance is outside of a band around specified benchmarks, the utility is rewarded or penalized certain dollar amounts. The three areas that are eligible for incentive awards or penalties are PBR operational incentives, which measure safety, reliability and customer service; energy efficiency (sometimes referred to as demand-side management, or DSM or EE) awards based on the effectiveness of the energy efficiency programs; and natural gas procurement awards or penalties. The operational PBR incentives and the associated benchmarks are determined as a component of a general rate case or cost of service decision. The operational PBR incentives to be in effect for fiscal year 2008 through the end of the 2008 GRC rate period are under consideration as part of the 2008 GRC. The company has recommended continuing the PBR measures i n effect through 2007 with slight modifications to the benchmarks. The company expects a final CPUC decision on this issue in the second quarter of 2008.


SDG&E’s PBR for natural gas procurement awards or penalties will end on the effective date of the combination of the core natural gas supply portfolios as discussed below under "Omnibus Gas Settlements."


PBR, DSM and Gas Cost Incentive Mechanism (GCIM) awards are not included in the company's earnings until CPUC approval of each award is received. All awards discussed below are on a pretax basis.


Operational PBR and Natural Gas Procurement


During the year ended December 31, 2007, SDG&E’s pretax earnings included $11 million related to PBR awards, and SoCalGas’ pretax earnings included $1 million related to PBR awards and $10 million related to GCIM awards. In January 2008, the CPUC approved GCIM awards for SoCalGas of $9 million, which will be recorded in the first quarter of 2008.


Energy Efficiency


In September 2007, the CPUC established a mechanism to financially reward or penalize the IOUs for their performance on post-2005 energy-efficiency programs. The mechanism rewards or penalizes the IOUs based upon specific portfolio performance goals to reduce energy consumption by its customers. The program provides for three-year cycles, with the first three-year cycle covering 2006 through 2008. The company's maximum rewards and penalties for the three-year program period, on a pretax basis, are $50



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million and $20 million for SDG&E and SoCalGas, respectively. Generally, the company will be entitled to rewards when the energy cost savings are 85-125 percent of goal for SDG&E and 80-110 percent of goal for SoCalGas. The company is subject to penalties when the savings are less than 65 percent of goal, with the maximum penalty reached when savings are 35 percent of goal for SDG&E and 55 percent of goal for SoCalGas. No incentive or penalty applies for performance between 65-85 percent for SDG&E and 65-80 percent for SoCalGas.


In January 2008, the CPUC issued a decision modifying the measurement and verification process of this earnings mechanism, which will enhance the predictability of earnings (or penalties) from energy efficiency programs. SDG&E and SoCalGas expect to file their initial reports on their 2006 and 2007 energy efficiency results as compared to goal with the CPUC in the second quarter of 2008, with a decision anticipated by the end of 2008.


Omnibus Gas Settlements


In August 2006, SoCalGas, SDG&E and Edison jointly filed an application with the CPUC seeking its approval of a series of revisions to the natural gas operations and service offerings of the Sempra Utilities. The proposals resulted from the successful resolution of various litigation matters related to the 2000 - 2001 energy crisis. The CPUC issued a final decision in December 2007 approving some, but not all, of the proposals and deferring a number of issues to the Sempra Utilities’ next Biennial Cost Allocation Proceeding (BCAP), which is scheduled to begin in February 2008. As part of the decision, the natural gas supply portfolios for SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ core customers will be combined into a single natural gas supply portfolio to be administered by SoCalGas effective April 1, 2008. All SDG&E assets associated with its core natural gas supply portfolio will be transferred or assigned to SoCalGas, which will be responsibl e for meeting the needs of both SDG&E’s and SoCalGas’ core natural gas customers at the same core gas monthly price. As a result, effective April 1, 2008, SDG&E will no longer be subject to its own gas procurement PBR mechanism, and SoCalGas’ GCIM will apply to the natural gas procured for the combined portfolio. Regarding SoCalGas’ natural gas storage program, the CPUC concluded there was an insufficient record to decide matters related to the revenue sharing between SoCalGas’ shareholders and ratepayers. The CPUC directed that the issue of sharing the revenues and costs from the non-core storage program be deferred and that the mechanism to determine the amount of revenue sharing between SoCalGas’ shareholders and ratepayers be addressed more fully in the current BCAP. SoCalGas has been recognizing annual pretax shareholder benefits from the natural gas storage revenue sharing mechanism ranging from $14 million to $29 million in recent years. Until such time as a resolution is achieved, the revenues and costs that would have been shared associated with this mechanism will be deferred in a regulatory account effective January 1, 2008. In January 2008, SoCalGas filed a petition for modification asking the CPUC to revise its December 2007 decision so that the storage revenue sharing would remain at 50 percent ratepayer and 50 percent shareholder, as it was prior to the decision, until the issue is decided in the current BCAP. The CPUC is expected to act on the petition in mid-2008. SDG&E and SoCalGas filed a joint BCAP application with the CPUC in February 2008, seeking a decision by year-end 2008.


Natural Gas Market OIR


The CPUC considered natural gas market issues, including market design and infrastructure requirements, as part of its Natural Gas Market Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR). A final decision in Phase II of this proceeding was issued in September 2006, reaffirming the adequacy of the capacity of the SoCalGas and SDG&E systems to meet current demand. In particular, this decision established natural gas quality standards that would permit the introduction of regasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies into California’s natural gas distribution system. The South Coast Air Quality Management District and the City of San Diego (jointly with Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy) have filed petitions for review



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in the California Court of Appeal and the California Supreme Court challenging the CPUC's September 2006 decision and contending that the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) applies to the changes in natural gas quality standards approved by the CPUC, and that impacts on the environment should be fully considered. In November 2007, the Court of Appeal determined that the California Supreme Court has exclusive jurisdiction to consider a CEQA challenge to a CPUC decision. A decision by the California Supreme Court is expected by the end of 2008.


Gain On Sale Rulemaking


In May 2006, the CPUC adopted a decision standardizing the treatment of gains and losses on future sales of utility property. It provided for an allocation of 100 percent of the gains and losses from depreciable property to ratepayers and a 50/50 allocation of gains and losses from non-depreciable property between ratepayers and shareholders. Under certain circumstances, the CPUC would be able to depart from the standard allocation. The DRA and TURN filed a joint request for rehearing of the decision requesting, among other things, that the CPUC adopt a 90/10 allocation of gains from non-depreciable assets between ratepayers and shareholders. In December 2006, the CPUC denied the request for rehearing, but modified its prior decision revising the allocation between ratepayers and shareholders to 67/33. In July 2007, the CPUC issued a resolution which adopted a gross-up formula for calculating the ratepayers’ allocation o f taxes associated with any gains or losses from the sale of utility assets.


Southern California Wildfires


In October 2007, major wildfires throughout Southern California destroyed many homes, damaged utility infrastructure and disrupted utility services. On October 21, 2007, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency for seven California counties, including the county of San Diego and six counties within SoCalGas' service territory. With a declaration of a state of emergency, the Sempra Utilities can request recovery of any material incremental costs of restoring utility services and utility facilities damaged by the wildfires in cost recovery proceedings applicable to disaster events. In January 2008, SoCalGas informed the CPUC that it would not seek recovery of its incremental costs estimated at approximately $1 million. In December 2007, SDG&E notified the CPUC of its intent to request recovery of the incremental costs incurred by SDG&E in response to the wildfires and has established the necessary regulatory accounts to record these costs. SDG&E currently estimates that the total incremental costs incurred associated with the CPUC and FERC regulated operations, primarily capital-related, will range from $45 million to $55 million and $15 million to $25 million, respectively. The application for cost recovery is expected to be filed with the CPUC in the second quarter of 2008. Additional information regarding the Southern California Wildfires is provided in Note 16.


NOTE 16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


Legal Proceedings


At December 31, 2007, the company's reserves for unresolved litigation matters were $149 million, which includes an increase in 2007 of $59 million related to California energy crisis matters. An additional $452 million was reserved for settlements reached to resolve certain litigation arising out of the 2000 - 2001 California energy crisis. The uncertainties inherent in complex legal proceedings make it difficult to estimate with any degree of certainty the costs and effects of resolving legal matters. Accordingly, costs ultimately incurred may differ materially from estimated costs and could materially adversely affect the company's business, cash flows, results of operations and financial condition.




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Continental Forge Settlement


The litigation that is the subject of the settlements and $452 million of reserves is frequently referred to as the Continental Forge litigation, although the settlements also include other cases. The Continental Forge class-action and individual antitrust and unfair competition lawsuits in California and Nevada alleged that Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities unlawfully sought to control natural gas and electricity markets and claimed damages in excess of $23 billion after applicable trebling.


The San Diego County Superior Court entered a final order approving the settlement of the Continental Forge class-action litigation as fair and reasonable in July 2006. The California Attorney General and the DWR have appealed the final order. Oral argument is expected to take place in 2008. The Nevada Clark County District Court entered an order approving the Nevada class-action settlement in September 2006. Both the California and Nevada settlements must be approved for either settlement to take effect, but the company is permitted to waive this condition. The settlements are not conditioned upon approval by the CPUC, the DWR, or any other governmental or regulatory agency.


To settle the California and Nevada litigation, in January 2006, the company agreed to make cash payments in installments aggregating $377 million, of which $347 million relates to the Continental Forge and California class action price reporting litigation and $30 million relates to the Nevada antitrust litigation. The Los Angeles City Council had not previously voted to approve the City of Los Angeles' participation in the January 2006 California settlement. In March 2007, Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities entered into a separate settlement agreement with the City of Los Angeles resolving all of its claims in the Continental Forge litigation in return for the payment of $8.5 million in April 2007. This payment was made in lieu of the $12 million payable in eight annual installments that the City of Los Angeles was to receive as part of the January 2006 California settlement.


Additional consideration for the January 2006 California settlement includes an agreement that Sempra LNG would sell to the Sempra Utilities, subject to CPUC approval, regasified LNG from its LNG terminal being constructed in Baja California, Mexico, for a period of 18 years at the California border index price minus $0.02 per million British thermal units (MMBtu). Also, Sempra Generation voluntarily would reduce the price that it charges for power and limit the locations at which it would deliver power under its DWR contract. Based on the expected contractual power deliveries, this discount would have potential value aggregating $300 million over the contract's then remaining six-year term. As a result of recording the price discount of the DWR contract in 2005, subsequent earnings reported on the DWR contract reflect original rather than discounted power prices. The price reductions would be offset by any amounts in excess of a $150 million threshold up to the full amount of the price reduction that Sempra Generation is ordered to pay or incurs as a monetary award, any reduction in future revenues or profits, or any increase in future costs in connection with arbitration proceedings involving the DWR contract.


Under the terms of the January 2006 settlements, $83 million was paid in August 2006 and an additional $83 million was paid in August 2007. Of the remaining amounts, $25.8 million is to be paid on the closing date of the January 2006 settlements, which will take place after the resolution of all appeals, and $24.8 million will be paid on each successive anniversary of the closing date through the seventh anniversary of the closing date, as adjusted for the City of Los Angeles settlement. Under the terms of the City of Los Angeles settlement, $8.5 million was paid in April 2007. The reserves recorded for the California and Nevada settlements in 2005 fully provide for the present value of both the cash amounts to be paid in the settlements and the price discount to be provided on electricity to be delivered under the DWR contract. A portion of the reserves was discounted at 7 percent, the rate specified for prepayments in the settlement agreement. For pay ments not addressed in the agreement and for periods from the settlement date through the estimated date of the first payment, 5 percent was used to approximate the company’s average cost of financing.



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DWR Contract


The DWR commenced an arbitration proceeding in February 2004 against Sempra Generation with respect to the contract under which Sempra Generation sells electricity to the DWR. The DWR disputed a portion of Sempra Generation's billings and its manner of delivering electricity, and sought rescission of the contract, which expires by its terms in 2011.


In its April 2006 decision, the arbitration panel declined to rescind the contract and ruled against the DWR on its most significant claims, but did rule in favor of the DWR on certain contractual issues. As a result, Sempra Generation recorded an additional $25 million pretax charge in the first quarter of 2006 in addition to its then existing reserve of $48 million. The $73 million was paid in the second quarter of 2006. The arbitration panel's ruling is final and binding upon both the DWR and Sempra Generation with respect to the issues that were the subject of the arbitration.


In February 2006, the DWR commenced additional arbitration against Sempra Generation relating to the manner in which Sempra Generation schedules its Mexicali plant. The DWR seeks $100 million in damages and an order terminating the contract. In July 2007, the arbitration panel issued an order finding that the claims asserted by the DWR in the arbitration were subject to the FERC's exclusive jurisdiction, and staying the matter until any proceedings filed by the DWR at the FERC are final. In September 2007, the DWR filed a Petition for Declaratory Order at the FERC asking the agency to declare it does not have and will not assert jurisdiction over the claims posed by the DWR. In November 2007, the FERC granted the DWR’s petition, finding that the FERC does not have exclusive jurisdiction to determine the claims alleged by the DWR. Sempra Generation has requested that the FERC rehear or clarify this ruling.


In 2002, Sempra Generation and the DWR commenced litigation in a state civil action in which the DWR sought to void its contract with Sempra Generation, seeking damages, injunctive and declaratory relief and $100 million in punitive damages, alleging that the company misrepresented its intention and ability to construct a temporary phase of one power project and, alternatively, breached its contract by failure to construct and deliver power from that phase. Although Sempra Generation was initially awarded summary judgment on all claims, in June 2005, the California Court of Appeal reversed the summary judgment decision, concluding that the contract language was ambiguous and presented triable issues of material fact that must be addressed by further evidence and proceedings. The case was remanded to the trial court. In January 2007, the DWR added additional claims for fraud and breach of contract. The company believes that the DWR's claims must be arbitrated, and has appealed the trial court's denial of its motion to compel arbitration to the California Court of Appeal.


The California Energy Oversight Board, the CPUC and others filed petitions appealing 2003 FERC orders upholding the DWR's contracts with Sempra Generation and other power suppliers under the Mobile-Sierra doctrine's "public interest" standard of review. In December 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals) granted the appeals and remanded the cases (including a companion case involving contracts in Nevada, Washington and California) back to the FERC instructing the FERC to consider applying a more rigorous contract review standard upon remand. Sempra Generation and other power suppliers petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decisions, and in September 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the requests for review in the companion case noted above and oral argument took place on February 19, 2008. The requests for review in the case involving th e DWR contracts will remain on hold pending the resolution of the companion case. A decision is expected in mid-2008.




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Other Natural Gas Cases


In 2005, the California Attorney General and the CPUC filed a lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court alleging that in 1998 Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities intentionally misled the CPUC, resulting in insufficient utility pipeline capacity, curtailment of natural gas service to electric generators and others, and the ensuing increase in air pollution and electricity prices for California consumers from the use of oil as an alternate fuel source. In September 2006, the parties entered into a settlement that required the Sempra Utilities to pay $2 million for attorneys' fees and costs incurred by the California Attorney General, SDG&E to be given the option to purchase Sempra Generation's El Dorado power plant in 2011 for book value subject to FERC approval, and Sempra Energy to pay approximately $5.7 million to SDG&E electricity customers beginning in 2009 to reduce SDG&E's electric procurement costs. The CPUC and the FERC approved S DG&E’s request to exercise its option to acquire the El Dorado power plant in 2011 in November 2007 and February 2008, respectively.


In April 2003, Sierra Pacific Resources and its utility subsidiary Nevada Power filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Nevada against major natural gas suppliers, including Sempra Energy, the Sempra Utilities and Sempra Commodities, seeking recovery of damages alleged to aggregate in excess of $150 million (before trebling). The lawsuit alleges a conspiracy to manipulate and inflate the prices that Nevada Power had to pay for its natural gas by preventing the construction of natural gas pipelines to serve Nevada and other Western states, and reporting artificially inflated prices to trade publications. The U.S. District Court dismissed the case in November 2004, determining that the FERC had exclusive jurisdiction to resolve the claims. In September 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal and returned the case to the District Court for further proceedings.


Apart from the claims settled in connection with the Continental Forge settlement, the remaining 13 state antitrust actions that were coordinated in San Diego Superior Court against Sempra Energy, the Sempra Utilities and Sempra Commodities and other, unrelated energy companies, alleging that energy prices were unlawfully manipulated by the reporting of artificially inflated natural gas prices to trade publications and by entering into wash trades and churning transactions, were settled on January 4, 2008, for $2.5 million.


Pending in the U.S. District Court in Nevada are five cases against Sempra Energy, Sempra Commodities, the Sempra Utilities and various other companies, which make similar allegations to those in the state proceedings, four of which also include conspiracy allegations similar to those made in the Continental Forge litigation. The court dismissed four of these actions, determining that the FERC had exclusive jurisdiction to resolve the claims. The remaining case, which includes conspiracy allegations, was stayed. In September 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal and these cases are expected to return to the District Court for further proceedings.


Electricity Cases


In May 2004, Wah Chang, a specialty metals manufacturer in Oregon, filed a lawsuit alleging that numerous entities, including Sempra Energy, Sempra Generation and Sempra Commodities, unlawfully manipulated wholesale electricity markets in California and the Pacific Northwest. The U.S. District Court in San Diego dismissed the case in February 2005 based on the Court’s determination that the FERC had exclusive jurisdiction to resolve the claims. In November 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court’s dismissal.

 

In November 2006, the U.S. District Court in San Diego dismissed a lawsuit filed by the California Attorney General in November 2005 against Sempra Commodities alleging illegal market-gaming activities during the California energy crisis and claiming unspecified civil penalties and damages. The



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court ruled that only the FERC has the authority to regulate wholesale energy markets. The court also declined to remand the case to state court. The FERC has previously investigated and entered into settlements with numerous energy trading companies, including Sempra Commodities, regarding similar allegations. The California Attorney General has appealed the dismissal.


FERC Refund Proceedings


The FERC is investigating prices charged to buyers in the California Power Exchange (PX) and ISO markets by various electric suppliers. In December 2002, a FERC ALJ issued preliminary findings indicating that the PX and ISO owe power suppliers $1.2 billion for the October 2, 2000 through June 20, 2001 period (the $3.0 billion that the California PX and ISO still owe energy companies less $1.8 billion that the energy companies charged California customers in excess of the preliminarily determined competitive market clearing prices). In March 2003, the FERC adopted its ALJ's findings, but changed the calculation of the refund by basing it on a different estimate of natural gas prices, which would increase the refund obligations from $1.8 billion to more than $3 billion for the same time period.


Various parties appealed the FERC's order to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In August 2006, the Court of Appeals held that the FERC had properly established October 2, 2000 through June 20, 2001 as the refund period and had properly excluded certain bilateral transactions between sellers and the DWR from the refund proceedings. However, the court also held that the FERC erred in excluding certain multi-day transactions from the refund proceedings. Finally, while the court upheld the FERC's decision not to extend the refund proceedings to the summer period (prior to October 2, 2000), it found that the FERC had erred in not considering other remedies, such as disgorgement of profits, for tariff violations that are alleged to have occurred prior to October 2, 2000. The Court of Appeals remanded the matter to the FERC for further proceedings. In November 2007, Sempra Commodities and other entities filed requests for rehearing of the Court of Appeals’ August 2006 decision. In August 2007, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision reversing and remanding FERC orders declining to provide refunds in a related proceeding regarding short-term bilateral sales up to one month in the Pacific Northwest. The court found that some of the short-term sales between the DWR and various sellers (including Sempra Commodities) that had previously been excluded from the refund proceeding involving sales in the ISO and PX markets in California, were within the scope of the Pacific Northwest refund proceeding. In December 2007, Sempra Commodities and other sellers filed requests for rehearing of the Court of Appeals’ August 2007 decision. It is possible that on remand, the FERC could order refunds for short-term sales to the DWR in the Pacific Northwest refund proceeding.


Sempra Commodities has reserves for its estimated refund liability that reflect its estimate of the effect of the FERC's revision of the benchmark prices it will use to calculate refunds and other refund-related developments.


SDG&E has been awarded $171 million through December 31, 2007, in settlement of certain claims against electricity suppliers related to the 2000 - 2001 California energy crisis. The net proceeds of these settlements are for the benefit of ratepayers and for the payment of third party fees associated with the recovery of these claims. Of the $171 million, all monies have been received by SDG&E, except for $10 million pending FERC approval.


In a separate complaint filed with the FERC in 2002, the California Attorney General challenged the FERC's authority to establish a market-based rate regime, and further contended that, even if such a regime were valid, electricity sellers had failed to comply with the FERC's quarterly reporting requirements. The Attorney General requested that the FERC order refunds from suppliers. The FERC dismissed the complaint and instead ordered sellers to restate their reports. After an appeal by the California Attorney General, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the FERC's authority to establish



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a market-based rate regime, but ordered remand of the case to the FERC for further proceedings, stating that failure to file transaction-specific quarterly reports gave the FERC authority to order refunds with respect to jurisdictional sellers. In December 2006, a group of sellers petitioned the United States Supreme Court to review the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision. In June 2007, the Supreme Court declined further review of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals' order. On remand, it is possible that the FERC could order refunds or disgorgement of profits for periods in addition to those covered by its prior refund orders and substantially increase the refunds that ultimately may be required to be paid by Sempra Commodities and other power suppliers.


At December 31, 2007, Sempra Commodities is owed approximately $100 million from energy sales made in 2000 and 2001 through the ISO and the PX markets. The collection of these receivables depends on several factors, including the California ISO and PX refund case. The company believes adequate reserves have been recorded.


FERC Manipulation Investigation


The FERC is separately investigating whether there was manipulation of short-term energy markets in the western United States that would constitute violations of applicable tariffs and warrant disgorgement of associated profits. In this proceeding, the FERC's authority is not confined to the periods relevant to the refund proceeding. In May 2002, the FERC ordered all energy companies engaged in electric energy trading activities to state whether they had engaged in various specific trading activities in violation of the PX and ISO tariffs.


In June 2003, the FERC issued several orders requiring various entities to show cause why they should not be found to have violated California ISO and PX tariffs. The FERC directed a number of entities, including Sempra Commodities, to show cause why they should not disgorge profits from certain transactions between January 1, 2000 and June 20, 2001 that are asserted to have constituted gaming and/or anomalous market behavior under the California ISO and/or PX tariffs. In October 2003, Sempra Commodities agreed to pay $7.2 million in full resolution of these investigations. That liability was recorded as of December 31, 2003. The Sempra Commodities settlement was approved by the FERC in August 2004. Certain California parties have sought rehearing on this order and the FERC has not yet responded.


Other Litigation


In October 2007, Southern California experienced catastrophic wildfires. The causes of many of these fires remain under investigation, including the possible role of SDG&E power lines affected by unusually high winds. In November 2007, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (Cal Fire) issued a press release stating that power lines caused three of the fires in San Diego County and that together these three fires burned more than 200,000 acres and destroyed approximately 1,900 structures. Cal Fire is expected to issue a final report, and the CPUC’s Consumer Protection and Safety Division, which is also investigating the fires, is also expected to issue a report. Five lawsuits, four of which seek to be designated as class actions, have been filed against SDG&E in San Diego County Superior Court seeking unspecified amounts for damages relating to the fires. The lawsuits assert that SDG&E improperly designed and maintaine d its power lines and failed to adequately clear adjacent vegetation. The company has in excess of $1 billion in liability insurance and has notified its insurers of the lawsuits.


The company and several subsidiaries, along with three oil and natural gas companies, the City of Beverly Hills and the Beverly Hills Unified School District, are defendants in a toxic tort lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court by approximately 1,000 plaintiffs claiming that various emissions resulted in cancer or fear of cancer. The company has submitted the case to its insurers, who have



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reserved their rights with respect to coverage. In November 2006, the court granted the defendants' summary judgment motions based on lack of medical causation for the 12 initial plaintiffs scheduled to go to trial first. The court also granted the company's separate summary judgment motion on punitive damages. Plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal in March 2007. The court has stayed the case as to the remaining plaintiffs pending the appeal.


In 1998, Sempra Energy and the Sempra Utilities converted their traditional pension plans (other than the SoCalGas union employee plan) to cash balance plans. In July 2005, a lawsuit was filed against SoCalGas in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California alleging that the conversion unlawfully discriminated against older employees and failed to provide required disclosure of a reduction in benefits. In October 2005, the court dismissed three of the four causes of action and, in March 2006, dismissed the remaining cause of action. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral argument on the matter on February 15, 2008, and took the matter under submission.


Natural Gas Contracts


The Sempra Utilities buy natural gas under short-term and long-term contracts. Purchases are from various southwestern U.S., U.S. Rockies and Canadian suppliers and are primarily based on monthly spot-market prices. The Sempra Utilities transport natural gas under long-term firm pipeline capacity agreements that provide for annual reservation charges, which are recovered in rates. SoCalGas has commitments with pipeline companies for firm pipeline capacity under contracts that expire at various dates through 2018. Note 15 discusses the CPUC's Natural Gas Market OIR.


SDG&E has natural gas transportation contracts with various interstate pipelines that expire on various dates between 2008 and 2023. SDG&E currently purchases natural gas on a spot basis from Canada, the U.S. Rockies, and the southwestern United States to fill its long-term pipeline capacity, and purchases additional spot-market supplies delivered directly to California for its remaining requirements.


At December 31, 2007, the future minimum payments under existing natural gas contracts, primarily for the Sempra Utilities, were:


(Dollars in millions)

Storage and Transportation

 

 

Natural Gas

 

 

Total

 

2008

$

146

 

$

1,340

 

$

1,486

 

2009

 

125

 

 

541

 

 

666

 

2010

 

98

 

 

540

 

 

638

 

2011

 

61

 

 

346

 

 

407

 

2012

 

33

 

 

4

 

 

37

 

Thereafter

 

236

 

 

--

 

 

236

 

Total minimum payments

$

699

 

$

2,771

 

$

3,470

 


Total payments under natural gas contracts were $3.0 billion in 2007, $2.9 billion in 2006 and $3.5 billion in 2005. Sempra LNG has a purchase agreement with Tangguh PSC Contractors for the supply of 500 million cubic feet of natural gas per day from Indonesia’s Tangguh liquefaction facility to Sempra LNG’s Energía Costa Azul regasification terminal. The contracted volume deliveries under the 20-year agreement will commence in 2009 and supply half of the capacity of Energía Costa Azul. The price of natural gas to be purchased by Sempra LNG is based on the Southern California border index. As of December 31, 2007, minimum payments under this contract are expected to be $509 million in 2009, $1.3 billion in 2010, $1.3 billion in 2011, $1.3 billion in 2012 and $22 billion for the remainder of the contract term, based on the Southern California border index price, plus an estimated 1 percent escalation per year. No minimum payments are e xpected in 2008. Sempra LNG has contracts to sell a portion of the volumes



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purchased under the agreement with Tangguh PSC Contractors at prices that are based on the Southern California border index.


Purchased-Power Contracts


For 2008, SDG&E expects to receive 27 percent of its customer power requirements from DWR allocations. Of the remaining requirements, SONGS is expected to account for 19 percent, long-term contracts for 17 percent (of which 6 percent is provided by renewable energy contracts expiring on various dates through 2025), other SDG&E-owned generation (including Palomar) and tolling contracts for 19 percent and spot market purchases for 18 percent. The long-term contracts expire on various dates through 2033.


Sempra Commodities is committed to purchase $84 million of power in varying amounts through 2014.


At December 31, 2007, the estimated future minimum payments under the long-term contracts (not including the DWR allocations) were:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

399

 

2009

 

 

448

 

2010

 

 

347

 

2011

 

 

349

 

2012

 

 

339

 

Thereafter

 

 

2,542

 

Total minimum payments

 

$

4,424

 


The payments represent capacity charges and minimum energy purchases. SDG&E is required to pay additional amounts for actual purchases of energy that exceed the minimum energy commitments. Excluding DWR-allocated contracts, total payments under the contracts were $351 million in 2007, $344 million in 2006 and $363 million in 2005.


Leases


The company has operating leases on real and personal property expiring at various dates from 2008 to 2045. Certain leases on office facilities contain escalation clauses requiring annual increases in rent ranging from 3 percent to 6 percent. The rentals payable under these leases are determined on both fixed and percentage bases, and most leases contain extension options that are exercisable by the company. Rent expense totaled $141 million in 2007, $131 million in 2006, and $98 million in 2005. At December 31, 2007, the minimum rental commitments payable in future years under all noncancelable leases were as follows:


(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 

2008

 

$

120

 

2009

 

 

115

 

2010

 

 

99

 

2011

 

 

78

 

2012

 

 

43

 

Thereafter

 

 

223

 

Total future rental commitments

 

$

678

 

 

 

 

 

 




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Construction Projects


Sempra Global has several subsidiaries that have developed or are in the process of constructing various capital projects in the United States and in Mexico. The following is a summary of commitments related to the projects developed or under development.


Sempra LNG


In December 2004, Sempra LNG entered into agreements primarily for the construction of the Energía Costa Azul LNG receipt facility and for the project's breakwater. As of December 31, 2007, Sempra LNG expects to make payments under the contracts of $45 million in 2008. In August 2005, Sempra LNG entered into an agreement with a group of companies for the construction of the Cameron LNG receipt facility. As of December 31, 2007, Sempra LNG expects to make payments under the contracts of $110 million in 2008.


Sempra Pipelines & Storage


Sempra Pipelines & Storage entered into agreements for the construction of the Cameron Interstate Pipeline and Liberty. At December 31, 2007, Sempra Pipelines & Storage expects to make payments under these contracts of $89 million and $20 million, respectively, in 2008.


Guarantees


The company’s guarantees related to Rockies Express are discussed in Note 6. The company also has guaranteed $25 million related to debt issued by Chilquinta Energía Finance Co., LLC, an unconsolidated affiliate, and $11 million related to Bangor Gas, which was sold during 2007. The fair value of these guarantees is negligible.


Department of Energy Nuclear Fuel Disposal


The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 made the DOE responsible for the disposal of spent nuclear fuel. However, it is uncertain when the DOE will begin accepting spent nuclear fuel from SONGS. This delay by the DOE will lead to increased costs for spent fuel storage. This cost will be recovered through SONGS revenue unless the company is able to recover the increased cost from the federal government.


Environmental Issues


The company's operations are subject to federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations governing hazardous wastes, air and water quality, land use, solid waste disposal and the protection of wildlife. Laws and regulations require that the company investigate and remediate the effects of the release or disposal of materials at sites associated with past and present operations, including sites at which the company has been identified as a Potentially Responsible Party (PRP) under the federal Superfund laws and comparable state laws. The company is required to obtain numerous governmental permits, licenses and other approvals to construct facilities and operate its businesses, and must spend significant sums on environmental monitoring, pollution control equipment, mitigation costs and emissions fees. Increasing national and international concerns regarding global warming and mercury, carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxide emissions could result in requirements for additional pollution control equipment or significant emissions fees or taxes that could adversely affect Sempra Generation. Costs incurred at the Sempra Utilities to operate the facilities in compliance with these laws and regulations generally have been recovered in customer rates.




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Significant costs incurred to mitigate or prevent future environmental contamination or extend the life, increase the capacity or improve the safety or efficiency of property utilized in current operations are generally capitalized. The company's capital expenditures to comply with environmental laws and regulations were $19 million in 2007, $26 million in 2006 and $20 million in 2005 (includes only the company's share in cases of non-wholly owned affiliates). The cost of compliance with these regulations over the next five years is not expected to be significant.


The company has identified no significant environmental issues outside the United States.


At the Sempra Utilities, costs that relate to current operations or an existing condition caused by past operations are generally recorded as a regulatory asset due to the probability that these costs will be recovered in rates.


The environmental issues currently facing the company or resolved during the last three years include investigation and remediation of the Sempra Utilities' manufactured-gas sites (33 completed as of December 31, 2007 and 12 to be completed, including two sites reopened during 2007), cleanup of third-party waste-disposal sites used by the company, which has been identified as a PRP (investigations and remediations continuing and one site completed) and mitigation of damage to the marine environment caused by the cooling-water discharge from SONGS (the requirements for enhanced fish protection, a 150-acre artificial reef and restoration of 150 acres of coastal wetlands are in process).


Environmental liabilities are recorded at undiscounted amounts when the company's liability is probable and the costs are reasonably estimable. In many cases, however, investigations are not yet at a stage where the company has been able to determine whether it is liable or, if the liability is probable, to reasonably estimate the amount or range of amounts of the cost or certain components thereof. Estimates of the company's liability are further subject to other uncertainties, such as the nature and extent of site contamination, evolving remediation standards and imprecise engineering evaluations. The accruals are reviewed periodically and, as investigations and remediation proceed, adjustments are made as necessary. Not including the liability for SONGS marine mitigation, which SDG&E is participating in jointly with Edison, at December 31, 2007, the company's accrued liability for environmental matters was $55.6 million, of which $47 million is r elated to manufactured-gas sites, $6 million to cleanup at SDG&E's former fossil-fueled power plants, $1.4 million to waste-disposal sites used by the company (which has been identified as a PRP) and $1.2 million to other hazardous waste sites. The majority of these accruals are expected to be paid over the next two years. In connection with the issuance of operating permits, SDG&E and the other owners of SONGS previously reached an agreement with the California Coastal Commission to mitigate the environmental damage to the marine environment attributed to the cooling-water discharge from SONGS Units 2 and 3. At December 31, 2007, the estimated amount remaining to be spent by SDG&E through 2050 is $11 million, which is recoverable in rates.


Nuclear Insurance


SDG&E and the other owners of SONGS have insurance to respond to nuclear liability claims related to SONGS. The insurance provides coverage of $300 million, the maximum amount available. In addition, the Price-Anderson Act provides for up to $10.5 billion of secondary financial protection. Should any of the licensed/commercial reactors in the United States experience a nuclear liability loss that exceeds the $300 million insurance limit, all utilities owning nuclear reactors could be assessed to provide the secondary financial protection. SDG&E's total share would be up to $40 million, subject to an annual maximum assessment of $6 million, unless a default were to occur by any other SONGS owner. In the event the secondary financial protection limit were insufficient to cover the liability loss, SDG&E could be subject to an additional assessment.




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SDG&E and the other owners of SONGS have $2.75 billion of nuclear property, decontamination and debris removal insurance and up to $490 million for outage expenses and replacement power costs incurred because of accidental property damage. This coverage is limited to $3.5 million per week for the first 52 weeks and $2.8 million per week for up to 110 additional weeks, after a waiting period of 12 weeks. The insurance is provided through a mutual insurance company, through which insured members are subject to retrospective premium assessments (up to $8.6 million in SDG&E's case).


The nuclear liability and property insurance programs subscribed to by members of the nuclear power generating industry include industry aggregate limits for non-certified acts (as defined by the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act) of terrorism-related SONGS losses, including replacement power costs. There are industry aggregate limits of $300 million for liability claims and $3.24 billion for property claims, including replacement power costs, for non-certified acts of terrorism. These limits are the maximum amount to be paid to members who sustain losses or damages from these non-certified terrorist acts. For certified acts of terrorism, the individual policy limits stated above apply.


Concentration of Credit Risk


The company maintains credit policies and systems to manage overall credit risk. These policies include an evaluation of potential counterparties' financial condition and an assignment of credit limits. These credit limits are established based on risk and return considerations under terms customarily available in the industry. The Sempra Utilities grant credit to utility customers and counterparties, substantially all of whom are located in their service territories, which together cover most of Southern California and a portion of central California.


As described above, Sempra Generation has a contract with the DWR to supply up to 1,900 MW of power to the state over 10 years, beginning in 2001. Sempra Generation would be at risk for the amounts of outstanding billings and the continued viability of the contract if the DWR were to default on its payments under this contract. The average monthly billing related to this contract is $41 million and is normally collected by the end of the next month.


Sempra Commodities monitors and controls its credit-risk exposures through various systems that evaluate its credit risk, and through credit approvals and limits. To manage the level of credit risk, Sempra Commodities deals with a majority of counterparties with good credit standing, enters into netting arrangements whenever possible and, where appropriate, obtains collateral or other security such as lock-box liens and downgrade triggers. Netting agreements incorporate rights of setoff that provide for the net settlement of subject contracts with the same counterparty in the event of default.


When operational, development projects at Sempra LNG and Sempra Pipelines & Storage will place significant reliance on the ability of their suppliers and customers to perform on long-term agreements and on the company's ability to enforce contract terms in the event of non-performance. The company considers many factors, including the negotiation of supplier and customer agreements, during its evaluation and approval of development projects.




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NOTE 17. SEGMENT INFORMATION


The company has five separately managed reportable segments: SoCalGas, SDG&E, Sempra Commodities, Sempra Generation and Sempra Pipelines & Storage. The Sempra Utilities operate in essentially separate service territories under separate regulatory frameworks and rate structures set by the CPUC. SoCalGas is a natural gas distribution utility, serving customers throughout most of Southern California and part of central California. SDG&E provides electric service to San Diego and southern Orange counties and natural gas service to San Diego County. Sempra Commodities, based in Stamford, Connecticut, is primarily a wholesale trader of physical and financial energy products and other commodities, and is also a trader and wholesaler of base metals, serving a broad range of customers in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. Sempra Commodities’ business also includes commodity sales on a retail basis to electricity and natural gas consumer s. Sempra Generation primarily develops, owns and operates generation facilities in California, Nevada, Arizona and Mexico. Sempra Pipelines & Storage develops and owns natural gas pipelines and storage facilities in the United States and Mexico, and holds interests in companies that provide natural gas or electricity services in Argentina, Chile, Mexico and Peru. The "all other" amounts consist primarily of parent organizations and Sempra LNG.


The accounting policies of the segments are described in Note 1, and segment performance is evaluated by management based on reported net income. Sempra Utility transactions are based on rates set by the CPUC and the FERC.


Sales to the DWR, which is a customer of the Sempra Generation segment and which is discussed in various sections of this Annual Report, comprise 9 percent, 9 percent and 10 percent of Sempra Energy’s operating revenues in 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively.


The operations that were discontinued in the first half of 2006, as described in Note 5, had been in the Sempra Generation segment, with the exception of Bangor Gas and Frontier Energy, which were in the Sempra Pipelines & Storage segment. The following tables exclude amounts from discontinued operations, unless otherwise noted.



123




 

 

 

Years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 2007

 

 2006

 

 2005

OPERATING REVENUES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

$

4,282

 

 

38

%

 

$

4,181

 

 

36

%

 

$

4,617

 

 

40

%

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

2,852

 

 

25

 

 

 

2,785

 

 

24

 

 

 

2,512

 

 

22

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

2,674

 

 

23

 

 

 

3,256

 

 

28

 

 

 

2,724

 

 

23

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

 

1,476

 

 

13

 

 

 

1,454

 

 

12

 

 

 

1,708

 

 

15

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

314

 

 

3

 

 

 

295

 

 

2

 

 

 

317

 

 

3

 

 

Adjustments and eliminations

 

 

 

(81

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(123

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(141

)

 

(1

)

 

Intersegment revenues

 

 

 

(79

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(87

)

 

(1

)

 

 

(225

)

 

(2

)

 

Total

 

 

$

11,438

 

 

100

%

 

$

11,761

 

 

100

%

 

$

11,512

 

 

100

%

INTEREST EXPENSE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

$

70

 

 

 

 

 

$

70

 

 

 

 

 

$

48

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

All other

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

 

 

 

293

 

 

 

 

 

Intercompany eliminations

 

 

 

(179

)

 

 

 

 

 

(183

)

 

 

 

 

 

(198

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

272

 

 

 

 

 

$

351

 

 

 

 

 

$

310

 

 

 

 

INTEREST INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

$

27

 

 

 

 

 

$

29

 

 

 

 

 

$

12

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

All other

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

 

 

 

199

 

 

 

 

 

Intercompany eliminations

 

 

 

(179

)

 

 

 

 

 

(183

)

 

 

 

 

 

(198

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

72

 

 

 

 

 

$

109

 

 

 

 

 

$

72

 

 

 

 

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

$

281

 

 

41

%

 

$

267

 

 

41

%

 

$

264

 

 

42

%

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

301

 

 

44

 

 

 

291

 

 

44

 

 

 

264

 

 

42

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

26

 

 

3

 

 

 

25

 

 

4

 

 

 

28

 

 

5

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

 

56

 

 

8

 

 

 

46

 

 

7

 

 

 

39

 

 

6

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

11

 

 

2

 

 

 

12

 

 

2

 

 

 

12

 

 

2

 

 

All other

 

 

 

11

 

 

2

 

 

 

16

 

 

2

 

 

 

19

 

 

3

 

 

Total

 

 

$

686

 

 

100

%

 

$

657

 

 

100

%

 

$

626

 

 

100

%

INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

 

$

160

 

 

 

 

 

$

173

 

 

 

 

 

$

97

 

 

 

 

 

SDG&E

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

252

 

 

 

 

 

 

294

 

 

 

 

 

 

192

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

 

111

 

 

 

 

 

 

243

 

 

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

All other

 

 

 

(132

)

 

 

 

 

 

(233

)

 

 

 

 

 

(450

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

524

 

 

 

 

 

$

641

 

 

 

 

 

$

34

 

 

 

 

EQUITY IN EARNINGS (LOSSES) OF UNCONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (losses) recorded before tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

$

9

 

 

 

 

 

$

354

 

 

 

 

 

$

25

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

All other

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

(9

)

 

 

 

 

$

338

 

 

 

 

 

$

11

 

 

 

 

Earnings (losses) recorded net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

$

59

 

 

 

 

 

$

(166

)

 

 

 

 

$

55

 

 

 

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

 

 

--

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

$

99

 

 

 

 

 

$

(182

)

 

 

 

 

$

55

 

 

 

 



124






 

 

 

 

At December 31 or years ended December 31,

(Dollars in millions)

 

 

 

 2007

 2006

 

2005

NET INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas*

 

$

230

 

21

%

$

223

 

16

%

 

$

211

 

23

%

 

SDG&E*

 

 

283

 

25

 

 

237

 

17

 

 

 

262

 

28

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

499

 

45

 

 

504

 

36

 

 

 

460

 

50

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

162

 

15

 

 

375

 

27

 

 

 

149

 

16

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

64

 

6

 

 

(165

)

(12

)

 

 

64

 

7

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

(26

)

(2

)

 

315

 

22

 

 

 

7

 

1

 

 

All other

 

 

(113

)

(10

)

 

(83

)

(6

)

 

 

(233

)

(25

)

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

1,099

 

100

%

$

1,406

 

100

%

 

$

920

 

100

%

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

$

6,406

 

21

%

$

6,359

 

22

%

 

$

6,007

 

21

%

 

SDG&E

 

 

8,508

 

28

 

 

7,795

 

27

 

 

 

7,492

 

26

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

9,985

 

33

 

 

9,881

 

34

 

 

 

11,262

 

38

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

1,759

 

6

 

 

2,416

 

8

 

 

 

2,774

 

9

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

2,287

 

8

 

 

2,215

 

8

 

 

 

1,775

 

6

 

 

Discontinued operations

 

 

--

 

--

 

 

62

 

--

 

 

 

611

 

2

 

 

All other

 

 

2,182

 

7

 

 

1,922

 

7

 

 

 

567

 

2

 

 

Intersegment receivables

 

 

(1,036

)

(3

)

 

(1,701

)

(6

)

 

 

(1,242

)

(4

)

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

30,091

 

100

%

$

28,949

 

100

%

 

$

29,246

 

100

%

EXPENDITURES FOR PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SoCalGas

 

$

457

 

23

%

$

413

 

22

%

 

$

361

 

26

%

 

SDG&E

 

 

714

 

35

 

 

1,070

 

56

 

 

 

464

 

34

 

 

Sempra Commodities

 

 

43

 

2

 

 

29

 

2

 

 

 

57

 

4

 

 

Sempra Generation

 

 

13

 

1

 

 

40

 

2

 

 

 

158

 

12

 

 

Sempra Pipelines & Storage

 

 

267

 

13

 

 

181

 

9

 

 

 

18

 

1

 

 

All other

 

 

517

 

26

 

 

644

 

34

 

 

 

319

 

23

 

 

Intercompany eliminations

 

 

--

 

--

 

 

(470

)

(25

)

 

 

--

 

--

 

 

 

Total

 

$

2,011

 

100

%

$

1,907

 

100

%

 

$

1,377

 

100

%

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-lived assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

13,752

 

85

%

$

12,384

 

87

%

 

$

11,254

 

88

%

 

Latin America

 

 

2,352

 

15

 

 

1,865

 

13

 

 

 

1,493

 

11

 

 

Europe

 

 

23

 

--

 

 

12

 

--

 

 

 

100

 

1

 

 

 

Total

 

$

16,127

 

100

%

$

14,261

 

100

%

 

$

12,847

 

100

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

10,165

 

89

%

$

10,407

 

89

%

 

$

10,157

 

88

%

 

Latin America

 

 

652

 

6

 

 

637

 

5

 

 

 

658

 

6

 

 

Europe

 

 

525

 

5

 

 

638

 

6

 

 

 

639

 

6

 

 

Canada

 

 

37

 

--

 

 

43

 

--

 

 

 

33

 

--

 

 

Asia

 

 

59

 

--

 

 

36

 

--

 

 

 

25

 

--

 

 

 

Total

 

$

11,438

 

100

%

$

11,761

 

100

%

 

$

11,512

 

100

%

*

after preferred dividends

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




125



 NOTE 18. QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED)



 

 

Quarters ended

(Dollars and shares in millions, except per share amounts)

 

March 31

June 30

September 30

December 31

2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,004

 

$

2,661

 

 

$

2,663

 

$

3,110

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,737

 

 

2,247

 

 

 

2,164

 

 

2,611

Operating income

 

 

 

 

 

$

267

 

$

414

 

 

$

499

 

$

499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

227

 

$

280

 

 

$

330

 

$

288

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

228

 

$

277

 

 

$

305

 

$

289

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share:*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.88

 

$

1.08

 

 

$

1.27

 

$

1.12

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.88

 

$

1.07

 

 

$

1.17

 

$

1.12

 

Average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

259.5

 

 

260.2

 

 

 

259.6

 

 

257.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share:*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.86

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

1.24

 

$

1.10

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.86

 

$

1.05

 

 

$

1.15

 

$

1.10

 

Average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

264.0

 

 

265.0

 

 

 

264.3

 

 

262.8

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating revenues

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,336

 

$

2,486

 

 

$

2,694

 

$

3,245

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,924

 

 

2,149

 

 

 

2,228

 

 

2,675

Operating income

 

 

 

 

 

$

412

 

$

337

 

 

$

466

 

$

570

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

234

 

$

185

 

 

$

543

 

$

129

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

255

 

$

373

 

 

$

653

 

$

125

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share:*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.92

 

$

0.73

 

 

$

2.11

 

$

0.50

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

1.00

 

$

1.46

 

 

$

2.54

 

$

0.48

 

Average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

254.3

 

 

255.7

 

 

 

257.5

 

 

258.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share:*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.90

 

$

0.71

 

 

$

2.07

 

$

0.49

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

$

0.98

 

$

1.43

 

 

$

2.49

 

$

0.47

 

Average common shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

259.3

 

 

260.3

 

 

 

262.1

 

 

263.4

*

Earnings per share are computed independently for each of the quarters presented and therefore may not sum to the total for the year.

 

Net income for the second quarter of 2006 included a $227 million gain from the sale of Twin Oaks in results from discontinued operations. In the third quarter of 2006, net income included a $211 million gain from the sale of the Topaz power plants (as discussed in Note 4) and, in discontinued operations, a $104 million gain on the sale of SEPCO. Net income in the fourth quarter of 2006 included a $221 million impairment loss associated with Sempra Pipelines & Storage’s Argentine investments. Discontinued operations are discussed further in Note 5.







126



Sempra Energy Ex. 21.01

Exhibit 21.01

Sempra Energy

Schedule of Significant Subsidiaries

at December 31, 2007



Subsidiary

State of Incorporation or Other Jurisdiction

San Diego Gas & Electric Company

California

Sempra Energy Trading International B.V.

Netherlands

Sempra Energy Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

Mexico

Sempra Energy Trading Corp.

Delaware

Sempra Generation

California

Southern California Gas Company

California







Sempra Energy / Felsinger / Ex. 31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION


I, Donald E. Felsinger, certify that:


1.

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Sempra Energy;


2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and


d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):


a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



February 26, 2008


/S/  Donald E. Felsinger

Donald E. Felsinger

Chief Executive Officer




Sempra Energy / Snell / Ex. 31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION


I, Mark A. Snell, certify that:


1.

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-K of Sempra Energy;


2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;


b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;


c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, based on such evaluation; and


d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and


5.

The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):


a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and


b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



February 26, 2008


/S/  Mark A. Snell

Mark A. Snell

Chief Financial Officer




Sempra Energy / Felsinger / Ex. 32.1

Exhibit 32.1



Statement of Chief Executive Officer


Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Sempra Energy (the "Company") certifies that:


(i)

the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the "Annual Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and


(ii)

the information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




February 26, 2008

                                            

/S/  Donald E. Felsinger

Donald E. Felsinger

Chief Executive Officer





Sempra Energy / Snell / Ex. 32.2

Exhibit 32.2


Statement of Chief Financial Officer


Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Sec 1350, as created by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the undersigned Chief Financial Officer of Sempra Energy (the "Company") certifies that:


(i)

the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2007 (the "Annual Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and


(ii)

the information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.




February 26, 2008

                                           

/S/  Mark A. Snell

Mark A. Snell

Chief Financial Officer