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Line of Credit Granted (in shares) Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period Schedule of Other Intangible Assets Schedule of Acquired Finite-Lived Intangible Assets by Major Class [Table Text Block] Contributions Noncontrolling Interest, Increase from Subsidiary Equity Issuance Over-Allotment Option Over-Allotment Option [Member] Domestic government and government agencies US Treasury and Government [Member] Tax Sharing Arrangement Tax Sharing Arrangement [Member] Tax Sharing Arrangement Recurring Fair Value Measures Table Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] Derivative liability, subject to master netting arrangement, asset offset Derivative Liability, Subject to Master Netting Arrangement, Asset Offset Corporate Headquarters Corporate Headquarters [Member] Corporate Headquarters Fixed lease payments Operating Lease, Lease Income, Lease Payments Revenues Revenues Share-based 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Share-Based Compensation, Restricted Stock Awards And Units [Member] Share-based compensation expense, before income taxes Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expense Southwest Powerlink Southwest Powerlink [Member] Southwest Powerlink [Member] Oncor Holdings Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC [Member] Oncor Electric Delivery Holdings Company LLC [Member] Granted (in dollars per share) Share-Based Compensation Arrangements by Share-Based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price Loss Contingencies [Table] Loss Contingencies [Table] Business Acquisition [Axis] Business Acquisition [Axis] Thereafter Decommissioning Costs, Undiscounted Future Payments, After Year Five Decommissioning Costs, Undiscounted Future Payments, After Year Five Utility repairs expenditures Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation, Utility Repair Allowance Effective income tax rate reconciliation, utility repair allowance. Property, plant and equipment: Property, Plant and Equipment, Net [Abstract] Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Equity Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Total Compensation for Covered Year Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Equity Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Total Compensation for Covered Year [Member] Non-U.S. Foreign Tax Jurisdiction [Member] Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] REVENUES Revenue from Contract with Customer [Text Block] Document Fiscal Year Focus Document Fiscal Year Focus Natural Gas Natural Gas Supply Contracts [Member] First Mortgage Bonds, 3.15% September 15, 2024 First Mortgage Bonds, 3.15% September 15, 2024 [Member] First Mortgage Bonds, 3.15% September 15, 2024 Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] Debt Instrument, Name [Domain] Materials and supplies Energy Related Inventory, Materials And Supplies Energy related inventory, materials and supplies. Greenhouse gas allowances Greenhouse Gas Allowances, Current Greenhouse Gas Allowances, Current Total Assets, Fair Value Disclosure Non-U.S. Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Foreign Contributions from noncontrolling interests Proceeds from Noncontrolling Interests Finance lease, current portion of long-term debt and finance leases Less: current lease liabilities Finance Lease, Liability, Current Interest rate and foreign exchange instruments Cross Currency Interest Rate Contract [Member] Nonvested, beginning of period (in shares) Nonvested, end of period (in shares) Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number Natural gas Regulated Operating Revenue, Gas Percentage of environmental exit costs incurred Environmental Exit Costs, Anticipated Cost, Percentage Environmental Exit Costs, Anticipated Cost, Percentage Refined products terminals Operating Leases, Refined Products Terminals [Member] Operating Leases, Refined Products Terminals Equity method investment, difference between carrying amount and underlying equity, aoci Equity Method Investment, Difference Between Carrying Amount and Underlying Equity, AOCI Equity Method Investment, Difference Between Carrying Amount and Underlying Equity, AOCI Retirement Plan Funding Status [Axis] Defined Benefit Plan, Funding Status [Axis] Revenue from performance obligations satisfied during reporting period Contract with Customer, Liability, Revenue Recognized Foreign exchange instruments Foreign Exchange Contract [Member] Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Rolling Maturity [Abstract] Unrecorded Unconditional Purchase Obligation, Rolling Maturity [Abstract] Fair Value, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table] Fair Value, Recurring and Nonrecurring [Table] Entity Current Reporting Status Entity Current Reporting Status Sempra Sempra [Member] Retained earnings Retained Earnings [Member] Percentage of plaintiffs agreeing to participate Loss Contingency, Percentage of Plaintiffs, Agreeing To Participate And Submit Releases Loss Contingency, Percentage of Plaintiffs, Agreeing To Participate And Submit Releases Aliso Canyon litigation and regulatory matters Aliso Canyon litigation and regulatory matters Litigation Settlement, Fee Expense Other long-term assets Accounts Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss, Noncurrent Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table] Schedule of Revenues from External Customers and Long-Lived Assets [Table] Noncontrolling interests Consolidation, Subsidiaries or Other Investments, Consolidated Entities, Policy [Policy Text Block] Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] Executive Category: Executive Category [Axis] Asset Retirement Obligations [Table] Asset Retirement Obligations [Table] SDG&E and SoCalGas San Diego Gas And Electric Company And Southern California Gas Company [Member] San Diego Gas And Electric Company And Southern California Gas Company Less: present value of lease payments (recognized as lease receivable) Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] Schedule Of Defined Benefit Plans, Change In Benefit Obligation And Fair Value Of Plan Assets Changes in Projected Benefit Obligations, Fair Value of Plan Assets, and Funded Status of Plan [Table Text Block]