FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS - RECURRING FAIR VALUE MEASURES (Details) - Recurring - USD ($) $ in Millions | Sep. 30, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023 |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | $ 925 | $ 879 |
Short-term investments held in Rabbi Trust | 59 | 67 |
Support Agreement, net of related guarantee fees | 24 | 23 |
Netting adjustment | 36 | 96 |
Total | 1,198 | 1,168 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | (59) | (19) |
Total | 75 | 226 |
Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 18 | 21 |
Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 319 | 312 |
Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 70 | 51 |
Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 287 | 275 |
Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 231 | 220 |
Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 588 | 546 |
Interest rate instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 0 | 0 |
Derivative assets, Total | 77 | 87 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 0 | |
Derivative liabilities | 3 | |
Commodity contracts not subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 15 | 74 |
Derivative assets, Total | 74 | 79 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | (40) | 0 |
Derivative liabilities | 24 | 6 |
Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 21 | 22 |
Derivative assets, Total | 33 | 33 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | (19) | (19) |
Derivative liabilities | 47 | 211 |
Foreign exchange instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 0 | |
Derivative assets, Total | 6 | |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 0 | 0 |
Derivative liabilities | 1 | 9 |
Level 1 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 375 | 361 |
Short-term investments held in Rabbi Trust | 59 | 67 |
Support Agreement, net of related guarantee fees | 0 | 0 |
Total | 444 | 428 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total | 18 | 20 |
Level 1 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 15 | 19 |
Level 1 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 315 | 308 |
Level 1 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 45 | 34 |
Level 1 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 1 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 1 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 45 | 34 |
Level 1 | Interest rate instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | |
Level 1 | Commodity contracts not subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 6 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Level 1 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 4 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 18 | 20 |
Level 1 | Foreign exchange instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Level 2 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 550 | 518 |
Short-term investments held in Rabbi Trust | 0 | 0 |
Support Agreement, net of related guarantee fees | 0 | 0 |
Total | 688 | 611 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total | 116 | 225 |
Level 2 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 3 | 2 |
Level 2 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 4 | 4 |
Level 2 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 25 | 17 |
Level 2 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 287 | 275 |
Level 2 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 231 | 220 |
Level 2 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 543 | 512 |
Level 2 | Interest rate instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 77 | 87 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 3 | |
Level 2 | Commodity contracts not subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 53 | 5 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 64 | 6 |
Level 2 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 2 | 1 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 48 | 210 |
Level 2 | Foreign exchange instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 6 | |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 1 | 9 |
Level 3 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Short-term investments held in Rabbi Trust | 0 | 0 |
Support Agreement, net of related guarantee fees | 24 | 23 |
Total | 30 | 33 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Interest rate instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | |
Level 3 | Commodity contracts not subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 6 | 10 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Level 3 | Foreign exchange instruments | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 925 | 879 |
Netting adjustment | 20 | 21 |
Total | 956 | 910 |
SDG&E | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 18 | 21 |
SDG&E | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 319 | 312 |
SDG&E | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 70 | 51 |
SDG&E | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 287 | 275 |
SDG&E | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 231 | 220 |
SDG&E | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 588 | 546 |
SDG&E | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 20 | 21 |
Derivative assets, Total | 31 | 31 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | (18) | (19) |
Derivative liabilities | 1 | 1 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 375 | 361 |
Total | 379 | 361 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 15 | 19 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 315 | 308 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 45 | 34 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 45 | 34 |
SDG&E | Level 1 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 4 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 18 | 20 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 550 | 518 |
Total | 551 | 518 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 3 | 2 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 4 | 4 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 25 | 17 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 287 | 275 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 231 | 220 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 543 | 512 |
SDG&E | Level 2 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 1 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 1 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
Total | 6 | 10 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Short-term investments, primarily cash equivalents | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Equity securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Debt securities issued by the U.S. Treasury and other U.S. government corporations and agencies | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Municipal bonds | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Other securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Total debt securities | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Total nuclear decommissioning trusts | 0 | 0 |
SDG&E | Level 3 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 6 | 10 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
SoCalGas | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | 1 | 1 |
Derivative assets, Total | 2 | 2 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Netting adjustment | (1) | 0 |
Derivative liabilities | 46 | 210 |
SoCalGas | Level 1 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 0 | 0 |
SoCalGas | Level 2 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 1 | 1 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | 47 | 210 |
SoCalGas | Level 3 | Commodity contracts subject to rate recovery | | |
Assets, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative asset, before netting | 0 | 0 |
Liabilities, Fair Value Disclosure [Abstract] | | |
Derivative liability, before netting | $ 0 | $ 0 |