EXHIBIT 24.3 
 
              SUBSTITUTION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY 
 
 
     KNOW ALL MEN AND WOMEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that David 
R. Clark hereby appoints David R. Snyder as a true and 
lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for the members 
("Members") of the Savings Plan Committee of San Diego Gas 
& Electric ("SDG&E") who have appointed David R. Clark as 
their attorney-in-fact and agent (with the power of 
substitution), in any and all capacities, to execute a 
Registration Statement on Form S-8 and any and all 
amendments and supplements thereto under the Securities 
Act of 1933, as amended, with respect to the Saving Plan 
(the "Plan") of SDG&E, and to file the same, with exhibits 
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said 
attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do 
and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes 
as the Members might or could do in person, hereby 
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact 
and agent may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
hereof. 
 
 
 
   /s/ David R. Clark         
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David R. Clark