<ARTICLE> UT <CIK> 0000086521 <NAME> SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> YEAR <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1997 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1997 <BOOK-VALUE> PER-BOOK <TOTAL-NET-UTILITY-PLANT> 3,025,878 <OTHER-PROPERTY-AND-INVEST> 347,808 <TOTAL-CURRENT-ASSETS> 311,594 <TOTAL-DEFERRED-CHARGES> 93,475 <OTHER-ASSETS> 283,100 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 4,061,855 <COMMON> 291,458 <CAPITAL-SURPLUS-PAID-IN> 566,233 <RETAINED-EARNINGS> 471,249 <TOTAL-COMMON-STOCKHOLDERS-EQ> 1,328,940 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 25,000 <PREFERRED> 78,475 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-NET> 1,188,148 <SHORT-TERM-NOTES> 0 <LONG-TERM-NOTES-PAYABLE> 0 <COMMERCIAL-PAPER-OBLIGATIONS> 0 <LONG-TERM-DEBT-CURRENT-PORT> 52 <PREFERRED-STOCK-CURRENT> 0 <CAPITAL-LEASE-OBLIGATIONS> 95,194 <LEASES-CURRENT> 6,644 <OTHER-ITEMS-CAPITAL-AND-LIAB> 1,339,402 <TOT-CAPITALIZATION-AND-LIAB> 4,061,855 <GROSS-OPERATING-REVENUE> 494,636 <INCOME-TAX-EXPENSE> 40,754 <OTHER-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 390,952 <TOTAL-OPERATING-EXPENSES> 431,706 <OPERATING-INCOME-LOSS> 62,930 <OTHER-INCOME-NET> 164 <INCOME-BEFORE-INTEREST-EXPEN> 63,094 <TOTAL-INTEREST-EXPENSE> 21,165 <NET-INCOME> 41,929 <PREFERRED-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 1,646 <EARNINGS-AVAILABLE-FOR-COMM> 40,283 <COMMON-STOCK-DIVIDENDS> 113,281 <TOTAL-INTEREST-ON-BONDS> 17,925 <CASH-FLOW-OPERATIONS> 152,474 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0