ENOVA CORPORATION                   PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
                    NEWS RELEASE

Media Contacts: 

Doug Kline                           Mike Mizrahi
Enova Corporation                    Pacific Enterprises
(619) 696-4292                       (213) 244-3030
Web Page: http://www.enova.com       Web page: www.pacent.com

Analyst Contacts:

Mark Fisher                          Clem Tang
Enova Corporation                    Pacific Enterprises
(619) 696-4897                       (213) 244-3966


         ENOVA CORPORATION-PACIFIC ENTERPRISES MERGER
          GAINS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CLEARANCE

SAN DIEGO and LOS ANGELES, March 9, 1998 -- Moving their merger one step 
closer to completion, Pacific Enterprises and Enova Corporation today 
announced an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to gain 
clearance for their merger.

"This clearance by the Department of Justice is a key step forward in 
the final consummation of our merger," said Richard D. Farman, president 
and chief operating officer of Pacific Enterprises. "It speeds the way 
for final approval by other regulatory agencies."

The agreement was signed today and will be filed in the U.S. District 
Court in Washington. It ends the Department of Justice's review and 
clears the merger under the notification requirements of the Hart-Scott-
Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act. Under the agreement, Enova Corporation 
has committed to follow through on its previously announced plans to 
auction off San Diego Gas & Electric's (SDG&E's) two fossil-fuel power 
plants, located in Carlsbad and Chula Vista, Calif. SDG&E is the 
principal subsidiary of Enova Corporation.

"Under California's electric industry restructuring, SDG&E and the 
state's other electric utilities have been encouraged by regulators to 
exit the generation business," said Stephen L. Baum, chairman and chief 
executive officer of Enova Corporation. "As a result, we announced in 
November 1997 our plans to divest ourselves of SDG&E's generating 
assets. The Department of Justice obviously viewed our divestiture plans 
as a key issue in gaining accelerated clearance of the merger under the 
Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. We have made this commitment and plan to complete 
the auction process for our generating assets by the end of this year."

Additionally, as part of the agreement, Sempra Energy -- the company to 
be formed by the merger of Enova Corporation and Pacific Enterprises -- 
must get prior Department of Justice approval to acquire or control any 
existing California generation facilities in excess of 500 megawatts. 
Sempra Energy still may acquire and operate generation facilities 
outside of California or cogeneration or new generation facilities 
within California.

In October 1996, Pacific Enterprises and Enova Corporation jointly 
announced an agreement to combine their companies. The shareholders of 
both companies approved the merger March 11, 1997. The Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the merger on June 
25, 1997, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the merger Aug. 
29, 1997. The California State Attorney General's office issued a 
favorable advisory opinion on the merger on Nov. 21, 1997. An 
administrative law judge with the California Public Utilities Commission 
(CPUC) issued a proposed decision approving the merger Feb. 23, 1998. 
Final regulatory approvals still must gained from the CPUC, FERC and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission. It is anticipated that all 
regulatory approvals will be gained and Sempra Energy will be 
operational in the summer of 1998.

Enova Corporation (NYSE: ENA), based in San Diego, is a leading energy 
management company providing electricity, gas and value-added products 
and services in the United States and Mexico. Enova is the parent 
company of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), Enova 
International, Enova Financial, Califia and Pacific Diversified Capital. 
SDG&E has 1.2 million electric meters and 715,000 natural gas meters, 
serving 3 million consumers in San Diego and southern Orange counties.

Pacific Enterprises (NYSE: PET) is a Los Angeles-based energy-services 
company, whose Southern California Gas Co. unit is the nation's largest 
natural gas distributor, with 4.8 million natural gas meters serving 18 
million consumers. Pacific Enterprises also has interstate and offshore 
natural gas pipelines, centralized heating and cooling facilities and 
natural gas distribution operations in Latin America.

Enova Corporation and Pacific Enterprises jointly own Energy Pacific, a 
retail energy-services marketing company, and Sempra Energy Trading, a 
wholesale energy commodity trading firm.
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