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       	Enova Corporation			            Enova Corporation
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       	Mike Mizrahi			                 Clem Teng	
       	Pacific Enterprises		           Pacific Enterprises
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       	Web page: http//www.pacent.com


  ENOVA CORPORATION-PACIFIC ENTERPRISES MERGER WINS CPUC APPROVAL

    	LOS ANGELES and SAN DIEGO, March 26, 1998 -- The proposed $6.6 
billion merger between Pacific Enterprises and Enova Corporation 
today won approval from the California Public Utilities Commission 
(CPUC).
	    "We are very pleased that the CPUC has approved our merger and 
found that it is in the public interest," said Richard D. Farman, 
president and chief operating officer of Pacific Enterprises, parent 
company of Southern California Gas Company.  "We would have preferred 
adoption of our 10-year savings period because it provides more 
certainty to customers and shareholders than the five-year period 
adopted by the Commission."
	    "This is a significant milestone in the approval process for 
our merger," said Stephen L. Baum, chairman and chief executive 
officer of Enova Corporation.  "Both companies now must review the 
Commission's decision in its totality.
	    In its decision, the commission found that the merger satisfied 
the key criteria:  that it will benefit the state and local economies 
and customers, maintain or improve the financial condition of the 
utilities and quality of management, and be fair to employees and 
shareholders.
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 	Additional elements of the decision include:
     - Required divestiture by SDG&E of its gas-fired generation 
units -- which is already in progress -- and sale by 
Southern California Gas Company of its options to 
purchase those portions of the Kern River and Mojave 
Pipeline gas transmission facilities within California by 
Sept. 1, 1998.  These options are not exercisable until 
the year 2012.  
     - Acknowledgement that the merger will have no significant 
effect on the environment under the California 
Environmental Quality Act, and a Negative Declaration has 
been adopted.
     - Allowance of $148 million in costs to achieve the merger, 
rather than the $202 million originally sought by the 
companies.  The difference relates to transaction costs 
for investment bankers, employee retention and 
communications.

    	Final regulatory approvals still must be gained from the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) -- which already 
conditionally approved the merger June 25, 1997 -- and the Securities 
and Exchange Commission.
	    Based on stock closing prices yesterday, the deal has a market 
value of $6.6 billion.
	    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 Nuclear Regulatory Commission approved the merger Aug. 29, 1997.  
The California State Attorney General's office issued a favorable 
advisory opinion on the merger Nov. 21, 1997.   The U.S. Department 
of Justice approved the merger March 9, 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.
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    	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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