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SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

Contreras-Sweet Maria

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

488 8TH AVENUE

(Street)

SAN DIEGO

92101

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
03/14/2017

3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SEMPRA ENERGY [ SRE ]

4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)

Explanation of Responses:

Remarks:

	MARIA CONTRERAS-SWEET BY: James M. Spira, Associate General Counsel of Sempra Energy and Attorney-In-Fact	03/15/2017
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v).
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POWER OF ATTORNEY



       The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Maria Angelica Espinosa, Kari E. McCulloch, G. Joyce Rowland, and James M. Spira, signing singly, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



(1)        Execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any and all forms, statements and reports (including, but not limited to, Forms 3, 4 and 5 and Form ID) of the undersigned as a director or officer of Sempra Energy or its subsidiaries, including, but not limited to, San Diego Gas & Electric Company and Southern California Gas Company, pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder of the Securities and Exchange Commission;



(2)        Perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned as the attorney-in-fact so acting may deem necessary or desirable to prepare, execute and file any such forms, statements or reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



(3)        Take any and all other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of the attorney-in-fact so acting, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by the undersigned.



       The undersigned grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers granted in this power of attorney, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, and ratifies and confirms all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and rights and powers granted herein.



       The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming nor does Sempra Energy or its subsidiaries assume any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact are entitled to rely, without investigation, on any and all information or instruction given to any of them by the undersigned and/or Sempra Energy



       This power of attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer obligated to file forms, statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of or transactions in securities issued by Sempra Energy or its subsidiaries, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.









/s/  MARIA CONTRERAS-SWEET

(Signature)

Maria Contreras-Sweet

Dated:  March 14, 2017