|EXHIBIT 12.1                                                                                                                          
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|PACIFIC ENTERPRISES                                                                                                                   
|COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES                                                                                     
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|Fixed Charges:                                                                                                                        
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|Interest                                                                                                                              
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|Interest portion of annual rentals                                                                                                    
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|Preferred dividends of subsidiaries (1)                                                                                               
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|Total fixed charges for purpose of ratio                                                                                              
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|Earnings:                                                                                                                             
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|Pretax income from continuing operations                                                                                              
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|Total fixed charges (from above)                                                                                                      
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|Total earnings for purpose of ratio                                                                                                   
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|Ratio of earnings to fixed charges                                                                                                    
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|(1) In computing this ratio, "Preferred dividends of subsidiaries" represents the before-tax earnings necessary to pay such dividends,
|computed at the effective tax rates for the applicable periods.                                                                       
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