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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001004980-05-000240.txt : 20051026
<SEC-HEADER>0001004980-05-000240.hdr.sgml : 20051026
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20051026181655
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001004980-05-000240
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20051025
FILED AS OF DATE:		20051026
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20051026

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PG&E CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001004980
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931]
		IRS NUMBER:				943234914
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MARKET SPEAR TOWER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2400
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4152677000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE MARKET SPEAR TOWER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 2400
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	PG&E PARENT CO INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19951214

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			METZ MARY S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001183263

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12609
		FILM NUMBER:		051158023

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		175 E HOUSTON STREET
		STREET 2:		ROOM 216
		CITY:			SAN ANTONIO
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			78205
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2103513407
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2005-10-25</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001004980</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>PG&amp;E CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>PCG</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001183263</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>METZ MARY S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>9 REGULUS COURT</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ALAMEDA,</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94501</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2005-10-25</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>72</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>36.46</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4330.28</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Held through The Investor Services Program for Shareholders of PG&amp;E Corporation</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>2227</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Held by Mary S. Metz Profit Sharing Plan and Trust</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>10416.16</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Transaction pursuant to reporting person's Rule 10b5-1 instruction.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Shares purchased under the Directors' Voluntary Stock Purchase Program (DVSPP), which were credited to the Investor Services Program on behalf of the reporting person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This total includes 74.83 shares of PG&amp;E Corporation common stock acquired on October 17, 2005, pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the Investor Services Program.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">This total includes 5,407.16 units of phantom stock granted under the PG&amp;E Corporation Non-Employee Director Stock Incentive Plan (SIP), and reflects the acquisition of 43.58 units of phantom stock on October 17, 2005, pursuant to a dividend reinvestment feature of the SIP.  The phantom stock units are automatically payable in stock only.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Eric Montizambert, Attorney-in-Fact for Mary S. Metz (signed Power of Attorney on file with SEC)</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2005-10-26</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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