Commitments And Contingencies (Environmental Remediation Contingencies) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Amount of environmental loss accrual expected to be recovered	$ 663
Utility Undiscounted Future Costs	$ 1,800pcg_UtilityUndiscountedFutureCosts
Remediation cost recovery	90.00%pcg_RemediationCostRecoveryPercentage

Carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of known and reasonably estimable amounts of recoveries from third-parties pertaining to an entity's environmental remediation obligations. An entity's balance sheet may include several assets that relate to an environmental remediation obligation. Among them are the following: a. Receivables from other potentially responsible parties that are not providing initial funding; b. anticipated recoveries from insurers; and c. anticipated recoveries from prior owners as a result of indemnification agreements.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 7

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13207-110859

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 30

-Section 45

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393211&loc=d3e13022-110858

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