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Loss Contingency, Number Of Guilty Counts Of Obstructing A Federal Agency Proceeding

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Loss Contingency, Number Of Guilty Counts Of Violating Pipeline Integrity Management Regulations

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Loss Contingency, Oversight By Third-Party Monitor Period, Term

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Number of fires associated with the Northern California Wildfires.

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SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details)	Jan. 26, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 04, 2019 wildfire	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Oct. 30, 2017 wildfire	Aug. 09, 2016 count
DIP Revolving Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Remaining borrowings capacity					$ 35,000,000
DIP Revolving Facility \| DIP Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowings available			$ 1,500,000,000
Letter of Credit Subfacility \| DIP Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Letters of credit available			$ 750,000,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| 2017 Northern California wildfires
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of wildfires (wildfire) \| wildfire						21
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| Judicial Ruling \| Unfavorable Regulatory Action
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of guilty counts of obstructing a federal agency proceeding \| count							1
Number of guilty counts of violating pipeline integrity management regulations \| count							5
Corporate probation period, term	5 years
Oversight by third-party monitor period, term	5 years
Oversight by third-party monitor period, application for early termination, term	3 years
Damages awarded	$ 3,000,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| Subsequent Event \| 2017 Northern California wildfires
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of wildfires (wildfire) \| wildfire				18
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| DIP Revolving Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Remaining borrowings capacity					$ 35,000,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| DIP Revolving Facility \| DIP Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Borrowings available		$ 350,000,000
Remaining borrowings capacity		1,120,000,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co \| Letter of Credit Subfacility \| DIP Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Letters of credit available		$ 30,000,000