POWER OF ATTORNEY

		Know all by these presents, that the undersigned,
ROGER H. KIMMEL, hereby constitutes and appoints each of Linda
Y.H. Cheng, Eric Montizambert, Wondy S. Lee, and Eileen O. Chan,
signing singly, the undersigneds true and lawful attorney-in-fact
to:

	(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigneds name and on the
undersigneds behalf, and submit to the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or
appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the
undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

	(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned Forms 3,
4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and any other forms
or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection
with the undersigneds ownership, acquisition, or disposition of
securities of PG&E CORPORATION;

	(3)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, or other form or report, and
timely file such form or report with the SEC and any other
authority; and

	(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such
attorney-in fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of,
or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that
the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such
form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-facts discretion.

		The undersigned hereby 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 herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that such attorney-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of
such attorney-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is PG&E CORPORATION
assuming, any of the undersigneds responsibilities to comply
with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

		This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and
effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigneds holdings of and
transactions in PG&E CORPORATION securities, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to any of
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact; provided, however, that this
Power of Attorney shall immediately terminate as to any of the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact when such attorney-in-fact ceases to
hold the position of Corporate Secretary or Assistant
Corporate Secretary of PG&E CORPORATION.

		IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 1st day of January,
2009.



					     /s/   Roger H. Kimmel

			                        	Signature