Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	PG&E Corporation						Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010
Current:
Federal	$	(74)	$	(77)	$	(12)	$	(52)	$	(83)	$	(54)
State		33		152		130		41		161		134
Deferred:
Federal		374		504		525		404		534		589
State		(92)		(135)		(91)		(91)		(128)		(90)
Tax credits		(4)		(4)		(5)		(4)		(4)		(5)
Income tax provision	$	237	$	440	$	547	$	298	$	480	$	574

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	PG&E Corporation				Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2012		2011		2012		2011
Deferred income tax assets:
Customer advances for construction	$	101	$	108	$	101	$	108
Reserve for damages		175		243		175		243
Environmental reserve		97		157		97		157
Compensation		229		310		179		258
Net operating loss carry forward		938		728		736		567
Other		264		217		255		180
Total deferred income tax assets	$	1,804	$	1,763	$	1,543	$	1,513
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Regulatory balancing accounts	$	256	$	643	$	256	$	643
Property related basis differences		7,449		6,544		7,447		6,536
Income tax regulatory asset		663		588		663		588
Other		173		192		99		105
Total deferred income tax liabilities	$	8,541	$	7,967	$	8,465	$	7,872
Total net deferred income tax liabilities	$	6,737	$	6,204	$	6,922	$	6,359
Classification of net deferred income tax liabilities:
Included in current liabilities (assets)	$	(11)	$	196	$	(17)	$	199
Included in noncurrent liabilities		6,748		6,008		6,939		6,160
Total net deferred income tax liabilities	$	6,737	$	6,204	$	6,922	$	6,359

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	PG&E Corporation						Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010
Federal statutory income tax rate	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%	35.0	%
Increase (decrease) in income
tax rate resulting from:
State income tax (net of
federal benefit)	(3.9)		1.1		0.7		(3.0)		1.6		1.0
Effect of regulatory treatment
of fixed asset differences	(4.1)		(4.4)		(3.1)		(3.9)		(4.2)		(3.0)
Tax credits	(0.6)		(0.5)		(0.4)		(0.6)		(0.5)		(0.4)
Benefit of loss carryback	(0.7)		(1.9)		-		(0.4)		(2.1)		-
Non deductible penalties	0.6		6.5		0.2		0.5		6.3		0.2
Other, net	(3.8)		(1.5)		0.8		(0.8)		0.1		1.1
Effective tax rate	22.5	%	34.3	%	33.2	%	26.8	%	36.2	%	33.9	%

Schedule Of Change In Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	PG&E Corporation						Utility
	2012		2011		2010		2012		2011		2010
(in millions)
Balance at beginning of year	$	506	$	714	$	673	$	503	$	712	$	652
Additions for tax position taken
during a prior year		32		2		27		26		2		27
Reductions for tax position
taken during a prior year		(13)		(198)		(20)		(10)		(196)		-
Additions for tax position
taken during the current year		67		3		89		67		-		87
Settlements		(11)		(15)		(55)		(11)		(15)		(54)
Balance at end of year	$	581	$	506	$	714	$	575	$	503	$	712