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Income Taxes (Schedule Of Income Tax Provision) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Current, Federal	$ (84)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (218)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	$ (74)us-gaap_CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit
Current, State	(41)	(26)	33
Deferred, Federal	396	552	374
Deferred, State	78	(35)	(92)
Tax credits	(4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxCreditsAndAdjustments	(5)us-gaap_IncomeTaxCreditsAndAdjustments	(4)us-gaap_IncomeTaxCreditsAndAdjustments
Income Tax Provision	345us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	268us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	237us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Pacific Gas And Electric Company [Member]
Current, Federal	(84)	(222)	(52)
Current, State	(29)	(23)	41
Deferred, Federal	426	604	404
Deferred, State	75	(28)	(91)
Tax credits	(4)	(5)	(4)
Income Tax Provision	$ 384	$ 326	$ 298

Amount of current federal tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of current state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred federal income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.

Amount of deferred state and local tax expense (benefit) pertaining to income (loss) from continuing operations.