WILDFIRE-RELATED CONTINGENCIES (2018 Camp Fire Background) (Details) - Pacific Gas & Electric Co - 2018 Camp fire	Dec. 11, 2018	Nov. 16, 2018 report	Nov. 16, 2018 report	Nov. 08, 2018 report	Feb. 07, 2019 fatality	Jan. 04, 2019 a building residence structure fatality
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of Electric Incident Reports (report) | report		1	2	1
Electric Incident Report, term	20 days
Subsequent Event
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]
Number of acres burned (acre) | a						153,336
Number of fatalities (fatality) | fatality					85	86
Number of residences destroyed (residence) | residence						13,972
Number of commercial structures destroyed (structure) | structure						528
Number of other buildings destroyed (building) | building						4,293