Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

	PG&E Corporation									Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2013			2012			2011			2013			2012			2011
Current:
Federal	$	(218	)	$	(74	)	$	(77	)	$	(222	)	$	(52	)	$	(83	)
State		(26	)		33			152			(23	)		41			161
Deferred:
Federal		552			374			504			604			404			534
State		(35	)		(92	)		(135	)		(28	)		(91	)		(128	)
Tax credits		(5	)		(4	)		(4	)		(5	)		(4	)		(4	)
Income tax provision	$	268		$	237		$	440		$	326		$	298		$	480

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities

	PG&E Corporation						Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
(in millions)	2013			2012			2013			2012
Deferred income tax assets:
Customer advances for construction	$	90		$	101		$	90		$	101
Reserve for damages		161			175			161			175
Environmental reserve		152			97			152			97
Compensation		167			229			102			179
Net operating loss carryforward		890			938			670			736
GHG allowances		108			34			108			34
Other		135			230			128			221
Total deferred income tax assets	$	1,703		$	1,804		$	1,411		$	1,543
Deferred income tax liabilities:
Regulatory balancing accounts	$	261		$	256		$	261		$	256
Property related basis differences		8,048			7,449			8,038			7,447
Income tax regulatory asset		748			663			748			663
Other		151			173			86			99
Total deferred income tax liabilities	$	9,208		$	8,541		$	9,133		$	8,465
Total net deferred income tax liabilities	$	7,505		$	6,737		$	7,722		$	6,922
Classification of net deferred income tax liabilities:
Included in current liabilities (assets)	$	(318	)	$	(11	)	$	(320	)	$	(17	)
Included in noncurrent liabilities		7,823			6,748			8,042			6,939
Total net deferred income tax liabilities	$	7,505		$	6,737		$	7,722		$	6,922

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

	PG&E Corporation						Utility
	Year Ended December 31,
	2013		2012		2011		2013		2012		2011
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)	(3.1	)	(3.9	)	1.1		(2.2	)	(3.0	)	1.6
Effect of regulatory treatment
of fixed asset differences	(4.2	)	(4.1	)	(4.4	)	(3.8	)	(3.9	)	(4.2	)
Tax credits	(0.4	)	(0.6	)	(0.5	)	(0.4	)	(0.6	)	(0.5	)
Benefit of loss carryback	(1.1	)	(0.7	)	(1.9	)	(1.0	)	(0.4	)	(2.1	)
Non deductible penalties	0.8		0.6		6.5		0.7		0.5		6.3
Other, net	(2.2	)	(3.8	)	(1.5	)	(0.9	)	(0.8	)	0.1
Effective tax rate	24.8	%	22.5	%	34.3	%	27.4	%	26.8	%	36.2	%

Schedule Of Change In Unrecognized Tax Benefits

	PG&E Corporation									Utility
	2013			2012			2011			2013			2012			2011
(in millions)
Balance at beginning of year	$	581		$	506		$	714		$	575		$	503		$	712
Additions for tax position taken
during a prior year		12			32			2			12			26			2
Reductions for tax position
taken during a prior year		(6	)		(13	)		(198	)		(6	)		(10	)		(196	)
Additions for tax position
taken during the current year		79			67			3			79			67			-
Settlements		-			(11	)		(15	)		-			(11	)		(15	)
Balance at end of year	$	666		$	581		$	506		$	660		$	575		$	503