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The amount of contractual interest expense on prepetition liabilities not included in the statement of operations.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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BANKRUPTCY FILING (Narrative) (Details)	5 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
BANKRUPTCY FILING (Narrative) (Details)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Jul. 17, 2019 unit	Feb. 01, 2019 USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Contractual interest expense on prepetition liabilities not recorded in financial statements	$ 405,000,000
DIP Credit Agreement \| Line of Credit \| Senior Secured Superpriority Debt
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Amount arranged	$ 5,500,000,000	$ 5,500,000,000		$ 5,500,000,000	$ 5,500,000,000
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments for reorganization items		78,000,000
PG&E Corporation
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments for reorganization items		$ 15,000,000
Subsequent Event \| Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of collective bargaining units (unit) \| unit			2