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6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2019
Reorganizations [Abstract]  
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Chapter 11 Proceedings

On January 29, 2019, PG&E Corporation and the Utility commenced the Chapter 11 Cases with the Bankruptcy Court. Prior to the Effective Date, PG&E Corporation and the Utility continued to operate their business as debtors-in-possession under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court.

Under the Bankruptcy Code, third-party actions to collect pre-petition indebtedness owed by PG&E Corporation or the Utility, as well as most litigation pending against PG&E Corporation and the Utility (including the third-party matters described in Note 10 below) as of the Petition Date, were subject to an automatic stay. Except as otherwise set forth in the Plan, the Confirmation Order (as defined below) or another order of the Bankruptcy Court, substantially all pre-petition liabilities were resolved under the Plan.

Significant Bankruptcy Court Actions

Plan of Reorganization and Restructuring Support Agreements

On June 19, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility, certain funds and accounts managed or advised by Abrams Capital Management, LP (“Abrams”), and certain funds and accounts managed or advised by Knighthead Capital Management, LLC (“Knighthead” and, together with Abrams, the “Shareholder Proponents”) filed PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s and Shareholder Proponents’ Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization dated June 19, 2020 with the Bankruptcy Court (the “Plan”). On June 20, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court confirmed the Plan by issuing a confirmation order (the “Confirmation Order”). PG&E Corporation and the Utility emerged from Chapter 11 on July 1, 2020.

On September 22, 2019, PG&E Corporation and the Utility entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement with certain holders of insurance subrogation claims (collectively, the “Consenting Subrogation Creditors”) (as amended, the “Subrogation RSA”). As of June 30, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility incurred $52 million in professional fees related to the Subrogation RSA. On December 19, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Subrogation RSA. See “Restructuring Support Agreement with Holders of Subrogation Claims” in Note 10 for further information on the Subrogation RSA.

On December 6, 2019, PG&E Corporation and the Utility entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement, which was subsequently amended on December 16, 2019 (as amended, the “TCC RSA”), with the TCC, the attorneys and other advisors and agents for holders of claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility relating to the 2015 Butte fire, the 2017 Northern California wildfires and the 2018 Camp fire (other than the Subrogation Claims and Public Entity Wildfire Claims) (the “Fire Victim Claims”) that are signatories to the TCC RSA (each a “Consenting Fire Claimant Professional”), and the Shareholder Proponents. On December 19, 2019, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the TCC RSA. See “Restructuring Support Agreement with the TCC” in Note 10 for further information on the TCC RSA.

On January 22, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement with those holders of senior unsecured debt of the Utility that are identified as “Consenting Noteholders” therein and the Shareholder Proponents (the “Noteholder RSA”). On February 5, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the Noteholder RSA. See “Restructuring Support Agreement with the Ad Hoc Noteholder Committee” in Note 10 for further information on the Noteholder RSA.
Confirmation of the Plan of Reorganization

On March 20, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court (the “Case Resolution Contingency Process Motion”) for entry of an order approving a case resolution contingency process to address the circumstance in which the Plan is not confirmed or fails to become effective in accordance with certain required dates (the “Case Resolution Contingency Process”). The Case Resolution Contingency Process Motion sets forth certain other commitments by PG&E Corporation and the Utility in connection with the confirmation process and implementation of the Plan, including among other things, limitations on the ability of PG&E Corporation to pay dividends; commitments by the Utility with respect to cost recovery of amounts paid in respect of “Fire Claims” under the Plan; the terms of a purchase option in favor of the state of California (which would be exercisable only in limited circumstances); and commitments with respect to the Utility’s utilization of the cash benefits associated with wildfire-related net operating losses. The Bankruptcy Court entered the order approving the Case Resolution Contingency Process Motion on April 9, 2020.

On May 28, 2020, the CPUC approved, with conditions and modifications, the Plan pursuant to the requirements of Assembly Bill 1054. Pursuant to the decision, changes to the Utility’s governance structure and enhancements to the CPUC’s oversight have been put in place to facilitate the Utility’s ability to provide safe, reliable and affordable utility service. The CPUC’s final decision was issued on June 1, 2020.

The Plan as confirmed by the Confirmation Order provides for certain transactions and the satisfaction and treatment of claims against and interests in PG&E Corporation and the Utility, each in accordance with the terms of the Plan, including the following transactions:

PG&E Corporation and the Utility funded a trust (the “Fire Victim Trust”) for the benefit of all holders of Fire Victim Claims, whose claims were channeled to the Fire Victim Trust on the Effective Date with no recourse to PG&E Corporation and the Utility. In full satisfaction, release, and discharge of all Fire Victim Claims, the Fire Victim Trust was funded with $5.4 billion in cash (with an additional $1.35 billion in cash to be funded on a deferred basis), common stock of the Reorganized Corporation representing 22.19% of the outstanding common stock of the Reorganized Corporation as of the Effective Date (subject to potential adjustments), plus the assignment of certain rights and causes of action;

PG&E Corporation and the Utility funded a trust (the “Subrogation Wildfire Trust”) for the benefit of insurance subrogation claimants in the amount of $11.0 billion in cash. Such amount was initially funded into escrow and later paid to the Subrogation Wildfire Trust. As a result of such funding, all insurance subrogation claims have been satisfied, released and discharged and channeled to the Subrogation Wildfire Trust with no recourse to PG&E Corporation or the Utility;

PG&E Corporation and the Utility paid $1.0 billion in cash to certain local public entities (the “Settling Public Entities”) that entered into plan support agreements with PG&E Corporation and the Utility and established a segregated fund in the amount of $10 million to be used to reimburse the Settling Public Entities for any and all legal fees and costs associated with the defense or resolution of any third party claims against the Settling Public Entities in full satisfaction, release and discharge of such Settling Public Entities’ wildfire related claims;

The Utility Short-Term Senior Notes, the Utility Long-Term Senior Notes and the Utility Funded Debt (except for $100 million of pollution control bonds (Series 2008F and 2010E), which are to be repaid in cash) were refinanced and the Utility Reinstated Senior Notes were reinstated and collateralized on or around the Effective Date through the issuance of a corresponding series of first mortgage bonds of the Utility;

PG&E Corporation paid in full all of its pre-petition funded debt obligations that are allowed in the Chapter 11 Cases;

PG&E Corporation and the Utility repaid all borrowings under the DIP Facilities and will pay all other allowed administrative expense claims in accordance with the Plan;

Holders of Allowed Priority Tax Claims will receive in the third quarter of 2020, at the option of PG&E Corporation and the Utility, (i) Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Priority Tax Claims on the Effective Date or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter, or (ii) Cash in equal, semi-annual installments over a period not exceeding five years from and after the Petition Date;
Holders of Allowed Other Secured Claims will, at the option of PG&E Corporation and the Utility, (i) retain their Other Secured Claims and the Collateral securing such Claims; (ii) receive Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Secured Claims; or (iii) receive treatment of such Allowed Other Secured Claims in any other manner that is necessary to satisfy the requirements of section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code;

Holders of Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claims will, at the option of PG&E Corporation and the Utility, receive (i) Cash in an amount equal to such Allowed Priority Non-Tax Claims, or (ii) such other treatment consistent with the provisions of section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code;

PG&E Corporation and the Utility will pay in full all pre-petition General Unsecured Claims that are allowed in the Chapter 11 Cases; and

PG&E Corporation and the Utility will pay all Allowed Subordinated Debt Claims in full and provide to each holder of an Allowed HoldCo Rescission or Damage Claim a number of shares of New HoldCo Common Stock based on a formula as specified in the Plan that varies depending on when the claimant purchased the affected shares of common stock.

In addition, the Plan also provides for the following in connection with or following the implementation of the Plan:

Holders of claims related to the 2016 Ghost Ship fire will be entitled to pursue their claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility, with any recovery being limited to amounts available under PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s insurance policies for the 2016 year;

Holders of certain claims may be able to pursue their claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility, such as administrative expense claims that have not been satisfied or come due by the Effective Date, claims arising from wildfires occurring after the Petition Date that have not been satisfied by the Effective Date (including the Kincade Fire), and claims relating to certain FERC refund proceedings, workers’ compensation benefits and certain environmental claims;

PG&E Corporation or the Utility, as applicable, assumed all of their respective power purchase agreements and community choice aggregation servicing agreements; and

PG&E Corporation or the Utility, as applicable, assumed all of their respective pension obligations, other employee obligations, and collective bargaining agreements with labor.

The Confirmation Order contains a Channeling Injunction that is also in the Plan that provides, among other things, that the sole source of recovery for holders of Subrogation Wildfire Claims will be from the Subrogation Wildfire Trust and the sole source of recovery for holders of Fire Victim Claims will be from the Fire Victim Trust. The holders of such Claims will have no recourse to or Claims whatsoever against PG&E Corporation and the Utility or their assets and properties.

The Plan as confirmed by the Confirmation Order provides for certain financing transactions as follows:

one or more equity offerings of up to $9.0 billion of gross proceeds in cash through the issuance of common stock and/or other equity and/or equity-linked securities pursuant to one or more offerings and/or private placements;

the issuance of $4.75 billion of new PG&E Corporation debt;

the reinstatement of $9.575 billion of pre-petition debt of the Utility; and

the issuance of $23.775 billion of new Utility debt, consisting of (i) $6.2 billion of New Utility Long-Term Bonds to be issued to holders of certain pre-petition senior notes of the Utility pursuant to the Plan, (ii) $1.75 billion of New Utility Short-Term Bonds to be issued to holders of certain pre-petition senior notes of the Utility pursuant to the Plan, (iii) $3.9 billion of New Utility Funded Debt Exchange Bonds to be issued to holders of certain pre-petition indebtedness of the Utility pursuant to the Plan and (iv) $11.925 billion of new debt securities or bank debt of the Utility to be issued to third parties for cash on or prior to the Effective Date (of which $6.0 billion is expected to be repaid with the proceeds of a new securitization transaction after the Effective Date) (see Note 5 below for a description of the debt transactions that occurred on or before the Effective Date).

As described below, the foregoing financing transactions occurred on or around the Effective Date.
Restructuring Support Agreement with the Ad Hoc Noteholder Committee

On January 22, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility entered into the Noteholder RSA with those holders of senior unsecured debt of the Utility that are identified as “Consenting Noteholders” therein and the Shareholder Proponents. The Noteholder RSA provides for, among other things, (i) the refinancing of the Utility’s senior unsecured debt in satisfaction of all claims arising out of the Utility Short-Term Senior Notes, the Utility Long-Term Senior Notes and the Utility Funded Debt, and (ii) the reinstatement of the Utility Reinstated Senior Notes (together with the Utility Short-Term Senior Notes and Utility Long-Term Senior Notes, the “Utility Senior Note Claims”), in each case pursuant to the Plan and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Noteholder RSA. Under the Noteholder RSA, PG&E Corporation and the Utility also agreed to reimburse the holders of Utility Long-Term Senior Notes for debt placement fees and the members of the Ad Hoc Noteholder Committee for professional fees of up to $106 million upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Noteholder RSA. On July 1, 2020, the Utility recorded $102 million in fees as additional debt discount on the Utility’s refinanced debt.

The Noteholder RSA provides for the following treatment of Utility Senior Note Claims and Utility Funded Debt which treatment was incorporated into the Plan:

Utility Short-Term Senior Notes: Utility notes outstanding at June 30, 2020 maturing through 2022 in an aggregate principal amount of $1.75 billion (the “Utility Short-Term Senior Notes”) received new Utility first mortgage bonds in the following aggregate principal amounts: $875 million of new Utility 3.45% first mortgage bonds due 2025 and $875 million of new Utility 3.75% first mortgage bonds due 2028 (together, the “New Utility Short-Term Bonds”). The New Utility Short-Term Bonds otherwise have substantially similar terms and conditions as the Utility’s 6.05% Senior Notes due March 1, 2034. Additionally, holders of claims arising out of the Utility Short-Term Senior Notes received cash in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the amount of pre-petition interest outstanding on the Utility Short-Term Senior Notes calculated using the applicable non-default contract rate and (2) interest calculated using the Federal Judgment Rate on the sum of (A) the applicable principal amount of the Utility Short-Term Senior Notes and (B) the amount in clause (1) for the period commencing on the day after the Petition Date and ending on the Effective Date.

Utility Long-Term Senior Notes: All long-term Utility notes bearing an interest rate greater than 5.00%, of which there is an aggregate principal amount outstanding of $6.2 billion (the “Utility Long-Term Senior Notes”), received new Utility first mortgage bonds in the following aggregate principal amounts: $3.1 billion of new Utility 4.55% first mortgage bonds due 2030 and $3.1 billion of new Utility 4.95% first mortgage bonds due 2050 (together, the “New Utility Long-Term Bonds”). The New Utility Long-Term Bonds otherwise have substantially similar terms and conditions as the Utility’s 3.95% Senior Notes due December 1, 2047. Additionally, holders of claims arising out of the Utility Long-Term Senior Notes received cash in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the amount of pre-petition interest outstanding on the Utility Long-Term Senior Notes calculated using the applicable non-default contract rate and (2) interest calculated using the federal judgment rate on the sum of (A) the applicable principal amount of the Utility Long-Term Senior Notes and (B) the amount in clause (1) for the period commencing on the Petition Date and ending on the Effective Date.

Utility Reinstated Senior Notes: The remaining outstanding $9.575 billion aggregate principal amount of Utility notes (the “Utility Reinstated Senior Notes”) were reinstated on their contractual terms, including being secured equally and ratably with the New Utility Short-Term Notes and the New Utility Long-Term Notes for so long as any outstanding Utility debt is secured, subject to certain exceptions.

Utility Funded Debt: Holders of the Utility’s pre-petition credit facilities and Pollution Control bonds (collectively, the “Utility Funded Debt”) received new Utility secured notes in the following aggregate principal amounts: $1.95 billion in new Utility 3.15% first mortgage bonds due 2026 that will otherwise have the same terms and conditions as the Utility’s 6.05% Senior Notes due March 1, 2034, and $1.95 billion in new Utility 4.50% first mortgage bonds due 2040 that will otherwise have the same terms and conditions as the Utility’s 3.95% Senior Notes due December 1, 2047 (the “New Utility Funded Debt Exchange Bonds”). Additionally, holders of claims arising out of the Utility Funded Debt received cash in an amount equal to the sum of (1) the amount of pre-petition interest outstanding on the Utility Funded Debt calculated using the applicable non-default contract rate, (2) fees and charges and other obligations owed as of the Petition Date in respect of the Utility Funded Debt, (3) reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses of counsel, subject a maximum of $6 million and (4) interest calculated using the federal judgment rate on the sum of (A) the applicable principal amount of the Utility Funded Debt and (B) the amount in clauses (1) and (2) for the period commencing on the Petition Date and ending on the Effective Date.
As described below in Note 12, on July 27, 2020, Elliott Management Corporation, a Consenting Noteholder, filed a motion with the Bankruptcy Court asserting an approximately $250 million administrative claim against PG&E Corporation and the Utility, alleging that PG&E Corporation and the Utility breached the Noteholder RSA by failing to use their best efforts to cause Backstop Parties to transfer up to $2.0 billion of Backstop Commitments to certain of the Consenting Noteholders. Objections to the motion are due on August 11, 2020, and a hearing on the motion is scheduled for August 25, 2020. PG&E Corporation and the Utility are unable to predict the timing and outcome of this proceeding.

Debt Commitment Letters

On October 11, 2019, PG&E Corporation and the Utility entered into debt commitment letters, which were subsequently amended on November 18, 2019, December 20, 2019, January 30, 2020, and February 14, 2020 (as amended, the “Debt Commitment Letters”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Bank of America, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC and the other lenders that may become parties to the Debt Commitment Letters as additional “Commitment Parties” as provided therein (the foregoing parties, collectively, the “Commitment Parties”), pursuant to which the Commitment Parties committed to provide $10.825 billion in bridge financing in the form of (a) a $5.825 billion senior secured bridge loan facility (the “OpCo Facility”) with the Utility or any domestic entity formed to hold all of the assets of the Utility upon emergence from bankruptcy (the Utility or any such entity, the “OpCo Borrower”) as borrower thereunder and (b) a $5.0 billion senior unsecured bridge loan facility (together with the OpCo Facility, the “Facilities”) with PG&E Corporation or any domestic entity formed to hold all of the assets of PG&E Corporation upon emergence from bankruptcy (PG&E Corporation or any such entity, the “HoldCo Borrower”) as borrower thereunder, subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein.

On March 16, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Debt Commitment Letters as amended through February 14, 2020. PG&E Corporation and the Utility recorded facility fees of $4 million and $2 million, respectively, during the three months ended June 30, 2020 and $40 million and $33 million respectively, during the six months ended June 30, 2020, reflected in Reorganization items, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Of the $33 million in cash paid for the Utility’s facility fees, during the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Utility recorded $18 million to a regulatory asset for fees that are deemed probable of recovery.

In lieu of entering into the Facilities contemplated by the Debt Commitment Letters, PG&E Corporation and the Utility obtained permanent exit financing in the form of bank facilities and debt securities and terminated the Debt Commitment Letters of the Utility on June 19, 2020 and PG&E Corporation on June 23, 2020.

Equity Financing

In connection with its emergence from Chapter 11 in July 2020, PG&E raised an aggregate of $9.0 billion of gross proceeds through the issuance of common stock and other equity-linked instruments. For more information, see Note 6 below.

Equity Backstop Commitments and Forward Stock Purchase Agreements

As of March 6, 2020, PG&E Corporation entered into Chapter 11 Plan Backstop Commitment Letters (collectively, as amended by the Consent Agreements (as defined below), the “Backstop Commitment Letters”) with investors (collectively, the “Backstop Parties”), pursuant to which the Backstop Parties severally agreed to fund up to $12.0 billion of proceeds to finance the Plan through the purchase of PG&E Corporation common stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in such Backstop Commitment Letters (the “Backstop Commitments”). As a result of PG&E Corporation emerging from Chapter 11 on July 1, 2020, the Backstop Commitments were not utilized and terminated in accordance with their terms.

The commitment premium for the Backstop Commitments was paid in shares of PG&E Corporation’s common stock (with each Backstop Party receiving its pro rata share of 119 million shares of PG&E Corporation’s common stock based on the proportion of the amount of such Backstop Party’s Backstop Commitment to $12.0 billion). PG&E Corporation issued the commitment premium shares to the Backstop Parties on July 1, 2020 in connection with emerging from Chapter 11.

As of June 30, 2020, PG&E Corporation recorded approximately $1.1 billion of expense related to the Backstop Commitment premium in Reorganization items, net. This amount was primarily based on PG&E Corporation’s closing stock price on June 30, 2020 of $8.87 per share. On the Effective Date, PG&E Corporation’s closing price was $9.03 per share and as a result, PG&E Corporation will record an additional $27 million expense in the third quarter of 2020.
Under the Backstop Commitment Letters, PG&E Corporation and the Utility have also agreed to reimburse the Backstop Parties for reasonable professional fees and expenses of up to $34 million in the aggregate for the legal advisors and $19 million in the aggregate for the financial advisor, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Backstop Commitment Letters. As of June 30, 2020, PG&E Corporation recorded $49 million in professional fees and related expenses to the Backstop parties in Reorganization items, net.

In connection with PG&E Corporation’s underwritten offerings of up to $5.75 billion of equity securities to finance the transactions contemplated by the Plan (the “Offerings”), up to $523 million (the “Option Amount”) was issuable pursuant to customary options granted to the underwriters thereof to purchase additional securities (the “Option Securities”).

On June 19, 2020, PG&E Corporation entered into prepaid forward contracts (the “Forward Stock Purchase Agreements”) with the Backstop Parties. Each Forward Stock Purchase Agreement provides that, subject to certain conditions, the Backstop Party will purchase on the Effective Date, and receive on the Settlement Date (as defined in each Forward Stock Purchase Agreement) an amount of common stock of PG&E Corporation equal to its pro rata share of the value of the Option Securities which is approximately $523 million (such amount, each Backstop Party’s “Greenshoe Backstop Purchase Amount”), at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the lowest per share price of common stock sold on an underwritten basis to the public in an offering of common stock of PG&E Corporation, as disclosed on the cover page of the prospectus or prospectus supplement, and (ii) the price per share payable by the investors party to the Investment Agreement dated as of June 7, 2020 (such lesser price, the “Settlement Price”). The Settlement Price is $9.50 per share. Each Forward Stock Purchase Agreement expires on the later of (x) 30 days from June 25, 2020 and (y) the latest settlement date for the sale of Option Securities to the underwriters.

On June 25, 2020, the Backstop Parties funded the Greenshoe Backstop Purchase Amount to PG&E Corporation in the amount of $523 million which is recorded in Other current liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. As of June 30, 2020, no portion of the Greenshoe Backstop Purchase Amount had been settled or redeemed. PG&E Corporation applied the proceeds of such funding to distributions under the Plan on the Effective Date . On August 3, 2020, PG&E Corporation will redeem $120.5 million of the Forward Stock Purchase Agreements payable in cash as a result of the exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase Equity Units pursuant to the Equity Units Underwriting Agreement. On August 3, 2020, PG&E Corporation will deliver 42.3 million shares of PG&E Corporation common stock to the Backstop Parties to settle the portion of the Forward Stock Purchase Agreements that will not be redeemed.

Additionally, each Forward Stock Purchase Agreement provides that, subject to the consummation by PG&E Corporation of the Offerings, PG&E Corporation will issue to each Backstop Party its pro rata share of 50 million shares of common stock (such shares, each Backstop Party’s “Additional Backstop Premium Shares”). The Additional Backstop Premium Shares were issued to Backstop Parties on the Effective Date. As of June 30, 2020, PG&E Corporation recorded $444 million of expense related to the Additional Backstop Premium Shares in Reorganization items, net. This amount was based primarily on PG&E Corporation’s closing stock price on June 30, 2020 of $8.87 per share. On the Effective Date, PG&E Corporation’s closing stock price was $9.03 per share and as a result, PG&E Corporation will record an additional $8 million expense in the third quarter of 2020.

Financial Reporting in Reorganization

Effective on the Petition Date and up to June 30, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility applied accounting standards applicable to reorganizations, which are applicable to companies under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. These accounting standards require the financial statements for periods subsequent to the Petition Date to distinguish transactions and events that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations of the business. Expenses, realized gains and losses, and provisions for losses that was directly associated with reorganization proceedings must have been reported separately as reorganization items, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. In addition, the balance sheet must have distinguished pre-petition LSTC of PG&E Corporation and the Utility from pre-petition liabilities that were not subject to compromise, post-petition liabilities, and liabilities of the subsidiaries of PG&E Corporation that were not debtors in the Chapter 11 Cases in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. LSTC are pre-petition obligations that were not fully secured and had at least a possibility of not being repaid at the full claim amount. Where there was uncertainty about whether a secured claim will be paid or impaired pursuant to the Chapter 11 Cases, PG&E Corporation and the Utility have classified the entire amount of the claim as LSTC.
Furthermore, the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities are subject to uncertainty. Pursuant to the Plan and Confirmation Order, actions to enforce or otherwise effect the payment of certain claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility in existence before the Petition Date are subject to an injunction and will be satisfied pursuant to the Plan and the Chapter 11 claims reconciliation process. These claims were reflected as LSTC in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019. Additional claims may arise after the Petition Date resulting from the rejection of executory contracts, including leases, and from the determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or agreement by parties-in-interest) of allowed claims for contingencies and other disputed amounts.

PG&E Corporation’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include the accounts of PG&E Corporation and the Utility and other subsidiaries of PG&E Corporation and the Utility that individually and in aggregate are immaterial. Such other subsidiaries did not file for bankruptcy.

The Utility’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are presented on a consolidated basis and include the accounts of the Utility and other subsidiaries of the Utility that individually and in aggregate are immaterial. Such other subsidiaries did not file for bankruptcy.

Upon emergence from Chapter 11 on July 1, 2020, PG&E Corporation and the Utility were not required to apply fresh start accounting based on the provisions of ASC 852 since the entity’s reorganization value immediately before the date of confirmation is more than the total of all its post-petition liabilities and allowed claims.

Liabilities Subject to Compromise

As a result of the commencement of the Chapter 11 Cases, the payment of pre-petition liabilities was subject to compromise or other treatment pursuant to the Plan. Generally, actions to enforce or otherwise effect payment of pre-petition liabilities were subject to an injunction and will be satisfied pursuant to the Plan and the Chapter 11 claims reconciliation process. Although payment of pre-petition claims outside of the Plan generally is not permitted, the Bankruptcy Court granted PG&E Corporation and the Utility authority to pay certain pre-petition claims in designated categories and subject to certain terms and conditions. This relief generally was designed to preserve the value of PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s business and assets.

Prior to June 30, 2020, pre-petition liabilities that were subject to compromise were required to be reported at the amounts expected to be allowed. Therefore, liabilities subject to compromise as of December 31, 2019 in the table below reflected management’s estimates of amounts expected to be allowed in the Chapter 11 Cases, based upon, among other things, the status of negotiations with creditors. As of June 30, 2020, such amounts have been reclassified to current or non-current liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, based upon management’s judgment as to the timing for settlement of such liabilities.
Liabilities subject to compromise as of December 31, 2019 which were settled or reclassified during the six months ended June 30, 2020 consist of the following:
(in millions)Utility
PG&E
Corporation (1)
December 31, 2019
PG&E
Corporation
Consolidated
Change in Estimated Allowed Claim 2020 (2)
Cash
Payment
Reclassified (3)
Utility
PG&E
Corporation (1)
June 30, 2020
PG&E
Corporation
Consolidated
Financing debt
$22,450  $666  $23,116  $351  $—  $(23,467) $—  $—  $—  
Wildfire-related claims
25,548  —  25,548  18  (23) (25,543) —  —  —  
Trade creditors (4)
1,183   1,188   (14) (1,180) —  —  —  
Non-qualified benefit plan20  137  157  —  —  (157) —  —  —  
2001 bankruptcy disputed claims234  —  234   —  (238) —  —  —  
Customer deposits & advances71  —  71  12  —  (83) —  —  —  
Other230   232  59  —  (291) —  —  —  
Total Liabilities Subject to Compromise$49,736  $810  $50,546  $450  $(37) $(50,959) $—  $—  $—  
(1) PG&E Corporation amounts reflected under the column “PG&E Corporation” exclude the accounts of the Utility.
(2) Change in estimated allowed claim amounts are primarily due to interest accruals with the exception of the “wildfire-related claims”, “customer deposits & advances”, and “other” line items which are mainly due to the adjustment to recorded liabilities.
(3) Amounts reclassified included $8.6 million to Accounts payable - other, $237.6 million to Disputed claims and customer refunds, $1,347.4 million to Interest payable, $21,425.7 million to Long-term debt, $300.0 million to Short-term borrowings, $450.0 million to Long-term debt, classified as current, $301.0 million to Other current liabilities, $97.9 million to Other non-current liabilities, $121.3 million to Pension and other post-retirement benefits, $1,126.9 million to Accounts payable - trade creditors, and $25,542.7 million to Wildfire-related claims on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
(4) As of July 24, 2020, $0.4 million and $290 million has been repaid by PG&E Corporation and the Utility, respectively.

Chapter 11 Claims Process

PG&E Corporation and the Utility have received over 100,000 proofs of claim since the Petition Date. PG&E Corporation and the Utility continue their review and analysis of certain claims including litigation claims, trade creditor claims, non-qualified benefit plan claims, along with other tax and regulatory claims and therefore the ultimate liability of PG&E Corporation or the Utility for such claims may differ from the recorded amounts. To the extent that such claims were allowed by the Bankruptcy Court, PG&E Corporation and the Utility has recorded the allowed amounts of such claims until such claims are paid in accordance with the Plan and the Confirmation Order.

On the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Utility entered into a tax benefits payment agreement (the “Tax Benefits Payment Agreement”) with the Fire Victim Trust, pursuant to which the Utility agreed to pay to the Fire Victim Trust in cash an aggregate amount of $1.35 billion, comprising (i) at least $650 million of Tax Benefits for fiscal year 2020 to be paid on or before January 15, 2021 (the “First Payment Date”) and (ii) of the remainder of $1.35 billion of Tax Benefits for fiscal year 2021 to be paid on or before January 15, 2022.

Also on the Effective Date, pursuant to the Plan, the Utility entered into an assignment agreement with the Fire Victim Trust, pursuant to which the Utility agreed to transfer to the Fire Victim Trust on the Effective Date 477 million shares (such shares, the “Fire Victim Trust Shares”) of common stock of PG&E Corporation, no par value (the “Common Stock”). As a result of the Equity Units Underwriters exercising their option to purchase 1.45 million additional Equity Units, on August 3, 2020, PG&E Corporation will deliver 748,415 additional shares of Common Stock to the Fire Victim Trust pursuant to an anti-dilution provision in the assignment agreement with the Fire Victim Trust.

Further, on the Effective Date, PG&E Corporation and the Utility funded the Public Entities Segregated Defense Fund in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the Plan Support Agreements with Public Entities, and also made a payment of $1.0 billion in cash to the public entities who are party to the Plan Support Agreements with Public Entities. Also, on the Effective Date, PG&E Corporation and the Utility funded $100 million to the Subrogation Wildfire Trust and placed the balance of the $11.0 billion in a segregated escrow account established and owned by the Subrogation Wildfire Trust for the benefit of holders of Subrogation Wildfire Claims, which was subsequently paid to the Subrogation Wildfire Trust.

The Bankruptcy Code provides that the confirmation of a plan of reorganization discharges a debtor from substantially all debts arising prior to confirmation, other than as provided in the Plan or the Confirmation Order.
The Plan, however, provides that the holders of certain claims may pursue their claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility on or after the Effective Date, including, but not limited to, the following:

claims arising after the January 29, 2019 Petition Date that constitute administrative expense claims (including any claims for fires occurring after the January 29, 2019 Petition Date), which will not be discharged pursuant to the Plan, other than allowed administrative expense claims that have been paid in cash or otherwise satisfied in the ordinary course in an amount equal to the allowed amount of such claim on or prior to the Effective Date;

claims of the Ghost Ship fire litigation (with any recovery being limited to amounts available under PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s insurance policies for the 2016 year);

claims arising out of or based on the 2019 Kincade fire, which the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection has determined was caused by the Utility’s transmission lines; which is currently under investigation by the CPUC and the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office; and which may also be under investigation by various other entities, including law enforcement agencies; and

certain FERC refund proceedings, workers’ compensation benefits and environmental claims.

Furthermore, holders of certain claims may assert that they are entitled under the Plan or the Bankruptcy Code to pursue, or continue to pursue, their claims against PG&E Corporation and the Utility on or after the Effective Date, including but not limited to, claims arising from or relating to:

the purported de-energization securities class action filed in October 2019 and amended to add PG&E Corporation in April 2020;

the purported PSPS class action filed in December 2019 and seeking up to $2.5 billion in special and general damages and injunctive relief to require the Utility to properly maintain and inspect its power grid, was dismissed on April 3, 2020, and subsequently appealed on April 6, 2020; and

indemnification or contributing claims, including with respect to the 2018 Camp fire, the 2017 Northern California wildfires, and the 2015 Butte fire.

In addition, claims continue to be pursued against PG&E Corporation and the Utility and certain of their respective current and former directors and officers as well as certain underwriters, in connection with three purported securities class actions, as further described in Note 10 under the heading “Securities Class Action Litigation.”

The Plan assumed all power purchase agreements and community choice aggregation servicing agreements.

Various electricity suppliers filed claims in the Utility’s 2001 prior proceeding filed under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code seeking payment for energy supplied to the Utility’s customers between May 2000 and June 2001. While the FERC and judicial proceedings are pending, the Utility pursued settlements with electricity suppliers and entered into a number of settlement agreements with various electricity suppliers to resolve some of these disputed claims and to resolve the Utility’s refund claims against these electricity suppliers. Under these settlement agreements, amounts payable by the parties, in some instances, would be subject to adjustment based on the outcome of the various refund offset and interest issues being considered by the FERC. Generally, any net refunds, claim offsets, or other credits that the Utility receives from electricity suppliers either through settlement or through the conclusion of the various FERC and judicial proceedings are refunded to customers through rates in future periods. Pursuant to the Plan, on and after the Effective Date, the holders of such claims are entitled to pursue their claims against the Reorganized Utility as if the Chapter 11 Cases had not been commenced.
Reorganization Items, Net

Reorganization items, net, represent amounts incurred after the Petition Date as a direct result of the Chapter 11 Cases and are comprised of professional fees and financing costs, net of interest income. Cash paid for reorganization items, net was $90 million and $207 million for PG&E Corporation and the Utility, respectively, during the six months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to $15 million and $78 million for PG&E Corporation and the Utility, respectively, during the same period in 2019. Cash paid for reorganization items, net was $33 million and $90 million for PG&E Corporation and the Utility, respectively, during the three months ended June 30, 2020 as compared to cash received in the amounts of $2 million and $13 million for PG&E Corporation and the Utility, respectively, during the same period in 2019. Of the $207 million in cash paid for the Utility’s reorganization items, during the six months ended June 30, 2020, $18 million in facility fees related to the Debt Commitment Letters were recorded to a regulatory asset as they were deemed probable of recovery. Reorganization items, net for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 include the following:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions)Utility
PG&E Corporation (1)
PG&E Corporation Consolidated
Debtor-in-possession financing costs$ $—  $ 
Legal and other (2)
109  1,513  1,622  
Interest income—  —  —  
Trustee fees (3)
 —   
Total reorganization items, net$111  $1,513  $1,624  
(1) PG&E Corporation amounts reflected under the column “PG&E Corporation” exclude the accounts of the Utility.
(2) Amount includes $1.5 billion in equity backstop premium expense and bridge loan facility fees.
(3) PG&E Corporation and the Utility incurred $475,232 and $561,000, respectively, in fees to the U.S. Trustee in the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(in millions)Utility
PG&E Corporation (1)
PG&E Corporation Consolidated
Debtor-in-possession financing costs$ $—  $ 
Legal and other (2)
205  1,597  1,802  
Interest income(5) (2) (7) 
Trustee fees (3)
   
Total reorganization items, net$204  $1,596  $1,800  
(1) PG&E Corporation amounts reflected under the column “PG&E Corporation” exclude the accounts of the Utility.
(2) Amount includes $1.5 billion in equity backstop premium expense and bridge loan facility fees.
(3) PG&E Corporation and the Utility incurred $724,232 and $824,930, respectively, in fees to the U.S. Trustee in the six months ended June 30, 2020.

Reorganization items, net for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and from the Petition Date through June 30, 2019 include the following:

Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
(in millions)Utility
PG&E Corporation (1)
PG&E Corporation Consolidated
Debtor-in-possession financing costs$—  $—  $—  
Legal and other75   76  
Interest income(18) (3) (21) 
Trustee fees (2)
—    
Total reorganization items, net$57  $(1) $56  
(1) PG&E Corporation amounts reflected under the column “PG&E Corporation” exclude the accounts of the Utility.
(2) PG&E Corporation and the Utility incurred $416,667 and $250,000, respectively, in fees to the U.S. Trustee in the three months ended June 30, 2019.
Petition Date Through June 30, 2019
(in millions)Utility
PG&E Corporation (1)
PG&E Corporation Consolidated
Debtor-in-possession financing costs$97  $17  $114  
Legal and other98   100  
Interest income(27) (5) (32) 
Trustee fees (2)
—    
Total reorganization items, net$168  $15  $183  
(1) PG&E Corporation amounts reflected under the column “PG&E Corporation” exclude the accounts of the Utility.
(2) PG&E Corporation and the Utility incurred $416,667 and $250,000, respectively, in fees to the U.S. Trustee through June 30, 2019.