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PG&E Corp., et al. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/20 – ‘JSON’

On:  Thursday, 10/29/20, at 8:47am ET   ·   For:  9/30/20   ·   Accession #:  1004980-20-58   ·   File #s:  1-02348, 1-12609

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10/29/20  PG&E Corp.                        10-Q        9/30/20  116:20M
          Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML   2.19M 
 2: EX-4.15     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     48K 
 3: EX-10.12    Material Contract                                   HTML    865K 
 4: EX-10.31    Material Contract                                   HTML     52K 
 5: EX-10.32    Material Contract                                   HTML     52K 
 6: EX-10.33    Material Contract                                   HTML     52K 
 7: EX-10.34    Material Contract                                   HTML     77K 
 8: EX-10.35    Material Contract                                   HTML     77K 
 9: EX-10.36    Material Contract                                   HTML     57K 
10: EX-10.37    Material Contract                                   HTML     77K 
11: EX-10.38    Material Contract                                   HTML     74K 
12: EX-10.39    Material Contract                                   HTML     58K 
13: EX-10.40    Material Contract                                   HTML    169K 
14: EX-10.41    Material Contract                                   HTML     73K 
15: EX-10.42    Material Contract                                   HTML     90K 
16: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
17: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     41K 
18: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
19: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
26: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML    125K 
27: R2          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income         HTML    124K 
28: R3          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     57K 
                Income                                                           
29: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive  HTML     35K 
                Income (Parenthetical)                                           
30: R5          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    218K 
31: R6          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     42K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
32: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    180K 
33: R8          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     34K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
34: R9          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity         HTML    111K 
35: R10         Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     39K 
36: R11         Bankruptcy Filing                                   HTML    169K 
37: R12         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    205K 
38: R13         Regulatory Assets, Liabilities, and Balancing       HTML     92K 
                Accounts                                                         
39: R14         Debt                                                HTML    187K 
40: R15         Equity                                              HTML     54K 
41: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     52K 
42: R17         Derivatives                                         HTML     78K 
43: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    254K 
44: R19         Wildfire-Related Contingencies                      HTML    214K 
45: R20         Other Contingencies and Commitments                 HTML    214K 
46: R21         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     95K 
                (Policies)                                                       
47: R22         Bankruptcy Filing (Tables)                          HTML    122K 
48: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    186K 
                (Tables)                                                         
49: R24         Regulatory Assets, Liabilities, and Balancing       HTML     95K 
                Accounts (Tables)                                                
50: R25         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    157K 
51: R26         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
52: R27         Derivatives (Tables)                                HTML    107K 
53: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    255K 
54: R29         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Tables)             HTML     49K 
55: R30         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Tables)        HTML     64K 
56: R31         Organization and Basis of Presentation (Details)    HTML     34K 
57: R32         Bankruptcy Filing (Plan of Reorganization and       HTML    180K 
                Restructuring Support Agreements) (Details)                      
58: R33         Bankruptcy Filing (Equity Financing) (Details)      HTML     77K 
59: R34         Bankruptcy Filing (Schedule of Liabilities Subject  HTML    146K 
                to Compromise) (Details)                                         
60: R35         Bankruptcy Filing (Chapter 11 Claims Process)       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R36         Bankruptcy Filing (Reorganization Items, Net)       HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R37         Bankruptcy Filing (Schedule of Debtor               HTML     51K 
                Reorganization Items) (Details)                                  
63: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     62K 
                (Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost)                        
                (Details)                                                        
64: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
                (Reclassifications Out of Accumulated Other                      
                Comprehensive Income) (Details)                                  
65: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     76K 
                (Revenues Disaggregated by Type of Customer)                     
                (Details)                                                        
66: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     77K 
                (Wildfire Fund) (Details)                                        
67: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     36K 
                (Recently Adopted Accounting Standards) (Details)                
68: R43         Regulatory Assets, Liabilities, and Balancing       HTML     72K 
                Accounts (Long-Term Regulatory Assets) (Details)                 
69: R44         Regulatory Assets, Liabilities, and Balancing       HTML     45K 
                Accounts (Long-Term Regulatory Liabilities)                      
                (Details)                                                        
70: R45         Regulatory Assets, Liabilities, and Balancing       HTML     56K 
                Accounts (Current Regulatory Balancing Accounts,                 
                Net) (Details)                                                   
71: R46         Debt (Outstanding Borrowings and Availability)      HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R47         Debt (Credit Facility) (Details)                    HTML    107K 
73: R48         Debt (Accounts Receivable Financing) (Details)      HTML     44K 
74: R49         Debt (Long-term Debt) (Details)                     HTML    103K 
75: R50         Debt (Schedule of Long-term Debt) (Details)         HTML    216K 
76: R51         Equity (Details)                                    HTML    135K 
77: R52         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     55K 
78: R53         Derivatives (Volumes of Outstanding Derivative      HTML     44K 
                Contracts, in Megawatt Hours Unless Otherwise                    
                Specified) (Details)                                             
79: R54         Derivatives (Outstanding Derivative Balances)       HTML     65K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R55         Fair Value Measurements (Assets and Liabilities     HTML    119K 
                Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis)                     
                (Details)                                                        
81: R56         Fair Value Measurements (Level 3 Measurements and   HTML     55K 
                Sensitivity Analysis) (Details)                                  
82: R57         Fair Value Measurements (Level 3 Reconciliation)    HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R58         Fair Value Measurements (Carrying Amount and Fair   HTML     46K 
                Value of Financial Instruments) (Details)                        
84: R59         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Unrealized     HTML     54K 
                Gains (Losses) Related to Available-for-Sale                     
                Investments) (Details)                                           
85: R60         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Maturities on  HTML     49K 
                Debt Securities) (Details)                                       
86: R61         Fair Value Measurements (Schedule of Activity for   HTML     38K 
                Debt and Equity Securities) (Details)                            
87: R62         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (2018 Camp Fire and  HTML     45K 
                2017 Northern California Wildfires Background)                   
                (Details)                                                        
88: R63         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Pre-petition        HTML     80K 
                Wildfire-Related Claims and Discharge Upon Plan                  
                Effective Date) (Details)                                        
89: R64         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Plan Support        HTML     38K 
                Agreements with Public Entities) (Details)                       
90: R65         Wildfire- Related Contingencies (Restructuring      HTML     57K 
                Support Agreement) (Details)                                     
91: R66         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (2019 Kincade Fire   HTML     82K 
                and 2020 Zogg Fire) (Details)                                    
92: R67         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Insurance)          HTML     71K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R68         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Insurance           HTML     53K 
                Receivable) (Details)                                            
94: R69         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Regulatory          HTML     43K 
                Recovery) (Details)                                              
95: R70         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Wildfire-Related    HTML     36K 
                Derivative Litigation) (Details)                                 
96: R71         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Wildfire-Related    HTML     39K 
                Securities Class Action Litigation) (Details)                    
97: R72         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (District Attorneys  HTML     48K 
                Offices Investigations) (Details)                                
98: R73         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Clean-up and        HTML     47K 
                Repair Costs) (Details)                                          
99: R74         Wildfire-Related Contingencies (Wildfire Fund)      HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
100: R75         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Order          HTML     60K  
                Instituting Investigation Narrative) (Details)                   
101: R76         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Order          HTML     60K  
                Instituting Investigation Legal Obligation)                      
                (Details)                                                        
102: R77         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Transmission   HTML     43K  
                Owner Rate) (Details)                                            
103: R78         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Other          HTML     33K  
                Matters) (Details)                                               
104: R79         Other Contingencies and Commitments (PSPS Class     HTML     38K  
                Action) (Details)                                                
105: R80         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Disallowance   HTML     40K  
                of Capital Expenditures) (Details)                               
106: R81         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Environmental  HTML     43K  
                Remediation Contingencies Liability) (Details)                   
107: R82         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Environmental  HTML     34K  
                Remediation Contingencies Narrative) (Details)                   
108: R83         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Natural Gas    HTML     49K  
                Compressor Station Sites) (Details)                              
109: R84         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Nuclear        HTML     41K  
                Insurance) (Details)                                             
110: R85         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Tax Matters)   HTML     35K  
                (Details)                                                        
111: R86         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Purchase       HTML     33K  
                Commitments) (Details)                                           
112: R87         Other Contingencies and Commitments (Oakland        HTML     44K  
                Headquarters Lease) (Details)                                    
114: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    207K  
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113: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    182K  
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