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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

PG&E Corporation:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

PG&E Corporation:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

PG&E Corporation:

☒

Large accelerated filer

☐

Accelerated filer

☐

Non-accelerated filer

☐

Smaller reporting company

☐

Emerging growth company

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☐

Large accelerated filer

☐

Accelerated filer

☒

Non-accelerated filer

☐

Smaller reporting company

☐

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

PG&E Corporation:

☐

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

PG&E Corporation:

☐

Yes

☒

No

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☐

Yes

☒

No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.

PG&E Corporation:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

☒

Yes

☐

No

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

Common stock outstanding as of October 27, 2021:

PG&E Corporation:

2,463,112,791*

Pacific Gas and Electric Company:

264,374,809

*Includes 477,743,590 shares of common stock held by PG&E ShareCo LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PG&E Corporation.

PG&E CORPORATION AND

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

TABLE OF CONTENTS

GLOSSARY
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
			ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
			PG&E CORPORATION
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
			PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
			CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
			NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
			NOTE 1: ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
			NOTE 2: BANKRUPTCY FILING
			NOTE 3: SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
			NOTE 4: REGULATORY ASSETS, LIABILITIES, AND BALANCING ACCOUNTS
			NOTE 5: DEBT
			NOTE 6: EQUITY
			NOTE 7: EARNINGS PER SHARE
			NOTE 8: DERIVATIVES
			NOTE 9: FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
			NOTE 10: WILDFIRE-RELATED CONTINGENCIES
			NOTE 11: OTHER CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS
			ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
			OVERVIEW
			RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
			LIQUIDITY AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES
			ENFORCEMENT AND LITIGATION MATTERS
			REGULATORY MATTERS
			LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY INITIATIVES
			ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS
			CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS
			RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
			CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
			ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ISSUED BUT NOT YET ADOPTED
			ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
			ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
			ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
			ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
			ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
			ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
			SIGNATURES

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report contains forward-looking statements that are necessarily subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements reflect management’s judgment and opinions that are based on current estimates, expectations, and projections about future events and assumptions regarding these events and management’s knowledge of facts as of the date of this report. These forward-looking statements relate to, among other matters, estimated losses, including penalties and fines, associated with various investigations and proceedings; forecasts of capital expenditures; estimates and assumptions used in critical accounting policies, including those relating to insurance receivables, regulatory assets and liabilities, environmental remediation, litigation, third-party claims, the Wildfire Fund, and other liabilities; and the level of future equity or debt issuances. These statements are also identified by words such as “assume,” “expect,” “intend,” “forecast,” “plan,” “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “anticipate,” “may,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “potential” and similar expressions. PG&E Corporation and the Utility are not able to predict all the factors that may affect future results. Some of the factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, or from historical results, include, but are not limited to:

•PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s historical financial information not being indicative of future financial performance as a result of the Chapter 11 Cases and the financial and other restructuring recently undergone by PG&E Corporation and the Utility in connection with their emergence from Chapter 11;

•the risks and uncertainties associated with wildfires that have occurred, are occurring or may occur in the Utility’s service territory, including the wildfire that began on October 23, 2019 northeast of Geyserville in Sonoma County, California (the “2019 Kincade fire”), the wildfire that began on September 27, 2020 in the area of Zogg Mine Road and Jenny Bird Lane, north of Igo in Shasta County, California (the “2020 Zogg fire”), the wildfire that began on July 13, 2021 near the Feather River Canyon in Plumas County (the “2021 Dixie fire”), and any other wildfires for which the cause has yet to be determined, the damage caused by such wildfires; the extent of the Utility’s liability in connection with such wildfires (including the risk that the Utility may be found liable for damages regardless of fault); investigations into such wildfires, including those being conducted by the CPUC and the District Attorneys’ offices of Sonoma, Shasta, Butte, and Plumas Counties; the outcome of the criminal proceedings initiated against the Utility by the Sonoma County District Attorney in connection with the 2019 Kincade fire; the outcome of the criminal proceedings initiated against the Utility by the Shasta County District Attorney in connection with the 2020 Zogg fire and three other fires; potential liabilities in connection with fines or penalties that could be imposed on the Utility if the CPUC or any other enforcement agency were to bring an enforcement action in respect of any such fire; the risk that the Utility is not able to recover costs from insurance, from the Wildfire Fund or through rates; and the effect on PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s reputations of such wildfires, investigations and proceedings;

•the Utility’s ability to reduce wildfire threats and improve safety, including the Utility’s ability to comply with the targets and metrics set forth in its WMP; to maintain a valid safety certification; to retain or contract for the workforce necessary to execute its WMP; the effectiveness of its system hardening, including undergrounding; and the cost of the program and the timing and outcome of any proceeding to recover such costs through rates;

•the impact of wildfires, droughts, floods, high winds, lightning, extreme heat events (including recent extreme heat events during the 2021 wildfire season) or other weather-related conditions or events, climate change, natural disasters, acts of terrorism, war, vandalism (including cyber-attacks), downed power lines, and other events, that can cause unplanned outages, reduce generating output, disrupt the Utility’s service to customers, or damage or disrupt the facilities, operations, or information technology and systems owned by the Utility, its customers, or third parties on which the Utility relies, and the effectiveness of the Utility’s efforts to prevent or respond to such conditions or events; and the reparation and other costs that the Utility may incur in connection with such conditions or events; the impact of the adequacy of the Utility’s emergency preparedness; whether the Utility incurs liability to third parties for property damage or personal injury caused by such events; whether the Utility is able to procure replacement power; and whether the Utility is subject to civil, criminal, or regulatory penalties in connection with such events;

•the breakdown or failure of equipment that can cause damages, including fires, and unplanned outages; and whether the Utility will be subject to investigations, penalties, and other costs in connection with such events;

•the risks and uncertainties associated with the Utility’s ability to access the Wildfire Fund, including whether the Wildfire Fund has sufficient remaining funds;

•the impact of the Utility’s implementation of its PSPS program, and whether any fines, penalties or civil liability for damages will be imposed on the Utility as a result; the costs in connection with PSPS events, the timing and outcome of any proceeding to recover such costs through rates, and the effects on PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s reputations caused by implementation of the PSPS program;

•the risks and uncertainties associated with the timing and outcomes of PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s ongoing litigation, including appeals of the Confirmation Order; certain indemnity obligations to current and former officers and directors, as well as potential indemnity obligations to underwriters for certain of the Utility’s note offerings; three purported class actions that have been consolidated and denominated In re PG&E Corporation Securities Litigation, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Case No. 18-035509; the appeal of the FERC’s order denying rehearing on March 17, 2020 granting the Utility a 50-basis point ROE incentive adder for continued participation in the CAISO; the debarment proceeding; the purported PSPS class action filed in December 2019; and other third-party claims, including the extent to which related costs can be recovered through insurance, rates, or from other third parties;

•the outcome of the probation and the Monitorship imposed by the federal court after the Utility’s conviction in the federal criminal trial in 2017, remedial costs that the Utility may incur in connection with the probation including the costs of complying with any additional conditions of probation imposed in connection with the Utility’s federal criminal proceeding, such as expenses associated with any material expansion of the Utility’s vegetation management program;

•the timing and outcomes of the Utility’s pending and future ratemaking and regulatory proceedings, including the extent to which PG&E Corporation and the Utility are able to recover their costs through rates as recorded in memorandum accounts or balancing accounts, or as otherwise requested;

•the outcome of current and future self-reports, investigations or other enforcement actions, or notices of violation that could be issued related to the Utility’s compliance with laws, rules, regulations, or orders applicable to its gas and electric operations; the construction, expansion, or replacement of its electric and gas facilities; electric grid reliability; audit, inspection and maintenance practices; customer billing and privacy; physical and cybersecurity protections; environmental laws and regulations; or otherwise, such as fines, penalties, remediation obligations, the transfer of ownership of the Utility’s assets to municipalities or other public entities, or the implementation of corporate governance, operational or in connection with the EOEP or other changes;

•the ability of the Utility to meet the conditions in its corrective action plan and exit the EOEP;

•the ability of PG&E Corporation and the Utility to securitize (i) up to $1.19 billion of fire risk mitigation capital expenditures that were or will be incurred by the Utility in 2020 and 2021 and (ii) $7.5 billion of costs related to the multiple wildfires that began on October 8, 2017 and spread through Northern California, including Napa, Sonoma, Butte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Lake, Nevada and Yuba Counties, as well as in the area surrounding Yuba City (the “2017 Northern California wildfires”) in a financing transaction that is designed to be rate neutral to customers;

•the severity, extent and duration of the global COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s financial condition, results of operations, liquidity and cash flows, as well as on energy demand in the Utility’s service territory, the ability of the Utility to collect on customer receivables, the ability of the Utility to mitigate these effects, including with spending reductions, and the ability of the Utility to recover any losses incurred in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of workforce disruptions caused either by illness of workers and their family members or workforce attrition related to potential new workplace regulations such as vaccine mandates;

•the availability, cost, coverage, and terms of the Utility’s insurance, including insurance for wildfire, nuclear, and other liabilities, the timing of any insurance recoveries, and recovery of the costs of such insurance or, in the event liabilities exceed insured amounts, the ability to recover uninsured losses through rates or from other third parties;

•increased employee attrition as a result of the challenging political and operating environment facing PG&E Corporation and the Utility;

•whether the Utility can control its operating costs within the authorized levels of spending, and timely recover its costs through rates; whether the Utility can continue implementing a streamlined organizational structure and achieve project savings, the extent to which the Utility incurs unrecoverable costs that are higher than the forecasts of such costs; and changes in cost forecasts or the scope and timing of planned work resulting from changes in customer demand for electricity and natural gas or other reasons;

•cyber or physical attacks on the Utility or its third-party vendors, contractors, or customers (or others with whom they have shared data), which could result in operational disruption; the misappropriation or loss of confidential or proprietary assets, information or data, including customer, employee, financial, or operating system information, or intellectual property; corruption of data; or potential costs, lost revenues, or reputational harm;

•the ultimate amount of unrecoverable environmental costs the Utility incurs associated with the Utility’s natural gas compressor station site located near Hinkley, California and the Utility’s fossil fuel-fired generation sites;

•the impact that reductions in Utility customer demand for electricity and natural gas, driven by customer departures to CCAs and direct access providers and legislative mandates to replace gas-fuel technologies, have on the Utility’s ability to make and recover its investments through rates and earn its authorized return on equity, and whether the Utility is successful in addressing the impact of growing distributed and renewable generation resources, and changing customer demand for its natural gas and electric services;

•the supply and price of electricity, natural gas, and nuclear fuel; the extent to which the Utility can manage and respond to the volatility of energy commodity prices; the ability of the Utility and its counterparties to post or return collateral in connection with price risk management activities; and whether the Utility is able to recover timely its electric generation and energy commodity costs through rates, including its renewable energy procurement costs;

•the risks and uncertainties associated with any future substantial sales of shares of common stock of PG&E Corporation by existing shareholders, including the Fire Victim Trust;

•the ability of PG&E Corporation and the Utility to access capital markets and other sources of debt and equity financing in a timely manner on acceptable terms;

•the timing and outcome of future regulation and federal, state or local legislation, their implementation, and their interpretation, the cost to comply with such regulation and legislation, and the extent to which the Utility recovers its associated compliance and investment costs, including those regarding:

◦wildfires, including inverse condemnation reform, wildfire insurance, and additional wildfire mitigation measures or other reforms targeted at the Utility or its industry;

◦the environment, including the costs incurred to discharge the Utility’s remediation obligations or the costs to comply with standards for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy targets, energy efficiency standards, distributed energy resources, and electric vehicles;

◦the nuclear industry, including operations, seismic design, security, safety, relicensing, the storage of spent nuclear fuel, decommissioning, and cooling water intake, and the Utility’s ability to continue operating Diablo Canyon until its planned retirement;

◦the regulation of utilities and their holding companies, including the conditions imposed on PG&E Corporation when it became the Utility’s holding company and whether the Utility can make distributions to PG&E Corporation; and

◦taxes and tax audits;

•actions by credit rating agencies to downgrade PG&E Corporation’s or the Utility’s credit ratings or to place those ratings on negative outlook;

•whether PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s counterparties are available and able to meet their financial and performance obligations with respect to contracts, credit agreements, and financial instruments, which could be affected by disruptions in the global supply chain caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or otherwise;

•whether PG&E Corporation or the Utility undergoes an “ownership change” within the meaning of section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), as a result of which tax attributes could be limited; and

•the impact of changes in GAAP, standards, rules, or policies, including those related to regulatory accounting, and the impact of changes in their interpretation or application.

For more information about the significant risks that could affect the outcome of the forward-looking statements and PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s future financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, and cash flows, see Item 1A. Risk Factors below and a detailed discussion of these matters contained in Item 2. MD&A. PG&E Corporation and the Utility do not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether in response to new information, future events, or otherwise.

PG&E Corporation and the Utility routinely provide links to the Utility’s principal regulatory proceedings before the CPUC and the FERC at http://investor.pgecorp.com, under the “Regulatory Filings” tab, so that such filings are available to investors upon filing with the relevant agency. PG&E Corporation and the Utility also routinely post or provide direct links to presentations, documents, and other information that may be of interest to investors at http://investor.pgecorp.com, under the “Chapter 11,” “Wildfire and Safety Updates” and “News & Events: Events & Presentations” tabs, respectively, in order to publicly disseminate such information. Specifically, within two hours during business hours or four hours outside of business hours of the determination that an incident is attributable or allegedly attributable to the Utility’s electric facilities and has resulted in property damage estimated to exceed $50,000, a fatality or injuries requiring overnight in-patient hospitalization, or significant public or media attention, the Utility is required to submit an EIR including information about such incident. The information included in an EIR is limited and may not include important information about the facts and circumstances about the incident due to the limited scope of the reporting requirements and timing of the report and is necessarily limited to information to which the Utility has access at the time of the report. Ignitions are also reportable under CPUC Decision 14-02-015 when they involve self-propagating fire of material other than electrical or communication facilities; the fire traveled greater than one linear meter from the ignition point; and the Utility has knowledge that the fire occurred. It is possible that any of these filings or information included therein could be deemed to be material information. The information contained on such website is not part of this or any other report that PG&E Corporation or the Utility files with, or furnishes to, the SEC. PG&E Corporation and the Utility are providing the address to this website solely for the information of investors and do not intend the address to be an active link.