UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report: April 11, 2013
(Date of earliest event reported)

Commission File Number
 
Exact Name of Registrant
as specified in its charter
 
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
 
IRS Employer Identification Number
1-12609
 
PG&E CORPORATION
 
California
 
94-3234914
1-2348
 
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
 
California
 
94-0742640


 
77 Beale Street
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, California 94177
 (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 267-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
 
77 Beale Street
P.O. Box 770000
San Francisco, California 94177
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(415) 973-7000
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
     

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Item 8.01 Other Events

On April 11, 2013, an order was issued to extend the procedural schedule in three investigative enforcement proceedings pending at the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) against Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“Utility”).  The CPUC investigations relate to (1) the Utility’s safety recordkeeping for its natural gas transmission system, (2) the Utility’s operation of its natural gas transmission pipeline system in or near locations of higher population density, and (3) the Utility’s pipeline installation, integrity management, recordkeeping and other operational practices, and other events or courses of conduct, that could have led to or contributed to the rupture of one of the Utility’s natural gas transmission pipelines on September 9, 2010 in San Bruno, California and the ensuing explosion and fire.  The parties were previously ordered to file a single brief, rather than a separate brief in each proceeding, to recommend the amount of penalties and other remedies to be imposed on the Utility based on the violations the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division alleges the Utility committed.  Under the revised schedule, the briefs from the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division and the interveners (The Utility Reform Network, the CPUC’s Division of Ratepayer Advocates, the City and County of San Francisco, and the City of San Bruno) are due May 6, 2013.  The Utility’s reply brief is due May 24, 2013 and rebuttal briefs are due on June 5, 2013.

After briefing has been completed, it is anticipated that the administrative law judges overseeing the proceedings will issue one or more presiding officer’s decisions containing the violations determined to have been committed, the amount of penalties and any required remedial actions.

 
 

 



SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

         
   
PG&E CORPORATION
     
Dated: April 11, 2013
 
By:
 
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
       
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
 Vice President, Corporate Governance and
 Corporate Secretary
 

 
 

 
         
   
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
     
Dated: April 11, 2013
 
By:
 
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
       
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
 Vice President, Corporate Governance and
 Corporate Secretary