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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: September 25, 2014
(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) 973-1000
(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

2015 Gas Transmission and Storage (“GT&S”) Rate Case

As previously disclosed, on September 15, 2014, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”) notified the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) and the CPUC administrative law judge ("ALJ") overseeing the Utility's GT&S rate case that the Utility believes that some communications between the Utility and CPUC personnel violated the CPUC's rules prohibiting certain ex parte communications.  On September 25, 2014, the CPUC's acting chief ALJ, who is temporarily overseeing the 2015 GT&S rate case until a new ALJ is assigned, suspended the procedural schedule which had previously called for evidentiary hearings to begin on October 6, 2014.  The prior schedule also contemplated a final decision to be issued around March 2015.  (The CPUC has previously issued an order to allow any revenue requirement changes adopted in the final decision to become effective on January 1, 2015.)  A prehearing conference will be scheduled to discuss a revised procedural schedule.

In addition, the Utility has been ordered to appear at a hearing to be held before a CPUC ALJ on October 7, 2014 to show cause why the Utility should not be held in contempt and punished for the prohibited ex parte communications in the GT&S rate case that the Utility identified and reported to the CPUC.  See the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by PG&E Corporation and the Utility on September 15, 2014 for more information.
               



 
 

 

 
 
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: September 26, 2014
 
By:
 
 
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
       
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
 Vice President, Corporate Governance and
 Corporate Secretary
 

 
 

 
         
   
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
     
Dated: September 26, 2014
 
By:
 
 
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
       
 LINDA Y.H. CHENG
 Vice President, Corporate Governance and
 Corporate Secretary