5-13-03 Item 9 8-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Washington, D.C.  20549



FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT


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


Date of Report: May 13, 2003



Commission
File
Number

Exact Name of
Registrant
as specified in
its charter


State or other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation


IRS Employer
  Identification
Number

_____________

_____________

_____________

_____________

1-12609

1-2348

PG&E Corporation

Pacific Gas and
Electric Company

California

California

94-3234914

94-0742640


Pacific Gas and Electric Company
77 Beale Street, P. O. Box 770000
San Francisco, California  94177

PG&E Corporation
One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2400
San Francisco, California  94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)


Pacific Gas and Electric Company
(415) 973-7000

PG&E Corporation
(415) 267-7000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



Item 9. Regulation FD Disclosure  

The information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the financial and statistical information attached hereto as an exhibit, is being furnished, not filed, pursuant to Item 9 of Form 8-K.


                                                                     

SIGNATURE

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 thereunto duly authorized.

                                                                     

PG&E CORPORATION

                                                                     

By:  CHRISTOPHER P. JOHNS

                                                                     

                                                                  

                                                                     

       CHRISTOPHER P. JOHNS
       Senior Vice President and Controller



                                                                     

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

                                                                     

By:  LINDA Y.H. CHENG

                                                                     

                                                                     

                                                                     

       LINDA Y.H. CHENG

       Corporate Secretary

Dated:  May 13, 2003



Pacific Gas and Electric Company [logo]

Three months ended

March 31,

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2003

2002

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Electric Sales (in millions kWh)

Residential

7,194 

7,022 

Commercial

7,239 

7,457 

Industrial

3,543 

3,611 

Agricultural

475 

462 

Public street and highway lighting

141 

145 

Other electric utilities

51 

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Sales from Energy Deliveries

18,643 

18,697 

Total Electric Customers (1)

4,883,841 

4,729,364 

Bundled Gas Sales (in MMDTh) (2)

Residential

80 

88 

Commercial

27 

27 

Industrial

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Total Bundled Gas Sales

107 

115 

Total Transportation Only

124 

115 

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Total Gas Sales

231 

230 

Total Gas Customers (1)

4,045,690

3,923,027


Sources of Electric Energy (in millions kWh)

Utility Generation

Nuclear

3,266 

4,613  

Hydro (net)

2,933 

2,469  

Fossil

159 

207  

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Total Utility Generation

6,358 

7,289 

Purchased Power

Qualifying Facilities

4,543 

5,266 

Irrigation Districts

1,038 

794 

Other Purchased Power (3)

1,771 

1,042 

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Total Purchased Power

7,352 

7,102 

Delivery from DWR

6,598 

4,125 

Delivery to Direct Access Customers

2,318 

1,996 

Other (includes energy loss)

(3,983)

(1,816)

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Total Electric Energy Delivered

18,643 

18,696

Diablo Canyon Performance

Overall capacity factors (including refuelings)

70%

98%

Refueling outage period

2/3/03-3/26/03

Refueling outage duration (days)

51 days

(1)  Customers reported as number of active service agreements.  The Utility implemented a new customer information system

in Q4 of 2002, whereby the number of "customers" for Q1 03 is not comparable to the number of "customers" for Q1 02.

(2)  The Q1 02 bundled gas sales were reported in millions of MCF, they were converted form MCF to MMDth in this report.

For the reporting period:  MMDTH = MCF *1.108/(1,000,000)

(3)  Energy via California Power Exchange, ISO, bilateral contracts, DWR Renewable power, and other Interchange Power.



PG&E NATIONAL ENERGY GROUP (logo)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

3/31/2003

 

3/31/2002

NEG Earnings Per Share Metrics

 

 

Integrated Energy and Marketing

 

  $           (0.39)

  $             0.05

 

Interstate Pipeline Operations

 

                0.04

                0.05

 

Discontinued Operations

 

               (0.18)

                0.02

 

Eliminations and Other

 

  $           (0.16)

  $           (0.02)

 

 

Total Reported - National Energy Group

 

  $           (0.69)

  $             0.10

 

 

 

 

Generating Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Owned and Controlled Capacity in Operation (MW)

1,476

7,099

 

Owned and Controlled Capacity in Construction (MW)

0

7,743

 

Total Owned and Controlled Capacity (MW)

1,476

1

14,842

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Expenditures ($MM)

 

$98

$316

 

MM MWh generated (owned and controlled)

 

6.1

 

9.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pipeline Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of capacity under long-term contracts

 

94.9%

 

99.6%

 

Average Receipts (MDth/d)

 

 

 

From Canadian Supply (at Kingsgate)

 

1,468

2,326

 

 

From Rockies/BC Supply (at Stanfield)

 

58

5

 

Average Deliveries (MDth/d)

 

 

 

To Pacific Northwest

 

435

579

 

 

To California

 

1,062

1,631

 

 

To Nevada

 

65

86

 

Capital Expenditures ($MM)

 

$3

 

$42

 

 

 

 

Trading and Non-Trading Activity Gross Margin ($MM)

Trading unrealized gain/(loss)

$8

($3)

Trading realized gain/(loss)

($33)

$45

Total Mark-to-market Gross Margin

($25)

$42

Non-Trading MtM gain/(loss) 2

 

 

 

 

As of

Value-at-Risk ($MM) 3

 

3/31/2003

12/31/2002

 

Daily Trading VaR at 95% confidence level

 

$16

 

$8

 

Daily Non-trading VaR at 95% confidence level for contracts that receive MtM accounting

treatment

 

$10

 

$3

 

Daily Non-trading VaR at 95% confidence level for contracts accounted for as hedges

 

$12

 

$9

 

 

 

 

Fair value of price risk management assets and liabilities ($MM)

 

(of trading and non trading activities) 4

 

 

 

 

 

Price risk management assets

 

$981

 

$896

 

Price risk management liabilities

$901

 

$811

 

Net Portfolio Value

 

$80

 

$85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maturity of Fair Value of Trading Contracts at March 31, 2003 ($MM)

 

 

 

 

 

Less than one year

 

$57

 

($43)

 

One to three years

 

($79)

 

($13)

 

Four to five years

 

($17)

 

($28)

 

Beyond five years

 

$50

 

$62

 

 

Total

 

$11

($22)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of

NEG Capitalization (consolidated)

 

3/31/2003

12/31/2002

 

Debt to Capitalization Ratio

 

138.2%

127.1%

 

Debt to Capitalization Ratio (debt net of cash)

144.2%

129.9%

 

Capitalization ($MM)

 

 

 

Debt

 

$5,238

$4,877

 

 

Equity

 

($1,449)

($1,040)

 

 

Cash

 

$513

$363

 

 

 

 

1

 

Owned and contolled capacity excludes assets to be abandoned and assets held for sale.

2

 

Non-trading MtM gains/(losses) include ineffective hedges associated with assets and contracts that no longer qualify for normal purchases and sales treatment under FAS 133.

3

 

The NEG expresses value-at-risk as a dollar amount of the potential loss in the fair value of the portfolios based on a 95% confidence level using a one-day liquidation period.

4

 

Balance excludes price risk management assets (liabilities) held for sale.