PG&E (PCG) 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers

UNITED STATES
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: December 20, 2011 (Date of earliest event reported)
PG&E CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
California	1-12609		94-3234914
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Market, Spear Tower, Suite 2400, San Francisco, CA		94105
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip code)
415-267-7000
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in Charter)
California	1-2348		94-0742640
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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)
N/A
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 5.02.  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

2012 PG&E Corporation Short-Term Incentive Plan

On December 20, 2011, the Compensation Committee of the PG&E Corporation Board of Directors (“Committee”) approved the PG&E Corporation 2012 Short-Term Incentive Plan (“STIP”) under which officers and employees of PG&E Corporation and its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“Utility”), may receive cash awards based on the extent to which specified performance targets are met in each of three areas: safety (both public and employee), customer satisfaction (which includes operational reliability), and corporate financial performance.  The resulting STIP scores for each of these measures will have the following weightings: safety (40%), customer satisfaction (30%), and corporate financial performance (30%).  The Committee will approve the specific performance targets for each of these STIP components in February 2012.

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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: December 27, 2011	By:	LINDA Y.H. CHENG
		LINDA Y.H. CHENG  Vice President, Corporate Governance and  Corporate Secretary

	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
Dated: December 27, 2011	By:	LINDA Y.H. CHENG
		LINDA Y.H. CHENG  Vice President, Corporate Governance and  Corporate Secretary

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