PG&E Regulatory balancing accounts decreased by 48.8% to $1.60B in Q1 2026 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric declined by 38.0%, from $2.58B to $1.60B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Regulatory balancing accounts shows an upward trend with a 20.2% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Increases indicate an obligation to return funds to customers or offset future rate increases.
These are liabilities arising from regulatory mechanisms where the utility has collected more or less from customers tha...
Specific to regulated utilities with cost-recovery mechanisms.
current_liabilities_regulatory_balancing_accounts_liabilities| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | Q1 '26 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Value | $1.07B | $1.14B | $1.12B | $1.68B | $1.59B | $1.72B | $1.66B | $1.45B | $1.32B | $1.57B | $1.67B | $2.16B | $2.15B | $2.67B | $3.17B | $2.58B | $2.52B | $2.56B | $3.12B | $1.60B |
| QoQ Change | — | +6.7% | -1.6% | +49.5% | -4.9% | +7.8% | -3.5% | -12.4% | -9.3% | +19.4% | +6.1% | +29.5% | -0.5% | +24.1% | +18.7% | -18.7% | -2.3% | +1.8% | +21.8% | -48.8% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | +49.4% | +50.8% | +47.9% | -13.4% | -17.4% | -8.4% | +0.7% | +48.8% | +63.3% | +69.7% | +89.9% | +19.2% | +17.0% | -4.1% | -1.6% | -38.0% |