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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

In re:

THE FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT AND 

MANAGEMENT BOARD FOR PUERTO RICO,

as representative of

THE COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO, et 

al.,

Debtors.1

PROMESA

Title III

No. 17 BK 3283-LTS

(Jointly Administered)

This filing relates to PREPA.

ORDER GRANTING FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHTH OMNIBUS OBJECTION (NON-SUBSTANTIVE)

OF THE PUERTO RICO ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY TO SUBSEQUENTLY AMENDED CLAIMS

Upon the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection (Non-Substantive) of the 

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to Subsequently Amended Claims (Docket Entry No. 20799) 

(the “Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection”), the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority 

(“PREPA”), dated May 13, 2022, for entry of an order disallowing in their entirety certain claims 

filed against PREPA, as more fully set forth in the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection 

 

1 The Debtors in these Title III Cases, along with each Debtor’s respective Title III case 

number and the last four (4) digits of each Debtor’s federal tax identification number, as 

applicable, are the (i) Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“Commonwealth”) (Bankruptcy 

Case No. 17-BK-3283- LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3481); (ii) Puerto Rico 

Sales Tax Financing Corporation (“COFINA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3284-LTS) 

(Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 8474); (iii) Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation 

Authority (“HTA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3567-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal 

Tax ID: 3808); (iv) Employees Retirement System of the Government of the 

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (“ERS”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 17-BK-3566-LTS) (Last 

Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 9686); (v) Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (“PREPA”) 

(Bankruptcy Case No. 17- BK-4780-LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3747); and 

(vi) Puerto Rico Public Buildings Authority (“PBA”) (Bankruptcy Case No. 19-BK-5523-

LTS) (Last Four Digits of Federal Tax ID: 3801) (Title III case numbers are listed as 

Bankruptcy Case numbers due to software limitations).

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and supporting exhibits thereto; and the Court having jurisdiction to consider the Four Hundred 

Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection and to grant the relief requested therein pursuant to PROMESA 

Section 306(a); and venue being proper pursuant to PROMESA Section 307(a); and due and proper 

notice of the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection having been provided to those parties 

identified therein, and no other or further notice being required; and upon the Notice of 

Presentment of Proposed Order Granting the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection 

(Non-Substantive) of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to Subsequently Amended Claims, 

dated August 29, 2022 (Docket Entry No. 21958, the “Notice”), for entry of an order disallowing 

in i entirety the Claim to Be Heard (as defined below) and the Claims to Be Disallowed via Notice 

of Presentment2

, as more fully set forth in the Notice; and upon the record of the hearings held on 

the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection on June 29, 2022, and the rulings made therein, 

sustaining the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection as to Proof of Claim No. 11464 (the 

“Claim to Be Heard”) on the grounds it was “amended and superseded by Proof of Claim No. 

179740, also filed against PREPA, which is recognized as an active claim to which no objection 

is currently pending,” June 29, 2022 Hr’g. Tr. at 16:13-19; and the Court having determined that 

the relief sought in the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection is in the best interests of 

PREPA, its creditors, and all parties in interest; and the Court having determined that the legal and 

factual bases set forth in the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection establish just cause 

for the relief granted herein; and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, it 

is hereby:

 2 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given to them 

in the Notice. 

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ORDERED that the Four Hundred Sixty-Eighth Omnibus Objection is GRANTED 

as set forth herein; and it is further

ORDERED that the Claim to be Heard and the Claims to Be Disallowed via Notice 

of Presentment (collectively, the “Claims to Be Disallowed”) are hereby disallowed in their 

entirety; and it is further

ORDERED that the Debtors’ right to object to the Remaining Amended Claims is 

reserved; and it is further

ORDERED that Kroll is authorized and directed to delete the Claims to Be 

Disallowed from the official claims register in the Title III Cases; and it is further

ORDERED that this Order resolves Docket Entry No. 20799 in Case No. 17-3283; 

and it is further

ORDERED that this Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters 

arising from or related to the implementation, interpretation, or enforcement of this Order.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 5, 2022

/s/ Laura Taylor Swain 

LAURA TAYLOR SWAIN

United States District Judge

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