CALPINE CORPORATION JOINDER Case No. 19-30088 (DM)

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Mark E. McKane, P.C. (SBN 230552) 

Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

T: (415) 439-1400 / F: (415) 439-1500 

mark.mckane@kirkland.com 

michael.esser@kirkland.com 

David R. Seligman, P.C. (Pro Hac Vice)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654 

T: (312) 862-2000 / F: (312) 862-2200 

dseligman@kirkland.com 

Aparna Yenamandra (Pro Hac Vice)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

601 Lexington Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

T: (212) 446-4800 / F: (212) 446-4900 

aparna.yenamandra@kirkland.com 

Counsel for Calpine Corporation, et al. 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

PG&E Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric 

Company, 

Debtors. 

☐ Affects PG&E Corporation 

☒ Affects Pacific Gas and Electric Company 

☐ Affects both Debtors 

* All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM) 

Chapter 11 

Case No. 19-30088 (DM) 

(Lead Case) 

(Jointly Administered) 

JOINDER OF CALPINE CORPORATION 

TO NEXTERA ENERGY’S LIMITED 

OPPOSITION TO MOTION OF THE 

UTILITY FOR LIMITED RELIEF FROM 

THE AUTOMATIC STAY TO APPEAL 

CERTAIN MATTERS PENDING BEFORE 

THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Date: 6/26/2019 

Time: 9:30 a.m. PST 

Place: United States Bankruptcy Court 

 Courtroom 17, 16th Floor 

 San Francisco, CA 94102 

Objection Deadline: June 19, 2019 

 4:00 p.m. (PST)

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Calpine Corporation on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, including Geysers Power 

Company, LLC; Gilroy Energy Center, LLC; Los Esteros Critical Energy Facility, LLC; Russell City 

Energy Company, LLC; Calpine King City Cogen, LLC; Calpine Energy Services L.P.; Calpine 

Energy Solutions, LLC; and O.L.S. Energy Agnews, Inc. (collectively, “Calpine”), a party in interest 

in the above-captioned cases, through their counsel Kirkland & Ellis LLP, hereby joins NextEra 

Energy, Inc., and NextEra Energy Partners, L.P. (collectively, “NextEra”) in its limited opposition to 

the Motion of the Utility for Limited Relief from the Automatic Stay to Appeal Certain Matters Pending 

Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. 2359] (the “Utility Stay Motion”). 

In support hereof (the “Joinder”), Calpine respectfully represents as follows: 

JOINDER 

As articulated in NextEra’s limited opposition to the Utility Stay Motion—and in NextEra’s 

Motion for Limited Relief from Stay to Participate in Appellate Proceedings with Respect to FERC 

Orders [Docket No. 2400] and the Calpine joinder thereto [Docket No. 2411]—Calpine does not 

oppose the relief the Utility seeks. Rather, Calpine agrees that this Court should grant the relief the 

Utility seeks while also confirming that the Utility cannot use the automatic stay to block the PPA 

counterparties (or FERC) from defending any appeal the Utility may take from the FERC proceedings. 

It is fair and sensible for such relief to be reciprocal. 

NOTICE 

Notice of this Joinder will be provided to (i) the Office of the U.S. Trustee for Region 17 (Attn: 

Anthony R. Vara, Esq. and Timothy Laffredi, Esq.); (ii) counsel to the Debtors; (iii) counsel to the 

Creditors Committee; (iv) counsel to the Tort Claimants Committee; (v) the Securities and Exchange 

Commission; (vi) the Internal Revenue Service; (vii) the Office of the California Attorney General; 

(viii) the California Public Utilities Commission; (ix) the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; (x) the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; (xi) the Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern 

District of California; (xii) counsel for the agent under the Debtors’ debtor-in-possession financing 

facility; (xiii) counsel to the PPA Counterparties; and (xiv) those persons who have formally appeared 

in these chapter 11 cases and requested service pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002. 

Calpine respectfully submits that no further notice is required. 

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DATED: June 19, 2019 KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

 By: /s/ Michael P. Esser

Mark E. McKane, P.C. (SBN 230552) 

Michael P. Esser (SBN 268634) 

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

555 California Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

T: (415) 439-1400 / F: (415) 439-1500 

mark.mckane@kirkland.com 

michael.esser@kirkland.com 

David R. Seligman, P.C. (Pro Hac Vice)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

300 North LaSalle 

Chicago, IL 60654 

T: (312) 862-2000 / F: (312) 862-2200 

dseligman@kirkland.com 

Aparna Yenamandra (Pro Hac Vice)

KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 

601 Lexington Avenue 

New York, NY 10022 

T: (212) 446-4800 / F: (212) 446-4900 

aparna.yenamandra@kirkland.com 

Counsel for Calpine Corporation, et al.

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