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WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Stephen Karotkin (pro hac vice) 

(stephen.karotkin@weil.com) 

Ray C. Schrock (pro hac vice) 

(ray.schrock@weil.com) 

Jessica Liou (pro hac vice) 

(jessica.liou@weil.com) 

Matthew Goren (pro hac vice) 

(matthew.goren@weil.com)| 

767 Fifth Avenue 

New York, NY 10153-0119 

Tel: 212 310 8000 

Fax: 212 310 8007 

KELLER & BENVENUTTI LLP 

Tobias S. Keller (#151445) 

(tkeller@kellerbenvenutti.com) 

Jane Kim (#298192) 

(jkim@kellerbenvenutti.com) 

650 California Street, Suite 1900 

San Francisco, CA 94108 

Tel: 415 496 6723 

Fax: 650 636 9251 

Attorneys for Debtors 

and Debtors in Possession 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

PG&E CORPORATION,

 - and - 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY,

Bankruptcy Case No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11 

(Lead Case) 

(Jointly Administered) 

ORDER PURSUANT TO 

11 U.S.C. §§ 502(b)(9) AND 105(a), 

FED. R. BANKR. P. 2002, 3003(c)(3), 

5005, AND 9007, AND L.B.R. 3003-1 (I) 

ESTABLISHING DEADLINE FOR FILING 

PROOFS OF CLAIM, (II) ESTABLISHING 

THE FORM AND MANNER OF NOTICE 

THEREOF, AND (III) APPROVING 

PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING 

NOTICE OF BAR DATE AND OTHER 

INFORMATION TO ALL CREDITORS 

AND POTENTIAL CREDITORS 

 

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). 

Signed and Filed: July 1, 2019

________________________________________

DENNIS MONTALI

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Entered on Docket 

July 01, 2019

EDWARD J. EMMONS, CLERK 

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Upon the Motion, dated May 1, 2019 [Docket No. 1784] (the “Motion”),1 of PG&E 

Corporation (“PG&E Corp.”) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “Utility”), as debtors and 

debtors in possession (collectively, “PG&E” or the “Debtors”) in the above-captioned chapter 11 

cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”), pursuant to sections 502(b)(9) and 105(a) of title 11 of the United 

States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”), Rules 2002, 3003(c)(3), 5005, and 9007 of the Federal Rules 

of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy Rules”), and Rule 3003-1 of the Bankruptcy Local Rules 

for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Bankruptcy Local 

Rules”), for entry of an order (i) establishing deadlines for filing proofs of claim, (ii) establishing the 

form and manner of notice thereof, and (iii) approving the Debtors’ plan for providing notice of the 

Bar Date and other important deadlines and information to all creditors and potential creditors, 

including publication and other supplemental noticing procedures, all as more fully set forth in the 

Motion; and this Court having jurisdiction to consider the Motion and the relief requested therein 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157 and 1334, Order Referring Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings to 

Bankruptcy Judges, General Order 24 (N.D. Cal.), and Bankruptcy Local Rule 5011-1(a); and 

consideration of the Motion and the requested relief being a core proceeding pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 157(b); and venue being proper before this Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and 1409; and the 

Court having found and determined that notice of the Motion as provided to the parties listed therein 

is reasonable and sufficient under the circumstances, and it appearing that no other or further notice 

need be provided; and this Court having reviewed the Motion and the Wells Declaration (as amended 

on February 2, 2019 [Docket No. 263]), the Orsini Declaration, the Prime Clerk Declarations, the 

Supplemental Waisman Declaration, and the Finegan Declaration; and various statements, objections, 

 

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terms in the Motion. 

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and responses to the Motion (and joinders to such statements, objections, and responses) having been 

filed [including, without limitation, Docket Nos. 2043, 2238, 2239, 2240, 2242, 2248, 2256, 2306, 

2307, 2308, 2316, 2321, 2324, 2326, 2346, 2453, and 2739] (each, an “Objection” and, collectively, 

the “Objections”); and the Official Committee of Tort Claimants having filed separate motions and 

applications seeking, inter alia, approval of (i) its own fire-related proof of claim form [Docket No. 

1824] (together with any declarations, exhibits, and memoranda filed in connection thereof, the “TCC 

Proof of Claim Motion”), (ii) a separate bar date and noticing procedures for fire victims [Docket 

No. 2297] (together with any declarations, exhibits, and memoranda filed in connection thereof, the 

“TCC Bar Date Motion”), and (iii) the retention of Angeion Group, LLC as fire victim claims and 

noticing agent [Docket No. 2303] (together with any declarations, exhibits, and memoranda filed in 

connection thereof, the “Angeion Retention Application”); and the Ad Hoc Group of Subrogation 

Claim Holders having filed a separate motion seeking approval of its own wildfire subrogation 

claimant proof of claim form [Docket No. 2044] (together with any declarations, exhibits, and 

memoranda filed in connection thereof, the “Ad Hoc Subrogation Group POC Motion”); and the 

Debtors having filed their Omnibus Corrected Reply in support of the Motion and in opposition to the 

Objections, the TCC Bar Date Motion, and the Angeion Retention Application [Docket No. 2646] 

(together with any declarations, exhibits, and memoranda filed by the Debtors in connection therewith, 

the “Reply”), which incorporates, inter alia, certain amendments and revisions to the Order, the Notice 

Procedures (including the Supplemental Notice Plan), the Bar Date Notices (as defined below, and the 

Proof of Claim Forms (as defined below); and this Court having held a hearing on June 26, 2019 on 

the Motion, the TCC Proof of Claim Motion, the TCC Bar Date Motion, the Angeion Retention 

Application, and the Ad Hoc Subrogation Group POC Motion (the “Hearing”); and this Court having 

determined that the legal and factual bases set forth in the Motion establish just cause for the relief 

granted herein; and it appearing that the relief requested in the Motion is in the best interests of the 

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Debtors, their estates, creditors, shareholders, and all parties in interest; and upon all of the proceedings 

had before this Court and after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Motion (as modified in accordance with the Reply and as set forth on the 

record at the Hearing) is granted as provided herein and any Objections that remain outstanding or 

unresolved are hereby overruled. The TCC Proof of Claim Motion, the TCC Bar Date Motion, the 

Angeion Retention Application, and the Ad Hoc Subrogation Group POC Motion are each hereby 

denied. 

2. The Notice Procedures, including the Supplemental Notice Plan, are hereby 

approved and the Debtors are authorized to provide notice of the Bar Date (as defined below) as set 

forth in the Motion (as modified in accordance with the Reply and as set forth on the record at the 

Hearing) and this Order. 

3. The following procedures for filing Proofs of Claim are approved: 

(a) Except as otherwise noted herein, the deadline for filing all proofs of 

claim (each, a “Proof of Claim”) in respect of any prepetition claim 

(as defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code), including all 

claims of Fire Claimants2, Wildfire Subrogation Claimants, 

Governmental Units (as defined in section 101(27) of the Bankruptcy 

Code), and Customers, and for the avoidance of doubt, including all 

 

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section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) related to or in any way arising from the fires that occurred 

in Northern California prior to the Petition Date (the “Northern California Fires”), including any 

claim held by a Wildfire Subrogation Claimant, is referred to herein as a “Fire Claim”; (b) any 

person or entity, including any Governmental Unit, holding a Fire Claim (other than a Wildfire 

Subrogation Claimant) is referred to herein as a “Fire Claimant”; and (c) any insurance carrier 

having made payments to their insureds for any damages arising out of or relating to a Fire Claim, or 

any other party who has acquired by assignment or otherwise obtained an interest in a claim arising 

out or related to such payments, is referred to herein as a “Wildfire Subrogation Claimant”. The 

Northern California Fires include, but are not limited to, the following fires: 37, Adobe, Atlas, Blue, 

Butte, Camp, Cascade, Cherokee, Ghost Ship, Honey, La Porte, Lobo, Maacama, McCourtney, 

Norrbom, Nuns, Partrick, Pocket, Point, Pressley, Pythian (a.k.a. Oakmont), Redwood, Sullivan, 

Sulphur, and Tubbs. 

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secured claims and priority claims, against either of the Debtors shall 

be October 21, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. (Prevailing Pacific Time) (the 

“Bar Date”). 

(b) Standard Proof of Claim Forms (which include Proofs of Claim to 

be filed by any Customers or Governmental Units) must: (i) be 

written in the English language; (ii) if known, set forth the amount of 

the claim, denominated in lawful currency of the United States as of 

the Petition Date (using the exchange rate, if applicable, as of the 

Petition Date); (iii) conform substantially to the standard proof of 

claim form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-1 (the “Standard Proof of 

Claim Form”) or Official Bankruptcy Form No. 410;3 (iv) specify by 

name and case number the Debtor against which the Standard Proof of 

Claim is filed; (v) set forth with specificity the legal and factual basis 

for the alleged claim; (vi) include supporting documentation for the 

claim or an explanation as to why such documentation is not available; 

and (vii) be signed by the claimant or an authorized agent of the 

claimant.4

(c) Fire Claimant Proof of Claim Forms must: (i) be written in the 

English language; (ii) if known, set forth the amount of the claim, 

denominated in lawful currency of the United States as of the Petition 

Date (using the exchange rate, if applicable, as of the Petition Date) or, 

if not known, indicate to be determined at a later date; (iii) conform 

substantially to the fire related proof of claim form annexed hereto as 

Exhibit A-2 (the “Fire Claimant Proof of Claim Form”); (iv) set 

forth with specificity the legal and factual basis for the alleged claim, 

including substantially all of the information requested in the Fire 

Claimant Proof of Claim Form; and (v) be signed by the Fire Claimant 

or an authorized agent of the Fire Claimant. 

(d) Wildfire Subrogation Claimant Proof of Claim Forms must: (i) be 

written in the English language; (ii) if known, set forth the amount of 

the claim, denominated in lawful currency of the United States as of 

the Petition Date (using the exchange rate, if applicable, as of the 

Petition Date); (iii) conform substantially to the wildfire subrogation 

claimant proof of claim form annexed hereto as Exhibit A-3 (the 

 

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Claim Form that has been customized for these Chapter 11 Cases can also be obtained on the 

website established in these Chapter 11 Cases, https://restructuring.primeclerk.com/pge/ (the “Case 

Website”). 

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Standard Proof of Claim Form(s) to assert any additional claims against the Debtors other than any 

additional Fire Claims. 

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“Wildfire Subrogation Claimant Proof of Claim Form” and, 

together with the Fire Claimant Proof of Claim Form, the “Fire Proof 

of Claim Forms” and, the Fire Proof of Claim Forms together with 

the Standard Proof of Claim Form, collectively, the “Proof of Claim 

Forms”); (iv) set forth with specificity the legal and factual basis for 

the alleged claim, including substantially all of the information 

requested in the Wildfire Subrogation Claimant Proof of Claim Form; 

and (v) be signed by an authorized agent of the Wildfire Subrogation 

Claimant. 

(e) Any holder of a Fire Claim must file, or have their authorized agent or 

attorney file, a Proof of Claim Form on account of such claimant’s 

Fire Claim even if such claimant may be included in, or represented 

by, a purported class action, class suit, class Proof of Claim, or similar 

representative action filed against the Debtors with respect to such 

claimant’s Fire Claim. 

(f) If a claimant asserts a claim against more than one Debtor or has 

claims against different Debtors, the claimant must file a separate 

Proof of Claim against each Debtor. All timely filed Fire Claimant 

Proof of Claim Forms and Wildfire Subrogation Proof of Claim Forms 

will be deemed filed against both PG&E Corp. and the Utility (without 

prejudice to the Debtors’ right to assert that any such claim should be 

allowed only as to one of the Debtors). 

(g) All Proofs of Claim must be filed either (i) electronically through 

Prime Clerk’s website using the interface available on the Case 

Website under the link entitled “Submit a Claim” (the “Electronic 

Filing System”) or (ii) by delivering the original Proof of Claim form 

by hand, or mailing the original Proof of Claim form so that is 

received on or before the Bar Date as follows: 

If by first class mail: 

PG&E Corporation Claims Processing Center 

c/o Prime Clerk LLC 

Grand Central Station, PO Box 4850 

New York, NY 10163-4850 

If by overnight courier: 

PG&E Corporation Claims Processing Center 

c/o Prime Clerk LLC 

850 Third Avenue, Suite 412 

Brooklyn, NY 11232 

If by hand delivery: 

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PG&E Corporation Claims Processing Center 

c/o Prime Clerk LLC 

850 Third Avenue, Suite 412 

Brooklyn, NY 11232 

-orAt one of the Debtors’ Claim Service Centers located at the 

following PG&E locations (beginning July 15, 2019 through 

the Bar Date during the hours of 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific 

Time): (i) 350 Salem Street, Chico, CA 95928; (ii) 231 “D” 

Street, Marysville, CA 95901; (iii) 1567 Huntoon Street, 

Oroville, CA 95965; (iv) 3600 Meadow View Road, Redding, 

CA 96002; (v) 111 Stony Circle, Santa Rosa, CA 95401; or 

(vi) 1850 Soscol Ave. Ste 105, Napa, CA 94559. 

(h) A Proof of Claim Form shall be deemed timely filed only if it is 

actually received by Prime Clerk (i) at the addresses listed above in 

subparagraph (g) or (ii) electronically through the Electronic Filing 

System on or before the Bar Date. 

(i) Proofs of Claim sent by facsimile, telecopy, or electronic mail 

transmission (other than Proofs of Claim filed electronically through 

the Electronic Filing System) will not be accepted. 

(j) Any person or entity (including, without limitation, individuals, 

partnerships, corporations, joint ventures, trusts, and Governmental 

Units) that asserts a claim that arises from or relates to the rejection of 

an executory contract or unexpired lease must file a Standard Proof of 

Claim Form based on such rejection by the later of (i) the Bar Date, 

and (ii) the date that is thirty (30) days following the entry of the Court 

order approving such rejection, (which order may be the order 

confirming a chapter 11 plan in the Debtors’ Chapter 11 Cases) or be 

forever barred from doing so. 

(k) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a party to an executory contract or 

unexpired lease that asserts a claim on account of unpaid amounts 

accrued and outstanding as of the Petition Date pursuant to such 

executory contract or unexpired lease (other than a claim for damages 

that arises from or relates to the rejection of the executory contract or 

unexpired lease) must file a Standard Proof of Claim Form for such 

amounts on or before the Bar Date unless an exception identified in 

paragraph (o) below applies. 

(l) In the event that the Debtors amend or supplement their Schedules 

subsequent to the date of entry of this Order, the Debtors shall give 

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notice of any amendment or supplement to the holders of claims 

affected thereby and reasonably sufficient information to identify the 

affected claimants and for such claimants to determine the nature of 

the amendment or supplement, and such holders shall have until the 

later of (i) the Bar Date and (ii) thirty (30) days from the date of such 

notice to file a Proof of Claim or be barred from doing so and shall be 

given notice of such deadline. 

(m) Any person or entity that relies on the Schedules has the responsibility 

to determine that its claim is accurately listed in the Schedules. 

(n) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any person asserting 

a claim arising under section 503(b)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code 

(“503(b)(9) Claims”) against any Debtor was required to file such 

claim by April 22, 2019 as established in the Court’s Amended Order 

Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 503(b)(9) and 105(a) Establishing 

Procedures for the Assertion, Resolution, and Satisfaction of Claims 

Asserted Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 503(b)(9) [Docket No. 725], and 

nothing herein shall be deemed to amend, modify, extend, or toll the 

deadlines and procedures with respect to the filing of 503(b)(9) Claims 

set forth therein. 

(o) The following persons or entities are not required to file a Proof of 

Claim on or before the Bar Date, solely with respect to the claims 

described below: 

(1) any person or entity whose claim is listed on the Schedules; 

provided that (i) the claim is not listed on the Schedules as 

“disputed,” “contingent,” or “unliquidated,” (ii) the person or 

entity does not dispute the amount, nature, and priority of the 

claim as set forth in the Schedules, and (iii) the person or entity 

does not dispute that the claim is an obligation of the specific 

Debtor against which the claim is listed in the Schedules; 

(2) any person or entity whose claim has been paid in full; 

(3) any holder of a claim allowable under section 503(b) and 

507(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code as an administrative expense 

(other than any party asserting a 503(b)(9) Claim as set forth in 

paragraph (n) above); 

(4) any person or entity who holds a claim that heretofore has been 

allowed by Order of this Court entered on or before the Bar 

Date; 

(5) any holder of a claim for which a separate deadline has been 

fixed by this Court; 

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(6) any person or entity who has already filed a Proof of Claim 

with Prime Clerk against the Debtors with respect to the claim 

being asserted, utilizing a claim form that substantially 

conforms to the Standard Proof of Claim Form or Official 

Form No. 410; 

(7) any person or entity that holds an equity security interest in the 

Debtors, which interest is based exclusively upon the 

ownership of common or preferred stock, membership 

interests, partnership interests, or warrants, options, or rights to 

purchase, sell, or subscribe to such a security or interest; 

provided, however, that if any such holder asserts a claim (as 

opposed to an ownership interest) against the Debtors 

(including a claim relating to an equity interest or the purchase 

or sale of such equity interest), a Standard Proof of Claim must 

be filed on or before the Bar Date; 

(8) any person or entity whose claim is limited exclusively to the 

repayment of principal, interest, and other fees and expenses 

under any agreements (a “Debt Claim”) governing any 

prepetition, unsecured revolving credit loan, term loan, notes, 

bonds, debentures, or other debt securities, in each case, issued 

by or on behalf of any of the Debtors (collectively, the “Debt 

Instruments”); provided, however, that (i) the foregoing 

exclusion shall not apply to the indenture trustee, owner 

trustee, pass-through trustee, subordination agent, registrar, 

paying agent, administrative, loan or collateral agent, or any 

other entity serving in a similar capacity however designated 

(collectively, an “Indenture Trustee”) under the applicable 

Debt Instrument, (ii) each such Indenture Trustee shall be 

required to file a Standard Proof of Claim against the 

applicable Debtor, on or before the Bar Date, on account of all 

Debt Claims against such Debtor under the applicable Debt 

Instrument; provided, however, that an Indenture Trustee will 

be permitted, in lieu of attaching voluminous documentation, to 

file with its Proof of Claim a summary of the applicable Debt 

Instrument and other operative documents, on the condition 

that such documents will be made available by the Indenture 

Trustee within ten (10) business days after receipt of a written 

request from a party in interest, and (iii) any holder of a Debt 

Claim that has a claim arising out of or relating to a Debt 

Instrument other than a Debt Claim must file a Standard Proof 

of Claim with respect to such claim on or before the Bar Date, 

unless another exception identified herein applies; 

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(9) any person or entity whose claim against the Utility arises 

solely from amounts due to the California Independent System 

Operator Corporation (“CAISO”), California Power Exchange 

Corporation (“PX”) and/or various market participants based 

on purchases or sales of electricity, capacity, or ancillary 

services by the Utility and other market participants in markets 

operated by the CAISO and the PX that are subject to 

determination by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(“FERC”) in refund proceedings bearing FERC Docket Nos. 

EL00-95-000 and EL00-98-000 and related sub-dockets, and 

any amounts due under any settlement agreements, allocation 

agreements, escrow agreements, letter agreements, other 

written agreements, or court orders (including orders entered in 

the chapter 11 case styled In re California Power Exchange 

Corporation, Case No. LA 01-16577 ES) that expressly relate 

thereto; 

(10) any Customer whose claim is limited exclusively to ordinary 

and customary refunds, overpayments, billing credits, deposits, 

or similar billing items; 

(11) either Debtor having a claim against the other Debtor in these 

Chapter 11 Cases; or 

(12) any person or entity who holds a claim solely to the extent that 

such claim arises from an event that occurred after January 29, 

2019. 

4. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any claimant that timely files 

a Proof of Claim and makes a good faith effort to complete a Proof of Claim Form as set forth herein, 

shall be permitted to revise, amend, and/or supplement their applicable Proof of Claim Form to the 

extent permitted by applicable law until such time as their claim is allowed or disallowed by order of 

the Court. 

5. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, for purposes of this Order, (i) 

Fire Claims shall not include any claims of any Governmental Unit of the State of California (each, a 

“California State Agency”) related to or in any way arising from the Northern California Fires, (ii) 

no California State Agency shall be included as a Fire Claimant, and (iii) the claims of any California 

State Agency may be submitted utilizing the Standard Proof of Claim Form in accordance with the 

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procedures set forth herein and otherwise applicable law. 

6. Claimants may but are not required to attached supporting documentation 

to their Fire Claims. If supporting documentation is attached by any claimant to a Fire Proof 

of Claim Form, such supporting documentation shall be publicly available as a part of such 

claimant’s Fire Proof of Claim Form; provided that, pursuant to the agreement between the Debtors 

and the Wildfire Subrogation Claimants, Attachment 1 to the Wildfire Subrogation Claimant Proof of 

Claim Form and any other individual claim information subsequently submitted by any Wildfire 

Subrogation Claimant to Prime Clerk shall remain confidential and shall not be made available to the 

general public, and copies of such subsequent information shall only be provided on a confidential 

and professionals’ eyes only basis to the Debtors, the Committees, the U.S. Trustee, and any additional 

parties the Court directs but only after each such party agrees to keep the subsequent information 

confidential, subject to the right of the party submitting such information to be heard with respect to 

such disclosure. 

7. Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 3003(c)(2), but subject to Paragraph 4 of this 

Order, all holders of claims, including Fire Claimants, Wildfire Subrogation Claimants, and 

Customers, that fail to comply with this Order by timely filing a Proof of Claim in accordance with 

this Order shall not be treated as a creditor with respect to such claim (as defined in section 101(5) of 

the Bankruptcy Code) for the purposes of voting and distribution with respect to any chapter 11 plan 

or plans of reorganization that may be filed or confirmed in these Chapter 11 Cases. 

Procedures for Mailing of the Bar Date Notices 

8. The Standard Bar Date Notice. At least ninety-five (95) days prior to the 

Bar Date, the Debtors shall cause to be mailed at their last known address as reflected in the Debtors’ 

records (i) a Standard Proof of Claim Form, and (ii) the standard bar date notice, substantially in the 

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form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-1 (the “Standard Bar Date Notice”), on the following parties: 

(a) The Office of the United States Trustee for Region 17; 

(a) the attorneys for the Committees; 

(b) all parties actually known to the Debtors as having claims or potential 

claims against either of the Debtors (but excluding holders of Fire Claims) 

which, for the avoidance of doubt, excludes any person or entity that holds 

an equity security interest in the Debtors, which interest is based exclusively 

upon the ownership of common or preferred units, membership interests, 

partnership interests, or warrants, options, or rights to purchase, sell, or 

subscribe to such a security or interest; 

(c) all persons or entities that have filed Proofs of Claims as of the date of entry 

of this Order; 

(d) all counterparties to the Debtors’ executory contracts and unexpired leases 

as of the date of entry of this Order; 

(e) all parties to pending litigation against the Debtors as of the date of entry of 

this Order (other than holders of Fire Claims); 

(f) all current and former employees, directors, and officers (to the extent that 

contact information for former employees, directors, and officers is 

available in the Debtors’ records); 

(g) all regulatory authorities that regulate the Debtors’ businesses as of the date 

of entry of this Order; 

(h) the Offices of the California Attorney General and the U.S. Attorney for the 

Northern District of California; 

(i) the office of the attorney general for each state in which the Debtors 

maintain or conduct business; 

(j) the District Director of the Internal Revenue Service for the District of 

California; 

(k) all other taxing authorities for the jurisdictions in which the Debtors 

maintain or conduct business; 

(l) all parties who have requested notice pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 2002 as 

of the date of entry of this Order; and 

(m) such additional persons and entities deemed appropriate by the Debtors. 

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9. The Fire Claim Bar Date Notice. At least ninety-five (95) days prior to the 

Bar Date, the Debtors shall cause to be mailed to all Known Fire Claimants5 (i) the fire claim bar date 

notice, substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-2 (the “Fire Claim Bar Date Notice”), 

and (ii) a Fire Claimant Proof of Claim Form or Wildfire Subrogation Claimant Proof of Claim Form, 

as applicable. The foregoing shall be mailed to the address of each such Known Fire Claimant (if 

known) and to the address for the attorney of record of each such Known Fire Claimant set forth in 

the complaint initiating such Known Fire Claimant’s prepetition action. 

10. The Customer Bar Date Notice. At least ninety-five (95) days prior to the 

Bar Date, the Debtors shall cause to be mailed to all Customers at their last known address as reflected 

in the Debtors’ records (i) a Standard Proof of Claim Form, and (ii) the customer bar date notice, 

substantially in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit B-3 (the “Customer Bar Date Notice” and, 

together with the Standard Bar Date Notice and the Fire Claimant Bar Date Notice, the “Bar Date 

Notices”). 

11. The Debtors shall post each of the Standard Bar Date Notice, the Fire Claim 

Bar Date Notice, and the Customer Bar Date Notice on the Case Website. 

The Supplemental Notice Plan 

12. The Supplemental Notice Plan is hereby approved and the Debtors are 

authorized to implement the components of the Supplemental Notice Plan as set forth in the Motion 

(as modified in accordance with the Reply and as set forth on the record at the Hearing). 

13. In addition to the other provisions of the Supplemental Notice Plan (as modified 

 

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Petition Date, already had commenced actions against the Debtors or had provided actual notice to 

the Debtors of their intention to commence actions against the Debtors are referred to as “Known 

Fire Claimants”, and (b) holders of Fire Claims that, as of the Petition Date, had not commenced 

actions against the Debtors or provided actual notice to the Debtors of their intention to commence 

actions against the Debtors are referred to as “Unknown Fire Claimants. 

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in accordance with the Reply and as set forth on the record at the Hearing) which are hereby approved, 

the Debtors shall publish notice of the Bar Date (the “Bar Date Publication Notice”), with any 

necessary modifications for ease of publication, (i) one time in the Wall Street Journal, and (ii) three 

times in each of the USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, The Bakersfield 

Californian, The Fresno Bee, The Modesto Bee, The Sacramento Bee, The Santa Rosa Press 

Democrat, The San Jose Mercury News, The East Bay Times, The Stockton Record, The Paradise 

Post, The Chico Enterprise-Record, The San Francisco Examiner, The Redding Record Searchlight, 

The Red Bluff Daily News, The Eureka Times Standard, The Ukiah Daily Journal, The Grass Valley 

Union, The Napa Valley Register, The Trinity Journal In Weaverville, The Mad River Union in Arcata, 

The Del Norte Triplicate in Crescent City, The Mount Shasta Herald in Mount Shasta, The Siskiyou 

Daily News in Yreka, The Modoc County Record in Alturas, The Ferndale Enterprise in Fortuna, and 

The Lassen County Times in Susanville (collectively, the “Publications”). The Debtors shall use 

commercially reasonable efforts to publish the Bar Date Publication Notices in each of the foregoing 

Publications in accordance with the following schedule: (i) the first round of Bar Date Publication 

Notices shall be published in each of the foregoing Publications no later than July 18, 2019; (ii) the 

second round of Bar Date Publication Notices shall be published in each of the foregoing Publications 

(other than the Wall Street Journal) no earlier than August 16, 2019 and no later than August 30, 2019; 

and (iii) the third and final round of Bar Date Publication Notices shall be published in each of the 

foregoing Publications (other than the Wall Street Journal) no earlier than September 23, 2019 and no 

later than October 7, 2019. 

14. The Notice Procedures, including the Supplemental Notice Plan (as modified 

in accordance with the Reply and as set forth on the record at the Hearing), including, without 

limitation, the publication of the Bar Date Publication Notice as set forth in this Order, are reasonably 

calculated to provide notice of the Bar Date to known and unknown creditors and parties in interest, 

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including Known Fire Claimants and Unknown Fire Claimants, and no other or further notice shall be 

required. 

15. Nothing contained in this Order or in the Motion is intended to be or shall be 

construed as (a) an admission as to the validity of any claim against the Debtors, (b) a waiver of the 

Debtors’ or any appropriate party in interest’s rights to dispute any claim, or (c) an approval or 

assumption of any agreement, contract, program, policy, or lease under section 365 of the Bankruptcy 

Code. 

16. Nothing contained in this Order shall constitute a waiver of the right of any 

party in interest to dispute the Debtors’ designation of any contract, program, policy, lease, or any 

other document or agreement as an executory contract or unexpired lease governed by section 365 of 

the Bankruptcy Code. 

17. Notwithstanding entry of this Order, nothing herein shall create, nor is intended 

to create, any rights in favor of or enhance the status of any claim held by any party. 

18. The Debtors and Prime Clerk are authorized to take all steps necessary or 

appropriate to carry out this Order. 

19. Entry of this Order is without prejudice to the right of the Debtors to seek a 

further order of this Court fixing the date by which holders of claims not subject to the Bar Date 

established herein must file such claims against the Debtors. 

20. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising 

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

** END OF ORDER ** 

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