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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153-0119

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP

Stephen Karotkin (pro hac vice)

(stephen.karotkin@weil.com)

Ray C. Schrock, P.C. (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. § 327(a) 

AND FED. R. BANKR. P. 2014(a) AND 2016 

AUTHORIZING THE DEBTORS TO 

RETAIN AND EMPLOY WILLIS TOWERS 

WATSON US LLC AS HUMAN 

RESOURCE AND COMPENSATION

CONSULTANTS NUNC PRO TUNC TO 

THE PETITION DATE

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: September 9, 2019

________________________________________

DENNIS MONTALI

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge

Entered on Docket 

September 10, 2019

EDWARD J. EMMONS, CLERK 

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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Upon the Application, dated August 21, 2019 (the “Application”),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 section 327(a) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy 

Code”) and Rules 2014(a) and 2016 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure (the “Bankruptcy 

Rules”), for authority to retain and employ Willis Towers Watson US LLC f/k/a Towers Watson 

Delaware Inc. (“WTW”) as human resource and compensation consultants for the Debtors, effective as 

of the Petition Date, under a general retainer, all as more fully set forth in the Application; and this Court 

having jurisdiction to consider the Application and the relief requested therein pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 

157 and 1334, and the Order Referring Bankruptcy Cases and Proceedings to Bankruptcy Judges, 

General Order 24 and Rule 5011-1(a) of the Bankruptcy Local Rules for the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of California (the “Bankruptcy Local Rules”); and consideration of the 

Application 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 due and proper notice of 

the Application having been provided to the parties listed therein, and it appearing that no other or further 

notice need be provided; and this Court having reviewed the Application, and the Kazmierowski 

Declaration; and upon the record of the Hearing (if any was held) and all of the proceedings had before 

the Court; and this Court having found and determined that the relief sought in the Application is in the 

best interests of the Debtors, their estates, creditors, shareholders, and all parties in interest; and that the 

legal and factual bases set forth in the Application establish just cause for the relief granted herein; and 

after due deliberation and sufficient cause appearing therefor,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 

1. The Application is granted as provided herein.

2. Pursuant to section 327(a) of the Bankruptcy Code and Bankruptcy Rules 2014(a) and 

2016, the Debtors are authorized to employ and retain WTW as human resource and compensation 

consultants in these Chapter 11 Cases in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the 

1 Capitalized terms used but not otherwise herein defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such 

terms in the Application.

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Engagement Agreements to perform the services as contemplated by the Application, nunc pro tunc to 

the Petition Date.

3. If the Debtors and WTW enter into any additional agreements for the provision of 

additional services by WTW, WTW and the Debtors will seek separate retention orders with regard to 

any such additional agreements.

4. Notwithstanding anything herein or in the Application or the Engagement Agreements to 

the contrary, WTW shall file interim and final fee applications for allowance of compensation and 

reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses in accordance with the applicable provisions of the 

Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy Rules, the Bankruptcy Local Rules, the United States Bankruptcy 

Court Northern District of California Guidelines for Compensation and Expense Reimbursement of 

Professionals and Trustees, effective February 19, 2014 (the “Local Guidelines”), the U.S. Trustee 

Guidelines for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed under 

11 U.S.C. § 330 by Attorneys in Larger Chapter 11 Cases, effective November 1, 2013 (the “U.S. 

Trustee Guidelines,” and together with the Local Guidelines, the “Fee Guidelines”), the Order 

Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 331 and 105(a) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2016 for Authority to Establish 

Procedures for Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [Docket No. 

701], and any further Orders of the Court in these Chapter 11 Cases regarding professional compensation 

and reimbursement of expenses (the “Orders”).

5. WTW shall include in its fee applications, among other things, time records setting forth 

a summary description of the services rendered by each professional, with the exception of clerical staff, 

and the amount of time spent on each date by each such individual in rendering services on behalf of the 

Debtors in fifteen-minute (0.25) increments.

6. WTW shall provide reasonable notice to the Debtors and the U.S. Trustee of any increase 

of WTW’s hourly rates and the U.S. Trustee retains all rights to object to any such rate increase on all 

grounds including, but not limited to, the reasonableness standard provided for in section 330 of the 

Bankruptcy Code, and all rates and rate increases are subject to review by the Court. 

7. Subject to WTW’s compliance with applicable professional standards in its performance 

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of the Services, WTW shall use its best efforts to avoid duplication of services provided by any of the 

Debtors’ other retained professionals in these Chapter 11 Cases.

8. The indemnification, contribution, reimbursement, limitation of liability and related 

provisions set forth in the Engagement Agreements are approved, provided, however, that during the 

pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases, (a) the limitations of liability provisions set forth in the Engagement 

Agreementsshall be unenforceable and (b) the indemnification, contribution, reimbursement, and related

provisions set forth in such Engagement Agreements are subject to the following terms:

a. WTW shall not be entitled to indemnification, contribution or reimbursement for 

services other than the services provided under the Engagement Agreements, 

unless such services and the indemnification, contribution or reimbursement 

therefore are approved by the Court; and

b. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Engagement Agreements to the contrary, 

the Debtors shall have no obligation to indemnify WTW or provide contribution 

or reimbursement to WTW (i) for any claim or expense that is judicially 

determined (the determination having become final) to have arisen from WTW’s 

bad faith, negligence, or willful misconduct (ii) for a contractual dispute in which 

the Debtors allege the breach of WTW’s contractual obligations if the Court 

determines that indemnification, contribution, or reimbursement would not be 

permissible, or (iii) for any claim or expense that is settled prior to a judicial 

determination as to the exclusions set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above, but 

determined by this Court, after notice and a hearing, to be a claim or expense for 

which such WTW should not receive indemnity, contribution or reimbursement 

under the terms of the Engagement Agreements, as modified by this Order.

9. To the extent the Application is inconsistent with this Order, the terms of this Order shall 

govern.

10. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to hear and determine all matters arising from or 

related to this Order.

** END OF ORDER **

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