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Darwin E. Farrar (SBN 152735) 

Chief Counsel 

Public Advocates Office 

California Public Utilities Commission 

505 Van Ness Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Tel: 415-703-1599 

Email: darwin.farrar@cpuc.ca.gov

And 

Alisa C. Lacey (AZ 010571) (Pro Hac Vice) 

Thomas J. Salerno (AZ 007492) (Pro Hac Vice) 

Anthony P. Cali (AZ 028261) (Pro Hac Vice) 

Stinson LLP 

1850 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2100 

Phoenix, Arizona 85004 

Tel: 602-279-1600 

Fax: 602-240-6925 

Email: alisa.lacey@stinson.com 

Email: thomas.salerno@stinson.com 

Email: anthony.cali@stinson.com 

Attorneys for the Public Advocates Office 

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

In re: 

PG&E CORPORATION, 

 - and - 

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC 

COMPANY, 

 Debtors. 

Bankruptcy Case No. 19-30088 (DM) 

Chapter 11 

(Lead Case) (Jointly Administered) 

THE PUBLIC ADVOCATES 

OFFICE'S STATEMENT OF 

POSITION OPPOSING DEBTORS' 

MOTION PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. 

§ 1121(d) TO EXTEND THE 

EXCLUSIVE SOLICITATION 

PERIOD [DE 4825] 

□ Affects PG&E Corporation

□ Affects Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company 

■ All Debtors 

*All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM)

Hearing Date: December 11, 2019 

Hearing Time: 10 am 

Objection Date: December 4, 2019 

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The Public Advocates Office at the California Public Utilities Commission (the 

“CPUC”) files its Statement of Position Opposing Debtor's Motion Pursuant to 11 

U.S.C. § 1121(d) To Extend The Exclusive Solicitation Period [DE 4825] (hereafter the 

"Motion".) The Debtors' First Amended Plan of Reorganization [DE 3966] (the "Plan") 

does not comply with Public Utilities Code Section 3292 (added by AB 1054) for a 

number of reasons, including those set forth in The Public Advocates Office's Statement 

of Position Re: Joint Motion of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants and Ad Hoc 

Committee of Senior Secured Noteholders to Terminate the Debtors' Exclusive Periods

[DE 4052] filed on October 1, 2019, attached hereto as Exhibit A for ease of reference. 

To date, Debtors' have not amended the Plan to rectify any of the listed deficiencies. As 

previously discussed in the Public Advocates Office Statement of Position [DE 4052], 

the Debtors' Plan provides no assurance of ratepayer neutrality. The Plan is therefore not 

feasible, and it will not meet the requirements for plan confirmation under 11 U.S.C. 

§ 1129. Among other issues barring confirmation, a plan that does not comply with AB 

1054 cannot be approved by the CPUC as required by § 1129(a)(6). 

While Debtors' do provide that the TCC and Ad Hoc Committee of Noteholders 

may solicit their pending plan, Debtors' seek to obtain the 11 U.S.C. § 1121(d) extension 

in order to erect a barricade to preclude any other party from being able to propose or 

solicit support for any other competing plan of reorganization in these cases. Debtors 

are affirmatively seeking to preclude other potentially viable options for reorganization 

which is not in the best interests of the ratepayers. Given that the Debtors' Plan is not 

currently confirmable, in that it does not comply with AB 1054, the Debtors' attempt to 

have this Court use continued exclusivity to bar other potential plans that do comply with 

AB 1054 should be denied. 

 The Public Advocates Office respectfully requests denial of the Motion. 

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 Dated: December 4, 2019. 

PUBLIC ADVOCATES OFFICE 

Darwin E. Farrar (SBN 152735) 

Chief Counsel, Public Advocates Office 

California Public Utilities Commission 

505 Van Ness Avenue 

San Francisco, California 94102 

Tel: 415-703-1599 

Email: darwin.farrar@cpuc.ca.gov; 

 And 

STINSON LLP 

/s/ Alisa C. Lacey 

Alisa C. Lacey 

Thomas J. Salerno 

Anthony P. Cali 

1850 N. Central Ave., #2100 

Phoenix, AZ 85004 

Tel: 602-279-1600 

Fax: 602-240-6925 

Email: alisa.lacey@stinson.com 

Email: thomas.salerno@stinson.com 

Email: anthony.cali@stinson.com 

Attorneys for the Public Advocates Office

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