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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATION

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JENNER & BLOCK LLP

Randall E. Mehrberg

353 N. Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60654

Tel: 312 840 7505

rmehrberg@jenner.com 

Special Corporate Defense & Energy Counsel 

for Debtors and Debtors in Possession

IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re:

PG&E CORPORATION,

- and -

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC

COMPANY,

Debtors.

 Affects PG&E Corporation

 Affects Pacific Gas & Electric Company

X Affects both Debtors

* All papers shall be filed in the Lead Case, 

No. 19-30088 (DM).

Case No. 19-30088 (DM)

Chapter 11

(Lead Case)

(Jointly Administered)

CERTIFICATION OF RANDALL E. 

MEHRBERG IN RESPECT OF SECOND

INTERIM APPLICATION 

OF JENNER & BLOCK LLP AS 

SPECIAL CORPORATE DEFENSE 

COUNSEL TO THE DEBTORS FOR 

COMPENSATION FOR SERVICES 

RENDERED AND REIMBURSEMENT 

OF EXPENSES INCURRED FOR THE 

PERIOD FROM JUNE 1, 2019 

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

I, Randall E. Mehrberg, hereby certify that:

1. I am a partner in the firm of Jenner & Block LLP (“Jenner & Block”). By 

Order of the Court, dated April 25, 2019, the above-captioned debtors (the “Debtors”) 

were authorized to employ Jenner & Block as special corporate defense counsel nunc pro 

tunc to January 29, 2019. [Dkt. 1679.]

2. I am the professional designated by Jenner & Block with the responsibility 

for compliance with the Guidelines for Compensation and Expense Reimbursement of 

Professionals and Trustees in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District 

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of California (updated February 19, 2014) (the “Local Guidelines”), and the Guidelines 

for Reviewing Applications for Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses Filed 

Under United States Code by Attorneys in Larger Chapter 11 Cases, adopted by the 

Executive Office for the United States Trustee (the “UST Guidelines”, and together with 

the Local Guidelines, the “Guidelines”) and the Order Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 130 and 

105(a) and Fed. R. Bankr. P. 2016 for Authority to Establish Procedures for Interim 

Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses of Professionals [Dkt. 701] (the 

“Compensation Procedures Order”). 

3. This Certification is made in support of Jenner & Block’s second interim 

application (the “Second Interim Fee Application”) for the allowance of compensation 

for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred for the period from June 1, 

2019 through and including September 30, 2019 (the “Second Interim Application 

Period”).

4. I have reviewed the Second Interim Fee Application.

5. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief formed after 

reasonable inquiry of Jenner & Block’s accounting personnel and legal and 

paraprofessional staff, the Second Interim Fee Application complies with the mandatory 

guidelines set forth in the Guidelines.

6. The fees and disbursements sought are billed at or below rates and in 

accordance with practices customarily employed by Jenner & Block and generally accepted 

by Jenner & Block’s clients.

7. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief formed after 

reasonable inquiry of Jenner & Block’s personnel, Jenner & Block does not make a profit 

in connection with any disbursements sought in the Second Interim Fee Application except 

(i) in recording certain disbursements, for administrative convenience, charges are rounded 

up to the nearest dollar (e.g., long distance telephone calls); (ii) volume discounts, if any, 

are not reflected (e.g., UPS); and (iii) certain estimates for expenses related to various 

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disbursements are not specifically calculated (e.g., taxes, rental charges, and related costs 

of electronic legal research services).

8. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief formed after 

reasonable inquiry of Jenner & Block’s accounting personnel, Jenner & Block does not 

include in the amount of any disbursements the amortization of the cost of any investment, 

equipment, or capital outlay.

9. To the best of my knowledge, information, and belief formed after 

reasonable inquiry of Jenner & Block’s accounting personnel, to the extent that Jenner & 

Block has purchased or contracted for services from a third party, reimbursement is sought 

only for the amount billed by the third party to Jenner & Block and paid by Jenner & Block.

10. Jenner & Block maintains supporting documentation for each item for 

which reimbursement is sought, and such documentation is available for review on request 

by the Court or the United States Trustee.

11. Jenner & Block has complied with the provisions requiring it to provide the 

United States Trustee, the Fee Examiner, and the Debtors with a statement of Jenner & 

Block’s fees and expenses.

12. The Notice Parties (as defined in the Compensation Procedures Order) will 

each be provided with a copy of the Second Interim Fee Application.

Dated: November 14, 2019 Respectfully submitted,

By:

Randall E. Mehrberg

JENNER & BLOCK LLP

353 N. Clark Street

Chicago, IL 60654

Tel: 312 840 7505

rmehrberg@jenner.com 

Special Corporate Defense & Energy Counsel for 

Debtors and Debtors in Possession

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