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DECLARATION OF JOSHUA SPERRY IN SUPPORT OF ESC LOCAL 20’S RESPONSE TO

EMPLOYEE WAGES AND BENEFITS MOTION

Case No. 19-30088 DM

WEINBERG, ROGER &

ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501

(510) 337-1001

EMILY P. RICH, Bar No. 168735

TRACY L. MAINGUY, Bar No. 176928

CAITLIN GRAY, Bar No. 305118

WEINBERG, ROGER & ROSENFELD

A Professional Corporation

1001 Marina Village Parkway, Suite 200

Alameda, California 94501

Telephone (510) 337-1001

Fax (510) 337-1023

E-Mail: bankruptcycourtnotices@unioncounsel.net

erich@unioncounsel.net

tmainguy@unioncounsel.net

cgray@unioncounsel.net

Attorneys for Creditor Engineers and Scientists of California, Local

20, IFPTE

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

(SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION)

In Re

PG&E CORPORATION,

and

PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,

Debtors.

Case No. 19-30088 DM

CHAPTER 11

EXHIBIT E TO DECLARATION OF

JOSHUA SPERRY IN SUPPORT OF

ESC LOCAL 20’S RESPONSE TO

DEBTOR’S MOTION TO PAY

PREPETITION EMPLOYEE

OBLIGATIONS AND CONTINUE

WAGES AND BENEFITS

 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)

Date: February 27, 2019

Time: 9:30 a.m.

Location: U.S. Bankruptcy Court

Courtroom 17, 16th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94102

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In re PG&E CORPORATION and PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY

U.S. BANKRUPTCY COURT, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Case No. 19-30088 DM

Exhibit E

To Declaration of Joshua Sperry iso ESC

Local 20’s Response to Debtor’s Motion

to pay Prepetition Employee Obligations

and Continue Wages and Benefits

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Pacific GBs and 

Electric Compsny ... 

Joshua Sperry, Senior Union Representative 

Engineers and Scientists of California, Local 20 

IFPTE (AFL-CIO & CLC) 

810 Clay Street 

Oakland, CA 94607 

Dear Mr. Sperry: 

Robert Joga 

Senior Director 

Labor Relations 

June11 , 2018 

375 N. Wiget Lane, Suite 130 

Walnut Creek, CA 94598 

925.974.4461 

R1 -18-05-ESC 

Consistent with proactive communications, effectiveness from standardized work processes, and 

efficiencies of a more centralized work force, the Company announced its intention to expedite the 

consolidation and optimization of Electric Mapping. The Company and Union have been meeting to 

discuss the effects on employees as a result of these changes. The "relocation period" in this agreement 

refers to May 21 , 2018 thru April 1, 2020, and will be administered in two phases. 

In accordance with Section 21.9, the Company proposes to make the voluntary incentive offers contained 

in this Agreement to impacted employees in the affected headquarters as defined below. 

1. Realignment and Consolidation Locations: 

A. System Center and Distribution Control Center locations: 

1. Sacramento System Center 

2. Concord DCC 

3. Rocklin DCC 

4. Fresno DCC 

B. Regional Headquarter locations: 

5. Concord 

6. Salinas 

7. Merced 

2. Relocation of Impacted Employees to Regional Consolidated Headquarters 

A. For the purpose of this Agreement, "IMPACTED EMPLOYEE" refers to any regular employee 

working in the Electric Mapping department in a classification listed below at a location other than 

those listed in Section 1 above as of May 21, 2018. The Auburn location will be considered an 

overflow location should the Sacramento System Center reach current staffing capacities. 

Employees who elect Sacramento System Center may choose to be assigned to Auburn 

temporarily should additional capacity be needed. Travel time and mileage for this temporary 

assignment will paid as if Auburn was the employee's regular office. 

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I CLASSIFICATIONS 

Pay Scale 

SAP Job Code Grou~ 

Principal Mapping Technician - Electric 50010539 3226 

Principal Mapping Tech Passed Expert TestElectric 51577077 3226 

Expert Mapping Technician - Electric 51576990 3226 

Expert Mapping Tech - Electric Provisional 51641438 3226 

Lead Mapping Technician - Electric 50010541 3228 

Lead Mapping Tech Passed Expert Test - Electric 51577076 3228 

Senior Mapping Technician - Electric 50010543 3230 

Senior Mapping Tech Passed Test - Electric 50010545 3232 

Senior Mapping Tech Passed Expert Test- Electric 51576995 3232 

Mapping Technician - Electric 50010549 3244 

8 . At each phase, the Company wi ll determine how many positions are available at each of the 

consolidated headquarters. No Senior, Lead, Principal or Expert Mapping Technician will be 

demoted as a result of this process. 

C. Following the execution of this Agreement, and when administratively possible, at the beginr:iing of 

each Phase (Phase 1 and Phase 2), IMPACTED EMPLOYEES will be provided a list of available 

options in the form of a voluntary Election Form. All employees who choose to designate their 

relocation elections will have ten calendar days to consider their options but must return the fully 

executed form by close of business on the 10th calendar day. Although the decision to commit is 

entirely voluntary, once the form is returned, the employee's selection will be binding. The 

Oversight Committee will review cases where employees do not receive or return forms within the 

time frame, or the employee's elections are not clear, etc. 

D. PHASE 1 RELOCATION 

1) The first phase will provide IMPACTED EMPLOYEES the option to voluntarily elect to 

relocate to a new headquarters listed in Sections 1A or 1B above by December 17, 2018. 

The Election Form will designate the employee's commitment to relocate and report to the 

specified headquarters before December 17, 2018. Assignments will be based upon the 

employee's seniority and preference of available positions at the new headquarters and 

within the relocation periods outlined below, and the corresponding incentive payment. 

i. $20,000 in exchange for relocation and report to one of either the consolidated 

System Center or Distribution Control Center headquarters listed in Section 1.A. 

above, made before December 17, 2018. 

ii. $10,000 in exchange for relocation and report to one of the consolidated Regional 

headquarters listed in Section 1.B. above, made before December 17, 2018. 

2) The above relocation bonus payment will only be made to those IMPACTED 

EMPLOYEES who, by accepting the assignment under Section D1) above, have 

increased their commute by reporting to the new location, and as a result have a 

commute in excess of either 30 miles or 20 miles in cases where either the employee's 

home or new headquarters or both are within the Bay Area, defined as the following 

divisions: San Francisco, Peninsula, De Anza, San Jose, Mission, East Bay, Diablo and 

North Bay. 

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3) At an employee's request, they will be told if they are eligible for the relocation incentive 

prior to being asked to sign an election form. 

4) Assignments will be made to IMPACTED EMPLOYEES in order of seniority, first within 

the Bid Region and then the System. Senior Mapping Technician Passed Expert Test -

Electric, Senior Mapping Technician - Electric, Senior Mapping Technician I - Electric, 

and Mapping Technician - Electric will be considered the same classification for this 

purpose. 

5) Provided a report date of December 17, 2018, can be achieved, the Oversight Committee 

will endeavor to evaluate employee first choices to relocations in Section 1 A who were not 

originally assigned to their first choice. Employees who were assigned to a successive 

choice and received a relocation bonus payment to another headquarters in Section 1 B 

will be considered by the Oversight Committee should a vacancy occur that was their first 

choice. If subsequently assigned to that Section 1A location, they will receive an 

additional $10,000 relocation payment as if originally assigned. 

6) On or before the Phase I period ends, the employee will be required to report to the newly 

designated headquarters that was identified in the Election Form. After the employee 

relocates and reports to the new headquarters, the employee will receive the appropriate 

relocation bonus payment as described in Sections C and D. Such bonus payments will 

be made in one lump sum by the Company within four pay periods after reporting to the 

new headquarters. If the Company postpones an employee's report date, the employee 

will still receive the amount of incentive based on the date in their original Election Form, 

and payment will be made within four pay periods of the original report date. 

E. PHASE 2 RELOCATION 

1) The second phase will begin on December 18, 2018. Phase 2 IMPACTED EMPLOYEES 

are those IMPACTED EMPLOYEES who did not exercise an option to relocate and were 

not assigned to a new headquarters during Phase 1. 

2) Their Election Form will designate the employee's commitment to relocate and report to 

the specified headquarters by April 1, 2020. Assignments will be based upon the 

employee's seniority and preference of available positions at the new headquarters and 

within the relocation periods but no later than April 1, 2020. 

3) Assignments will be made to IMPACTED EMPLOYEES in order of seniority, first within 

the Bid Region and then the System. Senior Mapping Technician Passed Expert Test -

Electric, Senior Mapping Technician - Electric, Senior Mapping Technician I - Electric, 

and Mapping Technician - Electric will be considered the same classification for this 

purpose. 

4) Phase 2 employees are not el igible for any incentive payments. 

F. Employees reporting to new positions under this process will have preferential return rights under 

Section 22.3.c in filling the next vacancy in their original or successively . lower classification or 

headquarters or both. 

G. The Company agrees not to implement involuntary layoff under Section 22.3 for the classifications 

discussed in this Agreement for the relocation period. 

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H. The Company agrees not to implement involuntary relocations for the classifications covered by 

this Agreement under Section 22.9 for the relocation period except in the following circumstances: 

1) Closing of a reporting headquarters/office, or 

2) Relocations where the resulting commute will be shorter than the employee's current 

commute, or 

3) Relocations where the resulting commute for the affected employee is less than 30 miles, 

or 20 miles in cases where either the employee's home or new headquarters or both are 

within the Bay Area, defined as the following divisions: San Francisco, Peninsula, De 

Anza, San Jose, Mission, East Bay, Diablo and North Bay. 

I. Employees may be involuntarily relocated outside of their bid region in the following 

circumstances: 

1) Relocations where the resulting commute will be shorter than the employee's current 

commute, or 

2) The resulting commute for the affected employee is less than 30 miles, or 20 miles in 

cases where either the employee's home or new headquarters or both are within the Bay 

Area, defined as the following divisions: San Francisco, Peninsula, De Anza, San Jose, 

Mission, East Bay, Diablo and North Bay. 

J. If an employee is involuntarily relocated and could have received an incentive for voluntarily 

choosing this move, they will have the option to choose a preferred location as described above, 

provided that opportunities are available. 

K. Only IMPACTED EMPLOYEES as defined in this Agreement will be subject to the possibility of 

involuntarily relocation under the conditions provided for in this section. 

L. Any individual employee may only be involuntarily relocated once during the relocation period, with 

the exception of closing of a reporting headquarters/office. An employee who accepted an 

incentive and relocated to a preferred location may not be involuntarily relocated again during the 

relocation period. 

M. Moving Allowance. Employees who are eligible for the Section 22. 7 Moving Allowance as a result 

of relocating to a position in one of the new headquarters will be eligible for an enhanced moving 

allowance of $5,000. Employees will not be required to relocate to be eligible for the allowance. 

Eligible employees will receive the allowance as a flat amount rather than as reimbursement for 

covered expenses as in Section 22.7. 

N. No employee will receive more than one incentive payment except as otherwise provided for in D 

5) of this Agreement. 

3. Oversight Committee 

Company and Union agree to establish Joint Oversight Committees consisting of an equal number of 

Company and Union representatives. Committee members will be appointed by the Company and Union, 

respectively. 

The Committee will address all unanticipated or implementation issues arising from this Agreement. This 

Committee will also be responsible for attempting to address and resolve disputes arising from this 

Agreement prior to a grievance being filed. 

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Another Committee will be established to meet in ad hoc to discuss storm-related emergency overtime 

within the Electric Mapping Department. 

If you agree, please so indicate in the space provided below and return one executed copy of this letter 

to the Company. 

The Union is in agreement. 

----~-+-!~t l~ - - - ' 2018 I 

Very truly yours, 

PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY 

By: __C l c.·.c _ _I'c:-/\. _ ______ 

' ~ ~ i i.,.....___ Robert Joga 

Senior Director 

ENGINEERS AND SCIENTISTS OF CALIFORNIA 

LOCAL 20, IFPTE, AFL-CIO and CLC 

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