Below, please find DWGP's timeline tracking Docket Numbers 19-30088 and 19-30089 at the United States Bankruptcy Court of Northern District of California:  

  • 6/20/20: Judge Dennis Montali issued an Order Confirming Debtors’ And Shareholder Proponents’ Joint Chapter 11 Plan Of Reorganization Dated June 19, 2020
  • 6/17/20: Judge Dennis Montali issued a Memorandum Decision – Confirmation Of Debtors’ And Shareholder Proponents’ Joint Chapter 11 Plan Of Reorganization
  • 5/28/20:  Decision Approving Reorganization Plan, California Public Utilities Commission, D.20-05-053
  • 1/30/2020: Judge Dennis Montali issued Order Authorizing PG&E to settle claims with Tubbs Fire Preference Claimants 
  • 12/13/19: California governor rejects $13.5 billion PG&E settlement
  • 12/12/19: PG&E amended its Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization.
  • 11/27/19:Judge Dennis Montali issued a Memorandum Decision that rejected PG&E’s challenge to the California doctrine of inverse condemnation, finding the doctrine applicable to PG&E in the Chapter 11 proceeding and thereby denying the utility’s attempt to limit its liability to wildfire damages.  
  • 10/28/19: PG&E’s Bankruptcy Judge Montali orders sua sponte appointment of plan mediator, Randy Newsome.
  • 7/18/19:filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court revealed an ad hoc group of PG&E’s major bondholders are attempting a possible hostile takeover by proposing to buy 85 percent of the utility’s stock as part of a broader reorganization proposal;  PG&E’s existing shareholders are expected to fight the plan.
  • 6/26/19: Petition for Review of PG&E in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit​, 19-71615, FERC Docket Nos. EL19-35-000​ and EL19-36-000.
  • 6/07/19: Memorandum Decision granting PG&E’s request for a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2201 confirming the bankruptcy court’s exclusive jurisdiction over the court’s right to reject any Purchase Power Agreement under Section 365, and further declaring that FERC does not have “concurrent jurisdiction” to grant or deny Debtors’ rejection of any of their PPAs.
  • 5/28/19: Bankruptcy Court Order denying request of The Utility Reform Network (TURN) for appointment as an official committee in the bankruptcy proceeding.
  • 5/24/19: Bankruptcy Court Order extending PG&E exclusive periods to file a chapter 11 plan to September 29, 2019.
  • 5/01/19: FERC denied PG&E’s requests for rehearing of FERC’s Order finding that FERC has concurrent jurisdiction with the U.S. Bankruptcy Courts over wholesale power purchase agreements where PG&E seeks to reject such contracts in bankruptcy, Docket Nos. EL19-35 and EL19-36.
  • 3/11/19: District Court enters Order Denying Motion to Withdraw the Reference.
  • 2/21/19: PG&E filed Notice of Bankruptcy Filing and Imposition of Automatic Stay in FERC Docket No. EL19-38 asserting that any action taken without relief from the automatic stay is void.
  • 2/15/19: Notice Regarding Appointment of the Official Committee of Tort Claimants Filed by U.S. Trustee Office of the U.S. Trustee / SF
  • 2/12/19: Notice of Appointment of Creditors' Committee Appointment of the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors.
  • 1/29/19: PG&E adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court seeking a declaratory judgment that the bankruptcy court, and not FERC, has exclusive jurisdiction over PG&E’s ability to reject any of its PPAs; also seeks injunctive relief prohibiting any further action FERC might take. 
  • 1/29/19: Bankruptcy Courge Bridge Orders  - one of two; two of two 
  • 1/29/19: PG&E 8-K filing with Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • 1/29/19: PG&E files voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, Northern District of California, Case No. 19-30088    
  • 1/28/19: FERC issues Order on Petition for Declaratory Order and Complaint, Docket No. EL19-36-000
  • 1/25/19: FERC issues Order on Petition for Declaratory Order and Complaint, Docket No. EL19-35-000
  • 1/22/19: Exelon files for Declaratory Order, FERC Docket No. EL19-36-000
  • 1/18/19: NextEra files for Declaratory Order, FERC Docket No. EL19-35-000
  • 1/14/19: PG&E provides 15 day notice to the California Public Utilities Commission - Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 854.2(d)
  • 1/13/19: PG&E 8-K filing with Securities and Exchange Commission