ML023360397

Brown, Williams, Moorehead & Quinn, Inc.'S Cover Sheet Application for Allowance & Payment of Interim Compensation & Reimbursement of Expenses for Period October 1, 2002 to October 31, 2002

ML023360397
Person / Time
Site:	Diablo Canyon
Issue date:	11/15/2002
From:	Moorhead A Brown, Williams, Moorhead & Quinn, Pacific Gas & Electric Co
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, US Federal Judiciary, Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California
References
01-30923 DM, 94-0742640
Download: ML023360397 (6)

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1 Brown, Williams, Moorhead & Quinn, Inc.

2 1155 1 5 th Street, NW. Suite 400 3 Washington, D.C. 20005 4 Telephone: (202)775-8994 5 Facsimile: (202)223-9159 6

7 Consultant for the Debtor 8

9 10 11 12 13 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 14 15 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 18 I 19 In re Case No. 01-30923 DM 20 21 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC Chapter 11 Case 22 COMPANY, a California corporation 23 [No Hearing Scheduled]

24 Debtor.

25 26 27 Federal I. D. No. 94-0742640 28 29 30 31 32 BROWN, WILLIAMS, MOORHEAD & QUINN, INC.'S 33 COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT 34 OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES 35 FOR THE PERIOD OCTOBER 1, 2002 TO OCTOBER 31, 2002 36 37 Brown, Williams, Moorhead & Quinn, Inc. (the "Firm") submits its Cover Sheet 38 Application (the "Application") for Allg*vance and Payment of Interim Compensation and 39 Reimbursement of Expenses for the Period October 1, 2002 to October 31, 2002 (the 40 "Application Period"). In support of the Application, the Firm respectfully represents as follows:

41 1. The Firm is consultant to Pacific Gas and Electric Company, debtor and z 4~Ifýa!

1 debtor-in-possession in the above-referenced bankruptcy case (the "Debtor") or the Official 2 Commnittee of Unsecured Creditors. The Firm hereby applies to the Court for allowance and 3 payment of interim compensation for services rendered and reimbursement of expenses incurred 4 during the Application Period.

5 2. The Firm billed a total of $20,099.18 in fees and expenses during the 6 Application Period. The Total fees represent 84.0 hours0 days <br />0 hours <br />0 weeks <br />0 months <br /> expended during the Application 7 Period. These fees and expenses break down as follows:

8 Period Fees Expenses Total 9 October, 2002 $20,025.00 $ 74.18 $20,099.18 10 3. Accordingly, the Firm seeks allowance of interim compensation in the total 11 amount of $17,095.43 at this time. This total is comprised as follows: $17,021.25 (90% (85%

12 after July 31) of the fees for services rendered)' plus $74.18 (100% of the expenses incurred).

13 4. For the post-petition period, the Firm has been paid to date as follows:

14 Application Period Amount Applied For Description Amnount Paid 15 September 2 0 th - 30' $ 34,483.68 90% (85% after July $ 34,483.68

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 16 October 1st - 31st $ 92,759.25 90% (85% after July $ 92,759.25

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 17 November I" - 30th$ 37,037.26 90% (85% after July $ 37,037.26

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 18 December 1St- 31't $5,043.25 90% (85% after July $5,043.25

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses

' Payment of this amount would result in a "holdback" of $3,003.75.

1 January 1st 31st $12,203.26 90% (85% after July $12,203.26 31)-of fees and 100%

of Expenses 2 February 1 st - 2 8th $50,550.10 90% (85% after July $50,550.10

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 3 March I" - 3lth $25,191.80 90% (85% after July $ 25,191.81

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 4 April 1st- 30th $19,850.28 90% (85% after July $ 19,850.29

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 5 May 1' t - 31th $12,249.59 90% (85% after July $ 12,249.59

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 6 June I t - 3Oth $15,671.34 90% (85% after July $ 15,671.34 3 1) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 7 July 1st - 31st $ 12,274.28 90% (85% after July $12,274.28

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 8 August 1 - 31st $33,686.91 90% (85% after July $33,686.91

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 9 September 1"- 30rd $ 34,527.00 90% (85% after July $ 0.00

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 10 October It - 31st $17,095.43 90% (85% after July $ 0.00

31) of fees and 100%

of Expenses 11 Total Paid to the $ 402,623.43 $ 351,001.02 12 Firm to Date 13 14 5. To date, the Firm is owed as follows (excluding amounts owed pursuant to 15 the Application).

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1 Application Period Amount Description 2 First (9/20/01 - 9/30/01) $6,065.62 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 3 Second (10/01/01-10/31/01) $16,335.00 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 4 Third (11/01/01 - 11/30/01) $6,523.12 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 5 Fourth (12/01/01 - 12/31/01) $ 888.75 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 6 Fifth (01/01/02 - 01/31/02) $2,147.30 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 7 Sixth (02/01/02 - 02/28/02) $8,910.00 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 8 Seventh (03/01/02-03/31/02) $4,430.63 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 9 Eighth (04/01/02-04/30/02) $ 3,493.13 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or,portion of 10 Ninth (05/01/02-05/31/02) $2,146.88 10% (15% after Juiy 31) fee holdback and or portion of 11 Tenth (06/01/02-06/30/02) $ 2,748.75 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 12 Eleventh (07/01/02- $ 2,160.00 10% (15% after July 31) fee 13 07/31/02) holdback and or portion of 14 Twelfth (08/01/02-08/31/02) $ 4,792.50 10% (15% after July 31) fee holdback and or portion of 15 Thirteenth (09/01/02- $ 5,720.63 10% (15% after July 31) fee 16 09/30/02) holdback and or portion of 17 Fourteenth (10/01/02- $ 3,003.75 10% (15% after July 31) fee 18 10/31/02) holdback and or portion of 19 Total Owed to Firm to Date $ 69,366.06 20 21 6. With regard to the copies of this Application served on counsel for the 22 Committee, counsel for the Debtor and the Office of the United States Trustee, attached as Exhibit

1 1 hereto is the name of each professional who performed services in connection with this case 2 during the period covered by this Application and the hourly rate for each such professional; and 3 (b) attached as Exhibit 2 are the detailed time and expense statements for the Application Period 4 that comply with all Northern District of California Bankruptcy Local Rules and Compensation 5 Guidelines and the Guidelines of the Office of the United States Trustee.

6 7. The Firm has served a copy of this Application (without Exhibits) on the 7 Special Notice List in this case.

8 8. Pursuant to this Court's "SECOND AMENDED ORDER ESTABLISHING 9 INTERIM FEE APPLICATION AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURE" which 10 was issued March 18, 2002, the Debtor is authorized to make the payment requested herein 11 without a further hearing or order of this Court unless an objection to this Application is filed with 12 the Court by the Debtor, the Committee or the United States Trustee and served by the fifteenth 13 day of the month following the service of this Application. If such an objection is filed, Debtor is 14 authorized to pay the amounts, if any, not subject to the objection. The Firm is informed and 15 believes that this Cover Sheet Application was mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, on or 16 about November 15, 2002.

17 9. This interim compensation and reimbursement of expenses sought in this 18 Application is on account and is not final. Upon the conclusion of this case, the Firm will seek 19 fees and reimbursement of the expenses incurred for the totality of the services rendered in the 20 case. Any interim fees or reimbursement of expenses approved by this Court and received by the 21 Firm (along with the Firm's retainer) will be credited against such final fees and expenses as may 22 be allowed by this Court.

23 10. The Firm represents and warrants that its billing practices comply with all

1 Northern District of California Bankruptcy Local Rules and Compensation Guidelines and the 2 Guidelines of the Office of the United States Trustee. -Neither the Firm nor any members of the 3 Firm has any agreement or understanding of any kind or nature to divide, pay over or share any 4 portion of the fees or expenses to be awarded to the Firm with any other person or attorney except 5 as among the members and associates of the Firm.

6 WHEREFORE, the Firm respectfully requests that the Debtor pay 7 compensation to the Firm as requested herein pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the "8 "ORDER ESTABLISHING INTERIM FEE APPLICATION AND EXPENSE 9 REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURE.'"

10 11 Dated: /6 OPa- BROWN, WILLIAMS, MOORHEAD & QUINN, INC 12 13 14 15 16 By:

17 Adrian L. Moorhead, President 18 Consultant to Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

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