ML032190027
| ML032190027 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Diablo Canyon  |
| Issue date: | 07/31/2003 |
| From: | Edmunds M Deloitte & Touche, Pacific Gas & Electric Co |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, US Federal Judiciary, Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of California |
| References | |
| 01-30923 D M, 94-0742640 | |
| Download: ML032190027 (7) | |
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1 Mark A. Edmunds Deloitte & Touche LLP 2
50 Fremont Street San Francisco, CA 94121 3
Telephone: (415) 783-4000 Facsimile: (415) 7834708 4
Independent Auditor, Accountant, 5
Tax Advisor and Consultant to Debtor and Debtor in Possession 6
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Do -
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 UNfTED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a California Corporation, Debtor.
Federal I.D. No. 94-0742640 Case No. 01-30923 DM Chapter 1 1 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30, 2003)
[No Hearing Scheduled]
Deloitte & Touche LLP (the "Firm") submits this Cover Sheet Application for Allowance and Payment of Interim Compensation and Reimbursement of Expenses ("Application") for June 1, 2003, to June 30, 2003 ("Application Period"). In support of the Application, the Firm respectfully represents as follows:
- 1. The Firm is Independent Auditor, Accountant, Tax Advisor, and Consultant to Debtor Pacific Gas & Electric Company ("Debtor"). On July 10, 2001, the Firm's retention in this capacity was approved nunc pro tunc, effective April 6,2001. Subsequent orders, dated April 11, 2002 and February 10, 2003, approved the Firm's employment to audit financial statements being prepared for four entities that would succeed to Debtor's business assets upon confirmation of Debtor's proposed reorganization plan ("Supplemental Services"). By this Application, the Firm is applying to the Court for allowance and payment of (a) interim I
DELOITrE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30,2003) 04P l-X
1 compensation for services rendered during the Application Period, and (b) reimbursement of 2
expenses incurred during the Application Period.
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- 2. The Firm (a) logged $123,120 in hourly fees representing 549.2 hours2.314815e-5 days <br />5.555556e-4 hours <br />3.306878e-6 weeks <br />7.61e-7 months <br /> expended 4
during the Application Period and (b) incurred $789 in expenses ("Expenses") during the S
Application Period. These hourly fees and Expenses are shown as follows:
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Period Fees Expenses Totals 6/1/03 to 6/30/03
$123,120.001
$789.00
$123,909.00 8
- 3. The Firm seeks payment of a total of $105,441.00 at this time.2 This is the sum of (i) 9 85% of the hourly fees for services rendered from June 1, 2003, through June 30, 2003 and (ii) 10 100 % of the Expenses incurred from June 1, 2003, through June 30, 2003.
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- 4. For the post-petition period, the Firm has been paid to date as follows:
Application Period Amount Applied For Description Amount Paid First (417/01 to
$62,263.50 in hourly fees
$39,987.404 2128/02)
$62,333.903 and $70.40 in expenses, less $22,346.50, which was withdrawn from the Firm's request in its June 25, 2002, reply to the United State's Trustee's objection to the Firm's First Interim Application Second (10/1/01 to
$1,643,315.50 in hourly 3/31/02)5
$1,643,315.50 fees, less $4,500
$1,638,815.50 disallowed by the court at the July 2, 2002, hearing on the Firm's First Interim Application 21 1 In addition to fees for Supplemental Services, the amount requested includes $8,488.00 for time 22 expended in preparing fee applications during the Application Period.
2 Payment of this amount would result in a fees "holdback" of $18,468.00.
23 3 The relevant cover sheet application requested a total of $62,573.90 in fees and costs, but the Firm 24 later reduced the amount requested to $62,333.90 due to a $240 error in the initial billing.
4 Debtor initially paid the Firm $54,331.45 on account of its first cover sheet application, but the $240 25 and $22,346.50 reductions, discussed above, were later netted against other amounts owing to the Firm, reducing the amount paid for the first application period to $39,987.40.
26 The Application Periods for the Firm's first two "cover sheet" applications overlapped because the Firm did not seek compensation for any of the Supplemental Services until after the court's April 11, 27 2002, "nunc pro tunc" order specifically authorizing that work.
"DELOfITE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SBEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30,2003) 2
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9 10 11 12 13 14 1s 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Third (4/1/02 to
$232,523.00
$232,523 in hourly fees
$232,523.00 4/30/02)
Fourth (5/1/02 to
$147,016.50
$147,016.50 in hourly
$147,016.50 5/31/02) fees Fifth (6/1/02 to
$115,006.00
$115,006 in hourly fees
$115,006.00 6/30/02)
Sixth (7/1/02 to
$128,834.50
$128,834.50 in hourly
$125,770.00 7/31/02) fees less $3,064.50, which was withdrawn from the Firm's request in its November 22, 2002 Memorandum re Supplemental Time Diaries, Etc.
Seventh (8/1/02 to
$156,475.00
$156,475 in hourly fees
$156,475.00 8/31/02)
Eighth (9/1/02 to
$127,836.006
$127,836 in hourly fees
$127,836.00 9/30/02)
Ninth (10/1/02 to
$426,408.75
$426,408.75 in hourly
$426,408.75 10/31/02) fees Tenth (11/1/02 to
$183,805.19
$170,783.25 in hourly
$183,805.19 11/30/02) fees and $13,021.94 in expenses Eleventh (12/1/02 to
$91,393.03
$91,221.00 in hourly fees
$91,393.03 12131/02) and $172.03 in expenses Twelfth (1/1/03 to
$344,214.80
$343,873.50 in hourly
$344,214.80 1/31/03) fees and $341.30 in expenses Thirteenth (2/1/03 to
$103,782.58
$103,442.00 in hourly
$103,782.58 2/28/03) fees and $340.58 in expenses Fourteenth (3/1/03 to
$162,406.16
$141,608.50 in hourly
$142,679.16 3/31/03) fees7 and $1070.66 in expenses Fifteenth (4/1/03 to
$309,688.32 85% of $305,721.50 in
$263,830.10 4/30/03) hourly fees and 100% of
$3,966.82 in expenses 6The relevant cover sheet application requested a total of $130,353.50 in fees, but the Firm and Debtor later agreed that the amount would be reduced by $2,517.50.
25 7 The relevant cover sheet application requested a total of $161,335.50 in hourly fees, but no payment has been received for $19,727.00 of the total, consisting of fees for reviewing energy procurement 26 contracts for potential derivatives and consultations about implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 143.
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28-Sixteenth (5/1/03 to
$260,644.24 85% of $258,002.00 in
$221,943.94 5/31/03) hourly fees and 100% of
$2,642.24 in expenses The Firm has also received (1) $855,000 as the Firm's base fee for auditing and reporting on Debtor's consolidated financial statements and reviewing interim financial information for the 2001 fiscal year and (2) $1,132,000 as the base fee for auditing and reporting on Debtor's consolidated financial statements and reviewing interim financial information for the 2002 fiscal year. (The July 10, 2001, order approving the Firm's employment, together with the November 5, 2002, order approving the 2002 base audit fee, authorized Debtor to pay these fees upon receipt of invoices from the Firm.) Including the 2001 and 2002 Base Audit Fees, the total paid to the Firm to date is $6,348,486.95.
- 5. To date, the Firm is owed as follows (excluding amounts owed pursuant to this Application):
Application Period Amount Description Fourteenth (3/1/03 to
$19,727.00 Fees requested for time 3/31/03) expended between March 2002 and February 2003 for reviewing energy procurement contracts for potential derivatives and consulting about implementation of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 143.
Fifteenth (4/1/03 to
$45,858.22 15% holdback of fees requested 4/30/03) by the Firm's fifteenth "cover sheet" application filed on May 30,2003 Sixteenth (5/1/03 to
$38,700.30 15% holdback of fees requested 5/31/03) by the Finn's sixteenth "cover sheet" application filed on June 27,2003 Total Owed to the
$104,285.528 Firm to Date 8 The $104,285.52 does not include any fees incurred but not yet paid for the Firm's 2003 audit of Debtor's consolidated financial statements and review of interim financial information.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REJMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30,2003) 4
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- 6. Attached as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively, to the copies of this Application served on 2
counsel for the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors, counsel for Debtor, and the Office of 3
the United States Trustee are (i) a list of the names and hourly billing rates of each professional 4
who performed services for which compensation is sought by this Application and (ii) detailed 5
time and expense statements for the Application Period that comply with all Northern District of 6
California Bankruptcy Local Rules and Compensation Guidelines and the Guidelines of the 7
Office of the United States Trustee.
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- 7. The Firm has served a copy of this Application on each person shown on the Special 9
Notice List for this case. (Only the parties referred to in paragraph 6 received Exhibits 1 and 2; 10 the copies served on other parties did not include the exhibits.)
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- 8. Pursuant to this Court's Second Amended Order Establishing Interim Fee Application 12 and Expense Reimbursement Procedure, filed on March 18, 2002, the Debtor will be authorized 13 to make the payment requested herein without further hearing or order unless an objection to this 14 Application is filed with the court by the Debtor, the Committee, or the United States Trustee 15 and served by the fifteenth day of the month following the service of this Application. If such an 16 objection is filed, Debtor will be authorized to pay the amounts, if any, not subject to the 17 objection. The Firm is informed and believes that this Application was mailed to all persons 18 shown on the Special Notice List by first class mail, postage prepaid, on July 31, 2003.
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- 9. The interim compensation and reimbursement sought by this Application is on 20 account and not final. At the conclusion of this case, the Firm will seek fees and reimbursement 21 of expenses incurred for the totality of its employment in this case. Any interim fees or 22 reimbursement of expenses approved by the court and received by the Firm (along with any 23 retainer paid to the Firm) will be credited against such final fees and expenses as may be allowed 24 by the court.
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- 10. The Firm represents and warrants that to the best of its knowledge its billing 26 practices comply with all Northern District of California Bankruptcy Local Rules and 27 Compensation Guidelines and the Guidelines of the Office of the United States Trustee. The 28 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR 5
ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30,2003)
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WhEREFORE, the Firm respectfully requests that Debtor pay compensation to the Firm as requested herein pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Second Amended Order Establishing Interim Fee Application and Expense Reimbursement Procedure.
Dated: July 31, 2003 DELOITE & TOUCHE LLP By IA k
Mark A. Edmunds, Partner Independent Auditor, Accountant, Tax Advisor and Consultant to Debtor Pacific Gas and Electric Company x-
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1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2
I am over the age of 18, and I am employed at the offices of Deloitte & Touche LLP, 3
located at 50 Fremont Street, San Francisco, California.
4 On July 31, 2003, I served the foregoing DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP'S COVER SHEET APPLICATION FOR ALLOWANCE AND PAYMENT OF INTERIM 5
COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES (JUNE 1, 2003, TO JUNE 30, 2003) by (1) depositing true and correct copies thereof in the United States Mail at San 6
Francisco, California, in sealed envelopes with first class postage thereon fully prepaid, addressed to each party shown on the attached list and (2) by sending true and correct copies via 7
United Parcel Service, for overnight delivery, with charges fully prepaid, to each of the 8
following three addressees9:
James L Lopes Stephen Johnson 9
Howard, Rice, Nemerovski,Canady, Falk & Rabkin Office of the U.S. Trustee Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor 250 Montgomery Street, Suite 1000 10 San Francisco, CA 94111 San Francisco, CA 94104-3401 11
[Counsel for Pacific Gas and Electric Company]
[United States Trustee]
Robert J. Moore 12 Paul S. Aronzon Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP 13 601 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 14 (Counsel for Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors]
15 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct.
16 Dated: July 31, 2003.
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[Print Name]
21 22 23 9 Only the copies served on the Office of the United States Trustee, counsel for debtor Pacific Gas and 24 Electric Company, and counsel for the official committee of unsecured creditors included Exhibits 1 and 2; the copies served on other parties did not include the exhibits.
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