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Notice of Change of Firm Name 1 MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW K• ,i - b+' KIMBERLY S. WINICK (SBN 120363) 2 350 South Grand Avenue 25th Floor 3 Los Angeles, California 90071-1503 Telephone: 213-229-9500 4 Facsimile: 213-625-0248 5 Attorneys for Creditor Aera Energy LLC 6 7 8 UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 11 In re ) Chapter 11 12 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC ) CASE NO. 01-30923 DM COMPANY, a California corporation, ) 13 1 ) NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM NAME Debtor. ) ) [NO HEARING REQUIRED] 14 ) ) 15 ) ) 16 ) 17 18 TO THE CLERK OF THE COURT AND ALL PARTIES IN INTEREST: 19 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt has changed its 20 firm name to Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, effective immediately. The remainder of the 21 address is unchanged. As a result, the address of the firm's Los Angeles office is now: 22 Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw 350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor 23 Los Angeles, California 90071-1503 Telephone: (213) 229-9500 24 Facsimile: (213) 625-0248 25 III 26 ''I 27 I/I 7' / .r1*-/''i *U' 28 III A' *, ('\ '''V In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Ch. 11 Case No. 01-30923 DM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM NAME 1 Please update your records to reflect this change. 2 Dated: February,2&, 2002 Respectfully submitted, 3 MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW KIMBERLY S. WINICK 4 5 6 By: 26z' Kimbefly'S. Winick Attorneys for Creditor, Aera Energy LLC 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Ch. 11 Case No. 01-30923 DM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM NAME Page 2 1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY MAIL 2 I, Rebecca Ares, declare as follows: 3 1 am employed with the law firm of MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW whose 4 business address is 350 South Grand Avenue, 25th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071-1503. 5 I am readily familiar with the business practices of this office for collection and processing of 6 correspondence for mailing with the United States Postal Service; I am over the age of 18 years 7 and not a party to this action. 8 On February 26, 2002, I served the foregoing document described as NOTICE OF 9 CHANGE OF FIRM NAME, on the interested parties in this action listed below by placing 10 true copies thereof in sealed envelopes, addressed as shown, for collection and mailing 11 pursuant to the ordinary business practice of this office which is that correspondence for 12 mailing is collected and deposited with the United States Postal Service on the same day in the 13 ordinary course of business: 14 SEE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST 15 I declare that I am employed in the office of a member of the bar of this court at whose 16 direction the service was made. 17 Executed on February 26, 2002, at Los Angeles, California. 18 19 Rebecca Ares Type or Print Name Signature 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Ch. 11 Case No. 01-30923 DM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM NAME Page 3 I SERVICE LIST 2 Aron M. Oliner Allan H. Ickowitz Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger Donna M. Balbin 3 333 Market Street Nossama, Guthner, Knox & Elliott San Francisco, California 94105 445 South Figueroa Street, 31st Floor 4 [Counsel for CSAA and MBIA Insurance Los Angeles, California 90071 Corporation] [Counsel for City of Redwood City, California] 5 Adam A. Lewis Amy Hallman Rice 6 Morrison & Foerster Dorsey & Whitney LLP 425 Market Street, 33rd Floor Pillsbury Center South 7 San Francisco, California 94105 220 South Sixth Street [Counsel for El Paso, Idaho Power] Minneapolis, Minnesota 5540-1498 8 [Counsel for U.S. Bank Trust National Association] Adolfo M. Corona 9 Dowling, Aaron & Keeler Andrew N. Chau 6051 North Fresno Street, Suite 200 1177 West Loop South, Suite 900 10 Fresno, California 93710 Houston, Texas 77027 [Counsel for Westcal, Inc.] 11 Angela M. Alioto Adrienne Vadell Sturges Law Offices of Joseph L. Alioto 12 Sodexho Marriott Services, Inc. and Angela Alioto 9801 Washingtonian Boulevard, 12th Floor 700 Montgomery Street 13 Gaithersburg, MD 20878 San Francisco, California 94111 [Counsel for Frank Pinguelo] 14 Alan Kolod Moses & Singer LLP Arlen Orchard 15 1301 Avenue of the Americas 40th Floor Sacramento Municipal Utility District NewYork,NY 10019 6201 S. Street, Mail Stop B408 16 [Counsel for Bankers Trust Company] Sacramento, California 95817 17 Alan Z. Yudowsky Arnold Wallenstein Anne E. Wells ThennoEcotek Corporation 18 Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 245 Winter Street, Suite 300 2029 Century Park East, Suite 1800 Waltham, MA 02154 19 Los Angeles, California 90067 [Counsel for Sempra Energy Trading Corp] Aron Mark Oliner 20 Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, Alex Makler A Professional Corporation 21 Calpine Greenleaf, Inc. 333 Market Street, 29th Floor P.O. Box 11749 San Francisco, California 94105 22 Pleasanton, California 94588 [Counsel for MBIA Insurance Corporation] 23 Alexis S. Coll B.C. Barmann Simpson Thacher & Bartlett Senior County Counsel 24 3330 Hillview Avenue 1115 Truxtun Avenue, 4th Floor Palo Alto, California 94117 Bakersfield, California 93301 25 [Counsel for Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc.] [Counsel for Kern County] 26 27 28 In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRItC COMPANY, Ch. 11 Case No. 01-30923 DM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM ,.AME -4- 1 B.C. Bartnann, Sr. Ben Whitwell County Counsel Whitwell & Emhoff LLP 2 Attn: Jer-ri S. Bradley, Deputy 202 N. Canon Drive 1115 Truxtun Avenue, Fourth Floor Beverly Hills, California 90210 3 Bakersfield, California 93301 [Attorney for California Power Exchange] [Counsel for Phil Franey, Treasurer/Tax Collector 4 for Kern County] Bennett G. Young LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP 5 Bank of America National Trust and Savings One Embarcadero Center, Suite 400 Association San Francisco, California 941 11 6 Attn: Peggie Sanders [Counsel for Enron North America Corp and Enron 1850 Gateway Boulevard Canada Corp.] 7 Concord, CA 94520 Beth Smayda, Director 8 Bank of America MBIA Insurance Corporation Attn: Clara Strand 113 King Street 9 555 South Flower Street Armonk, New York 10504 Mail Code CA9-706-11-21 10 Los Angeles, CA 90071 Bill Wong AMROC Investments, LLC 11 Bank One 535 Madison Avenue, 15th Floor Corporate Trust Administration New York, NY 10022 12 Attn: Janice Ott Rotunno Mail Code IL 1-0126 BMO Nesbitt Bums 13 1 Bank One Plaza Attn: John Harche Chicago, IL 60670-0126 700 Louisiana, Suite 4400 14 Houston, TX 77002 Bank One, NA 15 Attn: Robert G. Bussa, Jane Bek BNP Paribas Energy & Utilities Attn: Mark Ranaud 16 Mail Code IL 1-0363 787 7th Avenue, 3 1 st Floor Bank One Plaza New York, NY 10019 17 Chicago, IL 60670 BNY Western Trust Company 18 Bankers Trust Co. of California, NA Attn: Rose Ruelos, Corp. Trust Administration Structured Finance Group 550 Kearny St., Suite 600 19 Attn: Peter Becker San Francisco, CA 94108-2527 4 Albany St., 10th Floor 20 New York, NY 10006 BNY Western Trust Company Attn: Rose Ruelos, Corp. Trust Administration 21 Bankers Trust Co. 550 Kearny St., Suite 600 Trustee Corp. Trust San Francisco, CA 94108-2527 22 Safet Kalabovic 4 Albany Street, 4th Floor BNY Western Trust 23 New York, NY 10006 Attn: Mr. Todd Duncan 700 South Flower, 5th Floor 24 Bankers Trust Company Los Angeles, CA 90017 Corporate Trust Services 25 Attn: Safet Kalabovic BP Energy Co 4 Albany Street, 4th Floor Attn: Louis Anderson 26 New York, NY 10006 501 Westlake Park Blvd Houston, TX 77079 27 28 In re PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, Ch. I I Case No. 01-30923 DM NOTICE OF CHANGE OF FIRM NAME -5- 1 BP Energy Company California Independent System Op. 501 Westlake Park Boulevard Margaret A. Rostker 2 Houston, Texas 77079 P.O. Box 639014 Attn: Ken McClanahan Folsom, CA 95630-9017 3 Brian L. Holman California Independent System Operator 4 White & Case LLP Attn: Margaret A. Rostker 633 West Fifth Street, 19th Floor 151 Blue Ravine Rd. 5 Los Angeles, California 90071 Folsom, CA 95630 [Counsel for Mirant Corporation] 6 California Power Exchange Bruce Bennett, Esq. Attn: Lynn Miller 7 Bennett J. Murphy, Esq. 1000 S. Freemont Ave., Bldg. A9 Hennigan Bennett & Don-nan Alhambra, CA 91803-4737 8 601 South Figueroa St., Suite 3300 Los Angeles, CA 90017 California Power Exchange 9 [Counsel for Sempra and Southern California Gas Attn: Lynn Miller Company] 200 S. Los Robles Avenue 10 Suite 400 Bruce R. Worthington Pasadena, CA 91101-2482 11 Senior Vice President and General Counsel PG&E Corp. California Power Exchange 12 One Market, Spear Tower, Room 2426 Lynn Miller San Francisco, California 94105 1000 S. Freemont Avenue, Bldg A9 13 Alhambra, CA 91803-4737 Bruce W. Leaverton 14 Mary Jo Heston California Public Utilities Commission Lane Powell Spears Lubersky LLP Alan Komberg, Esq. 15 1420 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4100 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison Seattle, WA 89101 1285 Avenue of the Americas 16 [Counsel for Mid-Set Cogen. , Coalinga Cogen. New York, NY 100 1 9-6064 Co., Salinas River (Attorney for California Public Utilities 17 Cogen Co., and Sargent Canyon Cogen. Co.] Commission) 18 Bryan Krakauer, Esq. California Public Utilities Commission Sidley & Austin Attn: General Counsel 19 One First National Plaza 505 Van Ness Avenue Chicago, IL 60603 San Francisco, CA 94102 20 (Attorney for Bank of America, Admin. Agent) California State Board of Equalization 21 Bryant Danner PO Box 942879 Southern California Edison Sacramento, CA 94279-8063 22 2244 Walnut Grove Ave. Rosemead, CA 91770 California State Lands Commission 23 Attn: James Frey Cahal B.
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