POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FERC ORDER PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY

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1 POSTING REQUIREMENTS FOR FERC ORDER 2004 PACIFIC GAS and ELECTRIC COMPANY FERC Order 2004, Section 358.4(b)(3)(ii): Transmission Providers must post comprehensive organizational charts showing the business units, job titles and descriptions, and chain of command for all positions, including officers and directors, with the exception of clerical, maintenance, and field positions. The job titles and descriptions must include the employee s title, the employee s duties, whether the employee is involved in transmission or sales, and the name of the supervisory employees who manage non-clerical employees involved in transmission or sales. TRANSMISSION FUNCTION JOB DESCRIPTIONS Electric Transmission Rates Department Director (S. Metague) The Director of Electric Transmission Rates is responsible for directing and managing PG&E s regulatory affairs at the FERC, including securing approval of PG&E s Transmission Owner (TO) Tariff, and all other PG&E FERC rate schedules and tariffs. The Director also has overall responsibility for managing, administering, settling and renegotiating PG&E s wholesale transmission and distribution contracts, as well as ISO contracts. Consultant (P. Bray) Appears as expert witness for Company in proceedings before FERC. Instrumental in determining cost allocations of ISO charges to existing wholesale transmission customers (ETCs). Participates in development of Company position on ISO matters with an eye to the transmission implications of those proposals. Assists with case management of CPUC regulatory proceedings on transmission planning and siting. Involved in electric transmission business planning. TO/Tariff/Rate Cases Manager (T. Wilson) Case manager for PG&E s TO Rate Cases. Directs filing of testimony, cost support and exhibits to TOTariff Rates filing with the help of coordinators. Oversees discovery, settlement negotiations and hearing support for witnessesin litigated cases. Manager is involved in development of issues and key points the witnesses are making in filing from

2 planning operation, accounting, finance law, regulation, tax, load forecasting, rate design and other another areas. Case Coordinator (I. Rice, S. Thomas) Manages hearing, procedural schedule documents and other items in FERC proceedings. This may involve service to parties in the proceeding. Assists attorneys involved in legal research, maintains case files, monitors production schedules for discovery and maintains associated discovery databases. Assigns work functions to clerical and document services staff related to case production. Filings, Rates and Regulations Manager (R. Doran) Manages and oversees the development, compliance and execution of PG&E s filings at FERC, including: overseeing compliance with regulatory procedures and deadline requests; establishment and maintenance of conformed rate schedules and tariffs, processing of public inquiries of rate schedules and tariffs, filing cost support in ratemaking matters involving wholesale revenues, ancillary service revenues and costs, cost allocation and cost based ratemaking. Oversees research regarding FERC orders and decisions. Oversees preparation of wholesale cost data as reported in the FERC Form 1. In addition, manages the production and distribution of: regulatory filings associated with wholesale generators in compliance with FERC s policies for wholesale generators; regulatory filings for transmission and distribution as it pertains to ETC customer changes and WDT service agreements; and regulatory filings associated with changes to PG&E s TO Tariff. Team Leader (J. Myers, J. McGee) Supervises analysts and case coordinators involved in preparation and/or support of FERC filings for transmission and/or distribution services. May also work directly on FERC filings. May work with other departments and get data necessary to prepare filing packages. May also manage regulatory projects including support to FERC rate or contractual proceedings which involve discovery, testimony, service on case participants, and briefing support. Senior Regulatory Analyst (M. Fisher) Prepares complex filing packages in compliance with FERC regulations for FERC jurisdictional transmission and/or distribution services. May oversee other analysts work, act as a witness in FERC proceedings related to filings, may work with other departments and get data necessary to prepare filing packages. Develops support for cost based allocations, cost based rates and or special cost and revenue calculations. Consultant (T. King)

3 Prepares complex filing packages in compliance with FERC regulations for FERC jurisdictional transmission and/or distribution services. May oversee other analysts work, act as a witness in FERC proceedings related to filings, and work with other departments and get data necessary to prepare filing packages. Develop support for cost based allocations, cost based rates and or special cost and revenue calculations. Regulatory Analyst (B. Diorio) Prepares filing packages in compliance with FERC regulations for FERC jurisdictional transmission and/or distribution services. May act as a witness or witness assistant in FERC proceedings. May prepare documents or reports which summarize revenue, cost or load data as used for regulatory filings or for reporting purposes. Associate Regulatory Analyst (D. Poster) Assists analysts and senior analysts in preparing workpapers, statements and other necessary FERC filing data. Prepares simple FERC filings for FERC jurisdictional transmission and /or distribution services in compliance with FERC regulations. Case Coordinator (B. Deniston, J. Migocki, E. Hunt (Contractor), M. Porter) Manages hearing and procedural schedule documents and other items in FERC proceedings. This may involve service to parties in the proceeding. Assists attorneys involved in legal research, maintains case files, monitors production schedules for discovery, maintains associated discovery database, and assigns work functions to clerical and document services staff related to case production. Senior Regulatory Analyst, including filing support to the Generation Department for Reliability Must Run (RMR) Contracts (W. Davis) Prepares complex filing packages in compliance with FERC regulations for FERC jurisdictional transmission and production associated with PG&E RMR plants which make sales for resale to the California ISO. Acts as a witness related to transmission filings where generator contributions to the transmission grid are returned to the generators and rolled into transmission rates. May work with other departments and get data necessary to prepare filing packages. May support cost based rates and or special cost and revenue calculations. Transmission Contract Management Manager (S. Eshbach) Administers, settles, renegotiates and manages PG&E s ETCs; negotiates new wholesale load interconnection agreements; negotiates, administers and settles Wholesale Distribution Tariff (WDT) service agreements; manages negotiation of successor agreements to ETCs that are terminating. Sr. Transmission Contract Engineer (R. Buckingham, A. Conner)

4 Responsible for the day-to-day management of existing wholesale transmission, distribution, and interconnection contracts. Responsible for negotiating contracts and contract provisions. Sr. Project Manager (C. Crane) Responsible for the negotiation and day-to-day management of wholesale distribution service agreements and interconnection contracts. Responsible for negotiating contracts and contract provisions. Sr. Regulatory Analyst (E. Menzel) Strategic, analytical and expert witness responsibility for SCS Tariff, GMC Pass-Through Tariff cases before the FERC, and associated allocation methodologies and systems. Also oversees and approves monthly allocations to ETC customers of ISO costs incurred by PG&E s ETC Scheduling Coordinator function. Team Lead, Billing and Settlements (P. Irwin) Supervise Senior and Journey level contract analysts responsible for compiling, comparing, validating, calculating and processing customer bills. Manages the department s systems/it budget and work projects. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Manages TCM s compliance activities related to Section 404 of Sarbannes Oxley. Sr. Transmission Contract Analyst (L. Ng) Participates in the management of department budget and systems/it work. Produces, prioritizes and monitors systems budget and reports to management on progress. Acts as a resource for associates and journey level contract analysts. Partners effectively with contract manager and ET regulation side to understand the big picture and ensure accurate, complete billing. Transmission Contract Analyst (S. Davidson, D. Ottavis, S. Anderson, R. Karagocev) Uses basic analytical and technical/computer skills to compile, compare, validate, calculate and process customer bills. Also responsible for timely payment of accounts payable related to Grid functions, except for payments to the ISO. Coordinates with account managers on billing matters.. Communicates with customers on billing, payment and settlement matters. Follows up to determine bill payment and accounts payable history. Has a thorough understanding of the major contract provisions that affect billing and settlements. Partners effectively with contract manager and ET regulation side to ensure accurate, complete billing. Brings issues to supervisors attention and offers solutions. Billing Analyst, Associate (M. Jones, A. Matus) Uses basic analytical and technical/computer skills to compile, compare, validate, calculate and process customer bills. Also responsible for timely payment of accounts payable related to Grid functions, except for payments to the ISO. Coordinates with account managers onbilling matters. Communicates with customers on billing, payment

5 and settlement matters. Follows up to determine bill payment and accounts payable history. Team Lead, New Contracts Management (I. Moore) Supervises Senior and Journey level contract analysts responsible for post-iso transmission contracts. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Negotiates major contracts and policy issues as required. Serves as expert consultant for complex contract. Helps develop strategy and policy for the management of post-iso contracts. Serves as Company witness before regulatory agencies. Transmission Contract Analyst (V. La Due, S. Duncan) Administers at certain post-iso transmission interconnection agreements, Wholesale Distribution Tariffs, Special Facility Agreements. Conducts contract/tariff interpretation and coordinates teams to develop contract management processes and protocols. With direction negotiates specific contract provisions. Team Lead, ETC Contract Management (Y. Hailemichael) SupervisesSenior and Journey level employees responsible for existing wholesale transmission, distribution, and interconnection contracts. Conducts performance reviews for direct reports. Negotiates major contracts and handles policy issues as required. Serves as expert consultant for complex contracts. Helps develop strategy and policy for the management of existing wholesale transmission, distribution, and interconnection contracts. Serves as Company witness before regulatory agencies. Senior, Transmission Contract Analyst (M. Tanenbaum) Responsible for the day-to-day management of existing wholesale transmission, distribution, and interconnection contracts. Responsible for negotiating contracts and contract provisions. Transmission Contract Analyst (J. Waldon) Responsible for the day-to-day management of existing wholesale transmission, distribution, and interconnection contracts With direction negotiates specific contract provisions. Tariffs & Regulations Manager (Vacant) Case management responsibility for FERC filings related to existing wholesale contract customers, ISO charges, - PG&E s TO Tariff terms & conditions and balancing accounts and transmission policy rulemakings. Sr. Regulatory Analyst (A.Biacci, R. Kargoll) Project management and analysis responsibility and support to Manager for FERC filings related to existing wholesale contract customers, ISO charges, and TO Tariff balancing accounts and transmission policy rulemakings and Sarbanes Oxley compliance.

6 Regulatory Analyst (J. Yan, S. Jones) Analyst responsibility and support to Manager for FERC filings related to existing wholesale contract customers, ISO charges, and TO Tariff balancing accounts and transmission policy rulemakings.