The Spanish renewable energy solar company giant, Abengoa SA and its American affiliates, have filed for bankruptcy protection before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The Spanish energy company continues talks with its banks and bondholders to agree on its plan to restructure billions of dollars in debt.
Background
Abengoa is one of the world's top builders of power lines transporting energy across Latin America and a top engineering and construction business, making large renewable-energy power plants in places from Kansas to the United Kingdom.
Additionally, on March 28, 2016, Abengoa S.A., the parent company of the debtors, and approximately twenty affiliated Spanish companies (the "Chapter 15 Debtors"), filed petitions for relief under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code in this Court.
Debtors' Utilities Motion
The furnishing of utilities to the Abengoa Debtors will become an issue of import in this case. According to the Declaration of William H. Runge, III in support of the Abengoa Debtors' first day pleadings:
Uninterrupted Utility Services are essential to the Debtors' business operations during the pendency of these cases. Should any Utility Company alter, refuse or discontinue service, even for a brief period, the Debtors' business operations could be severely disrupted, and such disruption would jeopardize the Debtors' efforts. It is essential that the Utility Services continue uninterrupted.
Along these lines, at the first day hearing, the Debtors obtained an interim utilities order, which among other things approved: (i) the Debtors' proposed form of adequate assurance, (ii) establishing procedures for resolving objections by utility companies, (iii) prohibiting utility companies from disconnecting service, and (iv) scheduling a final hearing.
Under the interim utilities order, a final hearing on the Debtors' utility motion is April 27th at 10:00 a.m., and the objection deadline is 7 days prior.
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