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                                                                   Exhibit 10.42

                                 AMENDMENT NO. 5

                          Dated as of January 19, 2006

          This AMENDMENT among THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY, a Michigan
corporation (the "Seller"), CAFCO, LLC (as successor to Corporate Asset Funding
Company, Inc.) (the "Investor"), CITIBANK, N.A. ("Citibank"), and CITICORP NORTH
AMERICA, INC., individually and as agent (the "Agent") for itself, the Owner and
Citibank.

          PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

          (a) The Seller, the Investor, Citibank and the Agent have entered into
a Trade Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of February 28, 1989,
an Amendment and Restatement thereof, dated as of October 1, 1991, an Amendment
and Restatement thereof dated as of March 9, 2001, an Amendment dated as of
January 17, 2003, an Amendment dated as of May 28, 2003, an Amendment dated as
of February 25, 2004, and an Amendment dated as of February 18, 2005 (said Trade
Receivables Purchase and Sale Agreement, as so amended and restated, being the
"Agreement"; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined
unless otherwise defined herein).

          (b) The Seller, the Investor, Citibank and the Agent have agreed to
amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2. Amendments to Agreement. Effective as of the date hereof, the
definition of "Facility Termination Date" in Section 1.01 of the Agreement is
amended by replacing the date therein with the date "January 18, 2007."

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties of the Seller. The Seller represents
and warrants as follows:

          (a) The Seller is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing
     and in good standing under the laws of the State of Michigan.

          (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this
     Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, and the transactions
     contemplated hereby and thereby are within the Seller's corporate powers,
     have been duly

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     authorized by all necessary corporate action, do not contravene (i) the
     Seller's charter or by-laws or (ii) law or any contractual restriction
     binding on or affecting the Seller and, except to the extent contemplated
     by the Agreement, do not result in or require the creation of any lien,
     security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to
     any of its properties.

          (c) No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to
     or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required
     for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this
     Amendment or the Agreement, as amended hereby, except for the filing from
     time to time of continuation statements continuing the effectiveness of the
     UCC Financing Statements referred to in Article III of the Agreement, which
     continuation statements have been duly filed and are in full force and
     effect on the date hereof.

          (d) This Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, constitute
     the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Seller enforceable against
     the Seller in accordance with their respective terms.

SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Agreement; Consent of the Agent. (a)
On and after the date hereof, each reference in the Agreement to "this
Agreement", "hereunder", "hereof" or words of like import referring to the
Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.

          (b) Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement is and shall
continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified
and confirmed.

          (c) The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall
not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right,
power or remedy of the Seller, the Investor, the Owner, Citibank or the Agent
under the Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Agreement.

SECTION 5. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. The Seller agrees to pay on demand all
costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and
administration of this Amendment and the other documents to be delivered in
connection therewith, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of counsel for the Agent with respect thereto
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     advising the Agent as to its rights and responsibilities hereunder and
     thereunder, and all costs and expenses, if any (including, without
     limitation, reasonable counsel fees and reasonable expenses), in connection
     with the enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or
     otherwise) of this Amendment and the other documents to be delivered in
     connection therewith. In addition, the Seller shall pay any and all stamp
     and other taxes payable or determined to be payable in connection with the
     execution and delivery of this Amendment and the other documents to be
     delivered in connection therewith, and agrees to indemnify the Agent, the
     Investor, the Owner, Citibank, CNAI and their respective Affiliates against
     any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in
     paying or omission to pay such taxes.

SECTION 6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original
and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by
telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Amendment.

SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to
be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
date first above written.

                                        THE DETROIT EDISON COMPANY


                                        By: /s/ David R. Murphy
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                                        Title: Assistant Treasurer


                                        CAFCO, LLC
                                           By Citicorp North America, Inc.,
                                              as Attorney-in-Fact


                                        By: /s/ Joseph B. Keener
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                                            Vice President


                                        CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
                                           Individually and as Agent


                                        By: /s/ Joseph B. Keener
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                                            Vice President


                                        By: /s/ Joseph B. Keener
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                                            Vice President


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