EX-4.1


 Exhibit 4.1 

Execution Copy 
  

 
 Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture

 Dated as of February 21, 2014 

Supplement to the Amended and Restated Indenture 

Dated as of April 22, 2005 
  

 
 PACIFIC GAS
AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 
 Issuer 

and 
 THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. 
 Trustee 
  

 
  

 






 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

									
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	ARTICLE I          DEFINITIONS	  	 	2	  
		
	ARTICLE II         ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 3.75% SENIOR NOTES	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 201	  	    Establishment and Designation of the 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 202	  	    Form of the 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 203	  	    Principal Amount of the 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 204	  	    Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 205	  	    No Sinking Fund	  	 	4	  
				
		 	SECTION 206	  	    Paying Agent and Bond Registrar	  	 	5	  
				
		 	SECTION 207	  	    Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities	  	 	5	  
				
		 	SECTION 208	  	    Other Terms of the 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	5	  
		
	ARTICLE III         ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 4.75% SENIOR NOTES	  	 	5	  
				
		 	SECTION 301	  	    Establishment and Designation of the 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	5	  
				
		 	SECTION 302	  	    Form of the 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 303	  	    Principal Amount of the 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 304	  	    Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 305	  	    No Sinking Fund	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 306	  	    Paying Agent and Bond Registrar	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 307	  	    Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities	  	 	6	  
				
		 	SECTION 308	  	    Other Terms of the 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	7	  
		
	ARTICLE IV         OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY	  	 	7	  
				
		 	SECTION 401	  	    Optional Redemption of 3.75% Senior Notes	  	 	7	  
				
		 	SECTION 402	  	    Optional Redemption of 4.75% Senior Notes	  	 	7	  
				
		 	SECTION 403	  	    Calculation of Redemption Price	  	 	8	  
				
		 	SECTION 404	  	    Notice of Redemption	  	 	8	  
		
	ARTICLE V         MISCELLANEOUS	  	 	8	  
				
		 	SECTION 501	  	    Application of Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture	  	 	8	  
				
		 	SECTION 502	  	    Effective Date of Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture	  	 	9	  
				
		 	SECTION 503	  	    Counterparts	  	 	9	  
		
	EXHIBIT A	  			
	EXHIBIT B	  			


  
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 TWENTY-FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 21, 2014 (this
“Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture”), by and between PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of California (the “Company” or the “Issuer”), and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee under the Base
Indenture (as hereinafter defined) (the “Trustee”). 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 

A. The Company and the Trustee are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base
Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 13, 2007 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 4, 2007 (the “Second
Supplemental Indenture”), the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 3, 2008 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 21, 2008 (the “Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”), the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2008 (the “Fifth Supplemental Indenture”), the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 6, 2009 (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”),
the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 11, 2009 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2009 (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”), the Ninth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 1, 2010 (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture”), the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 15, 2010 (the “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Eleventh Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2010 (the “Eleventh Supplemental Indenture”), the Twelfth Supplement Indenture, dated as of November 18, 2010 (the “Twelfth Supplemental Indenture”), the Thirteenth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2011 (the “Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 12, 2011 (the “Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Fifteenth Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2011 (the “Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2011 (the “Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Seventeenth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2012 (the “Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 16, 2012 (the “Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Nineteenth
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 14, 2013 (the “Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture”), the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2013 (the “Twentieth Supplemental Indenture”), and this
Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture (this “Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Eleventh
Supplemental Indenture, the Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, the Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventeenth Supplemental
Indenture, the Eighteenth Supplemental Indenture, the Nineteenth Supplemental Indenture and the Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), which supplements, amends and restates that certain Indenture of Mortgage, dated as of
March 11, 2004, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of March 23, 2004 and the 






 
Second Supplemental Indenture thereto, dated as of April 12, 2004, providing for the issuance by the Company of an unlimited number of series of Bonds (as defined in the Base Indenture) from
time to time. 
 B. Under the Base Indenture, the Company is authorized to establish one or more series of Bonds at any time in accordance
with and subject to the provisions of the Base Indenture, and the terms of such series of Bonds may be described by a supplemental indenture executed by the Company and the Trustee. 

C. The execution and delivery of this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture has been authorized by a Board Resolution (as defined in the Base
Indenture). 
 D. Concurrent with the execution hereof, the Company has caused its counsel to deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
(as defined in the Base Indenture) pursuant to Section 13.03 of the Base Indenture, together with the documents required under Article V of the Base Indenture. 

E. The Company has done all things necessary to make this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee agree, for the benefit of each other and for the equal and proportionate
benefit of Holders of the 3.75% Senior Notes and the 4.75% Senior Notes (both as defined below) with respect to all provisions herein applicable to each such series of notes, as follows: 

ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS

 Unless the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning set forth in the Indenture. The
following additional terms are hereby established for purposes of this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture and shall have the meanings set forth in this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture only for purposes of this Twenty-First Supplemental
Indenture: 
 “3.75% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 201 hereto. 

“4.75% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 301 hereto. 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for any Senior Note, the rate per annum equal to
the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
 
 “Comparable Treasury Issue” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Quotation Agent as
having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Senior Notes to be redeemed that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary  

  
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financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Senior Notes to be redeemed. 

“Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption Date for any Senior Note, (1) the average of
the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Company obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the
average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations so received. 
 “Primary Treasury Dealer” means a primary
U.S. Government Securities dealer in the United States.  
 “Quotation Agent” means the Reference Treasury
Dealer appointed by the Company. 
 “Redemption Price” means the price at which 3.75% Senior Notes may be
redeemed pursuant to Section 401(a) or Section 401(b) hereto or at which 4.75% Senior Notes may be redeemed pursuant to Section 402(a) or Section 402(b) hereto, as applicable. 

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and
RBS Securities Inc., and their respective successors, unless any of them ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, in which case the Company shall substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by
the Company. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer
and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Company by that Reference
Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. For purposes of this definition only, “Business Day” means any day that is not a day on which banking institutions in
New York City are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. 
 “Remaining Scheduled Payments”
means, with respect to each of the Senior Notes that the Company is redeeming pursuant to Section 401 or Section 402 hereto, the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest that would be due after the applicable Redemption Date
if such Senior Notes were not redeemed. However, if the Redemption Date is not a scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such Senior Notes, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Senior Notes will be reduced by
the amount of interest accrued on such Senior Notes to the Redemption Date. 
 “Senior Notes” means the 3.75%
Senior Notes or the 4.75% Senior Notes, as the context may require. 
 “U.S. Government Securities” means
securities which are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the payment on which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality
of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of the United States of America, and which in the case of (a) and (b) are not callable or redeemable at the option of
the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository  

  
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receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Security or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Security
held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any
amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Security evidenced by such depository receipt. 
  

 
 The words
“herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

ARTICLE II 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE 3.75% SENIOR NOTES 
 SECTION 201 Establishment and Designation of the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.01 of the Indenture, the Company hereby establishes a forty-third series of Bonds designated
as the “3.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2024” (the “3.75% Senior Notes”). The 3.75% Senior Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of additional Bonds of such series, and any additional Bonds issued and
comprising 3.75% Senior Notes shall have identical terms as the 3.75% Senior Notes, except that the issue price, issue date and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date may differ. 

SECTION 202 Form of the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

The 3.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto.

 SECTION 203 Principal Amount of the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

The 3.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000. 

SECTION 204 Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

The 3.75% Senior Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 3.75% per annum and shall have a Stated Maturity of February 15, 2024.

 SECTION 205 No Sinking Fund. 

No sinking fund is provided for the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

  
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 SECTION 206 Paying Agent and Bond Registrar. 

The Trustee is hereby appointed as initial Paying Agent and initial Bond Registrar for the 3.75% Senior Notes. The Place of Payment of the
3.75% Senior Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 
 SECTION 207 Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for
Global Securities. 
 The 3.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Bonds as provided in
Section 3.13 of the Indenture and deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, or with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 

The Company hereby initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as the Depositary with respect to all 3.75% Senior
Notes, and the 3.75% Senior Notes shall initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. 
 The Company
and DTC have executed a Blanket Letter of Representations, and the Trustee is hereby authorized in connection with any successor nominee for DTC or any successor Depositary, to enter into appropriate or comparable arrangements, if necessary, and
shall have the same rights with respect to its actions thereunder as it has with respect to its actions under the Indenture. 
 None of the
Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or any Bond Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of Depositary records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Bond or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any Depositary records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for transfers of beneficial interests in the Bonds or any transactions between the Depositary and beneficial owners. 

SECTION 208 Other Terms of the 3.75% Senior Notes. 

The other terms of the 3.75% Senior Notes shall be as expressly set forth herein and in Exhibit A. 

ARTICLE III 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE 4.75% SENIOR NOTES 
 SECTION 301 Establishment and Designation of the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.01 of the Indenture, the Company hereby establishes a forty-fourth series of Bonds designated
as the “4.75% Senior Notes due February 15, 2044” (the “4.75% Senior Notes”). The 4.75% Senior Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of additional Bonds of such series, and any additional Bonds issued and
comprising 4.75% Senior Notes shall have identical terms as the 4.75% Senior Notes, except that the issue price, issue date and, in some cases, the first Interest Payment Date may differ. 

  
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 SECTION 302 Form of the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

The 4.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Bonds in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit B hereto.

 SECTION 303 Principal Amount of the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

The 4.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000. 

SECTION 304 Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

The 4.75% Senior Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.75% per annum and shall have a Stated Maturity of February 15, 2044.

 SECTION 305 No Sinking Fund. 

No sinking fund is provided for the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

SECTION 306 Paying Agent and Bond Registrar. 

The Trustee is hereby appointed as initial Paying Agent and initial Bond Registrar for the 4.75% Senior Notes. The Place of Payment of the
4.75% Senior Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 
 SECTION 307 Global Securities; Appointment
of Depositary for Global Securities. 
 The 4.75% Senior Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more permanent Global Bonds as
provided in Section 3.13 of the Indenture and deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, or with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee. 

The Company hereby initially appoints DTC to act as the Depositary with respect to all 4.75% Senior Notes, and the 4.75% Senior Notes shall
initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. 
 The Company and DTC have executed a Blanket Letter of
Representations, and the Trustee is hereby authorized in connection with any successor nominee for DTC or any successor Depositary, to enter into appropriate or comparable arrangements, if necessary, and shall have the same rights with respect to
its actions thereunder as it has with respect to its actions under the Indenture. 
 None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or
any Bond Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of Depositary records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in a Global Bond or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
Depositary records relating to such beneficial ownership interests, or for transfers 

  
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of beneficial interests in the Bonds or any transactions between the Depositary and beneficial owners. 

SECTION 308 Other Terms of the 4.75% Senior Notes. 

The other terms of the 4.75% Senior Notes shall be as expressly set forth herein and in Exhibit B. 

ARTICLE IV 
 OPTIONAL
REDEMPTION BY COMPANY 
 SECTION 401 Optional Redemption of 3.75% Senior Notes. 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, at any time prior to November 15, 2023, the 3.75% Senior Notes are redeemable
at the option of the Company in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the greater of: 
 (i) 100% of the principal
amount of the 3.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or 
 (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present
values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 3.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual
basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points; 
 plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including
the Redemption Date. 
 (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, at any time on or after November 15, 2023, the 3.75%
Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount of the 3.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date. 

(c) The Redemption Price shall be calculated assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 

SECTION 402 Optional Redemption of 4.75% Senior Notes. 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, at any time prior to August 15, 2043, the 4.75% Senior Notes are redeemable at
the option of the Company in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the greater of: 
 (i) 100% of the principal
amount of the 4.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or 

  
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 (ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the
Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest on the 4.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the
Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points; 
 plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption
Date. 
 (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, at any time on or after August 15, 2043, the 4.75% Senior Notes are
redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount of the 4.75% Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date. 

(c) The Redemption Price shall be calculated assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 

SECTION 403 Calculation of Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate the Redemption Price for the redemption
of any Senior Notes pursuant to Section 401 or Section 402, as applicable, and notify the Trustee of such Redemption Price before it sends the amount of the Redemption Price to the Trustee or any Paying Agent. 

SECTION 404 Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 401 or Section 402 shall
be given to Holders of the Senior Notes not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date in the manner set forth in Section 6.04 of the Indenture; provided, however, that such notice need not
state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if such dollar amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to the Holders of the Senior Notes being redeemed. Notwithstanding Section 6.02 of the Indenture, if the
Company elects to redeem Senior Notes pursuant to Section 401 or Section 402 hereof, it shall give written notice to the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Senior Notes to be redeemed at least twenty
(20) days prior to the redemption date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee). 
 ARTICLE V

 MISCELLANEOUS 

SECTION 501 Application of Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture. 

Except as provided in Section 501 hereof, each and every term and condition contained in this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture that
modifies, amends or supplements the terms and conditions of the Indenture shall apply only to the 3.75% Senior Notes and the 4.75% Senior Notes established hereby, as applicable, and not to any other series of Bonds established under the Indenture.
Except as specifically amended and supplemented by, or to the extent inconsistent with, this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. 

  
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 SECTION 502 Effective Date of Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture.

 This Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture shall be effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by each of the parties hereto. 

SECTION 503 Counterparts. 

This Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture to be
duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized, all as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY,
as Issuer

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Nicholas M. Bijur

	Name:	 	Nicholas M. Bijur
	Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer
	
	 THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
    as Trustee

		
	By:	 	 Melonee Young

	Name:	 	Melonee Young
	Title:	 	Vice President


 Signature Page to Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture 






 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF 3.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A BOND AND A GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 

UNLESS THIS SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF TERMS IS SUBJECT TO THE
INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF: 
  

					
	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT :
 $450,000,000
	 	 ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
 February 21,
2014
	  	INTEREST RATE: 3.75% per annum
			
	 MATURITY DATE:
  

February 15, 2024
	 	 INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
  

February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2014
	  	 THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A:
  

x Global Book-Entry Bond

 ̈ Certificated Bond

			
	REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company	 		  	


  
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 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 

3.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2024 

(Fixed Rate) 
  

			
	No. R-1	  	Principal Amount: $450,000,000
	CUSIP No: 694308 HG5	  	

 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as
nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns, the Principal Amount stated above on the Maturity Date stated above, and to pay interest thereon from and including the Original Issue Date stated above or, in the case of a 3.75%
Senior Note due February 15, 2024 issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on the Interest
Payment Dates set forth above and on the Maturity Date stated above, commencing August 15, 2014 at the rate of 3.75% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this 3.75% Senior Note due February 15, 2024 (this “Senior Note,” and together with all other 3.75% Senior
Notes due February 15, 2024, the “Senior Notes”) (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the 15th day preceding such Interest Payment Date;
provided, however, that interest payable at the Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Senior Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of the Indenture and any securities exchange, if any, on which the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 

Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest
payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of the 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from February 21, 2014 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Senior Note (other than the Maturity Date) is not a Business Day then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the 

  
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date the payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after maturity. 
 Payment of principal of, premium, if
any, and interest on Senior Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on
the Senior Notes represented by a Global Bond shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Bond, provided that, in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Bond is first
surrendered to the Paying Agent. If any of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Bond, (i) payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date or earlier redemption of such Senior Notes shall be made
at the office of the Paying Agent upon surrender of such Senior Notes to the Paying Agent, and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Bond Register or (B) by wire transfer to registered Holders of at least $10,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Notes at such place and to such account at a banking
institution in the United States as such Holders may designate in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment. 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SENIOR NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL
PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed. 
 Dated:                 , 2014 

 

					
	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

		 	    Name:	 	Kent M. Harvey
		 	    Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Financial Services
		
	By:	 	  

		 	    Name:	 	Nicholas M. Bijur
		 	    Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer



  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This Senior Note is one of the Bonds of the series designated as Bonds of the Forty-Third Series referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
 Dated:                 , 2014 

 

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., As Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory



  
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 Reverse of Senior Note 

This 3.75% Senior Note due February 15, 2024 is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company, issued and issuable in one or
more series under an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), as heretofore supplemented and as further supplemented by a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2013
and a Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 21, 2014 (as so supplemented, and together with all additional indentures supplemental thereto, and any constituent instruments establishing the terms of particular Bonds, being
herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Bonds thereunder and of the
terms and conditions upon which Bonds are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Senior Note is a Bond within the meaning of the Indenture and is one of the Bonds of the forty-third series designated as the 3.75% Senior Notes due
February 15, 2024 established by the Company under the Indenture. The acceptance of this Senior Note shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company (“Optional
Redemption”), in whole or in part, (a) at any time prior to November 15, 2023 at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: 

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed; or 

(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and
interest on the Senior Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, 

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date; and (b) at any time on or after
November 15, 2023 at 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date. 

Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to Holders of such Senior Notes, or one or
more Predecessor Bonds, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. 

In the case of an Optional Redemption, notice of redemption will be in writing and mailed first-class postage-prepaid not less than 10 days
nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address; provided, however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if such dollar
amount has not been determined as of the date such notice is being given to 

  
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the Holders of the Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Senior Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with
the Paying Agent or the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date, from and after such Redemption Date such Senior Notes or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. Senior Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 in principal amount may be
redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. 
 In the event of redemption of this Senior Note in part only, a new Senior Note
or Senior Notes of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior Note or any portion of the principal amount
hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and the Company’s entire indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which when due, without regard to any reinvestment thereof,
will provide moneys which, together with money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, will be sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note when due. 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Bonds, considered as one class, may declare the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that with
respect to certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar events, the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without further action by the Trustee or the Holders. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental
indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the
time Outstanding, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Bonds of more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of
one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided,
further, that if the Bonds of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the
consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the Indenture permits the Company and the
Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for certain purposes without the consent of any Holders of Bonds. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds,


  
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on behalf of the Holders of all such Bonds, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Senior Note. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note shall
not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default, the Holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and
offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall
have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Senior Note for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Senior Note at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Senior Note is registrable in the Bond Register, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on
this Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the Bond Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

The Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Senior Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 The Company shall not be
required to execute or to provide for the registration of the transfer of or the exchange of (A) any Senior Note of this series during a period of 15 days 

  
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immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Senior Notes called for redemption, or (B) any Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Senior Note being redeemed in part. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note is overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This Senior Note shall be governed by,
and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereunder, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable. 

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest with respect to this
Senior Note, or any part thereof, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against any incorporator, shareholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional
provision, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Bonds are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is
hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Senior Note. 

All terms used in this Senior Note which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Senior Note to 

 
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip
code) 
  

			
	and irrevocably appoint	 	  

	to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

  
  

Date:                         

  

			
	Your signature:	 	  

	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Senior Note)
		
	Tax Identification No.:	 	  

	
	SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
	                                    
                                         
                  
	
	Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent
Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Bond Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.



  
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 EXHIBIT B 

FORM OF 4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2044 

THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A BOND AND A GLOBAL BOND WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SENIOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS SENIOR NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. 

UNLESS THIS SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SENIOR NOTE CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY OF TERMS IS SUBJECT TO THE
INFORMATION SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF: 
  

					
	 PRINCIPAL AMOUNT :
 $450,000,000
	  	 ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
 February 21,
2014
	  	INTEREST RATE: 4.75% per annum
			
	 MATURITY DATE:
  

February 15, 2044
	  	 INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
  

February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2014
	  	 THIS SENIOR NOTE IS A:
  

x Global Book-Entry Bond

 ̈ Certificated Bond

			
	REGISTERED OWNER: Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company	  		  	


  
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 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY 

4.75% SENIOR NOTES DUE FEBRUARY 15, 2044 

(Fixed Rate) 
  

			
	No. R-1	  	Principal Amount: $450,000,000
	CUSIP No: 694308 HH3	  	

 PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of
California (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as
nominee for The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns, the Principal Amount stated above on the Maturity Date stated above, and to pay interest thereon from and including the Original Issue Date stated above or, in the case of a 4.75%
Senior Note due February 15, 2044 issued upon the registration of transfer or exchange, from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually in arrears on the Interest
Payment Dates set forth above and on the Maturity Date stated above, commencing August 15, 2014 at the rate of 4.75% per annum until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this 4.75% Senior Note due February 15, 2044 (this “Senior Note,” and together with all other 4.75% Senior
Notes due February 15, 2044, the “Senior Notes”) (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the 15th day preceding such Interest Payment Date;
provided, however, that interest payable at the Maturity Date or on a Redemption Date will be paid to the Person to whom principal is payable. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be
payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Senior Note (or one or more Predecessor Bonds) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Senior Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of the Indenture and any securities exchange, if any, on which the Senior Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by any such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. 

Payments of interest on this Senior Note will include interest accrued to but excluding the respective Interest Payment Dates. Interest
payments for this Senior Note shall be computed and paid on the basis of the 360-day year of twelve 30-day months and will accrue from February 21, 2014 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on this Senior Note (other than the Maturity Date) is not a Business Day then payment of the interest payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (and without any interest or payment in respect of any such delay) with the same force and effect as if made on the date the 

  
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payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest may be made on the next succeeding Business
Day, and no interest on such payment shall accrue for the period from and after maturity. 
 Payment of principal of, premium, if any, and
interest on Senior Notes shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Senior
Notes represented by a Global Bond shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the Holder of such Global Bond, provided that, in the case of payments of principal and premium, if any, such Global Bond is first surrendered to the
Paying Agent. If any of the Senior Notes are no longer represented by a Global Bond, (i) payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Maturity Date or earlier redemption of such Senior Notes shall be made at the office of the
Paying Agent upon surrender of such Senior Notes to the Paying Agent, and (ii) payments of interest shall be made, at the option of the Company, subject to such surrender where applicable, (A) by check mailed to the address of the Person
entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Bond Register or (B) by wire transfer to registered Holders of at least $10,000,000 in principal amount of Senior Notes at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the
United States as such Holders may designate in writing to the Trustee at least sixteen (16) days prior to the date for payment. 

REFERENCE IS HEREBY MADE TO THE FURTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS SENIOR NOTE SET FORTH ON THE REVERSE HEREOF, WHICH FURTHER PROVISIONS SHALL FOR ALL
PURPOSES HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS IF SET FORTH AT THIS PLACE. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Senior Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed. 
 Dated:                 , 2014 

 

					
	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Kent M. Harvey
		 	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, Financial Services
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:	 	Nicholas M. Bijur
		 	Title:	 	Vice President and Treasurer



  
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 TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION 

This Senior Note is one of the Bonds of the series designated as Bonds of the Forty-Fourth Series referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
 Dated:             , 2014 

 

			
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., As Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signatory



  
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 Reverse of Senior Note 

This 4.75% Senior Note due February 15, 2044 is one of a duly authorized issue of Bonds of the Company, issued and issuable in one or
more series under an Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of April 22, 2005 (the “Base Indenture”), as heretofore supplemented and as further supplemented by a Twentieth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 12, 2013
and a Twenty-First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 21, 2014 (as so supplemented, and together with all additional indentures supplemental thereto, and any constituent instruments establishing the terms of particular Bonds, being
herein called the “Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any
successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a description of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Bonds thereunder and of the
terms and conditions upon which Bonds are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Senior Note is a Bond within the meaning of the Indenture and is one of the Bonds of the forty-fourth series designated as the 4.75% Senior Notes due
February 15, 2044 established by the Company under the Indenture. The acceptance of this Senior Note shall be deemed to constitute the consent and agreement by the Holder hereof to all of the terms and provisions of the Indenture. 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company (“Optional
Redemption”), in whole or in part, (a) at any time prior to August 15, 2043 at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: 

(i) 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed; or 

(ii) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and
interest on the Senior Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate, plus 20 basis points, 

plus, in either of the above cases, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date; and (b) at any time on or after
August 15, 2043 at 100% of the principal amount of the Senior Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but not including the Redemption Date. 

Interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to Holders of such Senior Notes, or one or
more Predecessor Bonds, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture. 

In the case of an Optional Redemption, notice of redemption will be in writing and mailed first-class postage-prepaid not less than 10 days
nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Senior Notes to be redeemed at the Holder’s registered address; provided, however, that such notice need not state the dollar amount of the Redemption Price if such dollar
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the Holders of the Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all Senior Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed on the Redemption Date is deposited with
the Paying Agent or the Trustee on or prior to the Redemption Date, from and after such Redemption Date such Senior Notes or portions thereof shall cease to bear interest. Senior Notes in denominations larger than $1,000 in principal amount may be
redeemed in part but only in integral multiples of $1,000. 
 In the event of redemption of this Senior Note in part only, a new Senior Note
or Senior Notes of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the surrender hereof. 

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, this Senior Note or any portion of the principal amount
hereof will be deemed to have been paid for all purposes of the Indenture and to be no longer Outstanding thereunder, and the Company’s entire indebtedness in respect thereof will be satisfied and discharged, if there has been irrevocably
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company), in trust, money in an amount which will be sufficient and/or Eligible Obligations, the principal of and interest on which when due, without regard to any reinvestment thereof,
will provide moneys which, together with money, if any, deposited with or held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, will be sufficient to pay when due the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on this Senior Note when due. 

If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 33% in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Bonds, considered as one class, may declare the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding to be due and payable immediately by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders); provided, however, that with
respect to certain Events of Default relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar events, the principal amount of all Bonds then Outstanding shall be due and payable immediately without further action by the Trustee or the Holders. 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company and the Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental
indentures for the purpose of adding any provisions to, or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of, the Indenture with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the
time Outstanding, considered as one class; provided, however, that if there shall be Bonds of more than one series Outstanding under the Indenture and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of
one or more, but less than all, of such series, then the consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all series so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided,
further, that if the Bonds of any series shall have been issued in more than one Tranche and if a proposed supplemental indenture shall directly affect the rights of the Holders of Bonds of one or more, but less than all, of such Tranches, then the
consent only of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Bonds of all Tranches so directly affected, considered as one class, shall be required; and provided, further, that the Indenture permits the Company and the
Trustee to enter into one or more supplemental indentures for certain purposes without the consent of any Holders of Bonds. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds,


  
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on behalf of the Holders of all such Bonds, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Senior Note shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Senior Note and of any Senior Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or
waiver is made upon this Senior Note. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Senior Note shall
not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default, the Holders of at least 33% in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and
offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Bonds at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such written request, and shall
have failed to institute any such proceeding for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Senior Note for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the
Indenture and no provision of this Senior Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Senior Note at the times, place
and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed. 
 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the transfer of this Senior Note is registrable in the Bond Register, upon surrender of this Senior Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on
this Senior Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee or the Bond Registrar, as the case may be, duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Senior Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 

The Senior Notes are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Senior Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder
surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. 
 The Company shall not be
required to execute or to provide for the registration of the transfer of or the exchange of (A) any Senior Note of this series during a period of 15 days 

  
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immediately preceding the date notice is to be given identifying the serial numbers of the Senior Notes called for redemption, or (B) any Senior Note selected for redemption in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any Senior Note being redeemed in part. 
 Prior to due presentment of this Senior Note for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Senior Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Senior Note is overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 This Senior Note shall be governed by,
and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of California without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws thereunder, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act shall be applicable. 

As provided in the Indenture, no recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest with respect to this
Senior Note, or any part thereof, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the indebtedness represented hereby, or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement under the Indenture, against any incorporator, shareholder,
officer or director, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any predecessor or successor corporation (either directly or through the Company or a predecessor or successor corporation), whether by virtue of any constitutional
provision, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed and understood that the Indenture and all the Bonds are solely corporate obligations and that any such personal liability is
hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as part of the consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issuance of this Senior Note. 

All terms used in this Senior Note which are not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 

  
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 ASSIGNMENT FORM 

To assign this Senior Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Senior Note to 

 
  

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.) 
  

 
  

 
  

 
  

 
 (Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip
code) 
  

			
	and irrevocably appoint	 	  

	to transfer this Senior Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

  
  

Date:
                             

 

			
	Your signature:	 	  

	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Senior Note)
		
	Tax Identification No.:	 	  

	
	SIGNATURE GUARANTEE:
	                                    
                                         
                   
	
	Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Bond Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Agent
Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Bond Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.



  
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