Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture



 Exhibit 4.1 

 
  
 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture 
 Dated as of April 16, 2012

 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 4.45% SENIOR NOTES	  	 	4	  


							
			
	 SECTION 201
	  	Establishment and Designation of the 4.45% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 202
	  	Form of the 4.45% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 203
	  	Principal Amount of the 4.45% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 204
	  	Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 4.45% Senior Notes	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 205
	  	No Sinking Fund	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 206
	  	Paying Agent and Bond Registrar	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 207
	  	Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities	  	 	4	  
			
	 SECTION 208
	  	Other Terms of the 4.45% Senior Notes	  	 	5	  


							
			
	ARTICLE III	  	OPTIONAL REDEMPTION OF 4.45% SENIOR NOTES BY COMPANY	  	 	5	  


							
			
	 SECTION 301
	  	Optional Redemption	  	 	5	  
			
	 SECTION 302
	  	Calculation of Redemption Price	  	 	6	  
			
	 SECTION 303
	  	Notice of Redemption	  	 	6	  


							
			
	ARTICLE IV	  	MISCELLANEOUS	  	 	6	  


							
			
	 SECTION 401
	  	Application of Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture	  	 	6	  
			
	 SECTION 402
	  	Effective Date of Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture	  	 	6	  
			
	 SECTION 403
	  	Counterparts	  	 	6	  
			
	EXHIBIT A	  		  			

  

  
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 SEVENTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 16, 2012 (this “Seventeenth
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”) and this Seventeenth
Supplemental Indenture (this “Seventeenth 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 and the Seventeenth 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 Seventeenth 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 Seventeenth 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 4.45% Senior Notes (as defined below) with respect to all provisions herein applicable to 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 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture and shall have the meanings set forth in this Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture only for purposes of this Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture:

 “4.45% Senior Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 201 hereto. 

“Adjusted Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, 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 4.45% Senior Notes that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the
remaining term of the 4.45% Senior Notes. 
 “Comparable Treasury Price” means, with respect to any Redemption
Date, (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. 

  
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 “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 the 4.45% Senior Notes may be redeemed pursuant to
Section 301(a) or Section 301(b) hereto. 
 “Reference Treasury Dealer” means (1) each of
Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC 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 4.45% Senior Notes that the Company is redeeming pursuant to Section 301 hereto, the remaining scheduled payments of
principal and interest that would be due after the applicable Redemption Date if such 4.45% Senior Notes were not redeemed. However, if the Redemption Date is not a scheduled Interest Payment Date with respect to such 4.45% Senior Notes, the amount
of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such 4.45% Senior Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued on such 4.45% Senior Notes to the Redemption Date. 

“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 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 Seventeenth
Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. 

  
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 ARTICLE II 
 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 4.45% SENIOR NOTES 
 SECTION 201 Establishment
and Designation of the 4.45% Senior Notes. 
 Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 3.01 of the Indenture, the
Company hereby establishes a thirty-sixth series of Bonds designated as the “4.45% Senior Notes due April 15, 2042” (the “4.45% Senior Notes”). The 4.45% Senior Notes may be reopened, from time to time, for issuances of
additional Bonds of such series, and any additional Bonds issued and comprising 4.45% Senior Notes shall have identical terms as the 4.45% 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 4.45% Senior Notes. 

The 4.45% 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 4.45% Senior Notes. 

The 4.45% Senior Notes shall be issued in an initial aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000. 

SECTION 204 Interest Rates; Stated Maturity of the 4.45% Senior Notes. 

The 4.45% Senior Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 4.45% per annum and shall have a Stated Maturity of April 15, 2042.

 SECTION 205 No Sinking Fund. 
 No sinking fund is provided for the 4.45% Senior Notes. 
 SECTION 206 Paying
Agent and Bond Registrar. 
 The Trustee is hereby appointed as initial Paying Agent and initial Bond Registrar for the
4.45% Senior Notes. The Place of Payment of the 4.45% Senior Notes shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

SECTION 207 Global Securities; Appointment of Depositary for Global Securities. 

The 4.45% 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 4.45%
Senior Notes, and the 4.45% Senior Notes shall initially be registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of DTC. 

  
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 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 4.45% Senior Notes. 
 The other terms
of the 4.45% Senior Notes shall be as expressly set forth herein and in Exhibit A. 
 ARTICLE III 

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION BY COMPANY 
 SECTION 301 Optional Redemption. 
 (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Indenture, at any time prior to October 15, 2041 the 4.45% 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 4.45% 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 4.45% 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. 

  
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 (b) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, at any time on or after
October 15, 2041, the 4.45% Senior Notes are redeemable at the option of the Company in whole or in part at 100% of the principal amount of the 4.45% 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 302 Calculation of Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate the Redemption Price for any
redemption of Senior Notes pursuant to Section 301 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 303 Notice of Redemption. Notice of any redemption pursuant to Section 301 shall be given in the manner and at
the time 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 4.45% Senior Notes being redeemed. 
 ARTICLE IV 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 SECTION 401 Application of Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture. 

Except as provided herein, each and every term and condition contained in this Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture that modifies, amends
or supplements the terms and conditions of the Indenture shall apply only to the 4.45% Senior Notes established hereby 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 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. 
 SECTION 402 Effective Date of Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture. 

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

 SECTION 403 Counterparts. 
 This Seventeenth 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 Seventeenth 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/ Dinyar B. Mistry

	Name:	 	Dinyar B. Mistry
	Title:	 	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
		 	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Raymond Torres

	Name:	 	Raymond Torres
	Title:	 	Senior Associate


 Signature page to Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture 







 EXHIBIT A 
 FORM OF 4.45% SENIOR NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2042 
 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:

$400,000,000
	  	 ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:

April 16, 2012
	  	INTEREST RATE: 4.45% per annum
			
	 MATURITY DATE:
  

April 15, 2042
	  	 INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
  

April 15 and October 15, commencing
 October 15, 2012
	  	 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 

4.45% SENIOR NOTES DUE APRIL 15, 2042 
 (Fixed Rate) 
  

			
	No. R-1	  	Principal Amount: $400,000,000

 CUSIP No:
694308 GZ4 
 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 4.45%
Senior Note due April 15, 2042 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 October 15, 2012 at the rate of 4.45% 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 4.45% Senior Note due April 15, 2042 (this “Senior Note,” and together with all other 4.45% Senior Notes due
April 15, 2042, 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 April 16, 2012 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 payment was originally payable. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day,


  
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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: April 16, 2012 

 

					
	PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
		
	By:	 	  

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

		 	Name:	 	Dinyar B. Mistry
		 	Title:	 	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Controller



  
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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 Thirty-Sixth Series referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture. 
 Dated: April 16, 2012 

 

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

		 	Authorized Signatory



  
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 Reverse of Senior Note 

This 4.45% Senior Note due April 15, 2042 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 Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of April 16, 2012
(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 thirty-sixth series designated as the 4.45% Senior Note due April 15, 2042 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
October 15, 2041 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 October 15, 2041 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 30 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 the Holders of the Senior Notes being redeemed. If money sufficient to pay the Redemption 

  
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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, on behalf of the Holders of all such Bonds, to waive certain past defaults under the Indenture and


  
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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 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. 

  
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 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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