Document:

EX-10.2

 Exhibit 10.2 

SECURITIZATION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT 

by and between 
 DTE
ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC, 
 Issuer 

and 
 DTE ELECTRIC
COMPANY, 
 Seller 

Dated as of March 17, 2022 
  

 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
	 ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION
	  	 	1	 
		
	 SECTION 1.01. Definitions and Rules of Construction
	  	 	1	 
		
	 ARTICLE II. TRANSFER OF SECURITIZATION PROPERTY
	  	 	1	 
		
	 SECTION 2.01. Transfer of Securitization Property
	  	 	1	 
		
	 SECTION 2.02. Conditions to Transfer of Securitization Property
	  	 	2	 
		
	 ARTICLE III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
	  	 	3	 
		
	 SECTION 3.01. Organization and Good Standing
	  	 	3	 
		
	 SECTION 3.02. Due Qualification
	  	 	3	 
		
	 SECTION 3.03. Power and Authority
	  	 	3	 
		
	 SECTION 3.04. Binding Obligation
	  	 	3	 
		
	 SECTION 3.05. No Violation
	  	 	4	 
		
	 SECTION 3.06. No Proceedings
	  	 	4	 
		
	 SECTION 3.07. Approvals
	  	 	4	 
		
	 SECTION 3.08. The Securitization Property
	  	 	4	 
		
	 SECTION 3.09. Limitations on Representations and Warranties
	  	 	7	 
		
	 ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS OF THE SELLER
	  	 	7	 
		
	 SECTION 4.01. Existence
	  	 	7	 
		
	 SECTION 4.02. No Liens
	  	 	7	 
		
	 SECTION 4.03. Delivery of Collections
	  	 	7	 
		
	 SECTION 4.04. Notice of Liens
	  	 	8	 
		
	 SECTION 4.05. Compliance with Law
	  	 	8	 
		
	 SECTION 4.06. Covenants Related to Securitization Bonds and Securitization Property
	  	 	8	 
		
	 SECTION 4.07. Protection of Title
	  	 	9	 
		
	 SECTION 4.08. Nonpetition Covenants
	  	 	9	 
		
	 SECTION 4.09. Taxes
	  	 	9	 
		
	 SECTION 4.10. Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc
	  	 	9	 
		
	 SECTION 4.11. Use of Proceeds
	  	 	10	 
		
	 SECTION 4.12. Further Assurances
	  	 	10	 
		
	 ARTICLE V. THE SELLER
	  	 	10	 
		
	 SECTION 5.01. Liability of Seller; Indemnities
	  	 	10	 
		
	 SECTION 5.02. Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of,
Seller
	  	 	11	 
		
	 SECTION 5.03. Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others
	  	 	12	 
		
	 ARTICLE VI. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
	  	 	12	 
		
	 SECTION 6.01. Amendment
	  	 	12	 
		
	 SECTION 6.02. Notices
	  	 	12	 
		
	 SECTION 6.03. Assignment
	  	 	13	 
		
	 SECTION 6.04. Limitations on Rights of Third Parties
	  	 	13	 
		
	 SECTION 6.05. Severability
	  	 	13	 

					
		
	 SECTION 6.06. Separate Counterparts
	  	 	13	 
		
	 SECTION 6.07. Headings
	  	 	13	 
		
	 SECTION 6.08. Governing Law
	  	 	13	 
		
	 SECTION 6.09. Assignment to Indenture Trustee
	  	 	14	 
		
	 SECTION 6.10. Limitation of Liability
	  	 	14	 
		
	 SECTION 6.11. Waivers
	  	 	14	 

 EXHIBIT 
  

	Exhibit	 A Form of Bill of Sale 

 

 This SECURITIZATION PROPERTY PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 17, 2022 (this
“Sale Agreement”), is by and between DTE ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Issuer”), and DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Michigan corporation (together with its successors in
interest to the extent permitted hereunder, the “Seller”). 
 RECITALS 

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to purchase the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property (collectively,
the “Securitization Property”) created pursuant to the Statute and the Financing Order; 
 WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell
its rights and interests under the Financing Order to the Issuer whereupon such rights and interests shall become the Securitization Property; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, in order to finance the purchase of the Securitization Property, will issue the Securitization Bonds under the Indenture;
and 
 WHEREAS, the Issuer, to secure its obligations under the Securitization Bonds and the Indenture, will pledge, among other things, all
right, title and interest of the Issuer in and to the Securitization Property and this Sale Agreement to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

ARTICLE I. 
 DEFINITIONS
AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION 
 SECTION 1.01.    Definitions and Rules of Construction. 

(a)    Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in that
certain Indenture (including Appendix A thereto) dated as of the date hereof (the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the
“Indenture Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary and account bank (the “Securities Intermediary”). Not all terms defined in Appendix A of the
Indenture are used in this Sale Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A of the Indenture shall apply to this Sale Agreement. 

(b)    Whenever used in this Sale Agreement, the following words and phrases shall have the following meanings: 

“Bill of Sale” means a bill of sale substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto delivered
pursuant to Section 2.02(a). 
 “Losses” means (i) any and all amounts of principal of and interest on the
Securitization Bonds not paid when due or when scheduled to be paid in accordance with their terms and the amounts of any deposits by or to the Issuer required to have been made in accordance with the terms of the Basic Documents or the Financing
Order which are not made when so required and (ii) any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, claims, damages, payments, costs or expenses of any kind whatsoever. 

ARTICLE II. 
 TRANSFER OF
SECURITIZATION PROPERTY 
 SECTION 2.01.    Transfer of Securitization Property. 

(a)    In consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the order of the Seller of $156,900,000 for the
Distribution Securitization Property and of $73,200,000 for the Power Supply Securitization Property, subject to the conditions specified in Section 2.02, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over
and otherwise convey to the Issuer, without recourse or warranty, except as set forth herein, all right, title and interest of the Seller in, to and under the Securitization Property (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of
the Securitization 

 
Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Statute, the property rights and property interests of DTE Electric under the Financing Order, including the right to impose, collect and
receive Securitization Charges, the right to obtain True-Up Adjustments and all revenue, collections, payments, moneys and proceeds arising out of the rights and interests created under the Financing Order.)
Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitization Property is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and, pursuant to Section 10l(1) of the Statute and shall be treated as a true
sale and not as a secured transaction. The Seller and the Issuer agree that after giving effect to the sale, assignment and transfer contemplated hereby the Seller has no right, title or interest in or to the Securitization Property to which a
security interest could attach because (i) it has sold, transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed all right, title and interest in and to the Securitization Property to the Issuer, (ii) as provided in Section 10l(1)
of the Statute, legal and equitable title shall have passed to the Issuer and (iii) as provided in Section 10m(3) of the Statute, appropriate financing statements have been filed and such transfer is perfected against all third
parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors. If such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance is held by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be a true sale as provided in Section 10l(1) of the
Statute, then such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance shall be treated as a pledge of the Securitization Property and as the creation of a security interest (within the meaning of the Statute and the applicable UCC) in the
Securitization Property and, without prejudice to its position that it has absolutely transferred all of its rights in the Securitization Property to the Issuer, the Seller hereby grants a security interest in the Securitization Property to the
Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties) to secure their respective rights under the Basic Documents to receive the Securitization Charges and all other Securitization Property (the “Back-Up Security Interest”). 
 (b)    Subject to
Section 2.02, the Issuer does hereby purchase the Securitization Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in this Section 2.01(a). 

SECTION 2.02.    Conditions to Transfer of Securitization Property. The obligation of the Seller to sell, and the
obligation of the Issuer to purchase, the Securitization Property on the Closing Date shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions: 

(a)    on or prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer a duly executed Bill of Sale
identifying the Securitization Property to be transferred on the Closing Date; 
 (b)    on or prior to the Closing Date,
the Seller shall have obtained the Financing Order creating the Securitization Property; 
 (c)    as of the Closing
Date, the Seller is not insolvent and will not have been made insolvent by such sale and the Seller is not aware of any pending insolvency with respect to itself; 

(d)    as of the Closing Date, the representations and warranties of the Seller set forth in this Sale Agreement shall be
true and correct with the same force and effect as if made on the Closing Date (except to the extent that they relate to an earlier date); on and as of the Closing Date no breach of any covenant or agreement of the Seller contained in this Sale
Agreement has occurred and is continuing; and no Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing; 
 (e)    as of
the Closing Date, (i) the Issuer shall have sufficient funds available to pay the purchase price for the Securitization Property to be transferred on such date and (ii) all conditions to the issuance of the Securitization Bonds intended to
provide such funds set forth in the Indenture shall have been satisfied or waived; 
 (f)    on or prior to the Closing
Date, the Seller shall have taken all action required to transfer to the Issuer ownership of the Securitization Property to be transferred on such date, free and clear of all Liens other than Liens created by the Issuer pursuant to the Basic
Documents and to perfect such transfer, including, without limitation, filing any statements or filings under the Statute and the applicable UCC and the Issuer or the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, shall have taken any action required for the
Issuer to grant the Indenture Trustee a first priority perfected security interest in the Securitization Bond Collateral and maintain such security interest as of the Closing Date; 

(g)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Rating Agencies and the Issuer any Opinions of Counsel required by the Rating
Agencies; 

  
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 (h)    the Seller shall have received and delivered to the Issuer and
the Indenture Trustee an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Seller, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Underwriters) to the effect that (i) the Issuer will not be subject to U.S.
federal income tax as an entity separate from its sole owner and that the Securitization Bonds will be treated as debt of the Issuer’s sole owner for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the
Seller will not be treated as recognizing gross income upon the issuance of the Securitization Bonds; 
 (i)    on and as
of the Closing Date, each of the Issuer’s certificate of formation, the LLC Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, this Sale Agreement, the Indenture, the Financing Order and the Statute shall be in full force and effect; 

(j)    the Securitization Bonds shall have received a rating or ratings required by the Financing Order; 

(k)    the Seller shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate confirming the
satisfaction of each condition precedent specified in this Section 2.02; and 
 (l)    the
Seller shall have received the purchase price for the Securitization Property. 
 ARTICLE III. 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER 

Subject to Section 3.09, the Seller makes the following representations and warranties, as of the Closing Date, and
the Seller acknowledges that the Issuer has relied thereon in acquiring the Securitization Property. The representations and warranties shall survive the sale, assignment and transfer of the Securitization Property to the Issuer and the pledge
thereof to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture. The Seller agrees that (i) the Issuer may assign the right to enforce the following representations and warranties to the Indenture Trustee and (ii) the representations and
warranties inure to the benefit of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. 
 SECTION 3.01.    Organization and Good
Standing. The Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of Michigan, with the requisite corporate power and authority to own its properties as such properties are currently owned
and to conduct its business as such business is now conducted by it, and has the requisite corporate power and authority to obtain the Financing Order and own the rights and interests under the Financing Order and to sell and assign those rights and
interests to the Issuer whereupon such rights and interests shall become “securitization property” as defined in the Statute. 

SECTION 3.02.    Due Qualification. The Seller is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing, and has
obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business shall require such qualifications, licenses or approvals (except where the failure to so qualify or obtain
such licenses and approvals would not be reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Seller’s business, operations, assets, revenues or properties, the Securitization Property, the Issuer or the Securitization Bonds). 

SECTION 3.03.    Power and Authority. The Seller has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver this Sale Agreement and to carry out its terms; and the execution, delivery and performance of obligations under this Sale Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Seller under its
organizational or governing documents and laws. 
 SECTION 3.04.    Binding Obligation. This Sale Agreement
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller, enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other laws relating to or affecting
creditors’ or secured parties’ rights generally from time to time in effect and to general principles of equity (including concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing), regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law. 

  
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 SECTION 3.05.    No Violation. The consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Sale Agreement and the fulfillment of the terms hereof do not and will not: (a) conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of
time) a default under, the Seller’s organizational documents or any indenture, or other material agreement or instrument to which the Seller is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound; or (b) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of the Seller’s properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or other instrument (other than any Lien that may be granted in the Issuer’s favor or any Lien under the Basic Documents or
any Liens created by the Issuer pursuant to the Statute) or violate any existing law or any existing order, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties. 

SECTION 3.06.    No Proceedings. There are no proceedings pending and, to the Seller’s knowledge, there are no
proceedings threatened and, to the Seller’s knowledge, there are no investigations pending or threatened, before any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or its properties involving or relating to the Seller or the Issuer
or, to the Seller’s knowledge, any other Person: (a) asserting the invalidity of the Statute, the Financing Order, this Sale Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securitization Bonds; (b) seeking to prevent the issuance
of the Securitization Bonds or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Sale Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents; (c) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the performance by the Seller of its obligations under, or the validity or enforceability of, the Statute, the Financing Order, this Sale Agreement, any of the other Basic Documents or the Securitization Bonds; or (d) seeking
to adversely affect the federal income tax or state income or franchise tax classification of the Securitization Bonds as debt. 
 SECTION
3.07.    Approvals. Except for UCC financing statement filings and other filings under the Statute, no approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required in
connection with the execution and delivery by the Seller of this Sale Agreement, the performance by the Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or the fulfillment by the Seller of the terms hereof, except those that have been obtained or made
and those that the Seller, in its capacity as Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, is required to make in the future pursuant to the Servicing Agreement. The Seller has provided the Commission with a copy of each registration statement,
prospectus or other closing document filed with the SEC as part of the transactions contemplated hereby immediately following the filing of the original document. 

SECTION 3.08.    The Securitization Property. 

(a)    Information. Subject to Section 3.08(h) below, at the Closing Date, all
written information, as amended or supplemented from time to time, provided by the Seller to the Issuer with respect to the Securitization Property (including the Expected Amortization Schedule, the Scheduled Principal Contribution Obligation
Balance Schedule and the Financing Order) is true and correct in all material respects. 
 (b)    Title. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the sale, assignment and transfer of the Securitization Property herein contemplated constitutes a sale or other absolute transfer of the Securitization Property from the Seller to the Issuer and that no interest
in, or right or title to, the Securitization Property would be part of the Seller’s estate in the event of the filing of a bankruptcy petition by or against the Seller under any bankruptcy law. No portion of the Distribution Securitization
Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property has been sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise conveyed by the Seller to any Person other than the Issuer, and, to the Seller’s knowledge (after due inquiry), no security
agreement, financing statement or equivalent security or lien instrument listing the Seller as debtor covering all or any part of the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property is on file or of record in any
jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made in favor of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with the Basic Documents. The Seller has not authorized the filing of and is not aware (after due inquiry) of any
financing statement against it that includes a description of collateral including the Securitization Property other than any financing statement filed, recorded or made in favor of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with the Basic
Documents. The Seller is not aware (after due inquiry) of any judgment or tax lien filings against either the Seller or the Issuer. 

(c)    Transfer Filings.    On the Closing Date, immediately upon the sale hereunder, the
Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property shall be validly transferred and sold to the Issuer, and the Issuer shall own all of the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization
Property free and clear of all Liens (except for the Lien created in favor of the Indenture Trustee granted under the Indenture and valid pursuant to the Statute) and all filings and actions to be made or taken by the Seller (including filings with
the Michigan Department of State pursuant to the Statute) necessary to give the Issuer a valid ownership interest (subject to any Lien created in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the Indenture and perfected
pursuant to the Statute) in the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property have been made or taken. No further action is required to maintain such ownership interest. All applicable filings also have been made
to the extent required by applicable law in any jurisdiction to perfect the Back-Up Security Interest granted by the Seller to the Issuer. 

 

  
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 (d)    Financing Order; Other Approvals. On the Closing Date,
under the laws of the State of Michigan and the United States in effect on the Closing Date: (i) the Financing Order pursuant to which the rights and interests of the Seller, including the right to impose, collect and receive the Securitization
Charges and the interest in and to the Securitization Property transferred on such date have been created, is Final and in full force and effect; (ii) as of the issuance of the Securitization Bonds, the Securitization Bonds are entitled to the
protections provided by the Statute and, accordingly, the Financing Order and the Securitization Charges are not revocable by the Commission; (iii) as of the Closing Date, revisions to the Seller’s electric tariff to implement the
Securitization Charges have been filed and is in full force and effect, are consistent with under the terms of the Financing Order, and implemented consistent with a Financing Order issued by the Commission is not subject to modification by the
Commission except for True-Up Adjustments made in accordance with the Statute; (iv) the process by which the Financing Order creating the Securitization Property was adopted and approved, and the
Financing Order and the Securitization Rate Schedules themselves, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations; (v) the Financing Order is not subject to appeal and is legally enforceable, and the process by which it was issued
complied with all applicable laws, rules and regulations; and (vi) no other approval, authorization, consent, order or other action of, or filing with any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the creation of the Securitization
Property transferred on such date, except those that have been obtained or made. 
 (e)    State Action. Under the
Statute, the State of Michigan may not take or permit any action that would impair the value of the Distribution Securitization Property or the Power Supply Securitization Property, reduce, or alter, except as allowed in connection with the True-Up Adjustment, or impair the Securitization Charges to be imposed, collected and remitted to the Issuer until the principal, interest and premium, if any, and any other charges incurred, and contracts to be
performed, in connection with the Securitization Bonds have been paid and performed in full; and under the Contract Clauses of the State of Michigan and United States Constitutions, the State of Michigan, including the Commission, could not
constitutionally take any action of a legislative character, including the repeal or amendment of the Statute or the Financing Order (including repeal or amendment by voter initiative as defined in the Michigan Constitution or by amendment of the
Michigan Constitution), that would substantially impair the value of the Distribution Securitization Property or the Power Supply Securitization Property or substantially reduce or alter, except as allowed in connection with the True-Up Adjustment, or substantially impair the Securitization Charges to be imposed, collected and remitted to the Issuer, unless this action is a reasonable exercise of the State of Michigan’s sovereign
powers and of a character reasonable and appropriate to further the public purpose justifying this action and, under the Takings Clauses of the State of Michigan and United States Constitutions, the State of Michigan, including the Commission, could
not repeal or amend the Statute or the Financing Order (including repeal or amendment by voter initiative as defined in the Michigan Constitution or by amendment of the Michigan Constitution) or take any other action in contravention of its pledge
described in the first clause of this Section, without paying just compensation to the Holders, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, if this action would constitute a permanent appropriation of a substantial property interest of the
Holders in the Securitization Property and deprives the Holders of their reasonable expectations arising from their investments in the Securitization Bonds. There is no assurance, however, that, even if a court were to award just compensation, it
would be sufficient to pay the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securitization Bonds. 

(f)    Assumptions. On the Closing Date, based upon the information available to the Seller on such date, the
assumptions used in calculating the Distribution Securitization Charges and Power Supply Securitization Charges are reasonable and are made in good faith. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller makes no representation or warranty, express or
implied, that amounts actually collected arising from those Distribution Securitization Charges and Power Supply Securitization Charges will in fact be sufficient to meet the payment obligations on the Securitization Bonds or that the assumptions
used in calculating such Distribution Securitization Charges and Power Supply Securitization Charges will in fact be realized. 

(g)    Creation of Distribution Securitization Property and Power Supply Securitization Property. Upon the
effectiveness of the Financing Order and the transfer of the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property pursuant to this Sale Agreement: 

  
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 (i)    the rights and interests of the Seller under the
Financing Order, including the right of the Seller and any Successor to impose, collect and receive the Securitization Charges authorized in the Financing Order, become “securitization property” as defined in the Statute; 

(ii)    the Securitization Property constitutes a present property right vested in the Issuer;  

(iii)    the Securitization Property includes the rights and interests of the Seller in the Financing
Order, including the right of the Seller and any Successor to impose, collect and receive Securitization Charges from Customers, and including the right to obtain True-Up Adjustments, and all revenue,
collections, payments, money and proceeds arising out of rights and interests created under the Financing Order, 

(iv)    the owner of the Securitization Property is legally entitled to bill Securitization Charges for a
period not greater than 15 years (in respect of the Power Supply Securitization Property) or 6 years (in respect of the Distribution Securitization Property) after the date the corresponding Securitization Charges, are first billed and to collect
and post payments in respect of such Securitization Charges in the aggregate sufficient to pay the interest on and principal of the Securitization Bonds in accordance with the Indenture, to pay Ongoing Other Qualified Costs and to replenish the
Capital Account to the Required Capital Level until the Securitization Bonds are Paid in Full, and the securitization rate class allocation percentages in the Financing Order do not prohibit the owner of the transferred Securitization Property from
obtaining adjustments and effecting allocations to the Securitization Charges in order to collect payments of such amounts; and 

(v)    the Securitization Property is not subject to any Lien other than any Lien created in favor of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the Indenture and perfected pursuant to the Statute. 

(h)    Nature of Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties set forth in this
Section 3.08, insofar as they involve conclusions of law, are made not on the basis that the Seller purports to be a legal expert or to be rendering legal advice, but rather to reflect the parties’ good faith
understanding of the legal basis on which the parties are entering into this Sale Agreement and the other Basic Documents and the basis on which the Holders are purchasing the Securitization Bonds, and to reflect the parties’ agreement that, if
such understanding turns out to be incorrect or inaccurate, the Seller will be obligated to indemnify the Issuer and its permitted assigns (to the extent required by and in accordance with Section 5.01), and that the Issuer
and its permitted assigns will be entitled to enforce any rights and remedies under the Basic Documents on account of such inaccuracy to the same extent as if the Seller had breached any other representations or warranties hereunder. 

(i)    Prospectus. As of the date hereof, the information describing the Seller under the caption “Review of
the Securitization Property” and “DTE Electric Company--The Depositor, Sponsor, Seller and Initial Servicer” in the prospectus dated March 10, 2022
relating to the Securitization Bonds is true and correct in all material respects. 

(j)    Solvency. After giving effect to the sale of the Securitization Property hereunder, the
Seller: 
 (i)    is solvent and expects to remain solvent; 

(ii)    is adequately capitalized to conduct its business and affairs considering its size and the nature
of its business and intended purpose; 
 (iii)    is not engaged in nor does it expect to engage in a
business for which its remaining property represents unreasonably small capital; 
 (iv)    reasonably
believes that it will be able to pay its debts as they come due; and 
 (v)    is able to pay its debts
as they mature and does not intend to incur, or believes that it will not incur, indebtedness that it will not be able to repay at its maturity. 

  
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 (k)    No Court Order. There is no order by any court providing
for the revocation, alteration, limitation or other impairment of the Statute, the Financing Order, the Securitization Property or the Securitization Charges or any rights arising under any of them or that seeks to enjoin the performance of any
obligations under the Financing Order. 
 (l)    Survival of Representations and Warranties. The representations
and warranties set forth in this Section 3.08 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Sale Agreement and may not be waived by any party hereto except pursuant to a written agreement executed in accordance with
Article VI and as to which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied. 
 SECTION 3.09.    Limitations on
Representations and Warranties. Without prejudice to any of the other rights of the parties, the Seller will not be in breach of any representation or warranty as a result of a change in law by means of any legislative enactment, constitutional
amendment or voter initiative (if subsequently authorized). THE SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, THAT BILLED SECURITIZATION CHARGES WILL BE ACTUALLY COLLECTED FROM CUSTOMERS AND NO REPRESENTATION THAT AMOUNTS COLLECTED
WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE OBLIGATIONS ON THE SECURITIZATION BONDS. 
 ARTICLE IV. 

COVENANTS OF THE SELLER 

SECTION 4.01.    Existence. Subject to Section 5.02, so long as any of the Securitization
Bonds are Outstanding, the Seller (a) will keep in full force and effect its existence and remain in good standing or equivalent status under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) will obtain and preserve its qualification
to do business, in each case to the extent that in each such jurisdiction such existence or qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Sale Agreement, the other Basic Documents to which the Seller is a
party and each other instrument or agreement to which the Seller is a party necessary or appropriate to the proper administration of this Sale Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby or to the extent necessary for the Seller to perform
its obligations hereunder or thereunder and (c) will continue to operate its electric distribution system to provide electric service to its retail electric distribution customers. 

SECTION 4.02.    No Liens. Except for the transfers under this Sale Agreement or any Lien under the Statute created
for the benefit of the Issuer, the Holders of the Securitization Bonds or the Indenture Trustee, the Seller will not sell, pledge, assign or transfer to any other Person, or grant, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on, any of the
Securitization Property, or any interest therein, and the Seller shall defend the right, title and interest of the Issuer and of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, in, to and under the Securitization Property against all claims
of third parties claiming through or under the Seller. DTE Electric, in its capacity as Seller, will not at any time assert any Lien against, or with respect to, any of the Securitization Property. 

SECTION 4.03.    Delivery of Collections. 

(a)    In the event that the Seller receives any Distribution Securitization Charge Collections, Power Supply
Securitization Charge Collections or other payments in respect of the Securitization Charges or the proceeds thereof, other than in its capacity as the Servicer, the Seller agrees to pay to the Servicer, on behalf of the Issuer, all payments
received by it in respect thereof as soon as practicable after receipt thereof. Prior to such remittance to the Servicer by the Seller, the Seller agrees that such amounts are held by it in trust for the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. 

(b)    The Seller shall not become a party to any future (i) trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or
similar arrangement under which it sells all or any portion of its accounts receivables owing from Customers who are obligated to pay the Securitization Charges unless the Indenture Trustee, the Seller and the other parties to such arrangement shall
have entered into an Intercreditor Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Indenture, with such changes as may be agreed among the parties thereto so long as such changes do not materially and adversely affect any Holder’s
rights in and to any Securitization Bond Collateral or otherwise under the Indenture, in connection therewith and the terms of the documentation evidencing such trade receivables purchase and sale arrangement or similar arrangement shall expressly
exclude the Securitization Property (including the Securitization Charges) from any receivables or other assets pledged or sold under such arrangement or (ii) sale agreement selling to any other affiliate property consisting of charges similar
to the Securitization Charges sold pursuant to this Sale Agreement, payable by Customers pursuant to the Statute or any similar law, unless the Seller and the other parties to such arrangement shall have entered into such Intercreditor Agreement.

  
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 SECTION 4.04.    Notice of Liens. The Seller shall notify the
Issuer and the Indenture Trustee promptly after becoming aware of any Lien on any of the Securitization Property, other than the transfers hereunder and any Lien pursuant to the Basic Documents or any lien under the Statute created for the benefit
of the Issuer or the Holders, including the Lien in favor of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securitization Bonds. 

SECTION 4.05.    Compliance with Law. The Seller hereby agrees to comply with its organizational or governing
documents and all laws, treaties, rules, regulations and determinations of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, except to the extent that failure to so comply would not materially adversely affect the Issuer’s or the Indenture
Trustee’s interests in the Securitization Property or under any of the Basic Documents to which the Seller is a party or of Seller’s performance of its obligations under this Sale Agreement or under any of the other Basic Documents to
which it is a party. 
 SECTION 4.06.    Covenants Related to Securitization Bonds and Securitization Property.

 (a)    So long as any of the Securitization Bonds are Outstanding, the Seller shall treat the Securitization Property
as the Issuer’s property for all purposes other than financial reporting or tax purposes. 
 (b)    So long as any
of the Securitization Bonds are Outstanding, the Seller shall treat such Securitization Bonds as debt of the Issuer and not that of the Seller, except for financial reporting and tax purposes. For U.S. federal income tax purposes and, to the extent
consistent with applicable state, local and other tax law, for purposes of state, local or other taxes, the Seller agrees to treat such Securitization Bonds as indebtedness of the Seller (as the sole owner of the Issuer) secured by the
Securitization Bond Collateral unless otherwise required by appropriate taxing authorities. 
 (c)    So long as any of
the Securitization Bonds are Outstanding, the Seller shall disclose in its financial statements that the Issuer and not the Seller is the owner of the Securitization Property and that the assets of the Issuer are not available to pay creditors of
the Seller or its affiliates (other than the Issuer). 
 (d)    So long as any of the Securitization Bonds are
Outstanding, the Seller shall not own or purchase any Securitization Bonds. 
 (e)    So long as the Securitization Bonds
are Outstanding, the Seller shall disclose the effects of all transactions between the Seller and the Issuer in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. 

(f)    The Seller agrees that, upon the sale by the Seller of the Securitization Property to the Issuer pursuant to this
Sale Agreement, (i) to the fullest extent permitted by law, including applicable Commission Regulations and the Statute, the Issuer shall have all of the rights originally held by the Seller with respect to the Securitization Property,
including the right (subject to the terms of the Servicing Agreement) to exercise any and all rights and remedies to collect any amounts payable by any Customer in respect of the Securitization Property, notwithstanding any objection or direction to
the contrary by the Seller (and the Seller agrees not to make any such objection or to take any such contrary action) and (ii) any payment by any Customer directly to the Issuer shall discharge such Customer’s obligations, if any, in
respect of the Securitization Property to the extent of such payment, notwithstanding any objection or direction to the contrary by the Seller. 

(g)    So long as any of the Securitization Bonds are Outstanding, (i) in all proceedings relating directly or
indirectly to the Securitization Property, the Seller shall affirmatively certify and confirm that it has sold all of its rights and interests in and to such property (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), (ii) the Seller shall
not make any statement or reference in respect of the Securitization Property that is inconsistent with the ownership interest of the Issuer (other than for financial reporting or tax purposes), (iii) the Seller shall not take any action in
respect of the Securitization Property except solely in its capacity as the Servicer thereof pursuant to the Servicing Agreement or as otherwise contemplated by the Basic Documents, (iv) the Seller shall not sell securitization property under a
separate financing order in connection with the issuance of Additional Securitization Bonds unless the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied, and (v) neither the Seller nor the Issuer shall take any action, file any tax return or
make any election inconsistent with the treatment of the Issuer, for U.S. federal income tax purposes and, to the extent consistent with applicable state tax law, state income and franchise tax purposes, as a disregarded entity that is not separate
from the Seller (or, if relevant, from another sole owner of the Issuer). 
  

  
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 SECTION 4.07.    Protection of Title. The Seller shall execute
and file such filings, including, without limitation, filings with the Michigan Department of State pursuant to the Statute, and cause to be executed and filed such filings, all in such manner and in such places as may be required by law to fully
preserve, maintain, protect and perfect the ownership interest of the Issuer, and the Back-Up Security Interest pursuant to Section 2.01, and the first priority security interest of
the Indenture Trustee in the Securitization Property, including, without limitation, all filings required under the Statute and the applicable UCC relating to the transfer of the ownership of the rights and interest in the Securitization Property by
the Seller to the Issuer or the pledge of the Issuer’s interest in the Securitization Property to the Indenture Trustee. The Seller shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee file-stamped copies of, or filing
receipts for, any document filed as provided above, as soon as available following such filing. The Seller shall institute any action or proceeding necessary to compel performance by the Commission, the State of Michigan or any of their respective
agents of any of their obligations or duties under the Statute or the Financing Order and the Seller agrees to take such legal or administrative actions, including defending against or instituting and pursuing legal actions and appearing or
testifying at hearings or similar proceedings, in each case as may be reasonably necessary 
 (a)    to seek to protect
the Issuer and the Secured Parties from claims, state actions or other actions or proceedings of third parties which, if successfully pursued, would result in a breach of any representation set forth
in Article III or any covenant set forth in Article IV and 

(b)    to seek to block or overturn any attempts to cause a repeal of, modification of or supplement to the Statute or the
Financing Order, or the rights of Holders of the Securitization Bonds by legislative enactment or constitutional amendment that would be materially adverse to the Issuer or the Secured Parties or which would otherwise cause an impairment of the
rights of the Issuer or the Secured Parties, and the Seller will pay the costs of any such actions or proceedings. The Seller’s obligations pursuant to this Section 4.07 shall survive and continue notwithstanding the
fact that the payment of Operating Expenses pursuant to Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture may be delayed (it being understood that the Seller may be required to advance its own funds to satisfy its obligations hereunder). 

SECTION 4.08.    Nonpetition Covenants. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Sale Agreement or the
Indenture, the Seller shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the termination of the Indenture and Payment in Full of the Securitization Bonds or any other amounts owed under the Indenture, petition or otherwise invoke or
cause the Issuer to invoke the process of any court or Governmental Authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any U.S. federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law, appointing a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of the property of the Issuer, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. 

SECTION 4.09.    Taxes. So long as any of the Securitization Bonds are Outstanding, the Seller shall, and shall
cause each of its subsidiaries to, pay all taxes, assessments and governmental charges imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or with respect to any of its franchises, business, income or property before any penalty accrues thereon if
the failure to pay any such taxes, assessments and governmental charges would, after any applicable grace periods, notices or other similar requirements, result in a Lien on either of the Distribution Securitization Property or the Power Supply
Securitization Property; provided, that no such tax need be paid if the Seller or one of its affiliates is contesting the same in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted and if the Seller or such
affiliate has established appropriate reserves as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. 
 SECTION
4.10.    Notice of Breach to Rating Agencies, Etc. Promptly after obtaining knowledge thereof, in the event of a breach in any material respect (without regard to any materiality qualifier contained in such representation,
warranty or covenant) of any of the Seller’s representations, warranties or covenants contained herein, the Seller shall promptly notify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies of such breach. For the avoidance of doubt, any
breach which would adversely affect scheduled payments on the Securitization Bonds will be deemed to be a material breach for purposes of this Section 4.10. 

  
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 SECTION 4.11.    Use of Proceeds. The Seller shall use the
proceeds of the sale of the Securitization Property in accordance with the Financing Order and the Statute. 
 SECTION
4.12.    Further Assurances. Upon the request of the Issuer, the Seller shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of
this Sale Agreement. 
 ARTICLE V. 

THE SELLER 
 SECTION
5.01.    Liability of Seller; Indemnities. 
 (a)    The Seller shall be liable in accordance
herewith only to the extent of the obligations specifically undertaken by the Seller under this Sale Agreement. 

(b)    The Seller shall indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of
their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, managers and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all taxes (other than taxes imposed on Holders as a result of their ownership of a
Securitization Bond) that may at any time be imposed on or asserted against any such Person as a result of the sale of the Securitization Property to the Issuer, including any franchise, sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal
property, privilege or license taxes, but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such Person to withhold or remit taxes with respect to payments on any Securitization Bond; it being understood that the Holders shall be entitled to
enforce their rights against the Seller under this Section 5.01(b) solely through a cause of action brought for their benefit by the Indenture Trustee as set forth in the Indenture. 

(c)    The Seller shall indemnify the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of
their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, managers and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all taxes (other than taxes imposed on Holders as a result of their ownership of a
Securitization Bond) that may at any time be imposed on or asserted against any such Person as a result of the Issuer’s ownership and assignment of the Securitization Property, the issuance and sale by the Issuer of the Securitization Bonds or
the other transactions contemplated in the Basic Documents, including any franchise, sales, gross receipts, general corporation, tangible personal property, privilege or license taxes, but excluding any taxes imposed as a result of a failure of such
Person to withhold or remit taxes with respect to payments on any Securitization Bond. 
 (d)    The Seller shall
indemnify the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, trustees, managers and agents for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, all
Losses that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against each such Person, in each such case to the extent resulting from the Seller’s breach of any of its representations, warranties or covenants contained in this Sale Agreement. 

(e)    Indemnification under Sections 5.01(b), 5.01(c), 5.01(d) and 5.01(f) shall include
reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of investigation and litigation (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Sale Agreement. 
 (f)    The Seller shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee (for itself) and each
Independent Manager, and any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (each, an “Indemnified Person”), for, and defend and hold harmless each such Person from and against, any and all Losses incurred by any
of such Indemnified Persons to the extent resulting from the Seller’s breach of any of its representations and warranties or covenants contained in this Sale Agreement. The Seller shall not be required to indemnify an Indemnified Person for any
amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person in the settlement of any action, proceeding or investigation without the prior written consent of the Seller, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Promptly after receipt by an
Indemnified Person of notice of the commencement of any action, proceeding or investigation, such Indemnified Person shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the Seller under this Section 5.01(f), notify

  
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the Seller in writing of the commencement thereof. Failure by an Indemnified Person to so notify the Seller shall relieve the Seller from the obligation to indemnify and hold harmless such
Indemnified Person under this Section 5.01(f) only to the extent that the Seller suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. With respect to any action, proceeding or investigation brought by a third party
for which indemnification may be sought under this Section 5.01(f), the Seller shall be entitled to conduct and control, at its expense and with counsel of its choosing that is reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified
Person, the defense of any such action, proceeding or investigation (in which case the Seller shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the Indemnified Person except as set forth below);
provided, that the Indemnified Person shall have the right to participate in such action, proceeding or investigation through counsel chosen by it and at its own expense. Notwithstanding the Seller’s election to assume the defense of any
action, proceeding or investigation, the Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the Seller shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the
defendants in any such action include both the Indemnified Person and the Seller and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or additional to those available to
the Seller, (ii) the Seller shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action, (iii) the Seller
shall authorize the Indemnified Person to employ separate counsel at the expense of the Seller or (iv) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, such action exposes the Indenture Trustee to a material risk of criminal liability or forfeiture or a
Servicer Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Seller shall not be obligated to pay for the fees, costs and expenses of more than one separate counsel for the Indemnified Persons other than one local counsel, if
appropriate. 
 (g)    The Seller shall indemnify the Servicer (if the Servicer is not the Seller) for the costs of any
action instituted by the Servicer pursuant to Section 5.02(d) of the Servicing Agreement which are not paid as Operating Expenses in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture. 

(h)    The remedies provided in this Sale Agreement are the sole and exclusive remedies against the Seller for breach of
its representations and warranties in this Sale Agreement. 
 (i)    Indemnification under this
Section 5.01 shall survive any repeal of, modification of, or supplement to, or judicial invalidation of, the Statute or the Financing Order and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee or the
termination of this Sale Agreement and will rank pari passu with other general, unsecured obligations of the Seller. The Seller shall not indemnify any party under this Section 5.01 for any changes in law after the Closing
Date, whether such changes in law are effected by means of any legislative enactment, any constitutional amendment or any final and non-appealable judicial decision. 

SECTION 5.02.    Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations of, Seller. Any Person
(a) into which the Seller may be merged, converted or consolidated and which is a Permitted Successor, (b) that may result from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party and which is a Permitted
Successor, (c) that may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole and which is a Permitted Successor, (d) which results from the division of the Seller into two or more Persons and which is a Permitted
Successor, or (e) which otherwise succeeds to all or substantially all of the retail electric distribution business of the Seller (a “Permitted Successor”) and which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of
assumption to perform all of the obligations of the Seller hereunder (including the Seller’s obligations under Section 5.01 incurred at any time prior to or after the date of such assumption), shall be the successor to
the Seller under this Sale Agreement without further act on the part of any of the parties to this Sale Agreement; provided, however, that (i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation, warranty or covenant made
pursuant to Article III or Article IV shall have been breached and, if the Seller is the Servicer, no Servicer Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a
Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel stating that such consolidation,
conversion, merger, division or succession and such agreement of assumption complies with this Section 5.02 and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Sale Agreement relating to such transaction have
been complied with, (iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Seller either (A) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all
filings to be made by the Seller and the Issuer, including filings with the Commission pursuant to the Statute and the applicable UCC, have been executed and filed that are necessary to fully maintain the respective interests of the Issuer and the
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and reciting the details of such filings or (B) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, no such action shall be necessary to maintain such interests, (iv) the Seller shall have
delivered to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency an Opinion of Counsel from independent tax counsel stating that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such consolidation, conversion, merger, division or succession and such
agreement of assumption will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal income tax consequence to the Issuer or the Holders of Securitization Bonds and (v) the Seller shall have given each Rating Agency prior written notice of such
transaction. When any Person (or more than one Person) acquires the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole or otherwise becomes the successor, by merger, conversion, consolidation, sale, transfer, lease or otherwise, to all or
substantially all the assets of the retail electric distribution business of the Seller in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.02, then, upon satisfaction of all of the other conditions of this
Section 5.02, the preceding Seller shall automatically and without further notice be released from all of its obligations hereunder. 

SECTION 5.03.    Limitation on Liability of Seller and Others. The Seller and any director, officer, employee or
agent of the Seller may rely in good faith on the advice of counsel or on any document of any kind, prima facie properly executed and submitted by any Person, respecting any matters arising hereunder. Subject to
Section 4.07, the Seller shall not be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its obligations under this Sale Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any
expense or liability. 
 ARTICLE VI. 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

SECTION 6.01.    Amendment. This Sale Agreement may be amended in writing by the Seller and the Issuer with ten
Business Days’ prior written notice given to the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Holders, (i) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Sale Agreement or for the purpose of adding any
provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Sale Agreement or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that such action shall not, as evidenced by an
Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder or (ii) to conform the provisions hereof to the description of this Sale Agreement in the
Prospectus. 
 In addition, this Sale Agreement may be amended in writing by the Seller and the Issuer with (i) the prior written
consent of the Indenture Trustee, (ii) the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition, and (iii) if any amendment would adversely affect in any material respect the interest of any Holder of the Securitization Bonds, the consent of a
majority of the Holders of each affected Tranche of Securitization Bonds. In determining whether a majority of Holders have consented, Securitization Bonds owned by the Issuer, Seller or any Affiliate of the Issuer or Seller shall be disregarded,
except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such consent, the Indenture Trustee shall only be required to disregard any Securitization Bonds it actually knows to be so owned. Promptly after the
execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall furnish copies of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies. 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of Holders pursuant to this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or
consent, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
 Prior to the execution of any amendment to this
Sale Agreement, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and rely upon (i) an Opinion of Counsel from external counsel of the Seller stating that the execution of such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Sale
Agreement and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied and (ii) the Opinion of Counsel referred to in Section 3.01(c)(i) of the Servicing Agreement. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into any such amendment which affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Sale Agreement or otherwise. 

SECTION 6.02.    Notices. Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and shall
be effective (i) upon receipt when sent through the mails, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, with such receipt to be effective the date of delivery indicated on the return receipt, (ii) upon receipt
when sent by an overnight courier, (iii) on the date personally delivered to an authorized officer of the party to which sent or (iv) on the date transmitted by facsimile or other electronic transmission (including email) with a
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 (a)    in the case of the Seller, to DTE Electric Company, at One Energy
Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279, Attention: Timothy J. Lepczyk, Assistant Treasurer, Telephone: (313) 235-6118, Email: timothy.lepczyk@dteenergy.com; 

(b)    in the case of the Issuer, to DTE Electric Securitization Funding I LLC, at c/o DTE Electric Company, One Energy
Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279, Attention: Timothy J. Lepczyk, Secretary, Telephone: (313) 235-6118, Email: timothy.lepczyk@dteenergy.com; 

(c)    in the case of the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office; 

(d)    in the case of Moody’s, to Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., ABS/RMBS Monitoring Department, 25th Floor, 7 World Trade Center, 250 Greenwich Street, New York, New York, Email: servicereports@moodys.com (for servicer reports and other reports) and ABSCORMonitoring@moodys.com (for notices);
and 
 (e)    in the case of S&P, to S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc., Structured Credit
Surveillance, 55 Water Street, New York, New York 10041, Telephone: (212) 438-8991, Email: servicer_reports@spglobal.com (all such notices to be delivered to S&P in writing by email). 

Each Person listed above may, by notice given in accordance herewith to the other Person or Persons listed above, designate any further or
different address to which subsequent notices, reports and other communications shall be sent. 
 SECTION
6.03.    Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, except as provided in Section 5.02, this Sale Agreement may not be assigned by the Seller. 

SECTION 6.04.    Limitations on Rights of Third Parties. The provisions of this Sale Agreement are solely for the
benefit of the Seller, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and the other Persons expressly referred to herein, and such Persons shall have the right to enforce the relevant provisions of this Sale Agreement.
Nothing in this Sale Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other Person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim in the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property or
under or in respect of this Sale Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained herein. 
 SECTION
6.05.    Severability. Any provision of this Sale Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability
without invalidating the remainder of such provision (if any) or the remaining provisions hereof (unless such construction shall be unreasonable), and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 SECTION 6.06.    Separate Counterparts. This Sale
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

SECTION 6.07.    Headings. The headings of the various Articles and Sections herein are for convenience of
reference only and shall not define or limit any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
 SECTION 6.08.    Governing
Law. THIS SALE AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN
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 SECTION 6.09.    Assignment to Indenture Trustee. The Seller
hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge, assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture for the benefit of the Secured Parties of all right, title and interest of the
Issuer in, to and under this Sale Agreement, the Securitization Property and the proceeds thereof and the assignment of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this Sale Agreement and is entitled to the rights and benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. 

SECTION 6.10.    Limitation of Liability. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this
Sale Agreement is executed and delivered by the Indenture Trustee, not individually or personally but solely as Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Secured Parties, in the exercise of the powers and authority conferred and vested in it. The Indenture
Trustee in acting hereunder is entitled to all rights, benefits, protections, immunities and indemnities accorded to it under the Indenture. 

SECTION 6.11.    Waivers. Any term or provision of this Sale Agreement may be waived, or the time for its
performance may be extended, by the party or parties entitled to the benefit thereof; provided, however, that no such waiver delivered by the Issuer shall be effective unless the Indenture Trustee has given its prior written consent
thereto. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently authorized for the purposes of this Sale Agreement if, as to any party, it is authorized in writing by an authorized representative of such party, with prompt written notice of any such
waiver to be provided to the Rating Agencies. The failure of any party hereto to enforce at any time any provision of this Sale Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver of such provision, nor in any way to affect the validity of this Sale
Agreement or any part hereof or the right of any party thereafter to enforce each and every such provision. No waiver of any breach of this Sale Agreement shall be held to constitute a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. 

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Sale Agreement to be duly executed
by their respective officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	DTE ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC
	as Issuer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Timothy J. Lepczyk

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:   Secretary
	
	DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY
	as Seller
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Timothy J. Lepczyk

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:  Assistant Treasurer

  

			
	ACKNOWLEDGED AND ACCEPTED:
	
	THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON not in its individual capacity, but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie Morales

		 	Name: Leslie Morales
		 	Title: Vice President

 Signature Page to Securitization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement 

 EXHIBIT A 

FORM OF BILL OF SALE 
 See
attached 

  
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 BILL OF SALE 

This Bill of Sale is being delivered pursuant to the Securitization Property Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2022 (the
“Sale Agreement”), by and between DTE Electric Company (the “Seller”) and DTE Electric Securitization Funding I LLC (the “Issuer”). All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Sale Agreement. 
 In consideration of the Issuer’s delivery to or upon the
order of the Seller of $156,900,000 for the Distribution Securitization Property and $73,200,000 for the Power Supply Securitization Property, the Seller does hereby irrevocably sell, transfer, assign, set over and otherwise convey to the Issuer,
without recourse or warranty, except as set forth in the Sale Agreement, all right, title and interests of the Seller in and to the Distribution Securitization Property and the Power Supply Securitization Property (collectively the
“Securitization Property”) created or arising under the Financing Order dated June 23, 2021 issued by the Michigan Public Service Commission under the Statute (such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the
Securitization Property includes, to the fullest extent permitted by the Statute, the property, rights and interest of DTE Electric Company under the Financing Order, including the right to impose, collect and receive Distribution Securitization
Charges and Power Supply Securitization Charges (collectively, the “Securitization Charges”), the right to obtain True-Up Adjustments and all revenue, collections, payments, moneys and
proceeds arising out of the rights and interests created under the Financing Order. Such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance of the Securitization Property is hereby expressly stated to be a sale or other absolute transfer and,
pursuant to Section 10l(1) of the Statute, shall be treated as a true sale and not as a secured transaction. The Seller and the Issuer agree that after giving effect to the sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance
contemplated hereby the Seller has no right, title or interest in or to the Securitization Property to which a security interest could attach because (i) it has sold, transferred, assigned, set over and conveyed all right, title and interest in
and to the Securitization Property to the Issuer, and (ii) as provided in Section 10l(1) of the Statute, legal and equitable title shall have passed to the Issuer and (iii) as provided in Section 10m(3) of the
Statute, upon the filing of appropriate financing statements, the transfer of the Securitization Property shall be perfected against all third parties, including subsequent judicial or other lien creditors. If such sale, transfer, assignment,
setting over and conveyance is held by any court of competent jurisdiction not to be a true sale as provided in Section 10l(1) of the Statute, then such sale, transfer, assignment, setting over and conveyance shall be treated as a pledge
of the Securitization Property and as the creation of a security interest (within the meaning of the Statute and the applicable UCC) in the Securitization Property and, without prejudice to its position that it has absolutely transferred all of its
rights in the Securitization Property to the Issuer, the Seller hereby grants a security interest in the Securitization Property to the Issuer (and to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties) to secure their respective rights
under the Basic Documents to receive the Securitization Charges and all other Securitization Property. 
 The Issuer does hereby purchase
the Securitization Property from the Seller for the consideration set forth in the preceding paragraph. 
 The Seller and the Issuer each
acknowledge and agree that the purchase price for the Securitization Property sold pursuant to this Bill of Sale and the Sale Agreement is equal to its fair market value at the time of sale. 

The Seller confirms that (i) each of the representations and warranties on the part of the Seller contained in the Sale Agreement are
true and correct in all respects on the date hereof as if made on the date hereof and (ii) each condition precedent that must be satisfied under Section 2.02 of the Sale Agreement has been satisfied upon or prior to the execution and
delivery of this Bill of Sale by the Seller. 
 This Bill of Sale may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of
which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

THIS BILL OF SALE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW
PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW. 

  
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Seller and the Issuer have duly executed this Bill of Sale as of
this 17th day of March, 2022. 
  

			
	DTE ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC,
	as Issuer
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:   Secretary
	
	DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY,
	as Seller
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:   Assistant Treasurer

  
 18EX-10.3

 Exhibit 10.3 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT 

ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of March 17, 2022 (this “Administration Agreement”), is entered into by and between DTE
ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Michigan corporation (“DTE Electric”), as administrator (in such capacity, the “Administrator”), and DTE ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Issuer”). 
 Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms
in Appendix A to the Indenture (as defined below). Not all terms defined in Appendix A to the Indenture are used in this Administration Agreement. The rules of construction set forth in Appendix A to the Indenture
shall apply to this Administration Agreement. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 

WHEREAS, the Issuer is issuing Securitization Bonds pursuant to that certain Indenture (including Appendix A thereto), dated as of the
date hereof (the “Indenture”), by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon, in its capacity as indenture trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) and in its separate capacity as a securities intermediary and
account bank (the “Securities Intermediary”), as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and the Series Supplement; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into certain agreements in connection with the issuance of the Securitization Bonds, including (i) the
Indenture, (ii) the Securitization Property Servicing Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2022 (the “Servicing Agreement”), by and between the Issuer and DTE Electric, as Servicer, (iii) the Securitization Property Purchase
and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 17, 2022 (the “Sale Agreement”), between the Issuer and DTE Electric, as Seller, and (iv) the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party; 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Basic Documents, the Issuer is required to perform, or cause to be performed, certain duties in connection with the
Basic Documents, the Securitization Bonds and the Securitization Bond Collateral pledged to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has no employees (other than its officers and managers) and does not intend to hire any employees, and consequently
desires to have the Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clauses and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Administration Agreement and the Basic Documents as the
Issuer may from time-to-time request; and 
 WHEREAS, the
Administrator has the capacity to provide the services and the facilities required thereby and is willing to perform such services and provide such facilities for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein; 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

Section 1. Duties of the Administrator; Management Services. The Administrator hereby agrees to provide the following corporate
management services to the Issuer and to cause third parties to provide professional services required for or contemplated by such services in accordance with the provisions of this Administration Agreement: 

(a) furnish the Issuer with ordinary clerical, bookkeeping and other corporate administrative services necessary and appropriate for the
Issuer, including, without limitation, the following services: 
 (i) maintain at the Premises (as defined below) general
accounting records of the Issuer (the “Account Records”), subject to year-end audit (if required by law), in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, separate and apart from
its own accounting records, prepare or cause to be prepared such quarterly and annual financial statements as may be necessary or appropriate and, if required by law, arrange for year-end audits of the
Issuer’s financial statements by the Issuer’s independent accountants; 

  
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 (ii) prepare and, after execution by the Issuer, file with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any applicable state agencies documents required to be filed by the Issuer with the SEC and any applicable state agencies, including, without limitation, periodic reports required to be filed
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; 
 (iii) prepare for execution by the Issuer and cause to be filed
such income, franchise or other tax returns of the Issuer as shall be required to be filed by applicable law (the “Tax Returns”) and cause to be paid on behalf of the Issuer from the Issuer’s funds any taxes required to be paid
by the Issuer under applicable law; 
 (iv) prepare or cause to be prepared for execution by the Issuer’s Managers
minutes of the meetings of the Issuer’s Managers and such other documents deemed appropriate by the Issuer to maintain the separate limited liability company existence and good standing of the Issuer (the “Company Minutes”) or
otherwise required under the Basic Documents (together with the Account Records, the Tax Returns, the Company Minutes, the LLC Agreement, and the Certificate of Formation, the “Issuer Documents”); and any other documents deliverable
by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith; and 
 (v) hold, maintain and preserve at the Premises (or such other
place as shall be required by any of the Basic Documents) executed copies (to the extent applicable) of the Issuer Documents and other documents executed by the Issuer thereunder or in connection therewith; 

(b) take such actions on behalf of the Issuer, as are necessary or desirable for the Issuer to keep in full effect its existence, rights and
franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which it becomes necessary to be so qualified; 

(c) take such actions on the behalf of the Issuer as are necessary for the issuance and delivery of Securitization Bonds and for the payment
of principal of, and interest on, the Securitization Bonds and Ongoing Other Qualified Costs, including to deliver the Distribution Instructions in accordance with Section 8.02(e) of the Indenture; 

(d) provide for the performance by the Issuer of its obligations under each of the Basic Documents, and prepare, or cause to be prepared, all
documents, reports, filings, instruments, notices, certificates and opinions that it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Basic Documents; 

(e) to the full extent allowable under applicable law, enforce each of the rights of the Issuer under the Basic Documents, at the direction of
the Indenture Trustee; 
 (f) provide for the defense, at the direction of the Issuer’s Managers, of any action, suit or proceeding
brought against the Issuer or affecting the Issuer or any of its assets; 
 (g) provide office space (the “Premises”) for
the Issuer and such reasonable ancillary services as are necessary to carry out the obligations of the Administrator hereunder, including telecopying, duplicating and word processing services; 

(h) undertake such other administrative services as may be appropriate, necessary or requested by the Issuer; 

(i) provide the Indenture Trustee with copies of the filings by the Issuer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and 

(j) provide such other services as are incidental to the foregoing or as the Issuer and the Administrator may agree. 

In providing the services under this Section 1 and as otherwise provided under this Administration Agreement, the
Administrator will not knowingly take any actions on behalf of the Issuer which (i) the Issuer is prohibited from taking under the Basic Documents, or (ii) would cause the Issuer to be in violation of any U.S. federal, state or local law
or the LLC Agreement. 

  
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 In performing its duties, hereunder, the Administrator shall use the same degree of care and
diligence that the Administrator exercises with respect to performing such duties for its own account and, if applicable, for others. 

Section 2. Compensation. 

(a) As compensation for the performance of the Administrator’s obligations under this Administration Agreement (including the compensation
of Persons serving as Manager(s), other than the Independent Manager(s), and officers of the Issuer, but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding the performance by DTE Electric of its obligations in its capacity as Servicer), the Administrator shall
be entitled to $50,000 annually (the “Administration Fee”), payable by the Issuer in installments of $25,000 on each Payment Date. In addition, the Administrator shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Issuer for all costs and
expenses of services performed by unaffiliated third parties and actually incurred by the Administrator in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Administration Agreement in accordance with Section 3
(but, for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any such costs and expenses incurred by DTE Electric in its capacity as Servicer), to the extent that such costs and expenses are supported by invoices or other customary documentation and are reasonably
allocated to the Issuer (“Reimbursable Expenses”). 
 (b) In the event that one or more series of Additional Securitization
Bonds (i.e., other than the Securitization Bonds) is issued by the Issuer, the administration fees and other costs and expenses described above payable by the Issuer may be assessed to each series of securitization bonds (including the
Securitization Bonds) on a pro rata basis, based upon the respective outstanding principal amounts of each series of securitization bonds, and the Administration Agreement may be amended to provide that DTE Electric will provide administrative
services to the Issuer with respect to any such Additional Securitization Bonds. 
 Section 3. Third Party Services. Any
services required for or contemplated by the performance of the above-referenced services by the Administrator to be provided by unaffiliated third parties (including independent auditors’ fees and counsel fees) may, if provided for or
otherwise contemplated by the Financing Order and if the Issuer deems it necessary or desirable, be arranged by the Issuer or by the Administrator at the direction (which may be general or specific) of the Issuer. Costs and expenses associated with
the contracting for such third-party professional services may be paid directly by the Issuer or paid by the Administrator and reimbursed by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2, or otherwise as the Administrator and the
Issuer may mutually arrange. 
 Section 4. Additional Information to be Furnished to the Issuer. The Administrator shall furnish
to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Securitization Bond Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request. 

Section 5. Independence of the Administrator. For all purposes of this Administration Agreement, the Administrator shall be an
independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder. Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer, the Administrator shall
have no authority, and shall not hold itself out as having the authority, to act for or represent the Issuer in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer. 

Section 6. No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Administration Agreement (a) shall constitute the Administrator and
the Issuer as partners or co-members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (b) shall be construed to impose any liability as such on
either of them or (c) shall be deemed to confer on either of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other. 

Section 7. Other Activities of Administrator. Nothing herein shall prevent the Administrator or any of its shareholders,
directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in its sole discretion, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other Person even though such Person may engage in business
activities similar to those of the Issuer. 

  
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 Section 8. Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Administrator. 

(a) This Administration Agreement shall continue in force until the Payment in Full of the Securitization Bonds and any other amount which may
become due and payable under the Indenture, upon which event this Administration Agreement shall automatically terminate. 
 (b) Subject to
Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Administrator may resign its duties hereunder by providing the Issuer and the Rating Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice. 

(c) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), the Issuer may remove the Administrator without cause by providing the Administrator and the Rating
Agencies with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice. 
 (d) Subject to Sections 8(e) and 8(f), at the sole option of the
Issuer, the Administrator may be removed immediately upon written notice of termination from the Issuer to the Administrator and the Rating Agencies if any of the following events shall occur: 

(i) the Administrator shall default in the performance of any of its duties under this Administration Agreement and, after
notice of such default, shall fail to cure such default within ten (10) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall (A) fail to give within ten (10) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to
the Issuer and (B) fail to cure such default within thirty (30) days thereafter); 
 (ii) a court of competent
jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar law now or hereafter in effect, or such court shall appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or 
 (iii) the Administrator shall commence a
voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, shall consent to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall
make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due. 
 The Administrator
agrees that if any of the events specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this Section 8(d) shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable but in any
event within seven (7) days after the happening of such event. 
 (e) No resignation or removal of the Administrator pursuant to
this Section 8 shall be effective until a successor Administrator has been appointed by the Issuer, and such successor Administrator has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Administration Agreement in
the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. 
 (f) The appointment of any successor Administrator shall be effective only after
satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to the proposed appointment. 
 Section 9. Action upon Termination,
Resignation or Removal. Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Administration Agreement pursuant to Section 8(a), the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or
the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d), the Administrator shall be entitled to be paid a pro-rated portion of the annual fee described in
Section 2 hereof through the date of termination and all Reimbursable Expenses incurred by it through the date of such termination, resignation or removal. The Administrator

  
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shall forthwith upon such termination pursuant to Section 8(a) deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Securitization Bond Collateral then
in the custody of the Administrator. In the event of the resignation of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(b) or the removal of the Administrator pursuant to Section 8(c) or (d),
the Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Administrator. 

Section 10. Administrator’s Liability. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Administrator assumes no liability other than
to render or stand ready to render the services called for herein, and neither the Administrator nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates shall be responsible for any action of the Issuer or any of the
members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself). The Administrator shall not be liable for nor shall it have any obligation with regard to any of the liabilities, whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, of the Issuer or any of the members, managers, officers, employees, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Issuer (other than the Administrator itself). 

Section 11. Indemnity. 

(a) Subject to the priority of payments set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer shall indemnify the Administrator, its shareholders, directors,
officers, employees and affiliates against all losses, claims, damages, penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Administrator is a party
thereto) which any of them may pay or incur arising out of or relating to this Administration Agreement and the services called for herein; provided, however, such indemnity shall not apply to any such loss, claim, damage, penalty,
judgment, liability or expense resulting from the Administrator’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder. 

(b) The Administrator shall indemnify the Issuer, its members, managers, officers and employees against all losses, claims, damages,
penalties, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Issuer is a party thereto) that any of them may incur as a result of the Administrator’s gross
negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of its obligations hereunder. 
 Section 12. Notices. Any notice, report or
other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows: 
 (a) if to the Issuer, to DTE Electric Securitization
Funding I LLC, at One Energy Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279, Attention: Timothy J. Lepczyk, Secretary, Telephone: (313) 235-6118, Email: timothy.lepczyk@dteenergy.com; 

(b) if to the Administrator, to DTE Electric Company, at One Energy Plaza, Detroit, Michigan 48226-1279, Attention: Timothy J. Lepczyk,
Assistant Treasurer, Telephone: (313) 235-6118, Email: timothy.lepczyk@dteenergy.com; and 
 (c) if
to the Indenture Trustee, to the Corporate Trust Office; 
 or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing. Any
notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, delivered via overnight courier, or hand-delivered or delivered by electronic means of communication (including email) to
the address of such party as provided above. 
 Section 13. Amendments. This Administration Agreement may be amended from time
to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuer and the Administrator, with ten Business Days’ prior written notice given to the Rating Agencies, but without the consent of any of the Holders, (i) to cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provisions in this Administration Agreement or for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions in this Administration Agreement or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate stating that the execution of such amendment shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Holder and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied or (ii) to conform the provisions hereof to the description of this Administration Agreement in the Prospectus. 

  
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 In addition, this Administration Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written
amendment duly executed and delivered by each of the Issuer and the Administrator with the prior written consent of the Indenture Trustee and the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition; provided that any such amendment may not adversely affect
the interest of any Holder in any material respect without the consent of the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Securitization Bonds. Promptly after the execution of any such amendment or consent, the Issuer shall
furnish copies of such amendment or consent to each of the Rating Agencies. 
 The Administration Agreement may also be amended in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2(b) hereof. 
 Prior to the execution of any amendment to this
Administration Agreement, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Administration Agreement
and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied. 
 Section 14. Successors and Assigns. This Administration Agreement may
not be assigned by the Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition in connection therewith. Any assignment with
such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Administration Agreement may be assigned by the
Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and without satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, reorganization, consolidation or purchase of
assets) to the Administrator, including without limitation any Permitted Successor; provided, that such successor or organization executes and delivers to the Issuer an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to
be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Administrator is bound hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Administration Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto. Upon satisfaction of
all of the conditions of this Section 14, the preceding Administrator shall automatically and without further notice be released from all of its obligations hereunder. 

Section 15. GOVERNING LAW. THIS ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS. 

Section 16. Headings. The Section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed
to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Administration Agreement. 
 Section 17. Counterparts. This Administration
Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute but one and the same Administration Agreement. 

Section 18. Severability. Any provision of this Administration Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such
provision in any other jurisdiction. 
 Section 19. Nonpetition Covenant. Notwithstanding any prior termination of this
Administration Agreement, the Administrator covenants that it shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after Payment in Full of the Securitization Bonds, acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Issuer to invoke the
process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining an involuntary case against the Issuer under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any substantial part of its property or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer. 

Section 20. Assignment to Indenture Trustee. The Administrator hereby acknowledges and consents to any mortgage, pledge,
assignment and grant of a security interest by the Issuer to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Indenture of any or all of the Issuer’s rights hereunder and the assignment of any or all of the
Issuer’s rights hereunder to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee is a third party beneficiary of this Administration Agreement and is entitled to the rights and
benefits hereunder and may enforce the provisions hereof as if it were a party hereto. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Administration Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. 
  

			
	DTE ELECTRIC SECURITIZATION FUNDING I LLC
	as Issuer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Timothy J. Lepczyk

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:   Secretary
	
	 DTE ELECTRIC COMPANY,

as Administrator

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Timothy J. Lepczyk

		 	Name: Timothy J. Lepczyk
		 	Title:   Assistant Treasurer

 Signature Page to Administration Agreement 

  
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