Filed Pursuant to Rule 433
Registration No. 333-149361
November 13, 2008

PRICING TERM SHEET

6.25% Senior Notes due December 1, 2013

Issuer:	Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Security:	6.25% Senior Notes due December 1, 2013
Size:	$400,000,000
Maturity Date:	December 1, 2013
Coupon:	6.25%
Interest Payment Dates:	June 1 and December 1, commencing June 1, 2009
Price to Public:	99.258%
Benchmark Treasury:	2.75% due October 31, 2013
Benchmark Treasury Yield:	2.324%
Spread to Benchmark Treasury:	+410 basis points
Yield:	6.424%
Optional Redemption:	Make-Whole Call at Treasuries plus 50 basis points
Expected Settlement Date:	November 18, 2008
CUSIP:	694308GP6
Anticipated Ratings:	A3 by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
	BBB+ by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services
Joint Book-Running Managers:	J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
	Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
	Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
Co-Managers:	Wells Fargo Securities, LLC
	Loop Capital Markets, LLC
	The Williams Capital Group, L.P.

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

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