EX-99 2 creditagreementmerrill.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT

Exhibit 99

Execution Version

$200,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

PG&E CORPORATION,
as Borrower,

The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

BNP PARIBAS,
as Administrative Agent,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Syndication Agent,

and

ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,

and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Documentation Agents

Dated as of December 10, 2004

BNP PARIBAS
and
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Bookrunners

TABLE OF CONTENTS

			Page
Section 1.		DEFINITIONS	1
	1.1	Defined Terms	1
	1.2	Other Definitional Provisions and Interpretive Provisions	13
Section 2.		AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS	14
	2.1	Commitments	14
	2.2	Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing	14
	2.3	Commitment Increases	14
	2.4	Swingline Commitment	16
	2.5	Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans	16
	2.6	Facility Fees, Utilization Fees, etc.	17
	2.7	Termination or Reduction of Commitments; Extension of Termination Date	18
	2.8	Optional Prepayments	19
	2.9	Conversion and Continuation Options	20
	2.10	Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches	20
	2.11	Interest Rates and Payment Dates	20
	2.12	Computation of Interest and Fees	21
	2.13	Inability to Determine Interest Rate	21
	2.14	Pro Rata Treatment and Payments; Notes	21
	2.15	Requirements of Law	23
	2.16	Taxes	24
	2.17	Indemnity	26
	2.18	Change of Lending Office	26
	2.19	Replacement of Lenders	26
Section 3.		LETTERS OF CREDIT	27
	3.1	L/C Commitment	27
	3.2	Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit	27
	3.3	Fees and Other Charges	27
	3.4	L/C Participations	28
	3.5	Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower	29
	3.6	Obligations Absolute	29
	3.7	Letter of Credit Payments	30
	3.8	Applications	30
	3.9	Actions of Issuing Lenders	30
	3.10	Borrower's Indemnification	30
	3.11	Lenders' Indemnification	31

Section 4.		REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES	31
	4.1	Financial Condition	31
	4.2	No Change	31
	4.3	Existence; Compliance with Law	31
	4.4	Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations	32
	4.5	No Legal Bar	32
	4.6	Litigation	32
	4.7	No Default	32
	4.8	Taxes	32
	4.9	Federal Regulations	33
	4.10	ERISA	33
	4.11	Investment Company Act; Other Regulations	33
	4.12	Use of Proceeds	33
	4.13	Environmental Matters	33
	4.14	Accuracy of Information, etc.	34
	4.15	Regulatory Matters	35
Section 5.		CONDITIONS PRECEDENT	35
	5.1	Conditions to the Closing Date	35
	5.2	Conditions to Each Extension of Credit	36
Section 6.		AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS	36
	6.1	Financial Statements	36
	6.2	Certificates; Other Information	37
	6.3	Payment of Taxes	37
	6.4	Maintenance of Existence; Compliance	37
	6.5	Maintenance of Property; Insurance	38
	6.6	Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions	38
	6.7	Notices	38
	6.8	Maintenance of Licenses, etc.	39
Section 7.		NEGATIVE COVENANTS	39
	7.1	Consolidated Capitalization Ratio	39
	7.2	Indebtedness	39
	7.3	Liens	39
	7.4	Fundamental Changes	40
	7.5	Ownership of PG&E Utility Common Stock	40
Section 8.		EVENTS OF DEFAULT	41
Section 9.		THE AGENTS	43
	9.1	Appointment	43
	9.2	Delegation of Duties	43
	9.3	Exculpatory Provisions	43
	9.4	Reliance by Administrative Agent	44
	9.5	Notice of Default	44
	9.6	Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders	44
	9.7	Indemnification	45
	9.8	Agent in Its Individual Capacity	45
	9.9	Successor Administrative Agent	45
	9.10	Documentation Agents and Syndication Agent	45

Section 10.		MISCELLANEOUS	46
	10.1	Amendments and Waivers	46
	10.2	Notices	47
	10.3	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies	48
	10.4	Survival of Representations and Warranties	48
	10.5	Payment of Expenses and Taxes	48
	10.6	Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments	49
	10.7	Adjustments; Set-off	51
	10.8	Counterparts	52
	10.9	Severability	52
	10.10	Integration	52
	10.11	GOVERNING LAW	52
	10.12	Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers	52
	10.13	Acknowledgments	53
	10.14	Confidentiality	53
	10.15	WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL	53
	10.16	USA Patriot Act	53

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SCHEDULES:

1.1A		Commitments
EXHIBITS:
A		Form of New Lender Supplement
B		Form of Commitment Increase Supplement
C		Form of Compliance Certificate
D		Form of Closing Certificate
E		Form of Assignment and Assumption
F-1		Form of Legal Opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
F-2		Form of Legal Opinion of In-House Counsel of the Borrower
G		Form of Exemption Certificate
H		Form of Revolving Note

CREDIT AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"), dated as of December 10, 2004, among PG&E CORPORATION, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the "Lenders"), BNP PARIBAS ("BNP") and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent"), ABN AMRO BANK N.V., GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P. and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as documentation agents (together and in such capacities, the "Documentation Agents"), and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested the Lenders to make available to it the credit facilities described herein;

WHEREAS, the credit facilities made available hereunder consist of revolving credit loans and a facility permitting the issuance, for the Borrower's account, of letters of credit; and

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make available the credit facilities described herein upon and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

"ABR": for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next ¹/16 of 1%) equal to the greater of (a) the Base Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ¹/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof, "Base Rate" shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its base rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Base Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors). Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Base Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

"ABR Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

"Act": as defined in Section 10.16.

"Administrative Agent": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Agents": the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.

"Agreement": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Applicable Margin": for any day, shall be (a) prior to the Trigger Date, (i) 0.70% for Eurodollar Loans and (ii) 0.00% for ABR Loans and (b) from and after the Trigger Date, the applicable rate per annum set forth under the relevant column heading below, based upon the Ratings then in effect:

Level	Rating S&P/Moody's	Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans		Applicable Margin for ABR Loans
1	> BBB/Baa2	0.70	%	0.00	%
2	BBB-/Baa3	1.05	%	0.00	%
3	< BBB-/Baa3	1.35	%	0.50	%

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph regarding split ratings, from and after the Trigger Date, changes in the Applicable Margins shall become effective on the date on which S&P and/or Moody's changes its relevant Rating. In the event the Ratings of S&P and Moody's are in different levels set forth in the grid above, the lower of the two Ratings (i.e., the Rating set forth in the grid above opposite the higher numerical level number) shall govern. In the event that, at any time, a Rating is not available from one of such rating agencies, the Applicable Margins shall be determined on the basis of the Rating from the other rating agency. In the event that, at any time, Ratings from each such rating agency are not available for companies generally, the Applicable Margins shall be determined on the basis of the last Rating(s) made available. In the event that, at any time, such Ratings are not available for PG&E Utility but are generally available for other companies, then the Applicable Margins shall be those set forth above opposite level 3.

"Application": an application, in such form as the relevant Issuing Lender may reasonably specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

"Arrangers": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Assignee": as defined in Section 10.6(b).

"Assignment and Assumption": an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

"Available Commitment": as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender's Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender's Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

"Beneficial Owner": as defined in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular "person" (as that term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), such "person" will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms "Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially Owned" have correlative meanings.

"Benefitted Lender": as defined in Section 10.7(a).

"Board": the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

"Borrower": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Borrower Ownership Subsidiary": any special purpose Subsidiary of the Borrower, (a) all of the Capital Stock of which is owned directly by the Borrower (or one or more wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than PG&E Utility and its Subsidiaries)) and (b) the sole purpose of which is to own common stock of PG&E Utility, which owns no material asset other than such common stock and engages in no material activities other than the ownership of such common stock and activities directly related thereto.

"Borrowing Date": any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

"Business": as defined in Section 4.13(b).

"Business Day": a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City or San Francisco, California are authorized or required by law to close, provided, that with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, such day is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank eurodollar market.

"Capital Stock": any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

"Change of Control": (a) any person or group (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC thereunder as of the Closing Date) shall become the Beneficial Owner of shares representing more than 30% of the voting power of the Borrower's Capital Stock, or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the Borrower's board of directors (the "Board") by persons who were neither nominated by the Board nor appointed by directors so nominated by the Board, provided that no event described in clauses (a) or (b) shall constitute a change of control if after giving effect to such event the ratings by Moody's and S&P of the Borrower's senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced debt shall be at least the higher of (a) Baa3 from Moody's and BBB- from S&P and (b) the ratings by such rating agencies of such debt in effect before the earlier of the occurrence or the public announcement of such event.

Closing Date": the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is December 10, 2004.

"Code": the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

"Commitment": as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading "Commitment" opposite such Lender's name on Schedule 1.1A or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The original amount of the Total Commitment is $200,000,000.

"Commitment Increase Notice": as defined in Section 2.3(a).

"Commitment Period": the period from and including the Closing Date to the Termination Date.

"Commonly Controlled Entity": an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

"Compliance Certificate": a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

"Conduit Lender": any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument; provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to Section 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 or 10.5 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

"Confidential Information Memorandum": the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 2004, and furnished to certain Lenders in connection with the syndication of the Commitments.

"Consolidated Capitalization": on any date of determination, the sum of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on such date plus (b) without duplication, the amount set forth opposite the caption

"shareholders' equity" (or any similar caption) on the consolidated balance sheet, prepared in accordance with GAAP, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of such date.

"Consolidated Capitalization Ratio" means, on any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt to (b) Consolidated Capitalization.

"Consolidated Total Debt": at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all obligations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date, that in accordance with GAAP would be classified as debt on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower, and all Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries at such date in respect of obligations of any other Person that in accordance with GAAP would be classified as debt on a consolidated balance sheet of such Person; provided that, the determination of "Consolidated Total Debt" shall exclude (a) any securitized bonds or similar asset-backed securities that are non-recourse to the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary, are issued by a special purpose subsidiary of the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary and payable from a specific or dedicated rate component (including the approximately $2,900,000,000 in rate reduction certificates backed by transition property that were issued by a special purpose trust on behalf of PG&E Funding LLC in 1997 and the approximately $3,000,000,000 in energy recovery bonds backed by recovery property that PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC expects to issue up to two series in early 2005 and early 2006) and (b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries in an amount equal to the amount of cash held as cash collateral for any fully cash collateralized letter of credit issued for the account of the Borrower or any consolidated Subsidiary.

"Continuing Lender": as defined in Section 2.7.

"Contractual Obligation": as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

"Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

"Disposition": with respect to any property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof. The terms "Dispose" and "Disposed of" shall have correlative meanings.

"Dividend Commencement Date": the first date after which (a) the Borrower shall have publicly announced that it is commencing to pay regular quarterly dividends on its common stock from dividends paid by PG&E Utility and (b) PG&E Utility shall have paid such dividends on at least one quarterly dividend payment date.

"Documentation Agents": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Dollars" and "$": dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

"Eligible Assignee": (a) any commercial bank or other financial institution having a senior unsecured debt rating by Moody's of A3 or better and by S&P of A- or better, which is domiciled in a country which is a member of the OECD or (b) with respect to any Person referred to in the preceding clause (a), any other Person that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business all of the Capital Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided, that, in the case of this clause (b), the Issuing Lender and the Borrower shall have consented (such consent of the Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld).

"Environmental Laws": any and all foreign, Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, requirements of any Governmental Authority or other

Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health or the environment, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

"ERISA": the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

"Eurocurrency Liabilities": as defined in Regulation D of the Board.

"Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements": of any Lender for any Interest Period as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the reserve percentage applicable during such Interest Period (or if more than one such percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average of such percentages for those days in such Interest Period during any such percentage shall be so applicable) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect to determining the maximum reserve requirement (including basic, supplemental and emergency reserves) for such Lender with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities having a term equal to such Interest Period.

"Eurodollar Base Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the "Eurodollar Base Rate" shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which the Administrative Agent is offered Dollar deposits at or about 11:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where its eurodollar and foreign currency and exchange operations are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein.

"Eurodollar Loans": Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.

"Eurodollar Rate": with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100^th of 1%):

Eurodollar Base Rate

1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

"Eurodollar Tranche": the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

"Event of Default": any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

"Exchange Act": Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

"Extension Notice": as defined in Section 2.7(b).

"Extensions of Credit": as to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding, (b) such Lender's Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (c) such Lender's Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding.

"Facility Fee Rate": for any day, shall be (a) prior to the Trigger Date, 0.175% per annum and (b) from and after the Trigger Date, the applicable rate per annum determined pursuant to the grid set forth below, based upon the Ratings then in effect:

Level	Rating S&P/Moody's	Facility Fee Rate
1	> BBB/Baa2	0.175	%
2	BBB-/Baa3	0.20	%
3	< BBB-/Baa3	0.40	%

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph regarding split ratings, from and after the Trigger Date, changes in the Facility Fee Rate shall become effective on the date on which S&P and/or Moody's changes its relevant Rating. In the event the Ratings of S&P and Moody's are in different levels set forth in the grid above, the lower of the two Ratings (i.e., the Rating set forth in the grid above opposite the higher numerical level number) shall govern. In the event that, at any time, a Rating is not available from one of such rating agencies, the Facility Fee Rate shall be determined on the basis of the Rating from the other rating agency. In the event that, at any time, Ratings from each such rating agency are not available for companies generally, the Facility Fee Rate shall be determined on the basis of the last Rating(s) made available. In the event that, at any time, such Ratings are not available for PG&E Utility but are generally available for other companies, then the Facility Fee Rate shall be that set forth above opposite level 3.

"Federal Funds Effective Rate": for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

"Fee Payment Date": (a) the third Business Day following the last day of each March, June, September and December during the Commitment Period, (b) the last day of the Commitment Period and (c) the last day of each March, June, September and December after the last day of the Commitment Period, so long as any principal amount of the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligations remain outstanding after the last day of the Commitment Period.

"FPA": the Federal Power Act, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Funding Office": the office of the Administrative Agent specified in Section 10.2 or such other office as may be specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by written notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

"GAAP": generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, except as noted below. In the event that any "Change in Accounting Principles" (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then, upon the request of the Borrower or the Required Lenders, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Change in Accounting Principles with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower's financial condition shall be the same after such Change in Accounting Principles as if such Change in Accounting Principles had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Change in Accounting Principles had not occurred. "Change in Accounting Principles" refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the

Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or any successor thereto, the SEC or, if applicable, the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

"Governmental Authority": any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

"Guarantee Obligation": as to any Person (the "guaranteeing person"), any obligation, including a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, of the guaranteeing person that guarantees any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the "primary obligations") of any other third Person (the "primary obligor") in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation, (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof or (v) to reimburse or indemnify an issuer of a letter of credit, surety bond or guarantee issued by such issuer in respect of primary obligations of a primary obligor other than the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person's reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

"Indebtedness": of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables, including under energy procurement and transportation contracts, incurred in the ordinary course of such Person's business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all obligations of such Person as lessee which are capitalized in accordance with GAAP, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under or in respect of acceptances, letters of credit, surety bonds or similar arrangements (other than reimbursement obligations, which are not due and payable on such date, in respect of documentary letters of credit issued to provide for the payment of goods and services in the ordinary course of business), (g) the liquidation value of all mandatorily redeemable preferred Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above, (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property (including accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation (provided, that if such Person is not liable for such obligation, the

amount of such Person's Indebtedness with respect thereto shall be deemed to be the lesser of the stated amount of such obligation and the value of the property subject to such Lien), and (j) for the purposes of Section 8(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements, provided that Indebtedness as used in this Agreement shall exclude any Non-Recourse Debt. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person's ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

"Insolvency": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

"Insolvent": pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

"Interest Payment Date": (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Eurodollar Loan, the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

"Interest Period": as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (if available to all Lenders) nine or twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the date that is three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(ii) the Borrower may not select an Interest Period that would extend beyond the Termination Date;

(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and

(iv) the Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.

"Issuing Lender": (a) BNP or any affiliate thereof selected by BNP with the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) and (b) any other Lender selected by the Borrower as an Issuing Lender with the consent of such Lender and the Administrative Agent.

"L/C Commitment": $50,000,000.

"L/C Obligations": at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under issued Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.

"L/C Participants": in respect of any Letter of Credit, the collective reference to all the Lenders other than the Issuing Lender that issued such Letter of Credit.

"Lenders": as defined in the preamble hereto; provided, that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.

"Letters of Credit": as defined in Section 3.1.

"Lien": any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

"Loan": any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement, including Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans.

"Loan Documents": this Agreement, the Notes and the Applications.

"Material Adverse Effect": a material adverse effect on (a) the business, property, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or (c) the Borrower's ability to perform its material obligations under this Agreement and the Notes.

"Materials of Environmental Concern": any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in or under any Environmental Law, including asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

"Moody's": Moody's Investors Service, Inc.

"Multiemployer Plan": a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

"New Revolving Credit Lender": as defined in Section 2.3(b).

"Non-Excluded Taxes": as defined in Section 2.16(a).

"Non-Extending Lender": as defined in Section 2.7.

"Non-Recourse Debt": Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries that is incurred in connection with the acquisition, construction, sale, transfer or other disposition of specific assets, to the extent recourse, whether contractual or as a matter of law, for non-payment of such Indebtedness is limited (a) to such assets, or (b) if such assets are (or are to be) held by a Subsidiary formed solely for such purpose, to such Subsidiary or the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.

"Non-U.S. Lender": as defined in Section 2.16(d).

"Notes": as defined in Section 2.14(f).

"Obligations": the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to the Issuing Lender or to any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

"OECD": the countries constituting the "Contracting Parties" to the Convention on the Organisation For Economic Co-operation and Development, as such term is defined in Article 4 of such Convention.

"Other Taxes": any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

"Participant": as defined in Section 10.6(c).

"PBGC": the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

"Percentage": as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender's Commitment then constitutes of the Total Commitment or, at any time after the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided, that, in the event that the Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Total Extensions of Credit, the Percentages shall be determined in a manner designed to ensure that the other outstanding Extensions of Credit shall be held by the Lenders on a comparable basis.

"Person": an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

"PG&E Utility": Pacific Gas & Electric Company, a California corporation.

"PG&E Utility Credit Agreement": the $850,000,000 credit agreement, dated as of March 5, 2004, among PG&E Utility, the lenders parties thereto, the syndication agent and co-documentation agents named therein and Citicorp North America Inc., as administrative agent (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time).

"PG&E Utility Ownership Subsidiary": any special purpose Subsidiary of PG&E Utility, (a) all of the Capital Stock of which is owned directly by PG&E Utility (or by one or more other Subsidiaries of PG&E Utility) and (b) the sole purpose of which is to own common stock of PG&E Utility, which owns no material asset other than such common stock and engages in no material activities other than the ownership of such common stock and activities related thereto.

"Plan": at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an "employer" as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

"Properties": as defined in Section 4.13(a).

"PUHCA": the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended, and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

"Rating": each Issuer Credit Rating announced by S&P or Issuer Rating announced by Moody's in respect of PG&E Utility.

"Refunded Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 2.5.

"Register": as defined in Section 10.6(b).

"Regulation U": Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

"Reimbursement Obligation": the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

"Reorganization": with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

"Reportable Event": any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28, .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. Section 4043.

"Required Lenders": at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Commitment then in effect or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the Total Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

"Requirement of Law": as to any Person, the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

"Responsible Officer": the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower.

"Revolving Credit Offered Increase Amount": as defined in Section 2.3(a).

"Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date": as defined in Section 2.3(d).

"Revolving Loans": as defined in Section 2.1(a).

"S&P": Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.

"SEC": the Securities and Exchange Commission, any successor thereto and any analogous Governmental Authority.

"Significant Subsidiary": as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X of the Exchange Act as of the Closing Date, provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, PG&E Funding LLC, PG&E Accounts Receivable LLC, PG&E Energy Recovery Funding LLC and any other special purpose finance subsidiary shall not constitute a Significant Subsidiary. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Significant Subsidiary" or to "Significant Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Significant Subsidiary or Significant Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

"Single Employer Plan": any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but that is not a Multiemployer Plan.

"Specified Exchange Act Filings": the Borrower's Form 10-K annual report for the year ended December 31, 2003 and each and all of the Form 10-Qs and Form 8-Ks (and to the extent applicable proxy statements) filed by the Borrower with the SEC after December 31, 2003 and prior to the date of this Agreement.

"Specified Indebtedness": the collective reference to indebtedness of the types described in clauses (a), (c) and (e) of the definition of "Indebtedness" in this Section 1.1 and any Guarantee Obligations in respect of any such Indebtedness.

"Subsidiary": as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a "Subsidiary" or to "Subsidiaries" in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

"Swap Agreement": any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a "Swap Agreement".

"Swingline Commitment": the obligation of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans pursuant to Section 2.3 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $100,000,000.

"Swingline Lender": BNP, in its capacity as the lender of Swingline Loans.

"Swingline Loans": as defined in Section 2.4.

"Swingline Participation Amount": as defined in Section 2.5.

"Syndication Agent": as defined in the preamble hereto.

"Termination Date": the date that is the third anniversary of the Closing Date or such later date as may be determined pursuant to Section 2.7(b) or such earlier date as otherwise determined pursuant to Section 2.7.

"Total Commitment": at any time, the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders at such time.

"Total Extensions of Credit": at any time, the aggregate amount of the Extensions of Credit of all Lenders at such time.

"Transferee": any Assignee or Participant.

"Trigger Date": the first to occur of (a) the first anniversary of the Closing Date and (b) the date of any downgrade of a Rating by S&P or Moody's to a Rating lower than BBB- or Baa3, as the case may be.

"Type": as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

"United States": the United States of America.

"Utilization Fee Rate": for any day, shall be (a) prior to the Trigger Date, 0.125% per annum and (b) from and after the Trigger Date, the applicable rate per annum determined pursuant to the grid set forth below, based upon the Ratings then in effect:

Level	Rating S&P/Moody's	Utilization Fee Rate
1	> BBB/Baa2	0.125	%
2	BBB-/Baa3	0.125	%
3	< BBB-/Baa3	0.25	%

Subject to the provisions of this paragraph regarding split ratings, from and after the Trigger Date, changes in the Utilization Fee Rate shall become effective on the date on which S&P and/or Moody's changes its relevant Rating. In the event the Ratings of S&P and Moody's are in different levels set forth in the grid above, the lower of the two Ratings (i.e., the Rating set forth in the grid above opposite the higher numerical level number) shall govern. In the event that, at any time, a Rating is not available from one of such rating agencies, the Utilization Fee Rate shall be determined on the basis of the Rating from the other rating agency. In the event that, at any time, Ratings from each such rating agency are not available for companies generally, the Utilization Fee Rate shall be determined on the basis of the last Rating(s) made available. In the event that, at any time, such Ratings are not available for PG&E Utility but are generally available for other companies, then the Utilization Fee Rate shall be that set forth above opposite level 3.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions and Interpretive Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

(b) As used herein and, except as otherwise provided therein, in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms relating to the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation", (iii) the word "incur" shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume or become liable in respect of (and the words "incurred" and "incurrence" shall have correlative meanings), (iv) the words "asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, Capital Stock, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests and contract rights, and (v) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

(c) The words "hereof", "herein" and "hereunder" and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(e) The Borrower shall not be required to perform, nor shall it be required to guarantee the performance of, any of the affirmative covenants set forth in Section 6 that apply to any of its Significant Subsidiaries nor shall any of the Borrower's Significant Subsidiaries be required to perform, nor shall any of such Significant Subsidiaries be required to guarantee the performance of, any of the Borrower's affirmative covenants set forth in Section 6 or any of the affirmative covenants set forth in Section 6 that apply to any other Significant Subsidiary; provided, that nothing in this Section 1.2(e) shall prevent the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default arising out of the Borrower's failure to cause any Significant Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Significant Subsidiary.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

2.1 Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans ("Revolving Loans") to the Borrower from time to time on or after the Closing Date and during the Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender's Percentage of the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swingline Loans then outstanding, does not exceed the amount of such Lender's Commitment. On and after the Closing Date and during the Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.9.

(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Loans on the Termination Date.

2.2 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing The Borrower may borrow under the Commitments during the Commitment Period on any Business Day, provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, (a) three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of ABR Loans) specifying (i) the amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing under the Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; provided, that the Swingline Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings under the Commitments that are ABR Loans in other amounts pursuant to Section 2.5. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. Each Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

2.3 Commitment Increases.

(a) In the event that the Borrower wishes to increase the Total Commitment at any time when no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or shall result of such

increase), it shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount (the "Revolving Credit Offered Increase Amount") of such proposed increase (such notice, a "Commitment Increase Notice") in a minimum amount equal to $10,000,000. The Borrower shall offer each of the Lenders the opportunity to provide such Lender's Percentage of the Revolving Credit Offered Increase Amount, and if any Lender declines such offer, in whole or in part, the Borrower may offer such declined amount to (i) other Lenders and/or (ii) other banks, financial institutions or other entities with the consent of the Administrative Agent and, unless any such other bank, financial institution or other entity would qualify as an Eligible Assignee, the Issuing Lender (which consents of the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). The Commitment Increase Notice shall specify the Lenders and/or banks, financial institutions or other entities that will be requested to provide such Revolving Credit Offered Increase Amount. The Borrower or, if requested by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent will notify such Lenders, and/or banks, financial institutions or other entities of such offer.

(b) Any additional bank, financial institution or other entity which the Borrower selects to offer a portion of the increased Total Commitment and which elects to become a party to this Agreement and obtain a Commitment in an amount so offered and accepted by it pursuant to Section 2.3(a) shall execute a New Lender Supplement with the Borrower, the Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, whereupon such bank, financial institution or other entity (herein called a "New Revolving Credit Lender") shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, provided that the Commitment of any such New Revolving Credit Lender shall be in an amount not less than $10,000,000.

(c) Any Lender which accepts an offer to it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to Section 2.3(a) shall, in each case, execute a Commitment Increase Supplement with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, whereupon such Lender shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased.

(d) If any bank, financial institution or other entity becomes a New Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to Section 2.3(b) or any Lender's Commitment is increased pursuant to Section 2.3(c), additional Revolving Loans made on or after the effectiveness thereof (the "Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date") shall be made pro rata based on the Percentages in effect on and after such Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date (except to the extent that any such pro rata borrowings would result in any Lender making an aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans in excess of its Commitment, in which case such excess amount will be allocated to, and made by, such New Revolving Credit Lenders and/or Lenders with such increased Commitments to the extent of, and pro rata based on, their respective Commitments otherwise available for Revolving Loans), and continuations of Eurodollar Loans outstanding on such Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date shall be effected by repayment of such Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and the making of new Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on such new Percentages. In the event that on any such Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of ABR Loans, the Borrower shall make prepayments thereof and borrowings of ABR Loans so that, after giving effect thereto, the ABR Loans outstanding are held pro rata based on such new Percentages. In the event that on any such Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date there is an unpaid principal amount of Eurodollar Loans, such Eurodollar Loans shall remain outstanding with the respective holders thereof until the expiration of their respective Interest Periods (unless the Borrower elects to prepay any thereof in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement), and interest on and repayments of such Eurodollar Loans will be paid thereon to the respective Lenders holding such Eurodollar Loans pro rata based on the respective principal amounts thereof outstanding.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.3, (i) in no event shall any transaction effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 cause the Total Commitment to exceed $300,000,000, (ii) in no event may the Borrower deliver more than one Commitment Increase Notice each year and (iii) no Lender shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Revolving Credit Re-Allocation Date, for the benefit of the Lenders, (i) a legal opinion of counsel to the Borrower covering such matters as are customary for transactions of this type as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, which opinions shall be substantially the same, to the extent appropriate, as the opinions rendered by counsel to the Borrower on the Closing Date and (ii) certified copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower authorizing the Borrower to borrow the Revolving Credit Offered Increase Amount.

2.4 Swingline Commitment.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender agrees to make a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the Commitments from time to time on or after the Closing Date during the Commitment Period by making swing line loans ("Swingline Loans") to the Borrower; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans outstanding at any time, when aggregated with the Swingline Lender's other outstanding Revolving Loans, may exceed the Swingline Commitment or the Swingline Lender's Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not request, and the Swingline Lender shall not make, any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swingline Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Commitments of all Lenders would be less than zero. During the Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Swingline Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swingline Loans shall be ABR Loans only.

(b) The Borrower shall repay to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on or prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) 30 days after the date such Swingline Loan is made and (ii) the Termination Date; provided that on each date on which a Revolving Loan is borrowed, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding.

2.5 Procedure for Swingline Borrowing; Refunding of Swingline Loans. (a) Whenever the Borrower wishes to borrow Swingline Loans it shall give the Swingline Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date (which shall be a Business Day during the Commitment Period). Each borrowing under the Swingline Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in a notice in respect of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Swingline Loan to be made by the Swingline Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swingline Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date by depositing such proceeds in the account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in immediately available funds.

(b) The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swingline Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Day's notice given by the Swingline Lender no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request each Lender to make, and each Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Loan, in an amount equal to such Lender's Percentage of the aggregate amount

of the Swingline Loans (the "Refunded Swingline Loans") outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swingline Lender. Each Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Loans shall be immediately made available by the Administrative Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swingline Lender to charge the Borrower's accounts with the Administrative Agent (up to the amount available in each such account) in order to immediately pay the amount of such Refunded Swingline Loans to the extent amounts received from the Lenders are not sufficient to repay in full such Refunded Swingline Loans.

(c) If prior to the time a Revolving Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.5(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swingline Lender in its sole discretion, Revolving Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section 2.5(b), each Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.5(b), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender an amount (the "Swingline Participation Amount") equal to (i) such Lender's Percentage times (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding that were to have been repaid with such Revolving Loans.

(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has received from any Lender such Lender's Swingline Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swingline Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender's participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender's pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swingline Loans then due); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline Lender is required to be returned, such Lender will return to the Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swingline Lender.

(e) Each Lender's obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 2.5(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.5(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swingline Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower or any other Lender or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

2.6 Facility Fees, Utilization Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a facility fee for the period from and including the date hereof to the last day of the Commitment Period, computed at the Facility Fee Rate on the Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. In addition, if the principal amount of any Loan, or any Reimbursement Obligations, shall remain outstanding and unpaid after the last day of the Commitment Period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a facility fee for the period from the last day of the Commitment Period until the date on which such amounts are repaid in full, computed at the Facility Fee Rate on such amounts, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing on the first such date after the last day of the Commitment Period.

(b) If the average daily aggregate principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations outstanding for the calendar quarter preceding a Fee Payment Date (or such shorter period beginning with the date hereof or ending with the Termination Date) is 50% of the daily average Total Commitment for such calendar quarter or period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a utilization fee at the applicable Utilization Fee Rate on such average daily aggregate principal amount of the Loans and the L/C Obligations outstanding during such calendar quarter (or shorter period), payable in arrears on each Fee Payment Date.

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any written, duly executed fee agreements with the Administrative Agent and to perform any other obligations contained therein.

2.7 Termination or Reduction of Commitments; Extension of Termination Date. (a) The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days' notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans made on the effective date thereof, the Total Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Commitment. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Commitments then in effect.

(b) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent (such notice being an "Extension Notice") given no more frequently than once in each calendar year, request the Lenders to consider an extension of the then applicable Termination Date to a later date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit any Extension Notice to each Lender. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent whether it wishes to extend the then applicable Termination Date not later than thirty days after the date of such Extension Notice, and any such notice given by a Lender to the Administrative Agent, once given, shall be irrevocable as to such Lender. Any Lender which does not expressly notify the Administrative Agent prior to the expiration of such thirty-day period that it wishes to so extend the then applicable Termination Date shall be deemed to have rejected the Borrower's request for extension of such Termination Date. Lenders consenting to extend the then applicable Termination Date are hereinafter referred to as "Continuing Lenders", and Lenders declining to consent to extend such Termination Date (or Lenders deemed to have so declined) are hereinafter referred to as "Non-Extending Lenders". If the Required Lenders have elected (in their sole and absolute discretion) to so extend the Termination Date, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of such election by the Required Lenders, and effective on the date which is thirty days after the date of such notice by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the Termination Date shall be automatically and immediately so extended as to the Continuing Lenders. No extension will be permitted hereunder without the consent of the Required Lenders. Upon the delivery of an Extension Notice and upon the extension of the Termination Date pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on and as of the date of such Extension Notice and the effective date of such extension, as the case may be, that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to extend the Termination Date, and each Lender may at its option, unconditionally and without cause, decline to extend the Termination Date.

(c) If the Termination Date shall have been extended in accordance with this Section, all references herein to the "Termination Date" (except with respect to any Non-Extending Lender) shall refer to the Termination Date as so extended.

(d) If any Lender shall determine (or be deemed to have determined) not to extend the Termination Date as requested by any Extension Notice given by the Borrower pursuant to this Section, the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender (including the obligations of such Lender under Section 2.5 and 3.4) shall terminate on the Termination Date without giving any effect to such proposed extension, and the Borrower shall on such date pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Non-Extending Lender, the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, such Non-Extending Lender's Loans and outstanding Reimbursement Obligations, together with any amounts payable to such Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 and any and all fees or other amounts owing to such Non-Extending Lender under this Agreement; provided that if the Borrower has replaced such Non-Extending Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) below then the provisions of such paragraph shall apply. The Total Commitment (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, except as hereinafter provided, the L/C Commitment) shall be reduced by the amount of the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender to the extent the Commitment of such Non-Extending Lender has not been transferred to one or more Continuing Lenders pursuant to paragraph (e) below, provided that, if the Total Commitment, after giving effect to the reduction in the Total Commitment due to Non-Extending Lenders which are not replaced pursuant to paragraph (e) below, is less than the L/C Commitment, the L/C Commitment shall be reduced by an amount equal to such excess.

(e) A Non-Extending Lender shall be obligated, at the request of the Borrower and subject to (i) payment by the successor Lender described below to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Non-Extending Lender of the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, such Non-Extending Lender's Loans, and (ii) payment by the Borrower to such Non-Extending Lender of any amounts payable to such Non-Extending Lender pursuant to Section 2.17 (as if the purchase of such Non-Extending Lender's Loans constituted a prepayment thereof) and any and all fees or other amounts owing to such Non-Extending Lender under this Agreement, to transfer without recourse, representation, warranty (other than a representation that such Lender has not created an adverse claim on its Loans) or expense to such Non-Extending Lender, at any time prior to the Termination Date applicable to such Non-Extending Lender, all of such Non-Extending Lender's rights and obligations hereunder to another financial institution or group of financial institutions nominated by the Borrower and willing to participate as a successor Lender in the place of such Non-Extending Lender; provided that, if such transferee is not already a Lender, (1) such transferee satisfies all the requirements of this Agreement, and (2) the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any replacement Lender that is not an Eligible Assignee, each Issuing Lender, shall have consented to such transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each such transferee successor Lender shall be deemed to be a Continuing Lender hereunder in replacement of the transferor Non-Extending Lender and shall enjoy all rights and assume all obligations on the part of such Non-Extending Lender set forth in this Agreement. Each such transfer shall be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

(f) If the Termination Date shall have been extended in respect of Continuing Lenders in accordance with this Section, any notice of borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 specifying a Borrowing Date occurring after the Termination Date applicable to a Non-Extending Lender or requesting an Interest Period extending beyond such date shall (i) have no effect in respect of such Non-Extending Lender and (ii) not specify a requested aggregate principal amount exceeding the Aggregate Available Commitment (calculated on the basis of the Commitments of the Continuing Lenders).

2.8 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, one

Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of prepayment and whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans; provided, that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.17. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans and Swingline Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Revolving Loans which are (i) Eurodollar Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof or (b) ABR Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Partial prepayments of Swingline Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.

2.9 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice of such election no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no ABR Loan may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Required Lenders have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

(b) Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term "Interest Period" set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided that no Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Required Lenders have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such continuations, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

2.10 Limitations on Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions and continuations of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than 15 Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.

2.11 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such

overdue amount shall bear interest at a default rate per annum equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any facility fee, utilization fee, letter of credit fee, or any other fee payable (excluding any expenses or other indemnity) hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a default rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to ABR Loans plus 2%, in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

2.12 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest and fees payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to ABR Loans the rate of interest on which is calculated on the basis of the Base Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall constitute prima facie evidence of such amounts. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Borrower or such Lender a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.11.

2.13 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,

the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any Eurodollar Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans to Eurodollar Loans.

2.14 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments; Notes. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any

reduction of the Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Percentages of the Lenders.

(b) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on the Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Lenders. Each payment in respect of Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing Lender that issued such Letters of Credit.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, Reimbursement Obligations, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders, as applicable, at the Funding Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (i) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (ii) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender's share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans from the Borrower within 30 days after written demand therefor.

(e) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum

equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.

(f) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note (a "Note") of the Borrower evidencing any Revolving Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount; provided, that delivery of Notes shall not be a condition precedent to the occurrence of the Closing Date or the making of Loans on the Closing Date.

2.15 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes covered by Section 2.16 and net income taxes and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes);

(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate, which requirements are generally applicable to loans made by such Lender; or

(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition that is generally applicable to loans made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount that such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, within ten Business Days after its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this paragraph, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled; provided, however, that no Lender shall be entitled to demand such compensation more than 90 days following (x) the last day of the Interest Period in respect of which such demand is made or (y) the repayment of the Loan or Swingline Loan in respect of which such demand is made, and no Issuing Lender shall be entitled to demand such compensation more than 90 days following the expiration or termination (by drawing or otherwise) of the Letter of Credit issued by it in respect of which such demand is made.

(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender's or such corporation's capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender's or such corporation's policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such

Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.

(c) A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall constitute prima facie evidence of such costs or amounts. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender's intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that, if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect not to exceed twelve months. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive for 90 days after the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts then due and payable hereunder.

2.16 Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding (i) net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document) and (ii) any branch profits tax imposed by the United States. If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings ("Non-Excluded Taxes") or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement, provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender's failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender's assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph.

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of any original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority, the Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.

(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a "U.S. Person" as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code (a "Non-U.S. Lender") shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or,

in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of "portfolio interest", a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit G and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver; provided, however, if any Non-U.S. Lender fails to file forms with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, with the Lender from which the related participation was purchased) on or before the date the Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchased the related participation) entitling the Non-U.S. Lender to a complete exemption from United States withholding taxes at such time, such Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to receive any increased payments from the Borrower with respect to United States withholding taxes under paragraph (a) of this Section, except to the extent that the Non-U.S. Lender's assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of the assignment to the Non-U.S. Lender, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to United States withholding taxes.

(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender's judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

(f) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid amounts pursuant to this Section 2.16, it shall pay over such refund to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any

Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

(g) The agreements in this Section shall survive for one year after the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.17 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss (other than the loss of Applicable Margin) or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive for 90 days after the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.18 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.15 or 2.16(a) or (b) with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole but reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no unreimbursed economic disadvantage, or any legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16(a).

2.19 Replacement of Lenders. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests (on its behalf or any of its Participants) reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16(a) or (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with a replacement financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.18 which eliminates the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16(a), (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.17 if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.15 or 2.16(a), as the case may be, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT

3.1 L/C Commitment.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue standby letters of credit ("Letters of Credit") for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day on or after the Closing Date and during the Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided, that no Issuing Lender shall issue, amend, extend or renew any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, extension or renewal (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be denominated in Dollars and (ii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date which is five Business Days prior to the Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).

(b) No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue, amend, extend or renew any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance, amendment, extension or renewal would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may request. Concurrently with the delivery of an Application to an Issuing Lender, the Borrower shall deliver a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Application, an Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower (but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto). Promptly after issuance by an Issuing Lender of a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower. Each Issuing Lender shall promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent of the issuance of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender (including the amount thereof), and shall provide a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Administrative Agent as soon as possible after the date of issuance.

3.3 Fees and Other Charges.

(a) The Borrower will pay a fee on the aggregate drawable amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans, shared ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Percentages and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee on the aggregate drawable amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued in an amount to be agreed between the Borrower and such Issuing Lender, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.

(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending, renewing or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.

3.4 L/C Participations.

(a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce each Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from each Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant's own account and risk, an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant's Percentage in each Issuing Lender's obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender's address for notices specified herein (and thereafter the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Lender) an amount equal to such L/C Participant's Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed. Each L/C Participant's obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against the Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5, (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Borrower or any other L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

(b) If any amount (a "Participation Amount") required to be paid by any L/C Participant to an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall so notify the Administrative Agent, which shall promptly notify the L/C Participants, and each L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Lender, on demand (and thereafter the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Lender) an amount equal to the product of (i) such Participation Amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any Participation Amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such Participation Amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted on behalf of an Issuing Lender to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(c) Whenever, at any time after an Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from the Administrative Agent any L/C Participant's pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof,

such Issuing Lender will distribute to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Participant (and thereafter the Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to such L/C Participant) its pro rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender (and thereafter the Administrative Agent shall promptly return to such Issuing Lender) the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender.

3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender on (i) the Business Day on which the Borrower receives notice from an Issuing Lender of a draft drawn on a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender and paid by such Issuing Lender, if such notice is received on such Business Day prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, or (ii) if clause (i) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day on which the Borrower receives such notice, for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment which are obligations of the Borrower hereunder (the amounts described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) in respect of any drawing, collectively, the "Payment Amount"). Each such payment shall be made to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on each Payment Amount from the date of the applicable drawing until payment in full at the rate set forth in (i) until the second Business Day following the date of the applicable drawing, Section 2.11(b) and (ii) thereafter, Section 2.11(c). Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall (unless an event of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower, in which case the procedures specified in Section 3.4 for funding by L/C Participants shall apply) constitute a request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.1 of ABR Loans (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender in their sole discretion, a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.4 of Swingline Loans) in the amount of such drawing. The Borrowing Date with respect to such borrowing shall be the first date on which a borrowing of Revolving Loans (or, if applicable, Swingline Loans) could be made, pursuant to Section 2.1 (or, if applicable, Section 2.4), if the Administrative Agent had received a notice of such borrowing at the time the Administrative Agent receives notice from the relevant Issuing Lender of such drawing under such Letter of Credit.

3.6 Obligations Absolute The Borrower's obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person; other than with respect to any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related drafts or documents found to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct or not in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York. The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower's Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions which resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the

standards or care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower.

3.7 Letter of Credit Payments If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the relevant Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, shall be limited, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct or failure to act in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment appear on their face to be in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

3.8 Applications To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

3.9 Actions of Issuing Lenders Each Issuing Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by such Issuing Lender. Each Issuing Lender shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement unless it shall first have received such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it reasonably deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, as between the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders, each Issuing Lender shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Lenders and any future holders of a participation in any Letter of Credit.

3.10 Borrower's Indemnification The Borrower hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent, and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any and all claims and damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which such Lender, such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent may incur (or which may be claimed against such Lender, such Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent by any Person whatsoever) by reason of or in connection with the issuance, execution and delivery or transfer of or payment or failure to pay under any Letter of Credit or any actual or proposed use of any Letter of Credit, including, without limitation, any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which such Issuing Lender may incur by reason of or in connection with (i) the failure of any other Lender to fulfill or comply with its obligations to an Issuing Lender hereunder (but nothing herein contained shall affect any rights the Borrower may have against any defaulting Lender) or (ii) by reason of or on account of an Issuing Lender issuing any Letter of Credit which specifies that the term "Beneficiary" included therein includes any successor by operation of law of the named Beneficiary, but which Letter of Credit does not require that any drawing by any such successor Beneficiary be accompanied by a copy of a legal document, satisfactory to such Issuing Lender, evidencing the appointment of such successor Beneficiary; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses to the extent, but only to the extent, caused by (x) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Issuing Lender in determining whether a request presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or (y) such Issuing Lender's failure to pay under

any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. Nothing in this Section is intended to limit the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.

3.11 Lenders' Indemnification. Each Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Percentage, indemnify each Issuing Lender, its affiliates and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower) against any cost, expense (including reasonable counsel fees and disbursements), claim, demand, action, loss or liability (except such as result from such indemnitees' gross negligence or willful misconduct or failure to comply with the standard of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York or such Issuing Lender's failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it of a request strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit) that such indemnitees may suffer or incur in connection with this Section or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitees hereunder.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, the Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, on the date hereof, on the Closing Date and on the date of each Loan and each issuance or extension of a Letter of Credit hereunder after the Closing Date, that:

4.1 Financial Condition. The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2001, December 31, 2002 and December 31, 2003, and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2004, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the nine-month period ended on such date, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the nine-month period then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved. Except as disclosed in the Specified Exchange Act Filings, neither the Borrower nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries has as of the Closing Date any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or forward or long-term commitments outside of the ordinary course of business, including any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph.

4.2 No Change. Since December 31, 2003, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as disclosed in the Specified Exchange Act Filings.

4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has the corporate power and corporate authority to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation or other organization and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except to the extent that the failure to so qualify could not reasonably be expected to

have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.4 Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. The Borrower has the corporate power and corporate authority to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents and to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. The Borrower has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents and to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Loan Documents, except consents, authorizations, filings and notices which have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect. This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document upon execution and delivery will be, duly executed and delivered. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by (x) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally, laws of general application related to the enforceability of securities secured by real estate and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law) and (y) applicable regulatory requirements.

4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate in any material respect any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation. No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.6 Litigation. (a) No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing by or against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or against any of their material respective properties or revenues with respect to any of the Loan Documents.

(b) No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing by or against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or against any of their material respective properties or revenues, except as disclosed in the Specified Exchange Act Filings, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.7 No Default. Neither the Borrower nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

4.8 Taxes. The Borrower and each of its Significant Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Federal and state returns of income and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or with respect to any claims or assessments for taxes made against it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than (i) any amounts the validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, as applicable and (ii) claims which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material

Adverse Effect). No tax Liens have been filed against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries other than (A) Liens for taxes which are not delinquent or (B) Liens for taxes which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, as applicable.

4.9 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for "buying" or "carrying" any "margin stock" within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board.

4.10 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event (other than the Post-event Notices of Reportable Events filed with the PBGC on May 2, 2001, in respect of the April 6, 2001, bankruptcy filing of PG&E Utility and on July 16, 2003, in respect of the July 8, 2003, bankruptcy filing of National Energy & Gas Transmission) nor an "accumulated funding deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent.

4.11 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. The Borrower is not an "investment company", or a company "controlled" by an "investment company", within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. On the date hereof, the Borrower is not subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) that limits its ability to incur Indebtedness under this Agreement.

4.12 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans and the Swingline Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used (i) for working capital purposes and (ii) for general corporate purposes.

4.13 Environmental Matters. Except as (i) disclosed in the Specified Exchange Act Filings or (ii) in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) the facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries (the "Properties") do not contain, and, to the Borrower's knowledge, have not previously contained, any Materials of Environmental Concern in amounts or concentrations or under circumstances that constitute or constituted a violation of, or, to the Borrower's knowledge, would give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law;

(b) neither the Borrower nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has received or is aware of any notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to any of the Properties or the business operated by the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries (the "Business"), nor does the Borrower have knowledge or reason to believe that any such notice will be received or is being threatened;

(c) Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported or disposed of from the Properties in violation of, or in a manner or to a location that, to the Borrower's knowledge, would give rise to liability under, any Environmental Law, nor have any Materials of Environmental Concern been generated, treated, stored or disposed of at, on or under any of the Properties in violation of, or in a manner that, to the Borrower's knowledge, would give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law;

(d) no judicial proceeding or governmental or administrative action is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened, under any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties or the Business, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders, or other administrative or judicial requirements outstanding under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business;

(e) there has been no release or threat of release of Materials of Environmental Concern at or from the Properties, or arising from or related to the operations of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in connection with the Properties or otherwise in connection with the Business, in violation of or in amounts or in a manner that, to the Borrower's knowledge, would give rise to liability under Environmental Laws;

(f) the Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance, and have in the last five years been in compliance, with all applicable Environmental Laws, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties or violation of any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties or the Business; and

(g) neither the Borrower nor any of its Significant Subsidiaries has assumed any liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws.

4.14 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information (other than projections, parent-only financial statements and pro forma information) contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Confidential Information Memorandum or any other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished (or, in the case of the Confidential Information Memorandum, as of the date of this Agreement), any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading when taken as a whole. The projections, parent-only financial statements and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known to the Borrower that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents, in the Confidential Information Memorandum (including any attachments thereto) or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the

Administrative Agent and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.

4.15 Regulatory Matters. The Borrower is a "holding company" exempt from all provisions of PUHCA (except for Section 9(a)(2) thereof) pursuant to Section 3(a)(i) thereof and Rule 2 thereunder. Solely by virtue of the execution, delivery and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, no Lender shall be or become subject to regulation (i) as a "holding company," or an "affiliate" of a "holding company" or a "subsidiary company" of a "holding company," within the meaning of PUHCA, (ii) under the FPA or (iii) as a "public utility" or "public service corporation" or the equivalent under any Requirement of Law.

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1 Conditions to the Closing Date. The occurrence of the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and each Person listed on Schedule 1.1A.

(b) Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received the financial statements described in Section 4.1.

(c) Consents and Approvals. All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect; and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the foregoing effect.

(d) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including the reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel), on or before the Closing Date.

(e) Closing Certificate; Certified Articles of Incorporation; Good Standing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Borrower, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, with appropriate insertions and attachments, including the articles of incorporation of the Borrower certified by the Secretary of State of the State of California, and (ii) a good standing certificate for the Borrower from the Secretary of State of the State of California; such closing certificate shall contain a confirmation by the Borrower that the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 5.1 have been satisfied.

(f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions:

(i) the legal opinion of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, counsel to the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1; and

(ii) the legal opinion of Bruce R. Worthington, Esq., General Counsel of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

Each such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

(g) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in this Agreement that does not contain a materiality qualification shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, and each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in this Agreement that contains a materiality qualification shall

be true and correct on and as of such the Closing Date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects, or true and correct, as the case may be, as of such earlier date).

(h) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan or to issue or extend the expiry date under, or participate in, a Letter of Credit, on any date is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Satisfaction of Conditions Precedent in Section 5.1. The conditions set precedent set forth in Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance with this Agreement as of the Closing Date.

(b) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in this Agreement that does not contain a materiality qualification shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such extension of credit as if made on and as of such date, and each of the representations and warranties made by the Borrower in this Agreement that contains a materiality qualification shall be true and correct on and as of such date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such representations were true and correct in all material respects, or true and correct, as the case may be, as of such earlier date).

(c) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such extension of credit or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

Each borrowing of Loans hereunder, and each request by the Borrower for the issuance of, or extension of an expiry date under, a Letter of Credit hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, or any Letter of Credit, any Loan, any interest on any Loan or any fee payable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder remains outstanding, or any other amount then due and payable is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall and, except with respect to Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.6(b) and 6.7, shall cause its Significant Subsidiaries to:

6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent with a copy for each Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a "going concern" or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and

(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for such quarter and

the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments).

All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods. The Borrower shall be deemed to have delivered the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.1 upon the filing of such financial statements by the Borrower through the SEC's EDGAR system or the publication by the Borrower of such financial statements on its website.

6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent with a copy for each Lender (or, in the case of clause (c), the relevant Lender), and the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Lender:

(a) within two days after the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, a Compliance Certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, containing all information and calculations reasonably necessary for determining compliance by the Borrower with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be;

(b) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC, provided that, such financial statements and reports shall be deemed to have delivered upon the filing of such financial statements and reports by the Borrower through the SEC's EDGAR system or publication by the Borrower of such financial statements and reports on its website; and

(c) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.

6.3 Payment of Taxes. Pay all taxes due and payable or any other tax assessments made against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any of their respective property by any Governmental Authority (other than (i) any amounts the validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, as applicable or (ii) where the failure to effect such payment could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

6.4 Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. (a)(i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its organizational existence, provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation or amalgamation permitted under Section 7.4 and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except for any such Contractual Obligations or Requirements of Law being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except to the extent that failure to do so could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its material property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business of comparable size and financial strength and owning similar properties in the same general areas in which the Borrower or the applicable Significant Subsidiary operates, which may include self-insurance, if determined by the Borrower or the applicable Significant Subsidiary to be reasonably prudent.

6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) unless a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, not more than once a year and after at least five Business Days' notice, (i) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries with officers and employees of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide for the Lenders (in the presence of representatives of the Borrower) to meet with the independent certified public accountants of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; provided, that any such visits or inspections shall be subject to such conditions as the Borrower and each of its Significant Subsidiaries shall deem necessary based on reasonable considerations of safety and security; and provided, further, that neither the Borrower nor any Significant Subsidiary shall be required to disclose to any Lender or its agents or representatives any information which is subject to the attorney-client privilege or attorney work-product privilege properly asserted by the applicable Person to prevent the loss of such privilege in connection with such information or which is prevented from disclosure pursuant to a confidentiality agreement with third parties.

6.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent with a copy for each Lender of, and the Administrative Agent shall deliver such notice to each Lender:

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any litigation or proceeding or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any investigation that, in each case, may exist at any time between the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, including environmental proceedings, that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) any litigation or proceeding to which the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries is a party (i) the primary purpose of which is to challenge the legality, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents or (ii) seeks to prohibit the ownership or operation by the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries of all or a material portion of their respective businesses or assets;

(e) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower knows thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; and

(f) any development or event (other than any litigation or proceeding) that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.8 Maintenance of Licenses, etc. Maintain in full force and effect any authorization, consent, license or approval of any Governmental Authority necessary for the conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Significant Subsidiary as now conducted by it or necessary in connection with this Agreement, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

The Borrower hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, or any Letter of Credit, any Loan, or any interest on any Loan or any fee payable to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder remains outstanding, or any other amount then due and payable is owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Borrower shall not:

7.1 Consolidated Capitalization Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Capitalization Ratio on the last day of any fiscal quarter, from and after the last day of the first fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, to exceed 0.65 to 1.0.

7.2 Indebtedness. (a) Prior to the Dividend Commencement Date, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist Specified Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding exceeding $1,500,000,000; or (b) permit any Borrower Ownership Subsidiary or any Subsidiary of the Borrower that directly or indirectly owns stock of a Borrower Ownership Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (other than Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower permitted hereby, so long as such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligations are secured by a Lien permitted by Section 7.5(d)).

7.3 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any assets of the Borrower, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or utility or governmental charges that are not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower in conformity with GAAP;

(b) statutory Liens of landlords or equipment lessors against any property of the Borrower, carriers', warehousemen's, mechanics', materialmen's, repairmen's or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers' compensation, unemployment insurance, pension and other social security laws or regulations;

(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions (including zoning restrictions), minor defects or irregularities in title and other similar charges or encumbrances imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower;

(f) Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Borrower on deposit with such bank;

(g) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default under Section 8(h) or Liens (not constituting a judgment or attachment Lien giving rise to an Event of Default under Section 8(h)) created by or existing from any litigation or legal proceeding that is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(h) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the purchase, lease, improvement or construction of capital assets, provided that (A) any such Lien shall extend solely to the item or items of such property (or improvement thereon) so purchased, leased, improved or constructed, and (B) any such Lien shall be created contemporaneously with, or within 90 days after, the purchase, lease, improvement or construction of such property;

(i) Liens existing on assets of a Person immediately prior to its being consolidated with or merged into the Borrower, or any Liens existing on any assets acquired by the Borrower at the time such assets are so acquired (whether or not the Indebtedness or other obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed), provided that (A) no such Lien shall have been created in contemplation of such consolidation or merger or such acquisition of assets, and (B) no such Lien shall extend to any other assets of the Borrower; and

(j) Liens on Capital Stock of PG&E Utility that do not violate Section 7.5(d).

7.4 Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its property or business, except that the Borrower may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with another Person so long as, after giving effect to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (b) either (i) the Borrower is the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation or (ii) the continuing or surviving corporation of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, if not the Borrower, shall have assumed all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (c) the ratings by Moody's and S&P of the continuing or surviving corporation's senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced debt shall be at least the higher of (1) Baa3 from Moody's and BBB- from S&P and (2) the ratings by such rating agencies of the Borrower's senior, unsecured, non-credit enhanced debt in effect before the earlier of the occurrence or the public announcement of such event.

7.5 Ownership of PG&E Utility Common Stock. Permit any of the following to occur:

(a) ownership by the Borrower, at any time, either directly, or indirectly through one or more Borrower Ownership Subsidiaries, of less than 60% of the outstanding common stock of PG&E Utility and less than or equal to 50% of the voting stock of PG&E Utility;

(b) ownership by the Borrower, at any time, either directly, or indirectly through one or more Borrower Ownership Subsidiaries or PG&E Utility Ownership Subsidiaries, of less than 80% of the outstanding common stock of PG&E Utility and less than 70% of the outstanding voting stock of PG&E Utility;

(c) ownership by PG&E Utility and its Subsidiaries, at any time, of less than or equal to 20% of the outstanding common stock of PG&E Utility; or

(d) any stock of PG&E Utility owned by the Borrower or any Borrower Ownership Subsidiary, or any stock of a Borrower Ownership Subsidiary or of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that directly or indirectly owns stock of a Borrower Ownership Subsidiary, to be encumbered by any Lien, other than any Lien which secures equally and ratably (i) the Obligations and (ii) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding $2,000,000,000.

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing on or after the Closing Date:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Borrower herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made, unless, as of any date of determination, the facts or circumstances to which such representation or warranty relates have changed with the result that such representation or warranty is true and correct in all material respects on such date; or

(c) the Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) of Section 6.4(a), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.8 or Section 7 of this Agreement; or

(d) the Borrower shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after notice to the Borrower from the Required Lenders; or

(e) the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans) on the due date with respect thereto (after giving effect to any period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created); or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or (in the case of all Indebtedness other than Indebtedness under any Swap Agreement) to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $75,000,000; provided that such amount shall be automatically increased so that it remains consistent with any increase to the counterpart monetary threshold included in Section 8 of the PG&E Utility Credit Agreement (except that such amount shall not in an event exceed $100,000,000); or

(f) (i) the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition

or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) (i) any Person shall engage in any "prohibited transaction" (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any "accumulated funding deficiency" (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders is likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(h) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Borrower or any of its Significant Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or, subject to customary deductibles, fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has not denied coverage) of $75,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; provided that the amount referred to above in this paragraph shall be automatically increased so that it remains consistent with any increase to the counterpart monetary threshold included in Section 8 of the PG&E Utility Credit Agreement (except that such amount shall not in any event exceed $100,000,000); or

(i) there shall have occurred a Change of Control.

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Commitments to be terminated

forthwith, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. With respect to all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower.

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Administrative Agent as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

9.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person's own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of the

Borrower to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Borrower.

9.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

9.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a "notice of default". In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower or any of its affiliates, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and its affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and its affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender

with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of the Borrower or any of its affiliates that may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (whether before or after the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent's gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive for two years after repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms "Lender" and "Lenders" shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days' notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term "Administrative Agent" shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent's rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent's notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent's resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent's resignation as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9.10 Documentation Agents and Syndication Agent. None of the Documentation Agents or the Syndication Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder in its capacity as such.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement, any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The Required Lenders and the Borrower may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Borrower hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

(i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Required Lenders)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender's Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (except that only the Lenders who are increasing their Commitments are required to consent to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.3 to increase the Total Commitment);

(ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section 10.1 or Section 10.6(a)(i) without the written consent of such Lender;

(iii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders;

(iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.14 related to pro rata treatment without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent;

(vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.4 or 2.5 without the written consent of the Swingline Lender; or

(vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 or any other provision affecting the Issuing Lenders without the written consent of each Issuing Lender affected thereby.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

If the Required Lenders shall have approved any amendment which requires the consent of all of the Lenders, the Borrower shall be permitted to replace any non-consenting Lender with another financial institution, provided that, (i) the replacement financial institution shall purchase at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (ii) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.17 if any Eurodollar Loan

owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto (as if such purchase constituted a prepayment of such Loans), (iii) such replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and, with respect to any replacement financial institution that is not an Eligible Assignee, each Issuing Lender, (iv) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein) and (v) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent in the case of the Lenders, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto:

Borrower:		PG&E Corporation One Market Street Spear Tower, Suite 2400 San Francisco, California 94105 Attention: Assistant Treasurer Telecopy: (415) 267-7265/7268 Telephone: (415) 267-7053
with a copy to:		PG&E Corporation One Market Street Spear Tower, Suite 2400 San Francisco, California 94105 Attention: Chief Counsel, Corporate Telecopy: (415) 817-8225 Telephone: (415) 817-8200
Administrative Agent:		BNP Paribas 787 7^th Avenue New York, New York 10019 Attention: Michelle Bruno Telecopy: (212) 471-6697 Telephone: (212) 471-6642
Issuing Lender:		As notified by the Issuing Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders or any Lender shall not be effective until received.

Notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders or the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Lender and each Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures

approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

10.5 Payment of Expenses and Taxes. The Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and the Lenders for all their respective reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of only one counsel to the Administrative Agent and filing and recording fees and expenses, with statements with respect to the foregoing to be submitted to the Borrower prior to the Closing Date (in the case of amounts to be paid on the Closing Date) and from time to time thereafter on a quarterly basis or such other periodic basis as the Administrative Agent shall deem appropriate, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent for all its costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of only one counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, (c) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and Other Taxes, if any, that may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify, and hold each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons (each, an "Indemnitee") harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement and performance of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Borrower and its Significant Subsidiaries or any of the Properties and the reasonable fees and expenses of one legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against the Borrower under any Loan Document (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the "Indemnified Liabilities"), provided, that the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Significant Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Significant Subsidiaries to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights

of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section 10.5 shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor, subject to the Borrower's receipt of reasonably detailed invoices. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 10.5 shall be submitted to Assistant Treasurer (Telephone No. (415) 267-7053) (Telecopy No. (415) 267-7265/7268), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2 with a copy to Chief Counsel, Corporate (Telephone No. (415) 817-8200) (Telecopy No. (415) 817-8225), at the address of the Borrower set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.5 shall survive for two years after repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (each, an "Assignee") all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Eligible Assignee that is an affiliate of any Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; and

(B) the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender, provided that (1) no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Commitment to an assignee that is a Lender with a Commitment immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment, and (2) no consent of any Issuing Lender shall be required for any assignment to an Eligible Assignee.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Eligible Assignee that is an affiliate of any Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender's Commitments or Loans, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (2) with respect to any Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date, such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of such Lender and any affiliate of such Lender that is an Eligible Assignee;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 10.5 but shall be subject to the limitations set forth therein). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 10.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the "Register"). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, each Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee's completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) (i) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a "Participant") in all or a portion of such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender's rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such

Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower's prior written consent to such greater payments. Any Participant that is a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.16(d).

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (d) above.

(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 10.6(b). Each of the Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however, that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage, expense, obligations, penalties, actions, judgments, suits or any kind whatsoever arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, none of the Agents, in their capacity as Lenders, will assign without the consent of the Borrower, prior to the Closing Date, any of the Commitments held by them on the date of this Agreement.

10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement expressly provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender, if any Lender (a "Benefitted Lender") shall receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it hereunder, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of the Obligations owing to such other Lender hereunder, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of the Obligations owing to each such other Lender hereunder, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is

thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, including other rights of set-off, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), after any applicable grace period, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch, affiliate or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

10.9 Severability. Any provision of this 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 remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage

prepaid, to the Borrower at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

10.13 Acknowledgments. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between Administrative Agent and Lenders, on one hand, and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Borrower and the Lenders.

10.14 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential in accordance with such party's customary practices (and in any event in compliance with applicable law regarding material non-public information) all non-public information provided to it by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement that is designated by the provider thereof as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with the provisions of this Section or substantially equivalent provisions, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any direct or indirect counterparty to any Swap Agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates (as long as such attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors are subject to confidentiality requirements substantially equivalent to this Section), (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender's investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document, provided that, in the case of clauses (d), (e) and (f) of this Section 10.14, with the exception of disclosure to bank regulatory authorities, the Borrower (to the extent legally permissible) shall be given prompt prior notice so that it may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy.

10.15 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE BORROWER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

10.16 USA Patriot Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.

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

PG&E CORPORATION
By:		Leroy Barnes

	Name:	Leroy Barnes
	Title:	Vice President and Treasurer
BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender and as a Lender
By:		Mark A. Renaud
	Name: Mark A. Renaud Title: Managing Director
By:		Francis J. DeLaney
	Name: Francis J. DeLaney Title: Managing Director
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Syndication Agent
By:		Michael Starmer-Smith
	Name: Michael Starmer-Smith Title: Managing Director
By:		Richard Hensahll
	Name: Richard Hensahll Title: Director
ABN AMRO BANK N.V., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:		Stephanie B. Casas
	Name: Stephanie B. Casas Title: Vice President
By:		R. Scott Donaldson
	Name: R. Scott Donaldson Title: Vice President

GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:		Steve Hickey
	Name: Steve Hickey Title: Authorized Signatory
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Documentation Agent and as a Lender
By:		Dennis G. Blank
	Name: Dennis G. Blank Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 Barclays Bank PLC
By:		Sydney G. Dennsi
	Name: Sydney G. Dennis Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 CITICORP USA, INC.
By:		Dhaya Ranganathan
	Name: Dhaya Ranganathan Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH
By:		Michael Starmer-Smith
	Name: Michael Starmer-Smith Title: ManagingDirector

By:		Richard Henshall
	Name: Richard Henshall Title: Director
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
By:		Thomas Casey
	Name: Thomas Casey Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 KBC BANK NV
By:		Jean-Pierre Diels
	Name: Jean-Pierre Diels Title: First Vice President
By:		Eric Raskin
	Name: Eric Raskin Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB
By:		Gary T. Taylor
	Name: Gary T. Taylor Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 MORGAN STANLEY BANK
By:		Daniel Twenge
	Name: Daniel Twenge Title: Vice President
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
By:		Linda M. Stephens
	Name: Linda M. Stephens Title: Authorized Signatory
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 [THE BANK OF NEW YORK]
By:		John V. Yancey, Jr.
	Name: John V. Yancey, Jr. Title: SVP
SIGNATURE PAGE TO PG&E CORPORATION CREDIT AGREEMENT, DATED AS DECEMBER 10, 2004 The Bank of Nova Scotia
By:		Thane Rattew
	Name: Thane Rattew Title: Managing Director

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

NEW LENDER SUPPLEMENT

Reference is made to the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"), among PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

The New Lender identified on Schedule l hereto (the "New Lender"), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree as follows:

1. The New Lender hereby irrevocably makes a Commitment to the Borrower in the amount set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (the "New Commitment") pursuant to Section 2.3(b) of the Credit Agreement. From and after the Effective Date (as defined below), the New Lender will be a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the New Commitment.

2. The Administrative Agent (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement; and (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.

3. The New Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this New Lender Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this New Lender Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

4. The effective date of this New Lender Supplement shall be the Effective Date of the New Commitment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this New Lender Supplement by each of the New Lender and the Borrower, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by it pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, be

earlier than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent).

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the New Commitment (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the New Lender for amounts which have accrued on and subsequent to the Effective Date.

6. From and after the Effective Date, the New Lender shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this New Lender Supplement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and shall be bound by the provisions thereof.

7. This New Lender Supplement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this New Lender Supplement to be executed as of , 200 by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.

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Schedule 1

to New Lender Supplement

Name of New Lender:

Effective Date of New Commitment:

Principal Amount of New Commitment:		$

[NAME OF NEW LENDER]
By:
		Name: Title:
PG&E CORPORATION
By:
		Name: Title:
BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent and as Issuing Lender
By:
		Name: Title:
By:
		Name: Title:

EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

COMMITMENT INCREASE SUPPLEMENT

The Increasing Lender identified on Schedule l hereto (the "Increasing Lender"), the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree as follows:

1. The Increasing Lender hereby irrevocably increases its Commitment to the Borrower by the amount set forth on Schedule 1 hereto under the heading "Principal Amount of Increased Commitment" (the "Increased Commitment") pursuant to Section 2.3(c) of the Credit Agreement. From and after the Effective Date (as defined below), the Increasing Lender will be a Lender under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Increased Commitment as well as its existing Commitment under the Credit Agreement.

3. The Increasing Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Commitment Increase Supplement; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Commitment Increase Supplement; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

4. The effective date of this Commitment Increase Supplement shall be the Effective Date of the Increased Commitment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this Commitment Increase Supplement by each of the Increasing Lender and the Borrower, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and recording by it pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the

Administrative Agent, be earlier than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent).

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Increased Commitment (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Increasing Lender for amounts which have accrued on and subsequent to the Effective Date.

6. This Commitment Increase Supplement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Commitment Increase Supplement to be executed as of , 200 by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.

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Schedule 1

to Commitment Increase Supplement

Name of Increasing Lender:

Effective Date of Increased Commitment:

Principal Amount of Increased Commitment:			Total Amount of Commitment of Increasing Lender (including Increased Commitment):
$			$

[NAME OF INCREASING LENDER]
By:
		Name: Title:
PG&E CORPORATION
By:
		Name: Title:

Accepted:
BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent
By:
		Name: Title:
By:
		Name: Title:

EXHIBIT C

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

This Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2 of the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"), among PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

The undersigned hereby certifies to the Arrangers, the Agents and the Lenders as follows:

1. I am the duly elected, qualified and acting [Chief Financial Officer][Treasurer] [Assistant Treasurer] of the Borrower.

2. I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Certificate.

3. To the knowledge of the undersigned, during the fiscal period covered by the financial statements attached hereto as Attachment 1, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing [, except as set forth below].

4. Attached hereto as Attachment 2 are the computations showing compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate as of the date set forth below.

	PG&E CORPORATION
	By:
		Name: Title:
Date: , 200

Attachment 2
to Exhibit C

The information described herein is as of , 200 .

[Set forth Covenant Calculation]

EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CLOSING CERTIFICATE

This Closing Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(e) of the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004 (the "Credit Agreement"), among PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

The undersigned Vice President and Treasurer of the Borrower hereby certifies to the Arrangers, the Agents and the Lenders as follows:

1. Each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement that does not contain a materiality qualification is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date, and each of the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement that contains a materiality qualification is true and correct on and as of the Closing Date (or, to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects, or true and correct, as the case may be, as of such earlier date).

2. Linda Y.H. Cheng is the duly elected and qualified Corporate Secretary of the Borrower and the signature set forth for such officer below is such officer's true and genuine signature.

3. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.

4. The conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement were satisfied as of the Closing Date.

5. All governmental and third party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby have been obtained and are now in full force and effect.

The undersigned Corporate Secretary of the Borrower certifies as follows:

1. There are no liquidation or dissolution proceedings pending or to my knowledge threatened against the Borrower.

2. The Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California.

3. Attached hereto as Annex 1 is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Borrower on September 15, 2004; such resolutions have not in any way been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, have been in full force and effect since their adoption to and including the date hereof and are now in full force and effect and are the only corporate proceedings of the Borrower now in force relating to or affecting the Credit Agreement.

4. Attached hereto as Annex 2 is a true and complete copy of the Bylaws of the Borrower as in effect on the date hereof.

5. Attached hereto as Annex 3 is a true and complete copy of the Articles of Incorporation of the Borrower as in effect on the date hereof, and such Articles of Incorporation have not been amended, repealed, modified or restated.

6. The following persons are now duly elected and qualified officers of the Borrower holding the offices indicated next to their respective names below, and that the facsimile signatures affixed next to their respective names below are the facsimile signatures of such officers, and each of such officers is

duly authorized to execute and deliver on behalf of the Borrower each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and any certificate or other document to be delivered by the Borrower pursuant to the Loan Documents to which it is a party:

Name		Office		Signature

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed the Closing Certificate as of the date set forth below.

By:			By:

	Name:	Leroy Barnes		Name:	Linda Y.H. Cheng
	Title:	Vice President and Treasurer		Title:	Secretary
Date: December , 2004

ANNEX 1

[Board Resolutions]

ANNEX 2

[Bylaws of the Company]

ANNEX 3

[Articles of Incorporation]

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

Reference is made to the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"), among PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

The Assignor identified on Schedule l hereto (the "Assignor") and the Assignee identified on Schedule l hereto (the "Assignee") agree as follows:

1. The Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee without recourse to the Assignor, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor without recourse to the Assignor, as of the Effective Date (as defined below), (i) the interest described in Schedule 1 hereto in and to the Assignor's rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement in the principal amount set forth on Schedule 1 hereto and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as, the "Assigned Interest").

2. The Assignor (a) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or with respect to the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto, other than that the Assignor has not created any adverse claim upon the interest being assigned by it hereunder and that such interest is free and clear of any such adverse claim; (b) makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other obligor or the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any other obligor of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (c) attaches any Note held by it evidencing the Assigned Facility and (i) requests that the Administrative Agent, upon request by the Assignee, exchange the attached Note for a new Note payable to the Assignee and (ii) if the Assignor has retained any interest in the Assigned Facility, requests that the Administrative Agent exchange the attached Note for a new Note payable to the Assignor, in each case in amounts which reflect the assignment being made hereby (and after giving effect to any other assignments which have become effective on the Effective Date).

3. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Assignment and Assumption; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(b) or Section 6.1 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Assignor, the Agents or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make

its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; (d) appoints and authorizes the Agents to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers and discretion under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto as are delegated to the Agents by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are incidental thereto; and (e) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender including, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, its obligation pursuant to Section 2.16(d) of the Credit Agreement.

4. The effective date of this Assignment and Assumption shall be the Effective Date of Assignment described in Schedule 1 hereto (the "Effective Date"). Following the execution of this Assignment and Assumption, it will be delivered to the Administrative Agent for acceptance by it and recording by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement, effective as of the Effective Date (which shall not, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent, be earlier than five Business Days after the date of such acceptance and recording by the Administrative Agent).

5. Upon such acceptance and recording, from and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) [to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued subsequent to the Effective Date] [to the Assignee whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Effective Date or accrue subsequent to the Effective Date. The Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments by the Agent for periods prior to the Effective Date or with respect to the making of this assignment directly between themselves.]

6. From and after the Effective Date, (a) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents and shall be bound by the provisions thereof and (b) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption, relinquish its rights and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement.

7. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption to be executed as of the date first above written by their respective duly authorized officers on Schedule 1 hereto.

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Schedule 1

to Assignment and Assumption

Name of Assignor:

Name of Assignee:

Effective Date of Assignment:

Assigned Facility:		Principal Amount Assigned			[Percentage Assigned]*
		$			.	%

*: Calculate the Percentage that is assigned to at least 15 decimal places and show as a percentage of the aggregate commitments of all Lenders.

[Name of Assignor]
By:
		Name: Title:
[Name of Assignee]
By:
		Name: Title:

Consented to:
PG&E CORPORATION
By:
		Name: Title:

Accepted and Consented to:
BNP PARIBAS, as Administrative Agent
By:
		Name: Title:
By:
		Name: Title:
Consented to:
BNP PARIBAS, as Issuing Lender
By:
		Name: Title:
By:
		Name: Title:

EXHIBIT G

FORM OF EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"), among PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners (together and in such capacities, the "Arrangers"), Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"). Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

(the "Non-U.S. Lender") is providing this certificate pursuant to Section 2.16(d) of the Credit Agreement. The Non-U.S. Lender hereby represents and warrants that:

1. The Non-U.S. Lender is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loans or the obligations evidenced by Note(s) in respect of which it is providing this certificate.

2. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a "bank" for purposes of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). In this regard, the Non-U.S. Lender further represents and warrants that:

(a) the Non-U.S. Lender is not subject to regulatory or other legal requirements as a bank in any jurisdiction; and

(b) the Non-U.S. Lender has not been treated as a bank for purposes of any tax, securities law or other filing or submission made to any Governmental Authority, any application made to a rating agency or qualification for any exemption from tax, securities law or other legal requirements;

3. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a ten percent (10%) shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code; and

4. The Non-U.S. Lender is not a controlled foreign corporation receiving interest from a related person within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date set forth below.

	[NAME OF NON-U.S. LENDER]
	By:
		Name: Title:
Date:

EXHIBIT H

FORM OF REVOLVING NOTE

THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO BELOW. TRANSFERS OF THIS NOTE AND THE OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTED HEREBY MUST BE RECORDED IN THE REGISTER MAINTAINED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF SUCH CREDIT AGREEMENT.

New York, New York
as of December , 2004

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, PG&E CORPORATION, a California corporation (the "Borrower"), DOES HEREBY PROMISE TO PAY to the order of [insert name of Lender] (the "Lender") at the office of BNP Paribas, at 787 7^th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds, the principal amount of DOLLARS ($ ), or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans (as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below, whichever is less, on such date or dates as is required by said Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount from time to time outstanding hereunder, in like money, at such office, and at such times and in such amounts as set forth in Section 2.11 of said Credit Agreement.

The holder of this Note is authorized to indorse on the schedules annexed hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof the date, Type and amount of each Revolving Loan made pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the date and amount of each payment or prepayment of principal thereof, each continuation thereof, each conversion of all or a portion thereof to another Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the length of each Interest Period with respect thereto. Each such indorsement shall constitute prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information indorsed. The failure to make any such indorsement or any error in any such indorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower in respect of any Revolving Loan.

The Borrower hereby waives demand, presentment for payment, protest, notice of any kind (including, but not limited to, notice of dishonor, notice of protest, notice of intention to accelerate or notice of acceleration), other than notice required pursuant to the Credit Agreement and diligence in collecting and bringing suit against any party hereto. The nonexercise by the holder of this Note of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

This Note (a) is one of the promissory notes referred to in the $200,000,000 Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2004, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrower, the Lenders parties thereto, BNP Paribas ("BNP") and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. ("Deutsche"), as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, Deutsche, as syndication agent, ABN Amro Bank N.V., Goldman Sachs Credit Partners L.P. and Union Bank of California, N.A., as documentation agents, and BNP, as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with any successor thereto, the "Administrative Agent"), (b) is subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and (c) is subject to optional prepayment in whole or in part and acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the occurrence of certain events, all as provided in the Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGISTRATION AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF SECTION 10.6 OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

		PG&E CORPORATION
		By:
				Name: Title:

Schedule A
to Note

LOANS, CONVERSIONS AND REPAYMENTS OF ABR LOANS

Date		Amount of ABR Loans		Amount Converted to ABR Loans		Amount of Principal of Base Rate Loans Repaid		Amount of ABR Loans Converted to Eurodollar Loans		Unpaid Principal Balance of ABR Loans		Notation Made By

Schedule B
to Note

LOANS, CONTINUATIONS, CONVERSIONS AND REPAYMENTS OF EURODOLLAR LOANS

Amount of Eurodollar Loans		Amount Converted to Eurodollar Loans		Interest Period and Eurodollar Rate with Respect Thereto		Amount of Principal of Eurodollar Loans Repaid		Amount of Eurodollar Loans Converted to ABR Loans		Unpaid Principal Balance of Eurodollar Loans		Notation Made By