0001193125-12-352535.txt : 20120813 0001193125-12-352535.hdr.sgml : 20120813 20120813163537 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-352535 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: FWP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120813 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120813 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000075488 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 940742640 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-172394 FILM NUMBER: 121028065 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 BEALE ST STREET 2: P O BOX 770000 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94177 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159737000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 BEALE STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 770000 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94177 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC Co CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000075488 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC & OTHER SERVICES COMBINED [4931] IRS NUMBER: 940742640 STATE OF INCORPORATION: CA FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: FWP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 BEALE ST STREET 2: P O BOX 770000 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94177 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159737000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 77 BEALE STREET STREET 2: P O BOX 770000 CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94177 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC CO DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FWP 1 d397596dfwp.htm PRICING TERM SHEET Pricing Term Sheet

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-172394

August 13, 2012

PRICING TERM SHEET

2.45% Senior Notes due August 15, 2022

 

Issuer:

Pacific Gas and Electric Company

 

Anticipated Ratings (Moody’s / S&P):*

A3 / BBB

 

Principal Amount:

$400,000,000

 

Trade Date:

August 13, 2012

 

Settlement Date:

August 16, 2012 (T+3)

 

Maturity Date:

August 15, 2022

 

Interest Payment Dates:

February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 2013

 

Coupon:

2.45%

 

Price to Public:

99.709%

 

Benchmark Treasury:

1.625% due August 15, 2022

 

Benchmark Treasury Yield:

1.633%

 

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

+ 85 basis points

 

Yield to Maturity:

2.483%

 

Optional Redemption:

At any time prior to May 15, 2022, Pacific Gas and Electric Company may, at its option, redeem the 2.45% Senior Notes in whole or in part at a redemption price equal to the greater of:

 

  • 100% of the principal amount of the 2.45% Senior Notes to be redeemed; or

 

  • as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2.45% Senior Notes to be redeemed (not including any portion of payments of interest accrued as of the redemption date) discounted to the redemption date on a semiannual basis at the Adjusted Treasury Rate plus 15 basis points,

 

  plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

  At any time on or after May 15, 2022, Pacific Gas and Electric Company may redeem the 2.45% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, at 100% of the principal amount of the 2.45% Senior Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date.

 

Concurrent Debt Offering:

3.75% Senior Notes due August 15, 2042

 

CUSIP / ISIN:

694308HB6 / US694308HB66

 

Joint Book-Running Managers:

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

  Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

 

  RBS Securities Inc.

 

Co-Managers:

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC

 

  Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

 

  Ramirez & Company, Inc.

 

  U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

  C.L. King & Associates, Inc.

 

  Lebenthal & Co., LLC

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

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.

You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling (i) Barclays Capital Inc. toll free at 1-888-603-5847, (ii) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. collect at 1-800-503-4611, (iii) Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC toll free at 1-866-718-1649 and (iv) RBS Securities Inc. toll free at 1-866-884-2071.