Pacific Gas & Electric (PCG)

Except as otherwise provided herein, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made or served upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company, or the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise expressly provided herein) if the same shall be in writing and delivered personally to the addressee (which delivery, with respect to the Trustee, shall be made to its Corporate Trust Office and addressed to the attention of the Corporate Trust Administration), or transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written electronic means to such telephone number or other electronic communications address as the parties hereto shall from time to time designate, or transmitted by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or overnight courier guaranteeing next day delivery, charges prepaid, to the applicable address set forth opposite such party’s name below or to such other address as either party hereto may from time to time designate:

                    If to the Trustee, to:

                              The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.
                              550 Kearny Street, Suite 600
                              San Francisco, California  94108
                              Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
                              Fax:  (415) 399-1647

                    If to the Company, to:

                              Pacific Gas and Electric Company
                              77 Beale Street (street address)
                              P.O. Box 770000
                              San Francisco, California 94177
                              Attention: Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer
                              Fax:  (415) 973-4343/267-7265

          Any communication contemplated herein shall be deemed to have been made, given, furnished and filed if personally delivered, on the date of delivery, if transmitted by facsimile transmission or other direct written electronic means, on the date of transmission, and if transmitted by registered or certified mail or reputable overnight courier, on the date of receipt.