On May 10, 2022, PG&E Wildfire Recovery Funding LLC (the “
Issuing Entity
”) issued $3,600,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior Secured Recovery Bonds, Series
2022-A
(the “
Recovery Bonds
”), pursuant to an Indenture and Series Supplement, each dated as of May 10, 2022, which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2, respectively. The Recovery Bonds were offered pursuant to the Prospectus dated May 3, 2022. In connection with this issuance of the Recovery Bonds, the Issuing Entity and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (the “
Utility
”) entered into the Recovery Property Servicing Agreement, the Recovery Property Purchase and Sale Agreement and the Administration Agreement, each dated as of May 10, 2022, which are annexed hereto as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3, respectively.
In connection with the issuance of the Recovery Bonds and the Utility’s use of a portion of the ultimate proceeds therefrom, on May 6, 2022, the Utility issued (1) a notice of conditional redemption to redeem all $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding Floating Rate First Mortgage Bonds due 2022 (the “
Floating Rate Bonds
”) on or around May 16, 2022 (the “
Floating Rate Redemption Date
”) and (2) a notice of conditional redemption to redeem all $2,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of outstanding 1.75% First Mortgage Bonds due 2022 (the “
1.75% Bonds
”) on or around May 16, 2022 (the “
1.75% Bonds Redemption Date
”). The Floating Rate Bonds and the 1.75% Bonds were issued pursuant to the Indenture of Mortgage, dated as of June 19, 2020, between the Utility and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (as supplemented and amended, the “
Mortgage Indenture
”). The redemptions of the Floating Rate Bonds and the 1.75% Bonds are each conditioned upon the receipt of certain proceeds from the issuance of the Recovery Bonds. The Floating Rate Bonds and the 1.75% Bonds will be redeemed at the redemption prices set forth in the Mortgage Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the Floating Rate Redemption Date and the 1.75% Bonds Redemption Date, respectively. The Utility will use the ultimate remaining proceeds from the issuance of the Recovery Bonds for the repayment of a portion of loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2020, as amended, by and among the Utility, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities party thereto from time to time, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and Citibank, N.A. as
Co-Administrative
Agents, and Citibank, N.A., as Designated Agent.
(d) Exhibits.