Puget Sound Energy 10-Q 2006 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Puget Energy, Inc. and Puget Sound Energy, Inc. (the "Companies") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Form 10-Q"), I, Bertrand A. Valdman, Senior Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer of the Companies, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1)The Form 10-Q fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)The information contained in the Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Companies.

Date: August 3, 2006

/s/ Bertrand A. Valdman

Bertrand A. Valdman

Senior Vice President Finance and

Chief Financial Officer