SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE-PN) 8-K Other Events

Exhibit 4.2

CERTIFICATE AS TO ACTIONS TAKEN BY OFFICER

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

Adopted August 5, 2021

RE:CREATION AND ISSUANCE OF TWO NEW SERIES
OF FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS

WHEREAS, by resolution adopted on December 9, 2020 entitled “Resolution Re: Financing Authorization and Interest Rate Hedging – Approval of Clearing Exception” (the “Resolutions”), the Audit and Finance Committee (“AFC”) of the Board of Directors of this corporation, respectively delegated to the undersigned officer the authority to authorize and create an additional bonded indebtedness of this corporation to be represented by two new series of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2021J (the “Series 2021J Bonds”) and Series 2021K (the “Series 2021K Bonds”, and together with the Series 2021J Bonds, the “New Bonds”) and take all other actions necessary to create the New Bonds and cause the New Bonds to be issued, sold, and delivered;

WHEREAS, by the Resolutions, the AFC acting pursuant to authority delegated to them by such Board of Directors, delegated to the undersigned officer the authority to authorize and create additional bonded indebtedness of this corporation; and

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Resolutions and the Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1923, between this corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank) and D. G. Donovan (successor to Pacific-Southwest Trust & Savings Bank), as Trustees, as amended and supplemented, including as supplemented or proposed to be supplemented by the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and collectively, the “Trust

Indenture”), the undersigned officer hereby executes and delivers this certificate and takes the actions set forth herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the undersigned officer hereby authorizes and creates an authorized bonded indebtedness of this corporation in the initial aggregate principal amount of $850,000,000, which shall be an increase of, and in addition to, all presently existing authorized bonded indebtedness of this corporation, and which shall be represented by the New Bonds.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation are authorized and directed, pursuant to the provisions of Section 1 of Article Two of the Trust Indenture, to sign and present to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, a certificate stating that the authorized bonded indebtedness of this corporation has been so increased.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Vice President and Treasurer, or any Assistant Treasurer, or any of them acting alone, is authorized and directed to execute and deliver the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, in such form as the officer acting may approve, such approval to be evidenced by the execution thereof, and to cause this corporation to perform all of its obligations under the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, subject to the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture, the Series 2021J Bonds, to be issued under and secured by the Trust Indenture, are hereby created in the initial aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, and the Series 2021J Bonds are hereby designated as “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2021J,

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Due 2023”; the Series 2021J Bonds shall be dated as of their date of issuance, shall mature on August 1, 2023 and shall bear interest from August 10, 2021, at the rate of 0.70% per annum on the principal amount thereof, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, a “Series 2021J Payment Date”); the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2021J Bonds shall be payable at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by this corporation; all principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for public and private debts; the Series 2021J Bonds shall be transferable only on the books of this corporation at the places designated above for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2021J Bonds, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by this corporation; the Series 2021J Bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; the definitive Series 2021J Bonds shall be numbered from R-1 upward; and the definitive Series 2021J Bonds, and the Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed upon each of the Series 2021J Bonds; and shall be substantially in the following form with such legends thereon and changes therein as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the officer or officers executing the same, and the blanks therein to be properly filled:

(Form of Definitive Series 2021J Bond)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2021J, Due 2023

No. ____ $_____________

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (hereinafter called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _____________________, the registered owner hereof,

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the principal sum of $400,000,000 on August 1, 2023, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof to the registered owner hereof from August 10, 2021, until said principal sum shall be paid, at the rate of 0.70% per annum, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, a “Series 2021J Payment Date”), beginning February 1, 2022. Such interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on (1) the business day immediately preceding the Series 2021J Payment Date if this Bond is in book-entry only form, or (2) the 15^th calendar day before each Series 2021J Payment Date if this Bond is not in book-entry only form. The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, provided that the amount of interest payable for any period shorter or longer than a full interest period will be completed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period using 30-day months.

The principal of and interest on this Bond are payable at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by the Company, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.

This Bond is one of a series, designated as “Series 2021J, Due 2023,” of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Company, known as its “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,” issued and to be issued in one or more series under and all equally and ratably secured by a Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1923, and indentures supplemental thereto, including the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of August 6, 2021, which have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and D. G. Donovan, or one of their predecessors, as Trustees, to which original indenture and indentures supplemental thereto (collectively, the “Trust Indenture”) reference is hereby made for a description of the property, rights and franchises thereby mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security thereby created, the rights of the holders of this Bond and of the Trustees in respect of such security, and the terms, restrictions and conditions upon which the bonds are issued and secured.

This Bond may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time prior to its maturity, after notice given in writing (including by facsimile transmission or electronic mail) to the registered owner hereof at the last address shown on the registry books of the Company, by the Company or The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before the date fixed for redemption, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) the principal amount redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding any interest accrued from the immediately preceding Series 2021J Payment Date to the date fixed for redemption) on this Bond being redeemed, discounted to the date fixed for redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 10 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

“TreasuryYield”means,forany datefixedforredemption,therateperyearequalto thesemi-annual equivalentyieldto maturityof theComparableTreasuryIssue,assuminga pricefor

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theComparableTreasury Issue(expressedas a percentageof itsprincipalamount)equalto theComparableTreasuryPriceforthedate fixedforredemption.

“ComparableTreasuryIssue”meanstheUnitedStatesTreasurysecurityor securitiesselectedby an IndependentInvestmentBanker as havingan actualor interpolatedmaturitycomparableto theremainingtermto statedmaturityof theSeries 2021J Bonds to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the bonds to be redeemed.

“ComparableTreasuryPrice”means,forany datefixedforredemption,theaverageof fourReference TreasuryDealerQuotationsforthedatefixedforredemption,afterexcludingthehighestand lowestsuch ReferenceTreasuryDealerQuotations.

“IndependentInvestmentBanker”means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company or itssuccessoror, ifsuch firmor itssuccessor,as applicable,isunwillingor unableto selecttheComparableTreasuryIssue,one of theremaining ReferenceTreasuryDealersappointedby the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by MUFG Securities Americas Inc., one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Truist Securities, Inc., and any other Primary Treasury Dealer designated by, and not affiliated with, any of the foregoing or their successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing, or any of their designees, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will appoint another Primary Treasury Dealer as a substitute, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Company.

“ReferenceTreasuryDealerQuotations”means,foreachReferenceTreasuryDealerand any datefixedfor redemption,theaverage,as determinedby theIndependentInvestmentBanker, of thebid and askedpricesfor theComparableTreasuryIssue(expressedin eachcaseas a percentageof itsprincipalamount)quotedin writing to theIndependentInvestmentBanker by theReferenceTreasuryDealerat5:00 p.m. NewYork City timeon the thirdbusinessday precedingthedatefixedforredemption.

If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all the Series 2021J Bonds, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, will select the particular bonds to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method of random selection, if any, that The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that as long as this Bond is held with a depositary, any such selection shall be in accordance with such depositary’s applicable procedures.

Any notice of redemption, at the Company’s option, may state that the redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the paying agent, on or prior to the date fixed for the redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Series 2021J Bonds to be redeemed and that if the money has not been so received, the notice will be of no force and effect and the Company will not be required to redeem this Bond.

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The Trust Indenture makes provision for a Special Trust Fund and permits the use of moneys therein for the purpose, among others, of redeeming or purchasing this Bond.

If default shall be made in the payment of any installment of principal of or interest on this Bond or in the performance or observance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in the Trust Indenture, and such default shall continue as provided in the Trust Indenture, then the principal of this Bond may be declared and become due and payable as provided in the Trust Indenture.

This Bond is transferable only on the books of the Company at any of the places designated above for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on this Bond, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by the Company, by the registered owner or by an attorney of such owner duly authorized in writing, on surrender hereof properly endorsed, and upon such surrender hereof, and the payment of charges, a new registered bond or bonds of this series, of an equal aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in lieu hereof, as provided in the Trust Indenture.

The terms of the Trust Indenture may be modified as set forth in the Trust Indenture; provided, however, that, among other things, (1) the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all bonds outstanding under the Trust Indenture, as at the time in effect, shall continue unimpaired, (2) no modification shall give any of said bonds any preference over any other of said bonds, and (3) no modification shall authorize the creation of any lien prior to the lien of the Trust Indenture on any of the trust property.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on this Bond, or any part thereof, or for or on account of the consideration herefor, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the Trust Indenture, against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor company, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions, or by virtue of any statue or constitution, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or because of any representation or inference arising from the capitalization of the Company or of such predecessor or successor company, or otherwise; all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as a part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly released.

This Bond shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been authenticated by the execution of the certificate of authentication hereon of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, or its successor in trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Southern California Edison Company has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be

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hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, as of August__, 2021, such execution and attestation to be by manual or facsimile signatures.

	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
ATTEST: ______________________	By: ___________________________
[Assistant] Secretary	[Vice] President

(Form of Certificate of Authentication for all Series 2021J Bonds)

Trustee’s Certificate

This is to certify that this Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described and referred to in the Trust Indenture within mentioned.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., TRUSTEE

By _________________________________

[Authorized Agent]

(End of Form of Series 2021J Bond)

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, subject to the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture, the Series 2021K Bonds, to be issued under and secured by the Trust Indenture, are hereby created in the initial aggregate principal amount of $450,000,000, and the Series 2021K Bonds are hereby designated as “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2021K, Due 2024”; the Series 2021K Bonds shall be dated as of their date of issuance, shall mature on August 1, 2024 and shall bear interest from August 10, 2021, at the rate of 0.975% per annum on the principal amount thereof, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, a “Series 2021K Payment Date”); the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2021K Bonds shall be payable at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by

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this corporation; all principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for public and private debts; the Series 2021K Bonds shall be transferable only on the books of this corporation at the places designated above for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2021K Bonds, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by this corporation; the Series 2021K Bonds shall be redeemable, at the option of this corporation, in whole or in part, in the manner set forth in the form of definitive Series 2021K Bonds set forth below; the Series 2021K Bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; the definitive Series 2021K Bonds shall be numbered from R-1 upward; and the definitive Series 2021K Bonds, and the Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed upon each of the Series 2021K Bonds, and shall be substantially in the following form with such legends thereon and changes therein as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the officer or officers executing the same, and the blanks therein to be properly filled:

(Form of Definitive Series 2021K Bond)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2021K, Due 2024

No. ____ $_____________

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (hereinafter called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _____________________, the registered owner hereof, the principal sum of $450,000,000 on August 1, 2024, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof to the registered owner hereof from August 10, 2021, until said principal sum shall be paid, at the rate of 0.975% per annum, payable semiannually on February 1 and August 1 of each year (each, a “Series 2021K Payment Date”), beginning February 1, 2022. Such interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on (1) the business day immediately preceding the Series 2021K Payment Date if this Bond is in book-entry only form, or (2) the 15^th calendar day before each Series 2021K Payment Date if this Bond is not in book-entry only form. The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the

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basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, provided that the amount of interest payable for any period shorter or longer than a full interest period will be completed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period using 30-day months.

The principal of and interest on this Bond are payable at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by the Company, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for public and private debts.

This Bond is one of a series, designated as “Series 2021K, Due 2024,” of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Company, known as its “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,” issued and to be issued in one or more series under and all equally and ratably secured by a Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1923, and indentures supplemental thereto, including the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of August 6, 2021, which have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and D. G. Donovan, or one of their predecessors, as Trustees, to which original indenture and indentures supplemental thereto (collectively, the “Trust Indenture”) reference is hereby made for a description of the property, rights and franchises thereby mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security thereby created, the rights of the holders of this Bond and of the Trustees in respect of such security, and the terms, restrictions and conditions upon which the bonds are issued and secured.

This Bond may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, at any time prior to its maturity, after notice given in writing (including by facsimile transmission or electronic mail) to the registered owner hereof at the last address shown on the registry books of the Company, by the Company or The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, at least 30 days, but not more than 60 days, before the date fixed for redemption, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (1) the principal amount redeemed or (2) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (excluding any interest accrued from the immediately preceding Series 2021K Payment Date to the date fixed for redemption) on this Bond being redeemed, discounted to the date fixed for redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Yield plus 10 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption.

“TreasuryYield”means,forany datefixedforredemption,therateperyearequalto thesemi-annual equivalentyieldto maturityof theComparableTreasuryIssue,assuminga pricefortheComparableTreasury Issue(expressedas a percentageof itsprincipalamount)equalto theComparableTreasuryPriceforthedate fixedforredemption.

“ComparableTreasuryIssue”meanstheUnitedStatesTreasurysecurityor securitiesselectedby an IndependentInvestmentBanker as havingan actualor interpolatedmaturitycomparableto theremainingtermto statedmaturityof theSeries 2021K Bonds to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the bonds to be redeemed.

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“ComparableTreasuryPrice”means,forany datefixedforredemption,theaverageof fourReference TreasuryDealerQuotationsforthedatefixedforredemption,afterexcludingthehighestand lowestsuch ReferenceTreasuryDealerQuotations.

“IndependentInvestmentBanker”means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Company or itssuccessoror, ifsuch firmor itssuccessor,as applicable,isunwillingor unableto selecttheComparableTreasuryIssue,one of theremaining ReferenceTreasuryDealersappointedby the Company.

“Reference Treasury Dealer” means each of (1) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, one Primary Treasury Dealer by MUFG Securities Americas Inc., one Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Truist Securities, Inc., and any other Primary Treasury Dealer designated by, and not affiliated with, any of the foregoing or their successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing, or any of their designees, ceases to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will appoint another Primary Treasury Dealer as a substitute, and (2) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by Company.

“ReferenceTreasuryDealerQuotations”means,foreachReferenceTreasuryDealerand any datefixedfor redemption,theaverage,as determinedby theIndependentInvestmentBanker, of thebid and askedpricesfor theComparableTreasuryIssue(expressedin eachcaseas a percentageof itsprincipalamount)quotedin writing to theIndependentInvestmentBanker by theReferenceTreasuryDealerat5:00 p.m. NewYork City timeon the thirdbusinessday precedingthedatefixedforredemption.

If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all the Series 2021K Bonds, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, will select the particular bonds to be redeemed on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method of random selection, if any, that The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, deems fair and appropriate; provided, however, that as long as this Bond is held with a depositary, any such selection shall be in accordance with such depositary’s applicable procedures.

Any notice of redemption, at the Company’s option, may state that the redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the paying agent, on or prior to the date fixed for the redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Series 2021K Bonds to be redeemed and that if the money has not been so received, the notice will be of no force and effect and the Company will not be required to redeem this Bond.

The Trust Indenture makes provision for a Special Trust Fund and permits the use of moneys therein for the purpose, among others, of redeeming or purchasing this Bond.

If default shall be made in the payment of any installment of principal of or interest on this Bond or in the performance or observance of any of the covenants and agreements contained in the Trust Indenture, and such default shall continue as provided in the Trust Indenture, then the principal of this Bond may be declared and become due and payable as provided in the Trust Indenture.

This Bond is transferable only on the books of the Company at any of the places designated above for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on this Bond, or at such

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other agency or agencies as may be designated by the Company, by the registered owner or by an attorney of such owner duly authorized in writing, on surrender hereof properly endorsed, and upon such surrender hereof, and the payment of charges, a new registered bond or bonds of this series, of an equal aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the transferee in lieu hereof, as provided in the Trust Indenture.

The terms of the Trust Indenture may be modified as set forth in the Trust Indenture; provided, however, that, among other things, (1) the obligation of the Company to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all bonds outstanding under the Trust Indenture, as at the time in effect, shall continue unimpaired, (2) no modification shall give any of said bonds any preference over any other of said bonds, and (3) no modification shall authorize the creation of any lien prior to the lien of the Trust Indenture on any of the trust property.

No recourse shall be had for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on this Bond, or any part thereof, or for or on account of the consideration herefor, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise in respect hereof, or of the Trust Indenture, against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or director of the Company or of any predecessor or successor company, whether for amounts unpaid on stock subscriptions, or by virtue of any statue or constitution, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or because of any representation or inference arising from the capitalization of the Company or of such predecessor or successor company, or otherwise; all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as a part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly released.

This Bond shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until it shall have been authenticated by the execution of the certificate of authentication hereon of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, or its successor in trust.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Southern California Edison Company has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, as of August __, 2021, such execution and attestation to be by manual or facsimile signatures.

	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY
ATTEST: ______________________	By: ___________________________
[Assistant] Secretary	[Vice] President

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(Form of Certificate of Authentication for all Series 2021K Bonds)

Trustee’s Certificate

This is to certify that this Bond is one of the Bonds, of the series designated therein, described and referred to in the Trust Indenture within mentioned.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., TRUSTEE

By _________________________________

[Authorized Agent]

(End of Form of Series 2021K Bond)

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the New Bonds need not be issued at the same time and such series may be reopened at any time, without notice to, or the consent of, any then-existing holder or holders of any New Bonds, for issuances of additional New Bonds in an unlimited principal amount; and any such additional New Bonds will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as those initially issued, except for payment of interest accruing prior to the original issue date of such additional New Bonds and, if applicable, for the first payment date following such original issue date.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Trust Indenture, as in effect following due execution and delivery of the One Hundred Forty-Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation are authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of this corporation and under its corporate seal (which seal may be either impressed, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon), to execute (which execution may be by a facsimile signature) and to deliver the New Bonds to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for authentication in temporary and/or definitive form, and in such aggregate principal amount up to $850,000,000 as the President

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or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation shall in their absolute discretion determine.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation are authorized and directed for and in the name and on behalf of this corporation and under its corporate seal, to execute and to deliver to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, the written order of this corporation for the authentication and delivery of the New Bonds pursuant to such sections of Article Two of the Trust Indenture as the officers acting may determine.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation is hereby authorized and directed to deliver to, and file with, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, a copy of the this certificate of actions taken, certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first written above.

/s/ Natalia Woodward     ​ ​
Natalia Woodward

Treasurer
Southern California Edison Company

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