Exhibit 4.1(d)






                         THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                           dated as of July 29, 1996

                                      to

                                TRUST INDENTURE

                           dated as of July 21, 1995

                                     among

                        SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION

                                      and

               CHEMICAL TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, as Trustee










    






                         THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

                  This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of July 29, 1996,
   (this "Third Supplemental Indenture"), by and between
SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION, a corporation organized under the laws of the
state of Delaware (the "Funding Corporation"), and CHEMICAL TRUST COMPANY OF
CALIFORNIA, (together with its successors in such capacity, the "Trustee"), a
corporation organized and duly existing under the laws of the state of
California.

                              W I T N E S S E T H

                  WHEREAS, the Funding Corporation and the Trustee are parties
to the Trust Indenture, dated as of July 21, 1995, such Trust Indenture, as
amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
October 18, 1995, and the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 20,
1996 (the "Second Supplemental Indenture"), and this Third Supplemental
Indenture, is referred to herein as the "Indenture";

                  WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Supplemental Indenture the
Funding Corporation has issued $70,000,000 7.02% Series D Senior Secured Notes
due May 30, 2000 ("Initial Series D Securities"), and $65,000,000 8.30% Series
E Senior Secured Bonds due May 30, 2011 ("Initial Series E Securities" and
together with the Initial Series D Securities, the "Initial Series D and E
Securities"); and

                  WHEREAS, as contemplated by Section 8.1 of the Indenture and
by the Registration Rights Agreement, the Funding Corporation has commenced an
Exchange Offer for the Initial Series D and E Securities pursuant to which the
Funding Corporation has offered to exchange (i) 7.02% Senior Secured Series D
Notes Due May 30, 2000 ("Exchange Series D Securities") for a like aggregate
principal amount of Initial Series D Securities, and (ii) 8.30% Senior Secured
Series E Bonds Due May 30, 2011 ("Exchange Series E Securities" and together
with the Exchange Series D Securities, the "Exchange Series D and E
Securities") for a like aggregate principal amount of Initial Series E
Securities; and

                  WHEREAS, Section 8.1 of the Indenture permits the Funding
Corporation and the Trustee to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any
of the Holders, by a supplemental indenture authorized by a resolution of the
Board of Directors of the Funding Corporation filed with, and in a form
satisfactory to the Trustee, to provide for the issuance of the Exchange
Series D and E Securities;







    




                  NOW THEREFORE, in order to establish the designation, form,
terms and provisions of, and to authorize the authentication and delivery of,
said Exchange Series D and E Securities, and in consideration of the premises
and the covenants herein contained and of the acceptance of said Exchange
Series D and E Securities by the Holders thereof and of other good and
valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the benefit of the
parties hereto and the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities, as follows:
                                   ARTICLE I

                                  DEFINITIONS

                  For purposes of the Indenture, the following terms shall
have the meanings specified unless the context otherwise requires. Capitalized
terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the
Indenture.

                  "Authorized Denomination" means (i) with respect to the
Initial Securities, the Initial Series D Securities and the Initial Series E
Securities, $100,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof,
(ii) with respect to the Exchange Series A Securities, the Exchange Series B
Securities and the Exchange Series C Securities, $1,000 or any integral multiple
thereof, (iii) with respect to any other series of Securities, the
denomination set forth in the relevant Supplemental Indenture. In the event of
a conflict between the provisions of a Security and the relevant Indenture
provisions, the Indenture provisions shall control.

                  "Exchange Series D Securities" means the Securities issued
from time to time in the form of Exhibit A-1 to this Third Supplemental
Indenture.

                  "Exchange Series E Securities" means the Securities issued
from time to time in the form of Exhibit A-2 to this Third Supplemental
Indenture.

                  "Initial Series D Securities" means the Securities



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issued from time to time in the form of Exhibit A-1 to the Second Supplemental
Indenture.

                  "Initial Series E Securities" means the Securities
issued from time to time in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Second Supplemental
Indenture.

                  "Security" or "Securities" means any of the Initial
Securities, Additional Securities and Exchange Securities, including, without
limitation, any of the Exchange Series A Securities, Exchange Series B
Securities, Exchange Series C Securities, Initial Series D Securities,
Initial Series E Securities, Exchange Series D Securities and Exchange Series E
Securities, issued pursuant to the Indenture.

                  "Series D and E Exchange Offer Consummation Date" means the
date on which Initial Series D Securities and Initial Series E Securities are
exchanged for Exchange Series D Securities and Exchange Series E Securities,
respectively, pursuant to an Exchange Offer.

                  "Series D Securities" means, collectively, the Initial
Series D Securities and the Exchange Series D Securities.

                  "Series E Securities" means, collectively, the Initial
Series E Securities and the Exchange Series E Securities.


                                  ARTICLE II

                                THE SECURITIES

                  SECTION 2.1 Forms of Securities. The Exchange Series D and E
Securities shall contain substantially the terms recited in the form of
Security set forth in Exhibits A-1 and A-2, as the case may be, and each shall
have and be subject to such other terms as provided in the Indenture.

                  SECTION 2.2 Authorization and Terms of the Exchange Series D
and E Securities. (a) The Exchange Series D and E Securities to be issued
under this Third Supplemental Indenture are hereby created. The Funding
Corporation may issue the

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Exchange Series D and E Securities in the form of Exhibits A-1 and A-2, as the
case may be, and as definitive Securities pursuant to the terms of the
Indenture governing definitive Securities, upon the execution of this Third
Supplemental Indenture, and on or prior to the Series D and E Exchange Offer
Consummation Date, the Funding Corporation may execute and deliver to the
Trustee, and upon delivery of a written request by the Funding Corporation to
the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.7 of the Indenture,
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Exchange Series D and E
Securities to be issued in connection with the applicable Exchange Offer. Such
Funding Corporation order shall specify the amount of the Exchange Series D
and E Securities to be authenticated and the date on which such Securities are
to be authenticated. The aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Series D
and E Securities together with the Initial Series D and E Securities
outstanding at any time may not exceed $135,000,000 except as provided in the
Indenture.

                  (b) The Exchange Series D and E Securities shall be dated as
of the Series D and E Exchange Offer Consummation Date, shall be issued in an
aggregate principal amount up to the aggregate principal amounts set forth
below and shall have a final maturity date and bear interest as set forth
below:

                        Interest         Maturity              Principal
         Series           Rate             Date                 Amount

Series D Notes           7.02%          May 30, 2000        $  70,000,000

Series E Bonds           8.30%          May 30, 2011        $  65,000,000

                  (c) The principal of, premium (if any) and interest on, the
Exchange Series D and E Securities shall be payable in any coin or currency of
the United States of America which, at the respective dates of payment
thereof, is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. Payment
of principal and interest on the Exchange Series D and E Securities shall be
made (i) by check or draft mailed on the Scheduled Payment Date to the
registered owner as of the close of business on the Record Date immediately
preceding the Scheduled Payment Date, at his address as it appears on the
registration books of the Trustee or (ii) by

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wire transfer to such registered owner as of the close of business on such
Record Date upon written notice of such wire transfer address in the
continental United States given not less than fifteen (15) days prior to such
Record Date; provided, however, that if and to the extent that there shall be
a default in the payment of the interest or principal due on such Scheduled
Payment Date, such defaulted interest and/or principal shall be paid to the
Holder in whose name any such Security is registered at the close of business
on the day determined by the Trustee as provided in Section 2.4 of the
Indenture.

                  (d) The Exchange Series D Securities will bear interest at
the rate of 7.02% per annum from the most recent date to which interest has
been paid on the Initial Series D Securities or, if no interest has been paid
on the Initial Series D Securities, from June 20, 1996. The Exchange Series E
Securities will bear interest at the rate of 8.30% per annum from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid on the Initial Series E Securities
or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial Series E Securities, from June
20, 1996. Interest on the Exchange Series D and E Securities shall be computed
upon the basis of a 360-day year, consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30)
day months.

                  (e) Except to the extent that principal has been paid on the
Initial Series D Securities prior to the Series D and E Exchange Offer
Consummation Date, principal on the Exchange Series D Securities shall be paid
on the Scheduled Payment Dates, as set forth with respect to the Exchange
Series D Securities on Schedule I hereto. Except to the extent that principal
has been paid on the Initial Series E Securities prior to the Series D and E
Exchange Offer Consummation Date, principal on the Exchange Series E
Securities shall be paid on the Scheduled Payment Dates, as set forth with
respect to the Exchange Series E Securities on Schedule I hereto. The
principal payable on the Scheduled Payment Dates on each series of Exchange
Series D and E Securities shall be equal to the product of (i) the aggregate
principal amount of Initial Series D and E Securities of that series that are
exchanged for Exchange Series D and E Securities as of the applicable Record
Date divided by the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series D and E
Securities of that series originally issued by the Funding Corporation on June
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1996, multiplied by (ii) the principal amount payable in accordance with
Schedule I hereto on that date for that series.

                  (f) The Authorized Denomination with respect to the Exchange
Series D and E Securities shall be $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof.

                  SECTION 2.3 Terms of the Initial Series D and E Securities.

                  Principal on Initial Series D Securities not exchanged for
Exchange Series D Securities shall be paid on the Scheduled Payment Dates, as
set forth with respect to the Initial Series D Securities on Schedule I of the
Second Supplemental Indenture, and principal on Initial Series E Securities
not exchanged for Exchange Series E Securities shall be paid on the Scheduled
Payment Dates, as set forth with respect to the Initial Series E Securities on
Schedule I of the Second Supplemental Indenture. The principal payable on the
Scheduled Payment Dates on each series of Initial Series D and E Securities
shall be equal to the product of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Initial
Series D and E Securities of that series that are not exchanged for Exchange
Series D and E Securities as of the applicable Record Date divided by the
amount of Initial Series D and E Securities of that series originally issued
by the Funding Corporation on June 20, 1996, multiplied by (ii) the principal
amount payable in accordance with Schedule I of the Second Supplemental
Indenture on that date for that series.

                  SECTION 2.4.  Actions to be Taken.

                  Reference to actions to be taken in connection with any
series means to both the securities of that series issued in connection with
the Initial Series D and E Securities and the securities of that series issued
in connection with the Exchange Series D and E Securities.

                  SECTION 2.5 Exchange Offer.

                  The Funding Corporation will issue the Exchange Series D and
E Securities in exchange for a like principal amount of outstanding Initial
Series D and E Securities tendered and


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accepted in connection with an Exchange Offer. Holders may tender their
Initial Series D and E Securities in whole or in part in a principal amount of
$1,000 and integral multiples thereof, provided that if any Initial Series D
and E Securities are tendered for exchange in part, the untendered principal
amount thereof must be $100,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess
thereof; provided, however, that the Initial Series D and E Securities so
surrendered for exchange shall be duly endorsed and accompanied by a letter of
transmittal or written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Funding Corporation, the Trustee and the Security Registrar, duly executed by
the Holder thereof or his attorney who shall be duly authorized in writing to
execute such document or by means of a message transmitted through electronic
means in form satisfactory to the Funding Corporation. Whenever any Initial
Series D and E Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Funding
Corporation shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to
the Security Registrar Exchange Series D and E Securities in the same
aggregate principal amount as the principal amount of Initial Series D and E
Securities that have been surrendered.

                                  ARTICLE III

                                ACTS OF HOLDERS

                  SECTION 3.1 Determination of Voting Rights.

                  For purposes of this Indenture (i) all Holders of Initial
Series D Securities and Exchange Series D Securities shall vote together as
Holders of Series D Securities under this Indenture; and (ii) all Holders of
Initial Series E Securities and Exchange Series E Securities shall vote
together as Holders of Series E Securities under this Indenture.




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                                  ARTICLE IV

                                   COVENANTS

                  SECTION 4.1  Debt.

                  Section 5.11 of the Indenture is hereby amended by (A)
deleting the word "and" from the end of paragraph (e) thereof, (B) replacing
the period at the end of each of paragraphs (f) and (g) thereof with a
semicolon and (C) adding the following to the end thereof:

         and (h) Debt represented by the Exchange Series D
      Securities and the Exchange Series E Securities.


                                   ARTICLE V

                                 MISCELLANEOUS

                  SECTION 5.1 Execution of Supplemental Indenture.

                  This Third Supplemental Indenture is executed and shall be
construed as an indenture supplemental to the Indenture and, as provided in
the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture forms a part thereof. Except
as amended and supplemented hereby, the Indenture (as constituted prior to the
date hereof) shall remain in full force and effect.

                  SECTION 5.2 Concerning the Trustee.

                  The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner for or
with respect to the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental
Indenture, or the due execution hereof by the Funding Corporation, or for or
with respect to the recitals and statements contained herein, all of which
recitals and statements are made solely by the Funding Corporation.

                  SECTION 5.3  Counterparts.


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                  This Third Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall
be deemed to be an original; but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument.

                  SECTION 5.4  GOVERNING LAW.

                  THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY ISSUED
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


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                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Salton Sea Funding Corporation has
caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be executed and its corporate seal
to be hereunto affixed and attested by one of its duly authorized officers,
and Chemical Trust Company of California has caused this Third Supplemental
Indenture to be executed by one of its duly authorized officers, all as of the
day and year first above written.


                                          SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION
                                          as principal and as agent for the
                                          Guarantors


                                          By: /s/ Steven A. McArthur
                                              _____________________________
                                              Name:  Steven A. McArthur
                                              Title: Senior Vice Prresident

Attest:

/s/ Steven A. McArthur
- ------------------------
Title: Secretary




                                          CHEMICAL TRUST COMPANY OF
                                          CALIFORNIA, as Trustee



                                          By: /s/ Rose T. Maravilla
                                              _____________________________
                                              Name: Rose T. Maravilla
                                              Title: Assistant Vice President







    






                                                             Schedule I to
                                              Third Supplemental Indenture


                            PRINCIPAL AMORTIZATION

         Except to the extent that principal has been paid on the Initial
Series D Securities prior to the Series D and E Exchange Offer Consummation
Date, principal of the Exchange Series D Securities due May 30, 2000 will be
payable on the Scheduled Payment Dates listed below in an amount equal to the
product of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series D Securities
that are exchanged for Exchange Series D Securities as of the applicable
Record Date divided by the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series D
Securities originally issued by the Funding Corporation on June 20, 1996,
multiplied by (ii) the principal amount payable in accordance with this
Schedule I:


Payment                                                  Principal
  Date                                                 Amount Payable

May 30, 1997...........................................$12,925,000
November 30, 1997......................................$12,925,000
May 30, 1998...........................................$16,000,000
November 30, 1998......................................$16,000,000
May 30, 1999...........................................$ 5,325,000
November 30, 1999......................................$ 5,325,000
May 30, 2000...........................................$ 1,500,000




                  Except to the extent that principal has been paid on the
Initial Series E Securities prior to the Series D and E Exchange Offer
Consummation Date, principal of the Exchange Series E Securities due May 30,
2011 will be payable on the Scheduled Payment Dates listed below in an amount
equal to the product of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series E
Securities that are exchanged for Exchange Series E Securities as of the
applicable Record Date divided by the aggregate principal amount of Initial
Series E Securities originally issued by the Funding Corporation on June 20,
1996, multiplied by (ii) the principal amount payable in accordance with this
Schedule I:


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Payment                                                Principal
  Date                                               Amount Payable

May 30, 1999.........................................$ 6,039,000
November 30, 1999....................................$ 6,039,000
May 30, 2000.........................................$ 2,000,000
November 30, 2000....................................$ 2,000,000
May 30, 2001.........................................$   500,000
November 30, 2001....................................$   500,000
May 30, 2002.........................................$   800,000
November 30, 2002....................................$   800,000
May 30, 2003.........................................$ 1,500,000
November 30, 2003....................................$ 1,500,000
May 30, 2004.........................................$ 1,625,000
November 30, 2004....................................$ 1,625,000
May 30, 2005.........................................$ 1,750,000
November 30, 2005....................................$ 1,750,000
May 30, 2006.........................................$ 1,250,000
November 30, 2006....................................$ 1,250,000
May 30, 2007.........................................$ 1,250,000
November 30, 2007....................................$ 1,250,000
May 30, 2008.........................................$ 1,750,000
November 30, 2008....................................$ 1,750,000
May 30, 2009.........................................$ 1,625,000
November 30, 2009....................................$ 1,625,000
May 30, 2010.........................................$ 6,750,000
November 30, 2010....................................$ 6,750,000
May 30, 2011.........................................$11,322,000




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                                                                  EXHIBIT A-1
                    [Form of Senior Secured Series D Note]

                        SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION
                         7.02% Senior Secured Series D
                             Note due May 30, 2000



THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPA
NY ("DTC").

UNLESS THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHO
RIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAY MENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.,
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.










    







                  CUSIP Number:  795770 AJ 5
Number R-1



  Principal  Amount    Maturity Date      Issue Date          Interest Rate

  $70,000,000          May 30, 2000             , 1996              7.02%
                                                 --


REGISTERED HOLDER:  CEDE & CO.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:   SEVENTY MILLION DOLLARS
                    ($70,000,000)

         SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter
called the "Company", which term includes any successor or assign under the
Trust Indenture referred to below), for value received hereby promises to pay
to CEDE & CO., or its regis tered assigns, the outstanding principal amount
hereof (reduced by the amount of principal, if any, paid or due, or to be paid
or to become due on the Initial Series D Securities (as defined in the Third
Supplemental Indenture dated July 29, 1996)), such payment to be made in
semiannual installments on May 30 and November 30 of each year (commencing May
30, 1997) and ending on the Maturity Date set forth above, each such
installment to be in an amount equal to the principal amount set forth
opposite the applicable payment date on Schedule I attached hereto (provided
that the portion of the principal amount remaining unpaid on the Maturity
Date, together with all interest accrued thereon, shall in any and all cases
be due and payable on the Maturity Date), and to pay interest on the unpaid
portion of the principal amount at the interest rate set forth above (the
"Interest Rate") from the most recent interest payment date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid or duly
provided for, from the date of the last interest payment on the Initial Series D
Securities ocurring prior to the issue date set forth above or, if no interest
has been paid on the Initial Series D Securities, from June 20, 1996,
semiannually on May 30 and November 30 in each year (commencing November 30,
1996), until the principal amount is paid in full or payment thereof is duly
provided for. Any installment of principal and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any payment of interest not punctually paid or duly provided for
shall continue to bear interest at a rate equal to the Interest Rate set forth
above. The principal and interest so payable on any payment date shall, as
provided in the Trust Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered in the Securities
Register at the close of business on the Record Date for such payment of
principal and interest, which shall be the preceding May 15 and November 15,
respectively. Any such principal and interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more predecessor securities) was registered in the
Securities Register at the close of business on such Record Date, and may be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of
business on a subsequent Record Date for the payment of such defaulted principal
and interest, to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to the
Holder hereof not less than 15 days prior to such subsequent Record Date, or may
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed,

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and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Trust Indenture. This being a Global Security (as that term is
defined in the Trust Indenture) deposited with the Custodian acting as
depository, and regis tered in the name of CEDE & CO., as nominee of DTC, CEDE &
CO., as holder of record of this Security shall be entitled to receive payment
of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available funds. All
payments in respect of this Security shall be made in such coin or currency of
the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for
payment of debts.

                  Interest shall be computed upon the basis of a 360-day year,
consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30) day months.

                  This Security is one of an authorized series of Securities
of the Company known as its 7.02% Senior Secured Series D Notes Due May 30,
2000. The Securities are issued under the Trust Indenture dated as of July 21,
1995, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October
18, 1995, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 20, 1996 and the
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of July , 1996 (as so supplemented and
as the same may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the "Trust Indenture"), each among the Company and Chemical Trust
Company of California, as trustee (the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor Trustee under the Trust Indenture). All capitalized terms used
herein, unless defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Trust Indenture.

                  All Securities are secured equally and ratably with one
another. Reference is hereby made to the Trust Indenture for a description of
the nature and extent of the Securities and the respective rights of the
Holders of the Securities and of the Trustee and the Company in respect of the
Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are made and are to be
authenticated and delivered.

                  The principal of, and interest on, this Security are payable
from, and secured by, assets subject to the Lien on the Funding Corporation
Collateral, in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture and the
Financing Documents.

                  The obligations of the Company to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities when due are unconditionally
guaranteed by (i) the Salton Sea Guarantors pursuant to the Salton Sea
Guarantee, and (ii) the Partnership Guarantors and the Royalty Guarantor (up
to an amount equal to, with respect to the Partnership Guarantors and the
Royalty Guarantor, such Guarantor's Available Cash Flow) pursuant to the
Partnership Guarantee and the Royalty Guarantee, respectively. The Guarantees
will be secured by the Lien on the Collateral, in accordance with the terms of
the Trust Indenture and the Financing Documents.

                  The Securities are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement
dated as of July 21, 1995, as amended as of June 20, 1996.

                  The Trust Indenture permits, with certain exceptions, as
therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities
under the Trust Indenture at any time by the Company with


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the consent of the Holders of not less than 51 percent in aggregate principal
amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding. The Trust Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all the Securities, to waive compliance by the Company with certain
provisions of the Trust Indenture and certain past defaults under the Trust
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver or direction by
the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon the Holder
and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any security issued upon
the transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.

                  The Securities are, under certain conditions, subject to
mandatory redemption as set forth in Section 3.3 of the Trust Indenture.

                  Any payment of interest on any Security, the stated maturity
of which payment is on or prior to any Redemption Date, shall be payable to
the Holder of such Security, or one or more predecessor securities, registered
as such at the close of business on the related Record Date or subsequent
Record Date.

                  Notice of any redemption of Securities will be given at
least 30 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder at its registered
address.

                  Securities (or portions thereof as aforesaid) for the
redemption of which provision is made in accordance with the Trust Indenture
shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

                  The unpaid portion of principal, together with all interest
accrued thereon and all other amounts due hereunder, shall be due and payable,
as provided in the Trust Indenture, upon the occurrence of certain Events of
Default in full, or in such lesser amount in the case of an Event of Default
relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization of any
of the Guarantors which has resulted in an automatic acceleration of any
Project Note.

                  UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY A
NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.


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             The Exchange Series D Securities are issuable in book entry form
in denomi nations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

                  No service charge will be made to any Holder of Securities
for any transfer or exchange, but the Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

                  The person in whose name this Security is registered shall
be deemed to be the owner and holder hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment as herein provided and for all other purposes whether or not this
Security be overdue regardless of any notice to anyone to the contrary.

                  THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS
MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee by manual or facsimile signature, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under such Trust Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.

                  Recourse under this Security is limited as set forth in
Section 13.12 of the Trust Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.
                                 SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION



                                By:
                                Name:
                                Title:

Attested:


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Title:



                         CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


                  This Security is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Trust Indenture.

                                 CHEMICAL TRUST COMPANY OF
                                 CALIFORNIA,
                                 as Trustee



                               By:
                               Authorized Signatory




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         FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfers) unto

Social Security Number or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee ____________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________







                                   (Please print or typewrite name and address,
                                          including zip code of Assignee)


the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing __________________________ attorney to transfer said Security
on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_____________________






NOTICE:           The signature to this assignment must correspond with the
                  name as written upon the first page of the within instrument
                  in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
                  any change whatsoever


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                                                               SCHEDULE I
                                          TO SENIOR SECURED SERIES D NOTE

                  Except to the extent that principal has been paid on the
Initial Series D Securities prior to the Exchange Offer Consummation Date,
principal of the Exchange Series D Securities due May 30, 2000 will be payable
on the Scheduled Payment Dates listed below in an amount equal to the product
of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series D Securities that are
exchanged for Exchange Series D Securities as of the applicable Record Date
divided by the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series D Securities
originally issued by the Funding Corporation on June 20, 1996, multiplied by
(ii) the principal amount payable in accordance with this Schedule I:

Payment                                           Principal
  Date                                          Amount Payable


May 30, 1997.....................................$12,925,000
November 30, 1997................................$12,925,000
May 30, 1998.....................................$16,000,000
November 30, 1998................................$16,000,000
May 30, 1999......................................$5,325,000
November 30, 1999.................................$5,325,000
May 30, 2000......................................$1,500,000





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                                                                  EXHIBIT A-2

                    [Form of Senior Secured Series E Bond]


                        SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION
                         8.30% Senior Secured Series E
                             Bond due May 30, 2011



THIS SECURITY IS A REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY AND IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO., AS NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY ("DTC").

UNLESS THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHO
RIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAY MENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO.,
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN
DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY NOT BE
TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY A NOMINEE OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.










    






                           CUSIP Number: 795770 AK 2

Number R-1



Principal  Amount     Maturity Date        Issue Date            Interest Rate

$65,000,000           May 30, 2011             __, 1996              8.30%



REGISTERED HOLDER:                  CEDE & CO.

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:                   SIXTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS
                                    ($65,000,000)

                  SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
(hereinafter called the "Company", which term includes any successor or assign
under the Trust Indenture referred to below), for value received hereby
promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or its registered assigns, the outstanding
principal amount hereof (reduced by the amount of principal, if any, paid or
due, or to be paid or to become due on the Initial Series E Securities (as
defined in the Third Supplemental Indenture dated July 29, 1996)) such payment
to be made in semiannual installments on May 30 and November 30 of each year
(commencing May 30, 1999) and ending on the Maturity Date set forth above,
each such installment to be in an amount equal to the principal amount set
forth opposite the applicable payment date on Schedule I attached hereto
(provided that the portion of the principal amount remaining unpaid on the
Maturity Date, together with all interest accrued thereon, shall in any and
all cases be due and payable on the Maturity Date), and to pay interest on the
unpaid portion of the principal amount at the interest rate set forth above
(the "Interest Rate") from the most recent interest payment date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid
or duly provided for, from the date of the last interest payment on the Initial
Series E Securities ocurring prior to the issue date set forth above or, if no
interest has been paid on the Initial Series E Securities, from June 20, 1996,
semiannually on May 30 and November 30 in each year (commencing November 30,
1996), until the principal amount is paid in full or payment thereof is duly
provided for. Any installment of principal and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any payment of interest not punctually paid or duly provided for
shall continue to bear interest at a rate equal to the Interest Rate set forth
above. The principal and interest so payable on any payment date shall, as
provided in the Trust Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more predecessor securities) is registered in the Securities
Register at the close of business on the Record Date for such payment of
principal and interest, which shall be the preceding May 15 and November 15,
respectively. Any such principal and interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more predecessor securities) was registered in the
Securities Register at the close of business on such Record Date, and may be
paid to the Person in whose name this Security is registered at the close of
business on a subsequent Record Date for the payment of such defaulted principal
and


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interest, to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to the
Holder hereof not less than 15 days prior to such subsequent Record Date, or may
be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which this Security may be listed,
and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in the Trust Indenture. This being a Global Security (as that term is
defined in the Trust Indenture) deposited with the Custodian acting as
depository, and regis tered in the name of CEDE & CO., as nominee of DTC, CEDE
& CO., as holder of record of this Security shall be entitled to receive
payment of principal and interest by wire transfer of immediately available
funds. All payments in respect of this Security shall be made in such coin or
currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of debts.

                  Interest shall be computed upon the basis of a 360-day year,
consisting of twelve (12) thirty (30) day months.

                  This Security is one of an authorized series of Securities
of the Company known as its 8.30% Senior Secured Series E Bonds Due May 30,
2011. The Securities are issued under the Trust Indenture dated as of July 21,
1995, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October
18, 1995, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 20, 1996 and the
Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of July __, 1996 (as so supplemented and
as the same may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time, the "Trust Indenture"), each among the Company and Chemical Trust
Company of California, as trustee (the "Trustee", which term includes any
successor Trustee under the Trust Indenture). All capitalized terms used
herein, unless defined herein, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the
Trust Indenture.

                  All Securities are secured equally and ratably with one
another. Reference is hereby made to the Trust Indenture for a description of
the nature and extent of the Securities and the respective rights of the
Holders of the Securities and of the Trustee and the Company in respect of the
Securities and the terms upon which the Securities are made and are to be
authenticated and delivered.

                  The principal of, and interest on, this Security are payable
from, and secured by, assets subject to the Lien on the Funding Corporation
Collateral, in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture and the
Financing Documents.

                  The obligations of the Company to pay the principal of,
premium, if any, and interest on the Securities when due are unconditionally
guaranteed by (i) the Salton Sea Guarantors pursuant to the Salton Sea
Guarantee, and (ii) the Partnership Guarantors and the Royalty Guarantor (up
to an amount equal to, with respect to the Partnership Guarantors and the
Royalty Guarantor, such Guarantor's Available Cash Flow) pursuant to the
Partnership Guarantee and the Royalty Guarantee, respectively. The Guarantees
will be secured by the Lien on the Collateral, in accordance with the terms of
the Trust Indenture and the Financing Documents.

                  The Securities are subject to an Intercreditor Agreement
dated as of July 21, 1995, as amended as of June 20, 1996.

                  The Trust Indenture permits, with certain exceptions, as
therein provided, the

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amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities under the Trust
Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the Holders of
not less than 51 percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding. The Trust Indenture also contains provisions permitting the
Holders of specified percentages in aggregate principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Trust Indenture
and certain past defaults under the Trust Indenture and their consequences. Any
such consent or waiver or direction by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon the Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any security issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange
hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.

                  This Security is subject to optional redemption by the
Company at a redemption price equal to all or a portion of the principal
amount thereof, all interest accrued on such principal amount through the
Redemption Date and a Series E Yield Maintenance Premium (the "Premium")
calculated as of the Redemption Date as follows:

                            (i) the average life of the remaining scheduled
         payments of principal in respect of outstanding Series E Securities
         (the "Remaining Average Life") shall be calculated as of the
         Redemption Date;

                            (ii) the yield to maturity shall be calculated for
         the United States Treasury security having an average life equal to
         the Remaining Average Life and trading in the secondary market at the
         price closest to par (the "Primary Issue"); provided, however, that
         if no United States Treasury security has an average life equal to
         the Remaining Average Life, the yields (the "Other Yields") for the
         two maturities of United States Treasury securities having average
         lives most closely corresponding to such Remaining Average Life and
         trading in the secondary market at the price closest to par shall be
         calculated, and the yield to maturity for the Primary Issue shall be
         the yield interpolated or extrapolated from such Other Yields on a
         straight-line basis, rounding in each of such relevant periods to the
         nearest month;

                            (iii) the discounted present value of the then
         remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest (but excluding
         that portion of any scheduled payment of interest that is actually
         due and paid on the Redemption Date) in respect of outstand ing
         Series E Securities shall be calculated as of the Redemption Date
         using a discount factor equal to the sum of (a) the yield to maturity
         for the Primary Issue, plus (b) 50 basis points; and

                            (iv) the amount of Premium in respect of Series E
         Securities to be re deemed shall be an amount equal to (a) the
         discounted present value of such Series E Securities to be redeemed
         determined in accordance with clause (iii) above minus (b) the unpaid
         principal amount of such Series E Securities; provided, however, that
         the Premium shall not be less than zero.

                  The Securities are, under certain conditions, subject to
mandatory redemption as


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set forth in Section 3.3 of the Trust Indenture.

                  Any payment of interest on any Security, the stated maturity
of which payment is on or prior to any Redemption Date, shall be payable to
the Holder of such Security, or one or more predecessor securities, registered
as such at the close of business on the related Record Date or subsequent
Record Date.

                  Notice of any redemption of Securities will be given at
least 30 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder at its registered
address.

                  Securities (or portions thereof as aforesaid) for the
redemption of which provision is made in accordance with the Trust Indenture
shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.

                  The unpaid portion of principal, together with all interest
accrued thereon and all other amounts due hereunder, shall be due and payable,
as provided in the Trust Indenture, upon the occurrence of certain Events of
Default in full, or in such lesser amount in the case of an Event of Default
relating to the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or reorganization of any
of the Guarantors which has resulted in an automatic acceleration of any
Project Note.

                  UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR
SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM, THIS REGISTERED GLOBAL SECURITY MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY A
NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC, OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE
TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.

                  The Exchange Series E Securities are issuable in book entry
form in denomi nations of $1,000 and any integral thereof.

                  No service charge will be made to any Holder of Securities
for any transfer or exchange, but the Registrar may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.

                  The person in whose name this Security is registered shall
be deemed to be the owner and holder hereof for the purpose of receiving
payment as herein provided and for all other purposes whether or not this
Security be overdue regardless of any notice to anyone to the contrary.

THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED
ENTIRELY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

                  Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee by manual or facsimile signature, this Security shall
not be entitled to any benefit under such Trust Indenture, or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.



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                  Recourse under this Security is limited as set forth in
Section 13.12 of the Trust Indenture.



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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed.

                                            SALTON SEA FUNDING CORPORATION



                                            By:
                                               Name:
                                               Title:


Attest:


- ------------------
Title:


                                           CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION


         This Security is one of the Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Trust Indenture.

                     CHEMICAL TRUST COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA,
                                             as Trustee



                                            By:
                                               Authorized Signatory


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         FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and
transfers) unto

Social Security Number or Other
Identifying Number of Assignee
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                   (Please print or typewrite name and address,
                                          including zip code of Assignee)


the within Security and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting
and appointing __________________________ attorney to transfer said Security
on the books of the Compa ny, with full power of substitution in the premises.

Dated:_____________________








NOTICE:           The signature to this assignment must correspond with the
                  name as written upon the first page of the within instrument
                  in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or
                  any change whatsoever


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                                                                  SCHEDULE I
                                             TO SENIOR SECURED SERIES E BOND

                  Except to the extent that principal has been paid on the
Initial Series E Securities prior to the Exchange Offer Consummation Date,
principal of the Exchange Series E Securities due May 30, 2011 will be payable
on the Scheduled Payment Dates listed below in an amount equal to the product
of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series E Securities that are
exchanged for Exchange Series E Securities as of the applicable Record Date
divided by the aggregate principal amount of Initial Series E Securities
originally issued by the Funding Corporation on June 20, 1996, multiplied by
(ii) the principal amount payable in accordance with this Schedule I:

   Payment                                         Principal
     Date                                       Amount Payable
- --------------                                  --------------
May 30, 1999                                        $6,039,000
November 30, 1999                                    6,039,000
May 30, 2000                                         2,000,000
November 30, 2000                                    2,000,000
May 30, 2001                                           500,000
November 30, 2001                                      500,000
May 30, 2002                                           800,000
November 30, 2002                                      800,000
May 30, 2003                                         1,500,000
November 30, 2003                                    1,500,000
May 30, 2004                                         1,625,000
November 30, 2004                                    1,625,000
May 30, 2005                                         1,750,000
November 30, 2005                                    1,750,000
May 30, 2006                                         1,250,000
November 30, 2006                                    1,250,000
May 30, 2007                                         1,250,000
November 30, 2007                                    1,250,000
May 30, 2008                                         1,750,000
November 30, 2008                                    1,750,000
May 30, 2009                                         1,625,000
November 30, 2009                                    1,625,000
May 30, 2010                                         6,750,000
November 30, 2010                                    6,750,000
May 30, 2011                                        11,322,000



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