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Title: Petition for the issuance of a Bondable Stranded Costs Rate Order
Date: 8/15/2005

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                                                                  Exhibit 10.3

 

 

 

IN THE   MATTER   OF THE   PETITION   OF   PUBLIC       STATE OF NEW JERSEY

SERVICE   ELECTRIC   AND   GAS   COMPANY   FOR   A

BONDABLE    STRANDED    COST   RATE    ORDER   IN       BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES

ACCORDANCE WITH N.J.S.A.   48:3-49 ET SEQ. TO

RECOVER    ITS    BASIC    GENERATION    SERVICE

TRANSITION COSTS (INCLUDING   FEDERAL,   STATE

AND LOCAL TAX   LIABILITIES   ASSOCIATED   WITH       DOCKET NO.:   E_______________

SUCH    RECOVERY)    PROVIDING    FOR   (1)   THE

IMPOSITION   OF A   NON-BYPASSABLE   TRANSITION

BOND   CHARGE;   (2) THE SALE OF THE   RIGHT TO

RECEIVE   SUCH   CHARGE TO A   SPECIAL   PURPOSE       PETITION

FINANCING ENTITY;   (3) THE ISSUANCE AND SALE

IN A PUBLIC   OFFERING   OR PRIVATE   PLACEMENT

OF NOT   MORE   THAN   $150   MILLION   AGGREGATE

PRINCIPAL   AMOUNT OF TRANSITION BONDS IN ONE

OR    MORE     SERIES     WITH    A     SCHEDULED

AMORTIZATION   UPON ISSUANCE OF UP TO FIFTEEN

(15) YEARS;   (4) THE USE OF TRANSITION   BOND

PROCEEDS TO REFINANCE OR RETIRE   OUTSTANDING

DEBT   AND/OR   EQUITY AND (5) THE FORMULA FOR

THE    CALCULATION    AND   ADJUSTMENT   OF   THE

TRANSITION     BOND     CHARGE     AND    MARKET

TRANSITION BOND CHARGE -TAX RELATED THERETO.

 

 

 

 

            Public Service Electric and Gas Company (the "Petitioner"), a New

      Jersey corporation organized under the provisions of Chapter 185 of the

      Laws of 1896, as amended and supplemented, with its principal office at

      80 Park Plaza, Newark, New Jersey, respectfully shows that:

 

1.     Petitioner is a public utility engaged in the electric and gas

      distribution business, subject to the jurisdiction of your Honorable

      Board.

 

2.     This Petition for the issuance of a Bondable Stranded Costs Rate Order

      ("BSCRO" or "Financing Order") is filed pursuant to the Electric

      Discount and Energy Competition Act, Chapter 23 of the Laws of 1999,

      N.J.S.A. 48:3-49 et seq. (the "EDECA"), as amended by P.L. 2002, Ch. 84

      (the "2002 Amendments", and together with the EDECA,

 

                                    

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      the "Act"). Capitalized terms used herein and not specifically defined

      shall have the meanings as defined in the Act.

 

3.     RECOVERY OF BASIC GENERATION SERVICE TRANSITION COSTS.

 

            Basic Generation Service ("BGS"), as defined in N.J.S.A. 48:3-51,

      is a regulated electric generation service provided, pursuant to

      N.J.S.A. 48:3-57, to any electric utility customer of an electric

      utility that has not chosen an alternative power supplier. BGS

      transition costs ("BGS Transition Costs", as defined in N.J.S.A.

      48:3-51) is the amount by which payments by an electric public utility

      for the procurement of power for BGS and related ancillary and

      administrative costs exceed the net revenues from the BGS charge

      established by the Board ("Deferred Balance") pursuant to N.J.S.A

      48:3-57, during the Transition Period, together with interest on the

      Deferred Balance at the Board-approved rate, that is reflected in a

      Deferred Balance account approved by the Board in an Order addressing

      the electric public utility's rates, stranded costs, and restructuring

      filings pursuant to the Act. BGS Transition Costs include, but are not

      limited to payments by an electric public utility pursuant to a

      competitive procurement process for BGS supply during the Transition

      Period, and the costs of any such payments used to procure the BGS

      supply. The Transition Period commenced August 1, 1999 and will end July

      31, 2003. The BGS Transition Costs that are the subject matter of this

      Petition is the Deferred Balance (the "Year Four Deferred Balance")

      incurred by Petitioner for the period August 1, 2002 through July 31,

      2003 ("Year Four") pursuant to the rate unbundling stranded cost and

      restructuring Orders issued by the Board in Docket Nos. E097070461,

      E097070462 and E097070463 dated April 21, 1999 (Summary Order) and

      August 24, 1999 (Final Order) (collectively, the "Restructuring Order").

 

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            By Order dated December 11, 2001 in Docket Nos. EO01100654,

      EO01100655, EO01100656 and EO001100657, the Board approved an auction

      process for BGS supply, including supply for Year Four, and directed

      electric public utilities, including Petitioner, to make an auction

      process compliance filing ("Compliance Filing") in response thereto. On

      December 12, 2001, Petitioner made the Compliance Filing which included,

      among other things, a request for approval of Petitioner's accounting

      and cost recovery proposal for BGS Transition Costs, including, but not

      limited to, a determination (i) that the BGS Deferred Balance will be

      determined as the difference between Petitioner's recorded BGS revenue

      and total BGS Cost, (ii) interest on the Deferred Balance at a monthly

      rate based on the seven (7) year constant maturity treasuries as shown

      in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release on or closest to August 1,

      2003 plus 60 basis points and (iii) a presumption of prudence with

      respect to Petitioner's BGS Transition Costs. At its special public

      agenda meeting held on December 14, 2001, the Board approved

      Petitioner's Compliance Filing after finding it to be consistent with

      its December 11, 2001 Order.

 

            On August 28, 2002, Petitioner filed its electric deferral case

      ("BGS Deferral Case"), Docket No. ER02080604, with respect to recovery

      of its Year Four Deferred Balance pursuant to the Restructuring Orders

      and the Board's July 22, 2002 Order Directing Supplemental Testimony

      ("Testimony Order"). The BGS Deferral Case was transmitted by the Board

      to the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law ("OAL"), which case was

      later consolidated with Docket No. ER02050303 for separate hearings. The

      Board also, pursuant to the Testimony Order, retained an independent

      auditor ("Independent Auditor") to perform an audit of Petitioner's Year

      Four Deferred Balance. Public hearings in the BGS Deferral Case were

      conducted by an OAL, Administrative

 

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      Law Judge ("ALJ"), on December 10, 11 and 16 of 2002, respectively.

      Evidentuary Hearings on the BGS Deferral Case were conducted on March 3,

      5 and 6, 2003.

 

            On June 6. 2003, the ALJ rendered his written decision ("ALJ

      Decision") to the Board, adopting the terms of a settlement among

      Petitioner and certain Parties to the BGS Deferral Case, which ALJ

      Decision, if adopted, will resolve all matters in the consolidated

      dockets, including the BGS Deferral Case. Petitioner is awaiting a final

      decision by the Board ("BGS Cost Order" or "Recovery Order"), including

      a finding that Petitioner's Year Four BGS Transition Costs, were

      reasonably and prudently incurred and that the Year Four Deferred

      Balance upon verification by the Independent Auditor is properly

      recoverable by Petitioner, with interest, under the Act . As set forth

      in the ALJ Decision, Petitioner's Year Four Deferred Balance is

      estimated to be approximately $241.5 million pre-tax at July 31, 2003.

      Petitioner accordingly seeks authority to securitize its verified Year

      Four Deferral Balance.

 

4.     REQUEST FOR BSCRO

 

            The 2002 Amendments, and specifically, N.J.S.A. 48:3-62(c)(3)

      authorizes an electric public utility to securitize the full amount of

      its reasonably and prudently incurred BGS Transition Costs pursuant to

      the provisions of the Act if the recovery of the BGS Transition Costs

      through the securitization would provide benefits to ratepayers based

      upon the "criteria" consisting of the lowest transition bond charge

      consistent with market conditions and the terms of the BSCRO when

      certified by the Board's designee.

 

            On September 17, 1999, your Honorable Board issued a BSCRO to

      Petitioner in Docket No. EF99060390 (the "Original Financing Order")

      authorizing, among other things, the issuance and sale of up to $2.525

      billion aggregate principal amount of

 

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      Transition Bonds by a special purpose financing subsidiary of

      Petitioner, the sale of Bondable Transition Property and the imposition

      of a non-bypassable Transition Bond Charge ("TBC"), the imposition of a

      Market Transition Charge-Tax ("MTC-Tax"), a formula for the calculation

      and adjustment of the TBC and the MTC-Tax. On January 31, 2001, PSE&G

      Transition Funding LLC, a subsidiary of Petitioner, issued and sold

      $2.525 billion of its Transition Bonds, Series 2001-1 (the "Original

      Transition Bond Transaction"). The terms and conditions approved by your

      Honorable Board in the Original Financing Order are substantially the

      same to those proposed herein.

 

            For purposes of recovering its BGS Transition Costs incurred in

      Year Four ("Year Four BGS Transition Costs") by Petitioner pursuant to

      the Restructuring Order and the BGS Cost Order to be issued in the BGS

      Deferral Case, and pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:3-62(a), N.J.S.A. 48:3-62(c)

      and N.J.S.A. 48:3-62(g), Petitioner hereby requests the Board to issue a

      BSCRO authorizing Petitioner to securitize (the "BGS Transition Bond

      Transaction") its Year Four BGS Transition Costs, including its net of

      tax Year Four Deferred Balance incurred with respect to Year Four as

      verified by the Independent Auditor ); to impose a transition bond

      charge ("BGS Transition Bond Charge" or "BGS TBC") related thereto; and

      to sell Petitioner's right to receive the BGS TBC, together with related

      rights, to a bankruptcy-remote, special purpose financing entity ("SPE")

      to be formed as a subsidiary of Petitioner for such purpose

      substantially identical to the SPE authorized in the Original Financing

      Order. Petitioner also requests approval of a formula ("Formula") for

      the calculation and adjustment of the BGS TBC and the MTC-Tax related

      thereto substantially identical to the Formula authorized in the

      Original Financing Order which Formula is incorporated herein by

      reference thereto. A

 

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      proposed form of Financing Order, substantially in the form of the

      Original Financing Order will be separately provided to Board Staff by

      Petitioner.

 

            The Financing Order will provide, among other things, (i) for the

      imposition of a non-bypassable TBC as provided in N.J.S.A. 48:3-64(a);

      (ii) the transfer of the BGS Bondable Transition Property (as defined

      herein) related to such TBC to an SPE; (iii) the issuance of transition

      bonds ("BGS Transition Bonds") by the SPE up to $150 million aggregate

      principal amount to recover such BGS Transition Costs, all as further

      described below, and (iv) a determination that the structure and pricing

      of the BGS Transition Bonds be conclusively deemed, as provided in

      N.J.S.A 48:3-62(g), as assuring the lowest TBC consistent with market

      conditions and the terms of such BSCRO. In the same manner as authorized

      in the Original Financing Order, Petitioner requests authority to impose

      an MTC-Tax to recover its Federal Income and State Corporate Business

      Tax associated with the collection of the BGS TBC until the related BGS

      Transition Bonds and other BGS Transition Costs have been paid in full,

      and to adjust the MTC-Tax in the same manner and at the same time as the

      BGS TBC is adjusted as described in this Petition.

 

            The entire amount of the net proceeds of the BGS Transition Bonds

      received by Petitioner shall be utilized by Petitioner to refinance or

      retire its outstanding debt or equity or both.

 

5.     BGS TRANSITION BOND TRANSACTION

 

      a.     Proposed Structure

 

             A general description of the BGS Transition Bond Transaction

      structure follows. The proposed structure is subject to modification

      depending upon the requirements of tax

 

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      authorities, input from underwriters in connection with the marketing of

      the BGS Transition Bonds, and negotiations with nationally recognized

      statistical rating organizations (the "Rating Agencies") selected by

      Petitioner to assign credit ratings to the BGS Transition Bonds. The

      proposed structure is intended to minimize debt service costs and

      maximize ratepayer savings by obtaining the best possible rating for the

      BGS Transition Bonds as asset-backed securities. In the same manner as

      the Original Financing Transaction, the final structure of the

      transaction, pricing and terms of the BGS Transition Bonds will be

      determined by Petitioner at the time BGS Transition Bonds are priced and

      approved by a designee (the "Designee") of the Board as provided in the

      Act and as described herein.

 

            The Petitioner requests in this current Petition the authority to

      recover related BGS Transition Costs, including (1) the net amount of

      its tax Year Four Deferred Balance, as verified by the Independent

      Auditor; (2) the costs (currently estimated at $2.7 million) incurred to

      issue Transition Bonds (the "Upfront Transaction Costs"); (3) principal

      and interest on the Transition Bonds, together with the costs of paying,

      refinancing, administering and servicing, credit enhancing,

      overcollateralizing, the Transition Bonds ("Ongoing Transition Bond

      Costs"); and (4) taxes related to securitization, which reflect the

      grossed up revenue requirement associated with the net of tax stranded

      costs being securitized (the "Tax Component"), as more fully described

      herein. Pursuant to the proposed Financing Order, and as authorized in

      the Original Financing Order, Petitioner requests authority to recover

      from the proceeds of the BGS Transition Bonds, up to $150 million of its

      BGS Transition Costs, including its Upfront Transaction Costs. The

      remaining BGS Transition Costs, being the Ongoing Transition

 

 

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      Bond Costs, will be recovered through the assessment and collection of

      the BGS Transition Bond Charge. In the same manner as authorized in the

      Original Financing Order the BGS Transition Bond Charge will be a

      separate, non-bypassable charge assessed and collected from all

      customers of Petitioner and/or any successor distribution company within

      Petitioner's existing service territory as of the date of this Petition,

      except as provided in N.J.S.A 48:3-77.

 

            The principal asset to be used to support Transition Bonds is the

      BGS Bondable Transition Property , a property right created under the

      Act, which includes the irrevocable right to charge and collect

      Transition Bond Charges and to obtain periodic adjustments of such

      Transition Bond Charges, and all revenues, collections, payments, money

      and proceeds thereof. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 48:3-65 the Financing Order

      and the Transition Bond Charges are irrevocable upon the Financing Order

      becoming effective under the Act, and the Financing Order cannot be

      rescinded, altered, repealed, modified or amended by the Board or any

      other governmental entity, nor can it be impaired by the State of New

      Jersey, as provided in N.J.S.A. 48:3-66.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order to

      implement the BGS Transition Bond Transaction, Petitioner will form a

      new non-utility, special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity ("SPE") to be

      wholly-owned by Petitioner, and will provide the capitalization for such

      SPE. Petitioner will sell the Bondable Transition Property to the SPE in

      the BGS Transition Bond Transaction which, in accordance with the Act,

      will be a legal true sale and absolute transfer to the SPE. The SPE will

      constitute a financing entity for purposes of the Act. Board approval of

      the SPE and the BGS Transition Bond

 

 

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      Transaction will constitute a finding that the SPE's activities will not

      violate any affiliate relation standards currently in effect or that the

      Board may adopt in the future.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order to

      raise the funds to pay to Petitioner the purchase price of the BGS

      Bondable Transition Property, the SPE will issue and sell BGS Transition

      Bonds. The SPE will issue the BGS Transition Bonds in the form of

      asset-backed securities ("ABS") and sell the securities in a negotiated,

      fully underwritten public or private offering. All prior securitizations

      of utility stranded costs or BGS Transition Costs in New Jersey,

       including the Original Transition Bond Transaction approved by your

      Honorable Board in the Original Financing Order, have been or are

      proposed to be structured as ABS and sold on a negotiated basis. To the

      extent that it may be more cost-effective to structure the BGS

      Transition Bond Transaction as a private offering under Rule 144A of the

      Securities and Exchange Commission, Petitioner will do so. The expertise

      of an underwriter is critical to the structuring, pricing and marketing

      of securities in the ABS market. For such purpose, Petitioner has

      engaged Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. As in the Original Transition

      Bond Transaction, Petitioner continues to believe that a negotiated sale

      will assure that the Transition Bonds will receive the highest possible

      rating and will obtain the lowest possible interest and transaction

      costs, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Act that

      Petitioner's customers pay the lowest transition bond charges consistent

      with market conditions at time of pricing.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      all of the assets of the SPE, including, without limitation, the BGS

      Bondable Transition Property and the other collateral of the SPE (the

      "Other SPE Collateral"), will be pledged as collateral to

 

 

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      secure the BGS Transition Bonds. The Other SPE Collateral will include,

      without limitation: (1) the rights of the SPE under the BGS Transition

      Bond Transaction documents, including the purchase agreement by which

      each SPE acquires the Bondable Transition Property; (2) a servicing

      agreement by which Petitioner or any successor Servicer acts as servicer

      of the Bondable Transition Property; (3) an administration agreement by

      which the SPE will be administered; (4) various trust accounts of the

      SPE into which the proceeds of BGS TBC, together with the pledged funds

      of the SPE, will be deposited; (5) any investment earnings on amounts

      held by the Bond Trustee; and (6) the equity capital of the SPE.

 

            While the Board is requested to approve BGS Transition Bonds with

      scheduled amortization upon issuance not exceeding 15 years in

      accordance with N.J.S.A.48: 3-62(d)(3), and with a final legal maturity

      of up to 17 years in order to minimize overcollateralization

      requirements and to enhance the prospects of securing the highest

      possible credit rating for the BGS Transition Bonds, Petitioner expects

      that the actual amortization schedule upon issuance and final legal

      maturity of the BGS Transition Bonds will not exceed that of the

      Transition Bonds issued pursuant to the Original Financing Order in the

      Original Transition Bond Transaction. These objectives should result in

      lower interest costs and thus benefit to ratepayers.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      Petitioner requests that the duration of the MTC-Tax be identical to the

      duration of the Transition Bond Charge. The following schematic

      illustrates the proposed transaction:

 

 

 

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<S>                                             <C>                                                        <C>

 

PARTIES TO TRANSACTION                                                           Sale of BGS Transition

                                                                              Bonds for cash, pursuant to

-----------------                               -----------------------------     Underwriting Agreement   

|                |                               |             SPE             |                              -----------------   

|      PSE&G      |<---------------------------->|    PSE&G Securitization     |<--------------------------->|                |

|                |     Sale of rights to BGS      | Limited Liability Company |                              | UNDERWRITERS   |

|                | Bondable Transition Property |    Sole Member, PSE&G       |-----------|       |----------|                |

-----------------      for net proceeds of       |                             |            |       |           -----------------

                       Transition Bonds         -----------------------------            |       |             ^             

                                                     |   |                                |       |             |

                                                     |   |    Parties to Indenture        |       |             |

-----------------     Servicing BGS Bondable           |   |    governing issuance of       |       |             |        Sale of BGS

|                | Transition Property for servicing   |   |    BGS Transition Bonds;       |       |             |    Transition Bonds for

|    SERVICER     |     fee, pursuant to Servicing       |   |     BGS Transition Bonds       |       |             |           cash

|     PSE&G       |             Agreement                |   |       secured by BGS           |       |             v

|                |-------------------------------------   |     Bondable Transition        |       |           -----------------

-----------------                                         |    Property and Other SPE      |       |           |                |

                                                        |           Collateral           |       |           |    INVESTORS    |

                       Administration of SPE for         |                               |       |           |                |

                     Administration Fee, pursuant to     |                               |       |           -----------------

-----------------        Administration Agreement         |                          -----------------       

|                |                                        |                          |                |

| ADMINISTRATOR |----------------------------------------                          |      BOND       |

|      PSE&G      |                                                                  |     TRUSTEE     |

|                |                                                                  |                |

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

 

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      b.     Recovery of Upfront BGS   Transaction Costs

 

            In the same manner as the Original Financing Transaction, in order

       to issue BGS Transition Bonds and to produce benefit for its customers,

      Petitioner will incur Upfront Transaction Costs related to the issuance

      of BGS Transition Bonds. Based on the current estimated initial offering

      of $150 million of Transition Bonds, Petitioner currently estimates that

      such amount will include Upfront Transaction Costs of approximately $2.5

      million which may vary, in part, based on the factors described below.

      Upfront Transaction Costs of issuing BGS Transition Bonds will include,

      among other items, the underwriting spread, rating agency fees,

      accounting fees, any Securities and Exchange Commission registration

      fees printing and marketing expenses, trustees' fees, legal fees, the

       servicing set-up fee and the administrative cost of forming the SPE.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing

      Transaction, the Petitioner requests authority to recover the Upfront

      Transaction Costs from the proceeds of the sale of the BGS Transition

      Bonds and to include such costs as BGS Transition Costs, the right to

      recover such amounts to constitute a portion of the Bondable Transition

      Property. To the extent prior payment is required, such costs will be

      paid by Petitioner and reimbursed from the proceeds of the BGS

      Transition Bonds.

 

      c.     Ongoing BGS Transition Bond Costs

 

            Petitioner requests recovery of the Ongoing Transition Bond Costs

      through the BGS TBC. The primary Ongoing Transition Bond Costs are the

      principal and interest on the BGS Transition Bonds. Other Ongoing

      Transition

 

 

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      Bond Costs include principally the servicing fee (the "Servicing Fee")

      paid to Petitioner, as the Servicer (as defined below) and the ongoing

      cost of credit enhancement and overcollateralization.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order, it

      is anticipated that there will be a small amount of additional Ongoing

      Transition Bond Costs associated with the BGS Transition Bond

      Transaction, such as an administration fee, legal and accounting fees,

      directors or managers' fees, rating agency fees, trustee fees and other

      costs of operating the SPE. These Costs are BGS Transition Costs and

      will be recovered through the BGS TBC in accordance with the Act, and

      the right to recover these costs as BGS Transition Costs will be

      included as a portion of the BGS Bondable Transition Property.

 

      d.     Approval of Final Terms and Conditions: BGS Transition Bond

            Transaction

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      upon the pricing of the BGS Transition Bonds, the Board's Designee under

      the Act will file with the Board a certificate to the effect that the

      structure and pricing of the BGS Transition Bonds assures that

      Petitioner's customers pay the lowest BGS TBC consistent with market

      conditions and the terms of the Financing Order, and approving the terms

      and conditions of the BGS Transition Bonds, including scheduled

      amortization up to 15 years and final legal maturities of up to 17

      years, as required to obtain the highest possible credit ratings.

      Payments on the BGS Transition Bonds will be semi-annual or quarterly,

      depending upon input from rating agencies, tax considerations and market

      conditions at the time of the

 

 

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      pricing of BGS Transition Bonds. Debt service on the BGS Transition

      Bonds will be scheduled upon issuance so that the sum, for each annual

      period, of the Period Payment Requirement (as defined below) and the

      associated MTC-Tax collections will be substantially equal. So long as

      the structure, pricing, terms and conditions meet such parameters,

      Petitioner will be authorized under the Financing Order to undertake the

      BGS Transition Bond Transaction.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order, if

      the structure, pricing, terms and conditions meet the requirements

      discussed above, the Company will be authorized under the Financing

       Order to undertake the BGS Transition Bond Transaction. Prior to the

      pricing of the BGS Transition Bonds, the Designee may obtain from the

      Board's financial advisors recent secondary market trading levels of

      existing utility stranded cost securitization bonds, to the extent such

      is available through public sources. To the extent such information is

      available, it is anticipated that such information may, in part, be

      considered in connection with the pricing of the Transition Bonds. The

      Designee may also conduct conference calls and meetings with the Board's

      financial advisors to discuss the background of the ABS market, current

      market conditions, investor perception of recent utility stranded cost

       securitization bond issues, pricing levels of ABS and recent secondary

      market trading levels, to the extent available. Finally, the Designee

      may elect to be present at pricing, either in person or by telephone.

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      not later than five business days after the issuance and sale of the BGS

      Transition Bonds,

 

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      Petitioner will be required to confirm to the Board, in an ("Issuance

      Advice Letter"), the actual interest rates on the BGS Transition Bonds,

      the expected principal amortization schedule (the "Expected Amortization

      Schedule") and the initial BGS Transition Bond Charge and MTC-Tax, which

      will be calculated in accordance with the Formula. The Issuance Advice

      Letter will also include a calculation of the benefit to Petitioner's

      Customers from the issuance of the BGS Transition Bonds as provided in

      N.J.S.A. 48:3-62 (c) (3) using the methodology employed in Exhibit A

      attached hereto applied to the actual structure and terms of the

      Transition Bonds. The initial BGS Transition Bond Charge and MTC-Tax

      shall become effective immediately when the Issuance Advice Letter is

      filed, without further action by the Board.

 

      e.     BGS Transition Bond Charge

 

            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      when the BGS Transition Bond Transaction is completed upon the issuance

      of the BGS Transition Bonds, Petitioner will impose the BGS TBC upon its

      ratepayers. While the new BGS TBC will be separate Bondable Transition

      Property and for purposes of Petitioner's tariff, separate and distinct

      from the Transition Bond Charge ("Original TBC")that the Board

      authorized in the Original Financing Order and that has been imposed

      upon ratepayers as a result of the Original Transition Bond Transaction,

      the Original TBC and the BGS TBC will be combined for customer billing

      and administration, provided that such amounts are separately recorded

      on the books of Petitioner pending payment to the Trustee.

 

 

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            In the same manner as provided in the Original Financing Order,

      BGS TBC will be set by the Formula, from time to time, at a level

      intended to recover the sum of the Ongoing Transition Bond Costs,

      including, without limitation: (i) the principal of (in accordance with

      the Expected Amortization Schedule approved by the Designee at the time

      of pricing of the BGS Transition Bonds), and interest on, BGS Transition

      Bonds authorized by the Board in the Financing Order; (ii) the costs of

      operating and administering the SPE; (iii) the costs of servicing the

      BGS Transition Bonds, including servicing and trustee fees, expenses and

      indemnities; (iv) amounts required to fund or replenish the

      overcollateralization account in accordance with overcollateralization

      schedule approved at pricing of the BGS Transition Bonds, including the

      reimbursement of any amounts drawn from the capital account, and (v) the

      ongoing expenses of any other credit enhancement ag


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