Exhibit 4a(17)
SUPPLEMENTAL MORTGAGE
Supplemental Indenture
Dated December 1, 2025
SUPPLEMENTAL TO
FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE DATED AUGUST 1, 1924
PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY TO
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Trustee
333 Thornall Street Edison, New Jersey 08837
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUE OF
$4,575,000,000 FIRST AND REFUNDING MORTGAGE BONDS, MEDIUM-TERM NOTES SERIES R
PREPARED BY, RECORD AND RETURN TO: JOHN C. WALMSLEY, ESQ.
80 PARK PLAZA, T20 NEWARK,N.J. 07102
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
RECITALS ............................................................................................................................................................................................................1
FORM OF BOND ................................................................................................................................................................................................3
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION .....................................................................................................................................5
GRANTING CLAUSES ......................................................................................................................................................................................5
ARTICLE I.
BONDS OF THE MEDIUM-TERM NOTES SERIES R.
DESCRIPTION OF SERIES ................................................................................................................................................................................6
ARTICLE II.
REDEMPTION OF BONDS OF MEDIUM-TERM NOTES SERIES R.
SECTION 2.01. Redemption—Redemption Price ............................................................................................6
SECTION 2.02. Redemptions Pursuant to Section 4C of
Article Eight of the Indenture ............................................................................................7
SECTION 2.03. Interest on Called Bonds to Cease ..........................................................................................7
SECTION 2.04. Bonds Called in Part ...............................................................................................................7
SECTION 2.05. Provisions of Indenture Not Applicable .................................................................................7
ARTICLE III.
CREDITS WITH RESPECT TO BONDS OF THE
MEDIUM-TERM NOTES SERIES R.
SECTION 3.01. Credits .....................................................................................................................................7
SECTION 3.02. Certificate of the Company .....................................................................................................7
ARTICLE IV. MISCELLANEOUS.
SECTION 4.01. Authentication of Bonds of Medium-Term
Notes Series R ....................................................................................................................7
SECTION 4.02. Additional Restrictions on Authentication of
Additional Bonds Under Indenture ....................................................................................8
SECTION 4.03. Restriction on Dividends .........................................................................................................8
SECTION 4.04. Use of Facsimile Seal and Signatures .....................................................................................8
SECTION 4.05. Time for Making of Payment ..................................................................................................8
SECTION 4.06. Effective Period of Supplemental Indenture ...........................................................................8
SECTION 4.07. Effect of Approval of Board of Public Utilities
of the State of New Jersey .................................................................................................8
SECTION 4.08. Execution in Counterparts .......................................................................................................8
SECTION 4.09. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee ........................................................................................8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................................................................9
CERTIFICATE OF RESIDENCE ......................................................................................................................................................................12