SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON (SCE-PN) 8-KOther Events

Exhibit 4.2

CERTIFICATE AS TO ACTIONS TAKEN BY OFFICER

OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

Adopted September 3, 2024

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WHEREAS, by a resolution adopted on July 23, 2024, entitled “Resolution Re: Financing Authorization” (the “Resolution”), the Audit and Finance Committee (“AFC”) of the Board of Directors of this corporation, respectively delegated to the undersigned officer the authority to authorize and create an additional bonded indebtedness of this corporation to be represented by one new series of its First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2024G (the “Series 2024G Bonds”) (the “New Bonds”) and take all other actions necessary to create the New Bonds and cause the New Bonds to be issued, sold, and delivered;

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

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Resolution and the Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1923, between this corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (successor to Harris Trust and Savings Bank) and Reginald Brewer (successor to Pacific-Southwest Trust & Savings Bank), as Trustees, as amended and supplemented, including as supplemented or proposed to be supplemented by the One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture” and collectively, the “Trust Indenture”), the undersigned officer hereby executes and delivers this certificate and takes the actions set forth herein.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the undersigned officer hereby authorizes and creates an authorized bonded indebtedness of this corporation in the initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, which shall be an increase of, and in addition to, all presently existing authorized bonded indebtedness of this corporation, and which shall be represented by the New Bonds.

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

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

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, subject to the execution and delivery of the Supplemental Indenture, the Series 2024G Bonds, to be issued under and secured by the Trust Indenture, are hereby created in the initial aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, and the Series 2024G Bonds are hereby designated as “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2024G, Due 2026”; the Series 2024G Bonds shall be dated as of their date of issuance, shall mature on September 6, 2026 and shall bear interest from September 6, 2024, at the rate of 4.40%

per annum on the principal amount thereof, payable semiannually on March 6 and September 6 of each year, beginning on March 6, 2025 (each, a “Series 2024G Payment Date”); the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2024G Bonds shall be payable at the offices of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in Chicago, Illinois, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by this corporation; all principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for public and private debts; the Series 2024G Bonds shall be transferable only on the books of this corporation at the places designated above for the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Series 2024G Bonds, or at such other agency or agencies as may be designated by this corporation; the Series 2024G Bonds shall be issuable only as fully registered bonds, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; the definitive Series 2024G Bonds shall be numbered from R-1 upward; and the definitive Series 2024G Bonds, and the Certificate of Authentication to be endorsed upon each of the Series 2024G Bonds; and shall be substantially in the following form with such legends thereon and changes therein as may be deemed necessary or appropriate by the officer or officers executing the same, and the blanks therein to be properly filled:

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(Form of Definitive Series 2024G Bond)

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY

First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds, Series 2024G, Due 2026

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No. ____$_____________

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of California (hereinafter called the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to _____________________, the registered owner hereof, the principal sum of $500,000,000 on September 6, 2026, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof to the registered owner hereof from September 6, 2024, until said principal sum shall be paid, at the rate of 4.40% per annum, payable semiannually on March 6 and September 6 of each year (each, a “Series 2024G Payment Date”), beginning March 6, 2025. Such interest shall be paid to the person in whose name this Bond is registered at the close of business on (1) the business day immediately preceding the Series 2024G Payment Date if this Bond is in book-entry only form, or (2) the 15^th calendar day before each Series 2024G Payment Date if this Bond is not in book-entry only form. The amount of interest payable for any period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, provided that the amount of interest payable for any period shorter or longer than a full interest period will be completed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period using 30-day months.

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

This Bond is one of a series, designated as “Series 2024G, Due 2026,” of a duly authorized issue of bonds of the Company, known as its “First and Refunding Mortgage Bonds,” issued and to be issued in one or more series under and all equally and ratably secured by a Trust Indenture dated as of October 1, 1923, and indentures supplemental thereto, including the One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, to be dated as of September 4, 2024, which have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered by the Company to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. and Reginald Brewer, or one of their predecessors, as Trustees, to which original indenture and indentures supplemental thereto (collectively, the “Trust Indenture”) reference is hereby made for a description of the property, rights and franchises thereby mortgaged and pledged, the nature and extent of the security thereby created, the rights of the holders of this Bond and of the Trustees in respect of such security, and the terms, restrictions and conditions upon which the bonds are issued and secured.

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The Company may redeem this Bond at its option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time, at a “make whole” redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount and rounded to three decimal places) equal to the greater of:

(1) (a) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest thereon discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 10 basis points in the case of the Series 2024G Bonds less (b) interest accrued to the date of redemption, and

(2) 100% of the principal amount of this Bond to be redeemed,

plus, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the redemption date.

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“Treasury Rate” means, with respect to any redemption date, the yield determined by the Company in accordance with the following two paragraphs.

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The Treasury Rate shall be determined by the Company after 4:15 p.m., New York City time (or after such time as yields on U.S. government securities are posted daily by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), on the third business day preceding the redemption date based upon the yield or yields for the most recent day that appear after such time on such day in the most recent statistical release published by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System designated as “Selected Interest Rates (Daily) - H.15” (or any successor designation or publication) (“H.15”) under the caption “U.S. government securities–Treasury constant maturities–Nominal” (or any successor caption or heading) (H.15 TCM”). In determining the Treasury Rate, the Company shall select, as applicable: (1) the yield for the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the period from the redemption date to the maturity date (the “Remaining Life”); or (2) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 exactly equal to the Remaining Life, the two yields – one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately shorter than and one yield corresponding to the Treasury constant maturity on H.15 immediately longer than the Remaining Life – and shall interpolate to the maturity date on a straight-line basis (using the actual number of days) using such yields and rounding the result to three decimal places; or (3) if there is no such Treasury constant maturity on H.15 shorter than or longer than the Remaining Life, the yield for the single Treasury constant maturity on H.15 closest to the Remaining Life. For purposes of this paragraph, the Treasury constant maturity or maturities on H.15 shall be deemed to have a maturity date equal to the relevant number of months or years, as applicable, of such Treasury constant maturity from the redemption date.

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If on the third business day preceding the redemption date H.15 TCM is no longer published, the Company shall calculate the Treasury Rate based on the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding such redemption date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the maturity date. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the maturity date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the maturity date, one with a maturity date preceding the maturity date and one with a maturity date following the maturity date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the maturity date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the maturity date or two or more United States Treasury securities meeting the criteria of the preceding sentence, the Company shall select from among these two or more United States Treasury securities the United States Treasury security that is trading closest to par based upon the average of the bid and asked prices for such United States Treasury securities at 11:00 a.m., New York City time. In determining the Treasury

Rate in accordance with the terms of this paragraph, the semi-annual yield to maturity of the applicable United States Treasury security shall be based upon the average of the bid and asked prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) at 11:00 a.m., New York City time, of such United States Treasury security, and rounded to three decimal places.

If the Company elects to redeem fewer than all the Series 2024G Bonds, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, will select the particular bonds to be redeemed by lot; provided, however, that as long as this Bond is held with a depositary, any such selection shall be in accordance with such depositary’s applicable procedures.

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Any notice of redemption, at the Company’s option, may state that the redemption will be conditional upon receipt by the paying agent, on or prior to the date fixed for the redemption, of money sufficient to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Series 2024G Bonds to be redeemed and that if the money has not been so received, the notice will be of no force and effect and the Company will not be required to redeem this Bond.

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

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

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

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

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

or successor company, or otherwise; all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as a part of the consideration for the issue hereof, expressly released.

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

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Southern California Edison Company has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by its President or one of its Vice Presidents and its corporate seal to be hereto affixed and attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries, as of September__, 2024, such execution and attestation to be by manual or facsimile signatures.

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(Form of Certificate of Authentication for all Series 2024G Bonds)

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Trustee’s Certificate

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

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

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By _________________________________

[Authorized Agent]

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(End of Form of Series 2024G Bond)

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

date of such additional New Bonds and, if applicable, for the first payment date following such original issue date.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that pursuant to the Trust Indenture, as in effect following due execution and delivery of the One Hundred Fifty-Ninth Supplemental Indenture, the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation are authorized and directed, for and in the name and on behalf of this corporation and under its corporate seal (which seal may be either impressed, printed, lithographed or engraved thereon), to execute (which execution may be by a facsimile signature) and to deliver the New Bonds to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, for authentication in temporary and/or definitive form, and in such aggregate principal amount up to $500,000,000 as the President or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of this corporation shall in their absolute discretion determine.

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

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

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

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__/s/ Brendan Bond___________________

Brendan Bond

Treasurer
Southern California Edison Company