EX-4.23

(SEAL)

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

Exhibit 4-23

Form of Senior Note


REGISTERED		REGISTERED

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY

NOTE DUE


NO.		PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:

		CUSIP:

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Notes in definitive form, this Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (55 Water Street, New York, New York) (“DTC”), to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of DTC and any payment 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.

PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Jersey (herein referred to as the “Company”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal amount of Dollars ($ ), on [Date] (“Stated Maturity”) (unless and to the extent earlier redeemed prior to such date) and to pay interest thereon from [Date] or from the most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been paid or duly provided for in arrears on each [Date], [Date], [Date], and [Date], commencing [Date] (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), and at maturity or earlier redemption, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest payments on this Note shall include interest accrued to but excluding each Interest Payment Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture (as defined below), be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date, which shall be the 15th calendar day (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any interest not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date with respect to such Interest Payment Date by virtue of having been such Holder and may either (1) be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee (as defined below), notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or (2) be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note shall be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and at any other office or agency maintained by the Company for such purpose, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register and provided, further, that the Holder of this Note shall be entitled to receive payments of principal of and interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds if appropriate wire transfer instructions have been received in writing by the Trustee not less than 15 days prior to the applicable payment date.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth below, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee or its duly appointed co-authenticating agent by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Public Service Electric and Gas Company has caused this Instrument to be signed by the signature or facsimile signature of its Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President and attested by its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary by his signature or a facsimile thereof, and its corporate seal or a facsimile of its corporate seal to be affixed hereunto or imprinted hereon.

Attest:

Title: Secretary

Dated:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee


By:
		Authorized Signatory

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities (the “Securities”) of the Company (which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture hereinafter referred to) issued and to be issued pursuant to such Indenture. This Security is one of a series designated by the Company as its Series Designation (the “Notes”) and will be subject, without the consent of the holders of any series of Securities, to the issuance of additional Notes in the future having the same terms, other than the date of original issuance and the date on which interest begins to accrue, so as to form one series with the Notes. The Indenture does not limit the aggregate principal amount of the Notes or the Securities.

The Company issued this Note pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of December 1, 2000 (the “Indenture” which term, for the purpose of this Note, shall include the Officers’ Certificate dated [Date], delivered pursuant to Section 301 of the Indenture), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (successor to U.S. Bank National Association), as trustee (the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered.

The Notes are issuable as Registered Securities, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any amount in excess thereof that is an integral multiple of $1,000. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of any authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same, upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency described below where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer.

Interest on this Note shall accrue from [Date] (or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for) and be payable quarterly in arrears, on each [Date], [Date], [Date] and [Date], commencing [Date]. The interest rate on the Notes shall be reset quarterly and the Notes shall bear interest at a per annum rate (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year) equal to [details of interest rate]. Interest on this Note shall accrue from and including the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the applicable Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity or date of earlier redemption, as the case may be.

If any Interest Payment Date (other than at Stated Maturity) or redemption date would otherwise be a day that is not a Business Day (as defined below), such Interest Payment Date, or redemption date shall be postponed to the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

Except as provided below, this Note may not be redeemed prior to Stated Maturity set forth on the face hereof. Prior to _______________ (the “Par Call Date”), this Note will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to Holders, at a 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 (including interest accrued to, but excluding, the redemption date (the “Redemption Date”)) discounted to the Redemption Date (assuming this Note matured on the Par Call Date) on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate (as defined below) plus ____ basis points (_____%), less (b) interest accrued to, but excluding, the Redemption Date; and

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

plus, in either case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

On or after the Par Call Date, this Note will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at any time and from time to time on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ prior written notice to Holders, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of this Note being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

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

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 appears or 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 Par Call 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 Par Call 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 applicable 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.

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 the Redemption Date of the United States Treasury security maturing on, or with a maturity that is closest to, the Par Call Date, as applicable. If there is no United States Treasury security maturing on the Par Call Date but there are two or more United States Treasury securities with a maturity date equally distant from the Par Call Date, one with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date and one with a maturity date following the Par Call Date, the Company shall select the United States Treasury security with a maturity date preceding the Par Call Date. If there are two or more United States Treasury securities maturing on the Par Call 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

The Trustee shall not be responsible for any calculation of the Treasury Rate. The Company’s actions and determinations in determining the redemption price shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

All notices of redemption shall state the redemption date, the redemption price, if fewer than all the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed, that on the Redemption Date the redemption price shall become due and payable upon each Note, or portion thereof, to be redeemed, that interest on each Note, or portion thereof, called for redemption shall cease to accrue on the Redemption Date and the place or places where Notes may be surrendered for redemption.

In the event of redemption of this Note in part only, a new Note or Notes of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in authorized denominations in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.

For all purposes of this Note and the Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption by the Company of this Note shall relate, in the case that this Note is redeemed or to be redeemed by the Company only in part to that portion of the principal amount of this Note that has been or is to be redeemed.

If an Event of Default (as set forth in the Indenture) with respect to Notes shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.

The Indenture permits, in certain circumstances therein specified, the amendment thereof without the consent of the Holders of the Securities. The Indenture also permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations under the Indenture of the Company and the rights of Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note, subject to the provisions for satisfaction and discharge in Article Four of the Indenture, shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

The Indenture permits the Company, by irrevocably depositing, in amounts and maturities sufficient to pay and discharge at the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be, the entire indebtedness on all Outstanding Notes, cash or U.S. Government Obligations with the Trustee in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of all Outstanding Notes, to defease the Indenture with respect to such Notes, and upon such deposit the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged its entire indebtedness on such Notes. Thereafter, Holders would be able to look only to such trust fund for payment of principal and interest at the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be.

As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of Notes is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of a Note for registration of transfer at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or at the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, shall be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.

No service charge shall be made by the Company, the Trustee or the Security Registrar for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture, not involving any transfer).

Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New Jersey without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.

All undefined terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:


TEN COM - as tenants in common		UNIF GIFT MIN ACT Custodian

		(Cust.) (Minor)


TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties		Under Uniform Gifts to Minor Act
		(State)

JT TEN - as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

Please Insert Social Security or Employer

Identification number of assignee

Please Print or Typewrite Name and Address

Including Postal 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:
		Signature


NOTICE:		The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Note in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.