Refinancing

Sempra Energy Looks to Sell, or Refinance Texas Power Assets

Historic high fossil fuel commodity prices have prompted San Diego, CA-based Sempra Energy to consider selling or refinancing all of its Texas power generation assets, including two large coal-fired plants. With continued favorable market conditions, Sempra said it would complete the transactions next year. At stake are more than 2,000 MW and hundreds of millions of dollars.

December 19, 2005

Dynegy Re-Audit Shows $242M Overstatement in ’01

With the ink from its refinancing agreement dry, Dynegy Inc. on Friday filed its complete re-audit for 2002 and its amended 2001 financial statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which indicate the company overstated its earnings by $242 million in 2001.

April 14, 2003

Aquila Refinances $630M, But S&P Frowns on Challenging Restructuring Plan

Aquila Inc. completed a $630 million refinancing package on Friday, including a one-year $200 million loan to its Australian subsidiary, UtiliCorp Australia Inc., but its corporate credit rating was downgraded to “B” from “B+” by Standard and Poor’s (S&P), reflecting concerns about the company’s heavy reliance on asset sales to reduce debt levels and its projected weak cash flows from operations. S&P assigned a “B+” rating to Aquila’s three-year $430 million senior secured credit facility.

April 14, 2003