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Rating Action:

Moody's upgrades most senior secured ratings of investment-grade regulated utilities by one notch

03 Aug 2009

Approximately $91 billion of debt securities upgraded

New York, August 03, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the majority of senior secured debt ratings of investment-grade regulated utilities by one notch. The senior secured debt upgraded includes first mortgage bonds, other first lien mortgage bonds, and securities backed by first lien mortgage bonds.

"This rating action widens the notching between most senior secured debt ratings and senior unsecured debt ratings of investment-grade regulated utilities to two notches from one previously," said Moody's Vice President-Senior Credit Officer Michael Haggarty. "The wider notching is based on our analysis of the history of regulated utility defaults, which indicates that regulated utilities have defaulted at a lower rate and experienced lower loss given default rates than non-financial, non-utility corporate issuers."

This historical analysis was outlined in "Default, Recovery, and Credit Loss Rates for Regulated Utilities, 1983-2008," a report published by Moody's in April along with a request for comment to market participants on the possible implementation of wider notching of ratings in the utility sector.

"The study of defaults and the significant disparity in the magnitude of loss given defaults provides a compelling rationale for placing an additional notch between the senior secured and senior unsecured ratings," said Haggarty. There are certain limited exceptions to the wider notching, including senior secured ratings currently under review for possible downgrade or issuers with negative rating outlooks.

For more information, please see "Proposed Wider Notching Between Certain Senior Secured Debt Ratings and Senior Unsecured Debt Ratings for Investment Grade Regulated Utilities," Moody's Special Comment, May 2009.

Senior secured debt ratings upgraded include:

ALLETE, Inc. upgraded to A2 from A3

Avista Corp., upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Black Hills Power, Inc., upgraded to A3 from Baa1

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Central Illinois Public Service Company, upgraded to Baa2 from Baa3

Central Maine Power Company, upgraded to A2 from A3

Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company (The), upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Colonial Gas Company, upgraded to A1 from A2

Commonwealth Edison Company, upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Connecticut Light & Power, upgraded to A2 from A3

Consumers Energy Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Dayton Power & Light Company, upgraded to Aa3 from A1

Delmarva Power & Light Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Detroit Edison Company (The), upgraded to A2 from A3

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC, upgraded to A1 from A2

Duke Energy Indiana, Inc., upgraded to A2 from A3

Duke Energy Ohio, Inc., upgraded to A2 from A3

Duquesne Light Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Entergy Arkansas, Inc., upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Entergy Gulf States Louisiana, LLC, upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Entergy Louisiana, LLC, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Entergy Mississippi, Inc., upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Entergy Texas, Inc., upgraded to Baa2 from Baa3

Florida Power & Light Company, upgraded to Aa2 from Aa3

Green Mountain Power Corporation, upgraded to A2 from A3

Illinois Power Company, upgraded to Baa2 from Baa3

Indianapolis Power & Light Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

International Transmission Company, upgraded to A2 from A3

ITC Midwest LLC, upgraded to A2 from A3

Jersey Central Power & Light Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Kansas Gas and Electric Company, upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Laclede Gas Company, upgraded to A2 from A3

Massachusetts Electric Company, upgraded to A1 from A2

Metropolitan Edison Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

Michigan Consolidated Gas Company, upgraded to A2 from A3

Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC, upgraded to A2 from A3

Monongahela Power Company, upgraded to Baa1 from Baa2

Narragansett Electric Company, upgraded to A1 from A2

New Jersey-American Water Company, Inc., upgraded to A2 from A3

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, upgraded to A1 from A2

Northern Illinois Gas Company, upgraded to Aa3 from A1

Northern States Power Company (Minnesota), upgraded to A1 from A2

Northern States Power Company (Wisconsin), upgraded to A1 from A2

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Pennsylvania Electric Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

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Progress Energy Carolinas, Inc., upgraded to A1 from A2

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San Diego Gas & Electric Company, upgraded to Aa3 from A1

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Southern California Edison Company, upgraded to A1 from A2

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Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Company, upgraded to A2 from A3

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Union Electric Company, upgraded to A3 from Baa1

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Senior secured shelf ratings upgraded include:

El Paso Electric Company, upgraded to (P)A3 from (P)Baa1

Virginia Electric and Power Company, upgraded to (P)A2 from (P)A3

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Michael G. Haggarty
VP - Senior Credit Officer
Global Infrastructure Finance
Moody's Investors Service
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William L. Hess
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Global Infrastructure Finance
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