Moody’s Investors Service lowered its rating by three notches to A3 from Aa3 and assigned a negative outlook to Brainerd, Minn.’s $8.9 million of outstanding electric utility revenue bonds. The city issued the debt in 2007. The bonds are secured by net revenues of the electric utility.
Analysts said their action reflects the utility’s failure to meet its rate covenant in fiscal 2011, weak financial operations pressured by increasing purchase power costs, and an unwillingness to adjust rates.
The replacement Hollywood Burbank Airport terminal won't have more gates, but will be less cramped and resolve its noncompliance with FAA safety regulations.
"Folloing recent yield moves, a generic muni index is now down 1% on the month with no real sub-sector showing much deviation from that result," said Kim Olsan, senior vice president of trading at FHN Financial.
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As the nation's fourth largest city faces a growing structural budget deficit, it is also expecting to issue more than $3 billion of debt for its airport, water and sewer system, convention center, as well as to fund a settlement with firefighters and for cash-flow purposes.
The extension of the current solar net metering system could lower revenue for the utility.
The finance team is "marketing slices of risk" to raise money to refinance its debt, investors said.
