Utilities

Dan Aschenbach and Namsoo Lee created Municipal Financial Solutions Associates to help utilities manage the changing economic and regulatory landscape.

Higher borrowing costs without the tax exemption could force public water, sewer and power providers to raise rates, neglect infrastructure, or sell systems.

Plaintiffs are challenging Oconee County's use of general obligation bonds repaid by taxpayers countywide to fund sewer improvements serving a small area.

The bonds, which are expected to sell soon, are rated A1 by Moody's Ratings.

The series 2025B Black Belt Energy Gas District bonds are rated Baa1 by Moody's Ratings based on Deutsche Bank's key role in the transaction.

With at least one important aquifer reaching peak allowable draw this year, Florida's water utilities are looking at a variety of infrastructure approaches.

Management is hiring a municipal advisor to evaluate its financial strategy.

S&P Global Ratings revised the outlook on Southern California Edison and its parent company citing the potential depletion of the state's bond wildfire fund.

Two public electric utilities in Los Angeles County received negative outlooks from S&P citing costs, liabilities, and litigation stemming from wildfires.

The introduction of new engines in a northern power plant and the opening of a solar farm in the south have reduced the authority's operating costs.