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Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Debt

NOTE 4: DEBT

 

Revolving Credit Facilities and Commercial Paper Program

 

  The following table summarizes PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s outstanding borrowings under their revolving credit facilities and commercial paper programs at March 31, 2015:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Letters of

 

 

 

 

 

Termination

 

Facility

 

Credit

 

Commercial

 

Facility

(in millions)

Date

 

Limit

 

Outstanding

 

Paper

 

Availability

PG&E Corporation

April 2019

 

$

300 

(1)

$

- 

 

$

- 

 

$

300 

Utility

April 2019

 

 

3,000 

(2)

 

33 

 

 

556 

 

 

2,411 

Total revolving

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

credit facilities

 

 

$

3,300 

 

$

33 

 

$

556 

 

$

2,711 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes a $100 million sublimit for letters of credit and a $100 million commitment for “swingline” loans defined as loans that are made available on a same-day basis and are repayable in full within 7 days.

(2) Includes a $1.0 billion sublimit for letters of credit and a $300 million commitment for swingline loans.

 

PG&E Corporation and the Utility can issue commercial paper up to the maximum amounts of $300 million and $1.75 billion, respectively.  PG&E Corporation and the Utility treat the amount of outstanding commercial paper as a reduction to the amount available under their respective revolving credit facilities.

 

On April 27, 2015, PG&E Corporation and the Utility amended and restated their respective $300 million and $3.0 billion revolving credit facilities that were entered into on April 1, 2013.  The amendments and restatements extended the termination dates of the credit facilities from April 1, 2019 to April 27, 2020, reduced the amount of lender commitments to the letter of credit sublimits from $100 million to $50 million for PG&E Corporation’s credit facility and from $1.0 billion to $500 million for the Utility’s credit facility, and reduced the swingline commitment on the Utility’s credit facility from $300 million to $75 million.

 

Borrowings under each amended and restated credit agreement (other than swing line loans) will bear interest based, at each borrower’s election, on (1) a London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin or (2) the base rate plus an applicable margin. The base rate will equal the higher of the following: the administrative agent’s announced base rate, 0.5% above the overnight federal funds rate, and the one-month LIBOR plus an applicable margin.  The applicable margin for LIBOR loans will range between 0.9% and 1.475% under PG&E Corporation’s amended and restated credit agreement and between 0.8% and 1.275% under the Utility’s amended and restated credit agreement.  The applicable margin for base rate loans will range between 0% and 0.475% under PG&E Corporation’s amended and restated credit agreement and between 0% and 0.275% under the Utility’s amended and restated credit agreement.  In addition, the facility fee under PG&E Corporation’s and the Utility’s amended and restated credit agreements will range between 0.1% and 0.275% and between 0.075% and 0.225%, respectively.

 

Pollution Control Bonds

 

At March 31, 2015, the interest rates on the $614 million principal amount of pollution control bonds Series 1996 C, E, F, and 1997 B and the related loan agreements ranged from 0.01% to 0.02%.  At March 31, 2015, the interest rates on the $309 million principal amount of pollution control bonds Series 2009 A-D and the related loan agreements ranged from 0.01% to 0.03%.