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Debt and Credit Facilities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt And Credit Facilities
DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT DEBT ISSUANCES
The following table summarizes significant debt issuances (in millions).
 
 
 
 
 
Six Months Ended
 
 
 
 
 
June 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Maturity
 
Interest

 
Duke

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

Issuance Date
Date
 
Rate

 
Energy

 
(Parent)

 
Carolinas

 
Florida

 
Ohio

 
Indiana

Unsecured
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
April 2016(a)
April 2023
 
2.875
%
 
$
350

 
$
350

 
$

 
$

 
$

 
$

First Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
March 2016(b)
March 2023

2.500
%
 
500

 

 
500

 

 

 

March 2016(b)
March 2046

3.875
%
 
500

 

 
500

 

 

 

May 2016(c)
May 2046

3.750
%

500



 

 

 

 
500

June 2016(b)
June 2046

3.700
%

250



 

 

 
250

 

Secured Debt



 


 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
June 2016(d)
March 2020

1.196
%
 
183

 

 

 
183

 

 

June 2016(d)
September 2022

1.731
%

150



 

 
150

 

 

June 2016(d)
September 2029
 
2.538
%
 
436

 

 

 
436

 

 

June 2016(d)
March 2033

2.858
%
 
250

 

 

 
250

 

 

June 2016(d)
September 2036

3.112
%
 
275

 

 

 
275

 

 

Total issuances
 
 
 
 
$
3,394

 
$
350


$
1,000

 
$
1,294


$
250


$
500

(a)
Proceeds were used to pay down outstanding commercial paper and for general corporate purposes.
(b)
Proceeds were used to fund capital expenditures for ongoing construction, capital maintenance and for general corporate purposes.
(c)
Proceeds were used to repay $325 million of unsecured debt due June 2016, $150 million of first mortgage bonds due July 2016 and for general corporate purposes.
(d)
Proceeds from the nuclear asset recovery bonds issued by DEFPF, a bankruptcy remote subsidiary of Duke Energy Florida, were used to acquire nuclear asset-recovery property from its parent, Duke Energy Florida. The nuclear asset-recovery bonds are payable only from and secured by the nuclear asset-recovery property. DEFPF is consolidated for financial reporting purposes; however, the nuclear asset-recovery bonds do not constitute a debt, liability or other legal obligation of, or interest in, Duke Energy Florida or any of its affiliates other than DEFPF. The assets of DEFPF, including the nuclear asset-recovery property, are not available to pay creditors of Duke Energy Florida or any of its affiliates. Duke Energy Florida used the proceeds from the sale to repay short-term borrowings under the intercompany money pool borrowing arrangement and make an equity distribution of $649 million to the ultimate parent, Duke Energy (Parent), which repaid short-term borrowings. The nuclear asset-recovery bonds are sequential pay amortizing bonds. The maturity date above represents the scheduled final maturity date for the bonds. See Notes 4 and 12 for additional information.
CURRENT MATURITIES OF LONG-TERM DEBT
The following table shows the significant components of Current maturities of long-term debt on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Duke Energy Registrants currently anticipate satisfying these obligations with cash on hand and proceeds from additional borrowings.
(in millions)
Maturity Date
 
Interest Rate

 
June 30, 2016

Unsecured Debt
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Energy (Parent)
November 2016
 
2.150
%
 
$
500

Duke Energy (Parent)
April 2017
 
1.009
%
 
400

Duke Energy
May 2017
 
15.530
%
 
56

Secured Debt
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Energy
June 2017
 
2.075
%
 
45

First Mortgage Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Energy Indiana
July 2016
 
0.979
%
 
150

Duke Energy Carolinas
December 2016
 
1.750
%
 
350

Duke Energy Progress
March 2017
 
0.880
%
 
250

Tax-exempt Bonds
 
 
 
 
 
Duke Energy Carolinas
February 2017
 
3.600
%
 
77

Duke Energy Ohio(a)
August 2027
 
1.280
%
 
50

Duke Energy Indiana(b)
May 2035
 
1.092
%
 
44

Other(c)
 
 
 
 
420

Current maturities of long-term debt
 
 
 
 
$
2,342


(a)
Represents Duke Energy Kentucky's bonds with a mandatory put in December 2016.
(b)
The bonds have a mandatory put in December 2016.
(c)
Includes capital lease obligations, amortizing debt and small bullet maturities.
AVAILABLE CREDIT FACILITIES
Master Credit Facility
Duke Energy has a Master Credit Facility with a capacity of $7.5 billion through January 2020. The Duke Energy Registrants, excluding Progress Energy (Parent), have borrowing capacity under the Master Credit Facility up to a specified sublimit for each borrower. Duke Energy has the unilateral ability at any time to increase or decrease the borrowing sublimits of each borrower, subject to a maximum sublimit for each borrower. The amount available under the Master Credit Facility has been reduced to backstop issuances of commercial paper, certain letters of credit and variable-rate demand tax-exempt bonds that may be put to the Duke Energy Registrants at the option of the holder. Duke Energy Carolinas and Duke Energy Progress are also required to each maintain $250 million of available capacity under the Master Credit Facility as security to meet obligations under plea agreements reached with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2015 related to violations at North Carolina facilities with ash basins. The table below includes the current borrowing sublimits and available capacity under the Master Credit Facility.
 
June 30, 2016
 


 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Duke

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

 
Energy

(in millions)
Energy

 
(Parent)

 
Carolinas

 
Progress

 
Florida

 
Ohio

 
Indiana

Facility size(a)
$
7,500

 
$
3,475

 
$
800

 
$
1,000

 
$
1,200

 
$
425

 
$
600

Reduction to backstop issuances
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commercial paper(b)
(1,673
)
 
(992
)
 
(300
)
 
(159
)
 
(47
)
 
(25
)
 
(150
)
Outstanding letters of credit
(77
)
 
(70
)
 
(4
)
 
(2
)
 
(1
)
 

 

Tax-exempt bonds
(116
)
 

 
(35
)
 

 

 

 
(81
)
Coal ash set-aside
(500
)
 

 
(250
)
 
(250
)
 

 

 

Available capacity
$
5,134


$
2,413


$
211


$
589


$
1,152


$
400


$
369

(a)
Represents the sublimit of each borrower.
(b)
Duke Energy issued $625 million of commercial paper and loaned the proceeds through the money pool to Duke Energy Carolinas, Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Ohio and Duke Energy Indiana. The balances are classified as Long-Term Debt Payable to Affiliated Companies in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Piedmont Bridge Facility
In connection with the Merger Agreement with Piedmont, Duke Energy entered into a $4.9 billion Bridge Facility with Barclays. The Bridge Facility, if drawn upon, may be used (i) to fund the cash consideration for the transaction and (ii) to pay certain fees and expenses in connection with the transaction. In November 2015, Barclays syndicated its commitment under the Bridge Facility to a broader group of lenders. Duke Energy does not expect to draw upon the Bridge Facility. The amount of the Bridge Facility is reduced by any financings related to the Piedmont acquisition entered into by Duke Energy, and has accordingly been reduced to approximately $3.2 billion as a result of the Equity Forwards described in Note 13 and $1 billion of commitments under a term loan amended and restated as of August 1, 2016, described below. Refer to Note 2 for additional information on the Piedmont acquisition.
Term Loan Facility
On February 22, 2016, Duke Energy entered into a six-month term loan facility with commitments totaling $1.0 billion (the February 2016 Term Loan). As of June 30, 2016, $100 million was outstanding under the February 2016 Term Loan. On August 1, 2016, Duke Energy and each of the lenders under the February 2016 Term Loan amended and restated certain terms of this facility, resulting in aggregate commitments of $1.5 billion and extending the maturity date to July 31, 2017. 
As of August 1, 2016, $100 million has been drawn under the amended and restated term loan (the August 2016 Term Loan). The remaining $1.4 billion of commitments under the August 2016 Term Loan can be drawn in up to two separate borrowings, which must occur no later than 90 calendar days following August 1, 2016. Any borrowings under the August 2016 Term Loan will be used to manage short-term liquidity, including funding a portion of the Piedmont acquisition, and for general corporate purposes. The terms and conditions of the August 2016 Term Loan are generally consistent with those governing Duke Energy’s Master Credit Facility.
Solar Facilities Financing
In August 2016, Emerald State Solar, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Duke Energy, entered into a portfolio financing of approximately 22 North Carolina Solar facilities. The $333 million term loan facility consists of Tranche A of $228 million due in June 2034 secured by substantially all the assets of the solar facilities and Tranche B of $105 million due in June 2020 secured by an Equity Contribution Agreement with Duke Energy. The initial interest rate on the loans is six months London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin. The initial applicable margin is 1.75 percent with 0.125 percent increases every three years thereafter. In connection with this debt issuance, Emerald State Solar, LLC entered into two interest rate swaps to convert the substantial majority of the loan interest payments from variable rates to fixed rates of approximately 1.81 percent for Tranche A and 1.38 percent for Tranche B, plus the applicable margin.