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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt

Long-Term Debt - MGE Energy and MGE.

 

a.       Long-Term Debt.

   2013  2012 
 (In thousands) MGE Energy MGE  MGE Energy MGE 
 First Mortgage Bonds: (a)          
  7.70%, 2028 Series$1,200$1,200 $1,200$1,200 
 Tax Exempt Debt:          
  3.45%, 2027 Series,          
  Industrial Development Revenue Bonds 19,300 19,300  19,300 19,300 
 Medium-Term Notes: (b)          
  5.26%, due 2017 (d) 0 0  20,000 20,000 
  5.25%, due 2017 30,000 30,000  30,000 30,000 
  6.12%, due 2028 20,000 20,000  20,000 20,000 
  7.12%, due 2032 25,000 25,000  25,000 25,000 
  6.247%, due 2037 25,000 25,000  25,000 25,000 
  Total Medium-Term Notes 100,000 100,000  120,000 120,000 
 Other Long-Term Debt: (c)          
  5.59%, due 2018 (d), (e)  20,000 20,000  40,000 40,000 
  3.38%, due 2020 (e) 15,000 15,000  15,000 15,000 
  3.09%, due 2023 (d), (e)  30,000 30,000  0 0 
  3.29%, due 2026 (d), (e)  15,000 15,000  0 0 
  5.68%, due 2033 (f) 29,797 29,797  30,000 30,000 
  5.19%, due 2033 (f) 19,857 19,857  20,000 20,000 
  5.26%, due 2040 (e) 15,000 15,000  15,000 15,000 
  5.04%, due 2040 (g) 43,472 43,472  45,138 45,138 
  4.74%, due 2041 (g) 27,167 27,167  28,167 28,167 
  4.38%, due 2042 (e) 28,000 28,000  28,000 28,000 
  4.42%, due 2043 (d), (e)  20,000 20,000  0 0 
  4.47%, due 2048 (d), (e)  20,000 20,000  0 0 
  Total Other Long-Term Debt 283,293 283,293  221,305 221,305 
  Long-term debt due within one year (4,102) (4,102)  (3,013) (3,013) 
  Unamortized discount (277) (277)  (301) (301) 
  Total Long-Term Debt$399,414$399,414 $358,491$358,491 

(a)       MGE's utility plant is subject to the lien of its Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust, under which its first mortgage bonds are issued. The Mortgage Indenture provides that dividends or any other distribution or purchase of shares may not be made if the aggregate amount thereof since December 31, 1945 would exceed the earned surplus (retained earnings) accumulated subsequent to December 31, 1945. As of December 31, 2013, approximately $305.6 million was available for the payment of dividends under this covenant.

 

(b)       The indenture under which MGE's Medium-Term notes are issued provides that those notes will be entitled to be equally and ratably secured in the event that MGE issues any additional first mortgage bonds.

 

(c)       Unsecured notes issued pursuant to various Note Purchase Agreements with one or more purchasers. The notes are not issued under, or governed by, MGE's Indenture dated as of September 1, 1998, which governs MGE's Medium-Term Notes.

 

(d)       On July 18, 2013, MGE issued $20 million in principal amount of 4.42% senior notes, Series A, due July 15, 2043 and $20 million in principal amount of 4.47% senior notes, Series B, due July 15, 2048. MGE used the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem on July 18, 2013, $20 million of its 5.26% Medium-Term Notes due September 29, 2017, and to make a $20 million partial redemption of its 5.59% Senior Notes due September 11, 2018. MGE paid a redemption price equal to the principal amount of the notes that were redeemed, plus accrued interest to the redemption date, plus a make-whole premium equal to $3.2 million and $3.6 million, for the 5.26% Medium-Term Notes due September 29, 2017 and 5.59% Senior Notes due September 11, 2018, respectively. The make-whole premiums are treated as a regulatory asset and will be amortized over the life of the Series A and Series B Notes. Any interest savings in 2013 will be deferred. There is $20 million principal amount of the 5.59% Senior Notes remaining outstanding after the redemption.

 

The Note Purchase Agreement under which the Series A and Series B Notes were issued also included the issuance on September 16, 2013, of $30 million in principal amount of 3.09% Senior Notes, Series C, due September 15, 2023 and $15 million of 3.29% Senior Notes, Series D, due September 15, 2026. The Series C Notes and the Series D Notes carry interest rates of 3.09% per annum and 3.29% per annum, respectively. The proceeds of the Notes were used and are expected to continue to be used to help finance the Columbia environmental project.

 

(e)       Issued by MGE. Under that Note Purchase Agreement: (i) note holders have the right to require MGE to repurchase their notes at par in the event of an acquisition of beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the outstanding voting stock of MGE Energy, (ii) MGE must maintain a ratio of its consolidated indebtedness to consolidated total capitalization not to exceed a maximum of 65%, and (iii) MGE cannot issue "Priority Debt" in an amount exceeding 20% of its consolidated assets. Priority Debt is defined as any indebtedness of MGE secured by liens other than specified liens permitted by the Note Purchase Agreement and certain unsecured indebtedness of certain subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2013, MGE is in compliance with the covenant requirements.

 

(f)       Issued by MGE Power West Campus. The Note Purchase Agreements require it to maintain a projected debt service coverage ratio of not less than 1.25 to 1.00, and debt to total capitalization ratio of not more than .65 to 1.00. The notes are secured by a collateral assignment of lease payments that MGE is making to MGE Power West Campus for use of its ownership interest in the West Campus Cogeneration Facility pursuant to a long-term lease. As of December 31, 2013, MGE Power West Campus is in compliance with the covenant requirements.

 

(g)       Issued by MGE Power Elm Road. The Note Purchase Agreement requires MGE Power Elm Road to maintain a projected and actual debt service coverage ratio at the end of any calendar quarter of not less than 1.25 to 1.00 for the trailing 12-month period. The notes are secured by a collateral assignment of lease payments that MGE is making to MGE Power Elm Road for use of its ownership interest in the Elm Road Units pursuant to long-term leases. As of December 31, 2013, MGE Power Elm Road is in compliance with the covenant requirements.

 

b.       Long-Term Debt Maturities.

 

Below is MGE Energy's and MGE's aggregate maturities for all long-term debt for years following the December 31, 2013, consolidated balance sheets.

   MGE   
 (In thousands) Energy MGE * 
 2014$4,102$4,102 
 2015 4,182 4,182 
 2016 4,268 4,268 
 2017 34,358 34,358 
 2018 24,452 24,452 
 Future years 332,431 332,431 
 Total$403,793$403,793 

*Includes $29.8 million and $19.9 million for MGE Power West Campus, and $43.5 million and $27.2 million for MGE Power Elm Road, all of which are consolidated with MGE's debt (see Footnote 2 for further information).