Long-Term Debt and Liquidity Matters

Pinnacle West and APS maintain committed revolving credit facilities in order to enhance liquidity and provide credit support for their commercial paper programs, to refinance indebtedness, and for other general corporate purposes.

Pinnacle West

On July 12, 2018, Pinnacle West replaced its $200 million revolving credit facility that would have matured in May 2021, with a new $200 million facility that matures in July 2023. Pinnacle West has the option to increase the amount of the facility up to a maximum of $300 million upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. At June 30, 2018, Pinnacle West had no outstanding borrowings under its credit facility, no letters of credit outstanding and $30 million of commercial paper borrowings.

On June 28, 2018, Pinnacle West refinanced its 364-day $125 million unsecured revolving credit facility that would have matured on July 30, 2018 with a new 364-day $150 million credit facility that matures June 27, 2019. Borrowings under the facility bear interest at LIBOR plus 0.70% per annum. At June 30, 2018, Pinnacle West had $86 million outstanding under the facility.

APS

On May 30, 2018, APS purchased all $32 million of Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation Pollution Control Revenue Refunding Bonds, 2009 Series C, due 2029. These bonds were classified as current maturities of long-term debt on our Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017.

On June 26, 2018, APS repaid at maturity APS’s $50 million term loan facility.

On July 12, 2018, APS replaced its $500 million revolving credit facility that would have matured in May 2021, with a new $500 million facility that matures in July 2023.

At June 30, 2018, APS had two revolving credit facilities totaling $1 billion, including a $500 million credit facility that matures in June 2022 and the above-mentioned $500 million facility. APS may increase the amount of each facility up to a maximum of $700 million, for a total of $1.4 billion, upon the satisfaction of certain conditions and with the consent of the lenders. Interest rates are based on APS’s senior unsecured debt credit ratings. These facilities are available to support APS’s $500 million commercial paper program, for bank borrowings or for issuances of letters of credit. At June 30, 2018, APS had $500 million of commercial paper outstanding and no outstanding borrowings or letters of credit under its revolving credit facilities.

See "Financial Assurances" in Note 8 for a discussion of APS’s other outstanding letters of credit.

Debt Fair Value

Our long-term debt fair value estimates are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. The following table presents the estimated fair value of our long-term debt, including current maturities (dollars in thousands):



	As of June 30, 2018				As of December 31, 2017
	Carrying Amount		Fair Value		Carrying Amount		Fair Value
Pinnacle West	$	298,483	$	292,767	$	298,421	$	298,608
APS	4,493,042		4,660,281		4,573,292		5,006,348
Total	$	4,791,525	$	4,953,048	$	4,871,713	$	5,304,956

Debt Provisions

An existing ACC order requires APS to maintain a common equity ratio of at least 40%. As defined in the ACC order, the common equity ratio is total shareholder equity divided by the sum of total shareholder equity and long-term debt, including current maturities of long-term debt. At June 30, 2018, APS was in compliance with this common equity ratio requirement. Its total shareholder equity was approximately $5.3 billion, and total capitalization was approximately $10.0 billion. APS would be prohibited from paying dividends if the payment would reduce its total shareholder equity below approximately $4.0 billion, assuming APS’s total capitalization remains the same.