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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

[X] Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007

or

[  ] Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from ______ to _______

Commission
 
Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter
 
IRS Employer
File Number
 
State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization
 
Identification No.
 
1-5152
 
PacifiCorp
 
93-0246090
   
(An Oregon Corporation)
   
   
825 N.E. Multnomah Street
   
   
Portland, Oregon 97232
   
   
503-813-5000
   
 
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes  T  No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See the definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ¨
Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  T

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes  ¨  No  T

As of October 31, 2007, all 357,060,915 outstanding shares of PacifiCorp’s common stock were indirectly owned by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company.




TABLE OF CONTENTS


 
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 





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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.                 Financial Statements.


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of PacifiCorp:

We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries (“PacifiCorp”) as of September 30, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. These interim financial statements are the responsibility of PacifiCorp’s management.

We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to such consolidated interim financial statements for them to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries as of December 31, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of income, common shareholder’s equity and comprehensive income, and of cash flows for the nine-month period then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated February 27, 2007, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements, which included an explanatory paragraph related to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans – an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R). In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2006, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.






/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP


Portland, Oregon
November 2, 2007


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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

   
Three-Month Periods
   
Nine-Month Periods
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Revenues
  $
1,137
    $
1,097
    $
3,190
    $
3,187
 
                                 
Operating expenses:
                               
Energy costs
   
487
     
567
     
1,327
     
1,451
 
Operations and maintenance
   
230
     
253
     
747
     
787
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
125
     
118
     
368
     
347
 
Taxes, other than income taxes
   
26
     
27
     
77
     
77
 
Total
   
868
     
965
     
2,519
     
2,662
 
                                 
Income from operations
   
269
     
132
     
671
     
525
 
                                 
Interest and other expense (income):
                               
Interest expense
   
76
     
72
     
230
     
210
 
Interest income
    (3 )     (3 )     (10 )     (7 )
Allowance for borrowed funds
    (8 )     (6 )     (24 )     (16 )
Allowance for equity funds
    (11 )     (6 )     (28 )     (18 )
Other
   
2
      (1 )    
-
      (3 )
Total
   
56
     
56
     
168
     
166
 
                                 
Income before income tax expense
   
213
     
76
     
503
     
359
 
Income tax expense
   
78
     
17
     
164
     
110
 
Net income
  $
135
    $
59
    $
339
    $
249
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.




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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

   
As of
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
       
ASSETS
 
             
Current assets:
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $
56
    $
59
 
Accounts receivable, net
   
406
     
342
 
Unbilled revenue
   
182
     
178
 
Amounts due from affiliates
   
15
     
53
 
Inventories at average costs:
               
Materials and supplies
   
162
     
140
 
Fuel
   
127
     
104
 
Derivative contracts
   
140
     
151
 
Deferred income taxes
   
75
     
28
 
Other
   
124
     
57
 
Total current assets
   
1,287
     
1,112
 
                 
Property, plant and equipment
   
16,866
     
15,843
 
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (6,081 )     (5,842 )
     
10,785
     
10,001
 
Construction work-in-progress
   
787
     
809
 
Total property, plant and equipment, net
   
11,572
     
10,810
 
                 
Other assets:
               
Regulatory assets
   
1,318
     
1,397
 
Derivative contracts
   
178
     
235
 
Deferred charges and other
   
282
     
298
 
Total other assets
   
1,778
     
1,930
 
                 
Total assets
  $
14,637
    $
13,852
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited) (continued)
(Amounts in millions)

   
As of
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
   
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
             
Current liabilities:
           
Accounts payable
  $
401
    $
385
 
Amounts due to affiliates
   
2
     
1
 
Accrued employee expenses
   
118
     
85
 
Taxes payable, other than income taxes
   
63
     
30
 
Interest payable
   
78
     
57
 
Derivative contracts
   
160
     
110
 
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, currently maturing
   
413
     
127
 
Preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption, currently maturing
   
-
     
38
 
Short-term debt
   
206
     
397
 
Other
   
136
     
135
 
Total current liabilities
   
1,577
     
1,365
 
                 
Deferred credits:
               
Deferred income taxes
   
1,665
     
1,641
 
Investment tax credits
   
56
     
62
 
Regulatory liabilities
   
794
     
822
 
Derivative contracts
   
459
     
504
 
Pension and other post employment liabilities
   
513
     
691
 
Other
   
427
     
374
 
Total deferred credits
   
3,914
     
4,094
 
                 
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations, net of current maturities
   
4,166
     
3,967
 
Total liabilities
   
9,657
     
9,426
 
                 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
               
                 
Shareholders’ equity:
               
Preferred stock
   
41
     
41
 
Common equity:
               
Common shareholder’s capital - 750 shares authorized, no par value, 357 shares issued and outstanding
   
3,804
     
3,600
 
Retained earnings
   
1,139
     
789
 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
    (4 )     (4 )
Total common equity
   
4,939
     
4,385
 
Total shareholders’ equity
   
4,980
     
4,426
 
                 
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
  $
14,637
    $
13,852
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(Amounts in millions)

   
Nine-Month Periods
 
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
             
Cash flows from operating activities:
           
 Net income
  $
339
    $
249
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
               
Unrealized loss (gain) on derivative contracts, net
    (4 )    
45
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
368
     
347
 
Deferred income taxes and investment tax credits, net
   
17
      (32 )
Regulatory asset/liability establishment and amortization
    (37 )    
22
 
Other
   
11
     
33
 
Changes in:
               
Accounts receivable, net and other assets
    (76 )     (67 )
Inventories
    (45 )     (38 )
Amounts due to/from affiliates - MEHC, net
   
39
     
-
 
Accounts payable and other liabilities
   
38
     
117
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
650
     
676
 
                 
Cash flows from investing activities:
               
Capital expenditures
    (1,136 )     (1,113 )
Proceeds from sale of assets
   
9
     
-
 
Proceeds from available-for-sale securities
   
22
     
78
 
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
    (19 )     (80 )
Other
   
12
      (7 )
Net cash used in investing activities
    (1,112 )     (1,122 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities:
               
Changes in short-term debt
    (191 )     (135 )
Proceeds from long-term debt, net of issuance costs
   
599
     
346
 
Proceeds from equity contributions
   
200
     
255
 
Dividends paid
    (2 )     (18 )
Repayments and redemptions on long-term debt, preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption and capital lease obligations
    (153 )     (108 )
Other
   
6
     
10
 
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
459
     
350
 
                 
Change in cash and cash equivalents
    (3 )     (96 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
   
59
     
164
 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
  $
56
    $
68
 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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PACIFICORP AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

(1)           General

PacifiCorp (which includes PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries) is a United States electric utility company serving retail customers in portions of the states of Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho and California. PacifiCorp generates electricity and also engages in electricity sales and purchases on a wholesale basis. The subsidiaries of PacifiCorp support its electric utility operations by providing coal mining facilities and services and environmental remediation. PacifiCorp is an indirect subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (“MEHC”), a holding company based in Des Moines, Iowa, owning subsidiaries that are principally engaged in energy businesses. MEHC is a consolidated subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire Hathaway”).

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) rules and regulations for Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for annual financial statements. Management believes the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for fair presentation of the financial statements as of September 30, 2007, and for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. A portion of PacifiCorp’s business is of a seasonal nature and, therefore, results of operations for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

The accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries in which it holds a controlling financial interest. Intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated.

The preparation of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results may differ from the estimates used in preparing the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements. Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006, describes the most significant accounting estimates and policies used in the preparation of the Consolidated Financial Statements. There have been no significant changes in PacifiCorp’s assumptions regarding significant accounting policies during the first nine months of 2007, except as described in Note 2.

(2)           New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”). PacifiCorp adopted the provisions of FIN 48 effective January 1, 2007. Under FIN 48, tax benefits are recognized only for tax positions that are more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by tax authorities. The amount recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement. Unrecognized tax benefits are tax benefits claimed in PacifiCorp’s tax returns that do not meet these recognition and measurements standards.

As of January 1, 2007, PacifiCorp had an asset of $22 million for uncertain tax positions. PacifiCorp recognized a net increase in the asset of $22 million as a cumulative effect of adopting FIN 48, which was offset by increases in beginning retained earnings of $13 million and deferred income tax liabilities of $9 million in the Consolidated Balance Sheet. The $22 million as of January 1, 2007, was included in other deferred credits in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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Included in the asset of $22 million is $14 million of net uncertain tax positions that, if recognized, would have an impact on the effective tax rate. The remaining amounts relate to tax positions for which ultimate deductibility is highly certain but for which there is uncertainty as to the timing of such deductibility. Recognition of these tax positions, other than applicable interest and penalties, would not affect PacifiCorp’s effective tax rate. PacifiCorp recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. As of January 1, 2007, PacifiCorp had $7 million accrued for the receipt of interest, which is included in the asset for uncertain tax positions.

Prior to 2006, PacifiCorp filed income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. The U.S. Internal Revenue Service has closed examination of PacifiCorp’s income tax returns through its tax year ended March 31, 2000. In addition, open tax years related to a number of state jurisdictions remain subject to examination. As a result of the sale of PacifiCorp to MEHC on March 21, 2006, Berkshire Hathaway commenced including PacifiCorp in its U.S. federal income tax returns.

In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities - including an amendment to SFAS No. 115” (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to elect to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Upon adoption of SFAS No. 159, an entity may elect the fair value option for eligible items that exist at the adoption date. Subsequent to the initial adoption, the election of the fair value option should only be made at initial recognition of the asset or liability or upon a remeasurement event that gives rise to new-basis accounting. The decision about whether to elect the fair value option is applied on an instrument-by-instrument basis, is irrevocable and is applied only to an entire instrument and not only to specified risks, cash flows or portions of that instrument. SFAS No. 159 does not affect any existing accounting standards that require certain assets and liabilities to be carried at fair value nor does it eliminate disclosure requirements included in other accounting standards. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. PacifiCorp does not anticipate electing the fair value option for any existing eligible items. However, PacifiCorp will continue to evaluate items on a case-by-case basis for consideration of the fair value option.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (“SFAS No. 157”). SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not impose fair value measurements on items not already accounted for at fair value; rather, it applies, with certain exceptions, to other accounting pronouncements that either require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years. PacifiCorp is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its consolidated financial position and results of operations.

(3)           Recent Debt Transactions

In October 2007, PacifiCorp entered into a new unsecured revolving credit facility with total bank commitments of $700 million. The facility will support PacifiCorp's commercial paper program and terminates on October 23, 2012. Terms and conditions, including borrowing rates, are substantially similar to PacifiCorp's existing revolving credit facility.

In October 2007, PacifiCorp issued $600 million of its 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds due October 15, 2037. The proceeds will be used to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

In June 2007, PacifiCorp redeemed $38 million of outstanding preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption, representing the remaining outstanding shares of PacifiCorp’s $7.48 No Par Serial Preferred Stock series.

In March 2007, PacifiCorp issued $600 million of its 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds due April 1, 2037. The proceeds were used to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

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(4)           Risk Management and Hedging Activities

PacifiCorp is exposed to the impact of market fluctuations in commodity prices, principally natural gas and electricity. Interest rate risk exists on variable rate debt, commercial paper and future debt issuances. PacifiCorp employs established policies and procedures to manage its risks associated with these market fluctuations using various commodity and financial derivative instruments, including forward contracts, swaps and options. The risk management process established by PacifiCorp is designed to identify, assess, monitor, report, manage and mitigate each of the various types of risk involved in its business. PacifiCorp’s portfolio of energy derivatives is substantially used for non-trading purposes. As of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, PacifiCorp had no financial derivatives in effect relating to interest rate exposure.

The following table summarizes the various derivative mark-to-market positions included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2007 (in millions):

                           
Accumulated
 
                     
Regulatory
   
Other
 
   
Derivative Net Assets (Liabilities)
   
Net Assets
   
Comprehensive
 
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Net
   
(Liabilities)
   
(Income) Loss (1)
 
                               
Commodity
  $
314
    $ (619 )   $ (305 )   $
311
    $ (3 )
Foreign currency
   
4
     
-
     
4
      (4 )    
-
 
Total
  $
318
    $ (619 )   $ (301 )   $
307
    $ (3 )
                                         
Current
  $
140
    $ (160 )   $ (20 )                
Non-current
   
178
      (459 )     (281 )                
Total
  $
318
    $ (619 )   $ (301 )                

(1)
Before income taxes.

The following table summarizes the various derivative mark-to-market positions included in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2006 (in millions):

                           
Accumulated
 
                     
Regulatory
   
Other
 
   
Derivative Net Assets (Liabilities)
   
Net Assets
   
Comprehensive
 
   
Assets
   
Liabilities
   
Net
   
(Liabilities)
   
(Income) Loss (1)
 
                               
Commodity
  $
383
    $ (614 )   $ (231 )   $
233
    $ (3 )
Foreign currency
   
3
     
-
     
3
      (3 )    
-
 
Total
  $
386
    $ (614 )   $ (228 )   $
230
    $ (3 )
                                         
Current
  $
151
    $ (110 )   $
41
                 
Non-current
   
235
      (504 )     (269 )                
Total
  $
386
    $ (614 )   $ (228 )                

(1)
Before income taxes.


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The following table summarizes the amount of the pre-tax unrealized gains and losses included within the Consolidated Statements of Income associated with changes in the fair value of PacifiCorp’s derivative contracts that are not included in rates (in millions):

   
Three-Month Periods
   
Nine-Month Periods
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Revenues
  $ (3 )   $
81
    $
22
    $
333
 
Operating expenses:
                               
Energy costs
   
9
      (146 )     (18 )     (376 )
Operations and maintenance
   
-
      (1 )    
-
      (2 )
Total unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts
  $
6
    $ (66 )   $
4
    $ (45 )

(5)           Commitments and Contingencies

Environmental Matters

PacifiCorp is subject to numerous federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, including the Clean Air Act, related air quality standards promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and various state air quality laws; the Endangered Species Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, relating to environmental cleanups; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and similar state laws relating to the storage and handling of hazardous materials; and the Clean Water Act, and similar state laws relating to water quality. These laws have the potential to impact PacifiCorp’s current and future operations. Current and future Clean Air Act and associated requirements will impact the operations of PacifiCorp’s generating facilities and will require PacifiCorp to reduce sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and mercury emissions from current levels through the installation of additional or improved emission controls, the purchase of additional emission allowances, or some combination thereof. PacifiCorp is also subject to various state renewables portfolio standards. The cost of complying with applicable environmental laws, regulations and rules is expected to be material to PacifiCorp’s generation facilities. Additionally, the adoption of stringent limits on greenhouse emissions could significantly impact PacifiCorp’s fossil-fueled facilities, and, therefore, its financial results. PacifiCorp believes it is in material compliance with current environmental requirements.

Accrued Environmental Costs

PacifiCorp is fully or partly responsible for environmental remediation at various contaminated sites, including sites that are or were part of PacifiCorp’s operations and sites owned by third parties. PacifiCorp accrues environmental remediation expenses when the expense is believed to be probable and can be reasonably estimated. The quantification of environmental exposures is based on many factors, including changing laws and regulations, advancements in environmental technologies, the quality of available site-specific information, site investigation results, expected remediation or settlement timelines, PacifiCorp’s proportionate responsibility, contractual indemnities and coverage provided by insurance policies. The liability recorded as of September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $23 million and $40 million, respectively, and is included in other liabilities and other deferred credits on the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. Environmental remediation liabilities that separately result from the normal operation of long-lived assets and that are associated with the retirement of those assets are separately accounted for as asset retirement obligations.

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    Hydroelectric Relicensing

PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric portfolio consists of 48 plants with an aggregate plant net owned capacity of 1,158 megawatts (“MW”). The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the “FERC”) regulates 98% of the net capacity of this portfolio through 18 individual licenses. Several of PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric projects are in some stage of relicensing with the FERC. Hydroelectric relicensing and the related environmental compliance requirements and litigation are subject to uncertainties. PacifiCorp expects that future costs relating to these matters may be significant and will consist primarily of additional relicensing costs, operations and maintenance expense, and capital expenditures. Electricity generation reductions may result from the additional environmental requirements. PacifiCorp had incurred $86 million and $79 million in costs at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, for ongoing hydroelectric relicensing, which are reflected in construction work-in-progress on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In February 2004, PacifiCorp filed with the FERC a final application for a new license to operate the 169-MW nameplate-rated Klamath hydroelectric project in anticipation of the March 2006 expiration of the existing license. PacifiCorp is currently operating under an annual license issued by the FERC and expects to continue to operate under annual licenses until the new operating license is issued. In January 2007, as part of the relicensing process, the United States Departments of Interior and Commerce filed modified terms and conditions consistent with the March 2006 filings, which proposed that PacifiCorp construct upstream and downstream fish passage facilities at the Klamath hydroelectric project’s four mainstem dams. PacifiCorp is prepared to meet and implement the federal agencies’ terms and conditions as part of the project’s relicensing. However, PacifiCorp expects to continue in settlement discussions with various parties in the Klamath Basin area who have intervened with the FERC licensing proceeding to try to achieve a mutually acceptable outcome for the project.

Also, as part of the relicensing process, the FERC is required to perform an environmental review. The FERC did not issue its final environmental impact statement in the summer of 2007 as scheduled, and it has provided no new issuance date. Other federal agencies are also working to complete their endangered species analyses by December 1, 2007. PacifiCorp will need to obtain water quality certifications from Oregon and California prior to the FERC issuing a final license. PacifiCorp currently has applications pending before each state.

In the relicensing of the Klamath hydroelectric project, PacifiCorp had incurred $46 million and $42 million in costs at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively, which are reflected in construction work-in-progress in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. While the costs of implementing new license provisions cannot be determined until such time as a new license is issued, such costs could be material.

Legal Matters

PacifiCorp is party to a variety of legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. Plaintiffs occasionally seek punitive or exemplary damages. PacifiCorp does not believe that such normal and routine litigation will have a material effect on its consolidated financial results. PacifiCorp is also involved in other kinds of legal actions, some of which assert or may assert claims or seek to impose fines and penalties in substantial amounts and are described below.

In February 2007, the Sierra Club and the Wyoming Outdoor Council filed a complaint against PacifiCorp in the federal district court in Cheyenne, Wyoming, alleging violations of Wyoming state opacity standards at PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger plant in Wyoming. Under Wyoming state requirements, which are part of the Jim Bridger plant’s Title V permit and are enforceable by private citizens under the federal Clean Air Act, a potential source of pollutants such as a coal-fired generating facility must meet minimum standards for opacity, which is a measurement of light that is obscured in the flue of a generating facility. The complaint alleges thousands of violations of asserted six-minute compliance periods and seeks an injunction ordering the Jim Bridger plant’s compliance with opacity limits, civil penalties of $32,500 per day per violation, and the plaintiffs’ costs of litigation. The court granted a motion to bifurcate the trial into separate liability and remedy phases. A five-day trial on the liability phase is scheduled to begin on April 21, 2008. The remedy-phase trial has not yet been set. PacifiCorp believes it has a number of defenses to the claims. PacifiCorp intends to vigorously oppose the lawsuit but cannot predict its outcome at this time. PacifiCorp has already committed to invest at least $812 million in pollution control equipment at its generating facilities, including the Jim Bridger plant. This commitment is expected to significantly reduce system-wide emissions, including emissions at the Jim Bridger plant.

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FERC Issues

California Refund Case

On June 21, 2007, the FERC approved PacifiCorp’s settlement and release of claims agreement (“Settlement”) with Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, the People of the State of California, ex rel. Edmund G. Brown Jr., Attorney General, the California Electricity Oversight Board, and the California Public Utilities Commission (collectively, the “California Parties”), certain of which purchased energy in the California Independent System Operator (“ISO”) and the California Power Exchange (“PX”) markets during past periods of high energy prices in 2000 and 2001. The Settlement, which was executed by PacifiCorp on April 11, 2007, settles claims brought by the California Parties against PacifiCorp for refunds and remedies in numerous related proceedings (together, the “FERC Proceedings”), as well as certain potential civil claims, arising from events and transactions in Western United States energy markets during the period January 1, 2000 through June 20, 2001 (the “Refund Period”). Under the Settlement, PacifiCorp made cash payments to escrows controlled by the California Parties in the amount of $16 million in April 2007, and upon FERC approval of the agreement in June 2007, PacifiCorp allowed the PX to release an additional $12 million to such escrows, which represented PacifiCorp’s estimated unpaid receivable from the transactions in the PX and ISO markets during the Refund Period, plus interest. The monies held in escrow are for distribution to buyers from the ISO and PX markets that purchased power during the Refund Period. The agreement provides for the release of claims by the California Parties (as well as additional parties that join in the Settlement) against PacifiCorp for refunds, disgorgement of profits, or other monetary or non-monetary remedies in the FERC Proceedings, and provides a mutual release of claims for civil damages and equitable relief.

Northwest Refund Case

In June 2003, the FERC terminated its proceeding relating to the possibility of requiring refunds for wholesale spot-market bilateral sales in the Pacific Northwest between December 2000 and June 2001. The FERC concluded that ordering refunds would not be an appropriate resolution of the matter. In November 2003, the FERC issued its final order denying rehearing. Several market participants filed petitions in the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Ninth Circuit”) for review of the FERC’s final order. On August 24, 2007, the Ninth Circuit issued its order on this appeal, concluding that the FERC failed to adequately explain how it considered or examined new evidence showing intentional market manipulation in California and its potential ties to the Pacific Northwest and that the FERC should not have excluded from the Pacific Northwest refund proceeding purchases of energy made by the California Energy Resources Scheduling (“CERS”) division in the Pacific Northwest spot market. The Ninth Circuit remanded the case to the FERC to (i) address the new market manipulation evidence in detail and account for it in any future orders regarding the award or denial of refunds in the proceedings, (ii) include sales to CERS in its analysis, and (iii) further consider its refund decision in light of related, intervening opinions of the court. The Ninth Circuit offered no opinion on the FERC’s findings based on the record established by the administrative law judge and did not rule on the merits of the FERC’s November 2003 decision to deny refunds. Due to the remand, PacifiCorp cannot predict the impact of this ruling at this time.


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(6)           Employee Benefit Plans

In December 2006, non-bargaining employees were notified that PacifiCorp would switch from a traditional final average pay formula for the PacifiCorp Retirement Plan to a cash balance formula effective June 1, 2007. As a result of the change, benefits under the traditional final average pay formula were frozen as of May 31, 2007, and PacifiCorp’s pension liability and regulatory assets each decreased by $111 million.

The components of net periodic benefit cost for PacifiCorp’s pension and other postretirement benefit plans were as follows (in millions):

   
Three-Month Periods
   
Nine-Month Periods
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Pension:
                       
Service cost
  $
7
    $
8
    $
21
    $
23
 
Interest cost
   
17
     
19
     
55
     
57
 
Expected return on plan assets
    (18 )     (18 )     (52 )     (55 )
Net amortization and other costs
   
6
     
7
     
20
     
25
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $
12
    $
16
    $
44
    $
50
 

                         
Other postretirement:
                       
Service cost
  $
1
    $
2
    $
5
    $
6
 
Interest cost
   
8
     
8
     
25
     
24
 
Expected return on plan assets
    (7 )     (6 )     (20 )     (19 )
Net amortization and other costs
   
6
     
5
     
15
     
15
 
Net periodic benefit cost
  $
8
    $
9
    $
25
    $
26
 

Excluded from the tables above are contributions to certain multi-employer and joint trust union plans of $3 million for each of the three-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, and $9 million and $7 million for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
 
Employer Contributions

Employer contributions to the pension and other postretirement plans are expected to be $88 million and $34 million, respectively, in 2007. As of September 30, 2007, $85 million and $21 million of contributions had been made to the pension and other postretirement plans, respectively.

Severance

PacifiCorp has reviewed its organization and workforce requirements. As a result, PacifiCorp incurred severance expense of $- million and $15 million during the three-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively; and $7 million and $35 million during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

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(7)           Comprehensive Income and Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The components of comprehensive income are as follows (in millions):

   
Three-Month Periods
   
Nine-Month Periods
 
   
Ended September 30,
   
Ended September 30,
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2007
   
2006
 
                         
Net income
  $
135
    $
59
    $
339
    $
249
 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
                               
Unrecognized amounts on retirement benefits, net of tax of $-; $-; $-; and $-
    (1 )    
-
     
-
     
-
 
Fair value adjustment on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $(1); $14; $-; and $11
    (1 )    
22
     
-
     
18
 
Minimum pension liability, net of tax of $-; $-; $-; and $3
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
5
 
Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, net of tax of $-; $1; $-; and $-
   
-
     
2
     
-
      (1 )
Total other comprehensive income (loss)
    (2 )    
24
     
-
     
22
 
                                 
Comprehensive income
  $
133
    $
83
    $
339
    $
271
 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss is included in shareholders’ equity in the Consolidated Balance Sheets and consists of the following components, net of tax (in millions):

   
As of
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
             
Unrecognized amounts on retirement benefits, net of tax of $(4) and $(4)
  $ (6 )   $ (6 )
Fair value adjustment on cash flow hedges, net of tax of $1 and $1
   
2
     
2
 
Total accumulated other comprehensive loss, net
  $ (4 )   $ (4 )


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Item 2.                      Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following is management’s discussion and analysis of certain significant factors that have affected the financial condition and results of operations of PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries (collectively, “PacifiCorp”) during the periods included herein. Explanations include management’s best estimate of the impact of weather, customer growth and other factors. This discussion should be read in conjunction with PacifiCorp’s historical unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in Item 1. PacifiCorp’s actual results in the future could differ significantly from the historical results.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains statements that do not directly or exclusively relate to historical facts. These statements are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the use of forward-looking words, such as “may,” “could,” “project,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “continue,” “potential,” “plan,” “forecast,” “intend,” and similar terms. These statements are based on PacifiCorp’s current intentions, assumptions, expectations and beliefs and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other important factors. Many of these factors are outside PacifiCorp’s control and could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by PacifiCorp’s forward-looking statements. These factors include, among others:

 
·
The outcome of general rate cases and other proceedings conducted by regulatory commissions or other governmental and legal bodies;
 
 
·
Changes in prices and availability for both purchases and sales of wholesale electricity and purchases of coal, natural gas and other fuel sources that could have a significant impact on generation capacity and energy costs;
 
 
·
Changes in regulatory requirements or other legislation, including limits on the ability of public utilities to recover income tax expense in rates such as Oregon Senate Bill 408;
 
 
·
Changes in economic, industry or weather conditions, as well as demographic trends, that could affect customer growth and electricity usage or supply;
 
 
·
A high degree of variance between actual and forecasted load and prices that could impact the hedging strategy and costs to balance electricity load and supply;
 
 
·
Hydroelectric conditions, as well as the cost, feasibility and eventual outcome of hydroelectric relicensing proceedings, that could have a significant impact on electric capacity and cost and on PacifiCorp’s ability to generate electricity;
 
 
·
Performance of PacifiCorp’s generation facilities, including unscheduled outages or repairs;
 
 
·
Changes in, and compliance with, environmental and endangered species laws, regulations, decisions and policies that could increase operating and capital improvement costs, reduce plant output and/or delay plant construction;
 
 
·
The impact of new accounting pronouncements or changes in current accounting estimates and assumptions on financial position and results of operations;
 
 
·
The impact of increases in healthcare costs, changes in interest rates and investment performance on pension and other post-retirement benefits expense, as well as the impact of changes in legislation on funding requirements;
 
 
·
Availability, terms and deployment of capital;
 
 
·
Financial condition and creditworthiness of significant customers and suppliers;
 

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·
The impact of derivative instruments used to mitigate or manage volume and price risk and interest rate risk and changes in the commodity prices, interest rates and other conditions that affect the value of the derivatives;
 
 
·
Changes in PacifiCorp’s credit ratings;
 
 
·
Timely and appropriate completion of PacifiCorp’s resource procurement process; unanticipated construction delays, changes in costs, receipt of required permits and authorizations, ability to fund capital projects and other factors that could affect future generation plants and infrastructure additions;
 
 
·
Other risks or unforeseen events, including wars, the effects of terrorism, embargos and other catastrophic events; and
 
 
·
Other business or investment considerations that may be disclosed from time to time in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) filings or in other publicly disseminated written documents.
 

Further details of the potential risks and uncertainties affecting PacifiCorp are described in PacifiCorp’s filings with the SEC, including Item 1A. and other discussions contained in this Form 10-Q. PacifiCorp undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The foregoing review of factors should not be construed as exclusive.

Results of Operations

Overview

PacifiCorp’s net income increased $90 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, to $339 million compared to $249 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to higher retail revenues and higher net wholesale sales and purchases, partially offset by higher fuel costs.

Retail revenues increased due to higher retail prices approved by regulators, as well as continued growth in the number of retail customers and usage. Net margin on wholesale activities increased primarily due to higher average prices on wholesale sales and lower purchased electricity volumes. PacifiCorp’s financial results were further improved by higher output at PacifiCorp’s thermal and wind plants serving the higher retail load. These improvements were partially offset by higher prices of coal, natural gas and purchased electricity, as well as lower hydroelectric generation.

Output from PacifiCorp’s thermal plants for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, increased by 3,135,182 megawatt-hours (“MWh”), or 9%, compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to the Currant Creek plant becoming fully operational at the end of March 2006. Output from PacifiCorp’s wind plants increased by 261,137 MWh, or 314%, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to the Leaning Juniper plant being placed into service in September 2006 and the Marengo plant being placed into service in August 2007. Output from PacifiCorp’s hydroelectric facilities decreased by 621,155 MWh, or 18%, during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, compared to the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to drier than normal conditions in the current period.


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Three-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Revenues (dollars in millions)

   
Three-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Retail
  $
904
    $
803
    $
101
      13 %
Wholesale sales and other
   
233
     
294
      (61 )     (21 )
Total revenues
  $
1,137
    $
1,097
    $
40
     
4
 
                                 
Retail energy sales (gigawatt - hours)
   
14,188
     
13,704
     
484
     
4
 
Wholesale energy sales (gigawatt - hours)
   
3,129
     
3,401
      (272 )     (8 )
Average retail customers (in thousands)
   
1,688
     
1,655
     
33
     
2
 

Retail revenues increased $101 million, or 13%, primarily due to:

 
·
$60 million of increases from higher retail prices approved by regulators;
 
 
·
$28 million of increases due to higher average customer usage resulting primarily from warmer weather; and
 
 
·
$14 million of increases due to growth in the number of customers.
 

Wholesale sales and other revenues decreased $61 million, or 21%, primarily due to:

 
·
$84 million of decreases due to changes in the fair value of derivative contracts; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$20 million of increases in wholesale electric sales primarily due to higher average prices, partially offset by lower volumes.
 

Operating Expenses (in millions)

   
Three-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Energy costs
  $
487
    $
567
    $
80
      14 %
Operations and maintenance
   
230
     
253
     
23
     
9
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
125
     
118
      (7 )     (6 )
Taxes, other than income taxes
   
26
     
27
     
1
     
4
 
Total operating expenses
  $
868
    $
965
    $
97
     
10
 


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Energy costs decreased $80 million, or 14%, primarily due to:

 
·
$155 million of decreases due to changes in the fair value of derivative contracts;
 
 
·
$15 million of decreases primarily due to the deferral of incurred power costs in accordance with established adjustment mechanisms; and
 
 
·
$3 million of decreases due to the prior period loss on the streamflow weather derivative contract; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$54 million of increases due to higher volumes of natural gas consumed at higher average prices;
 
 
·
$18 million of increases in the cost of coal primarily due to higher average prices; and
 
 
·
$17 million of increases in purchased electricity due to higher average prices, partially offset by lower volumes.
 

Operations and maintenance expense decreased $23 million, or 9%, primarily due to:

 
·
$15 million of decreases in employee severance costs;
 
 
·
$5 million of decreases in employee expenses, primarily due to reduced workforce; and
 
 
·
$5 million of decreases primarily due to asset write-offs in the prior year; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$3 million of increases in maintenance costs and related contracts, primarily associated with generation plant overhauls.
 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $7 million, or 6%, primarily due to higher plant in service.

Interest and Other Expense (Income) (in millions)

   
Three-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Interest expense
  $
76
    $
72
    $ (4 )     (6 )%
Interest income
    (3 )     (3 )    
-
     
-
 
Allowance for borrowed funds
    (8 )     (6 )    
2
     
33
 
Allowance for equity funds
    (11 )     (6 )    
5
     
83
 
Other
   
2
      (1 )     (3 )     (300 )
Total
  $
56
    $
56
    $
-
     
-
 

Interest expense increased $4 million, or 6%, primarily due to higher average debt balances during the three-month period ended September 30, 2007.

Allowance for borrowed and equity funds increased $7 million, primarily due to higher average qualified construction work-in-progress balances during the three-month period ended September 30, 2007.


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Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the three-month period ended September 30, 2007, increased $61 million to $78 million from the comparable period in 2006, primarily due to higher pre-tax earnings and income tax accruals for uncertain tax positions in the current period, compared to prior period benefits attributed to the resolution of certain matters previously outstanding with the Internal Revenue Service. The effective tax rates were 37% and 22% for the three-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Nine-Month Periods Ended September 30, 2007 and 2006

Revenues (dollars in millions)

   
Nine-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Retail
  $
2,455
    $
2,212
    $
243
      11 %
Wholesale sales and other
   
735
     
975
      (240 )     (25 )
Total revenues
  $
3,190
    $
3,187
    $
3
     
-
 
                                 
Retail energy sales (gigawatt - hours)
   
40,054
     
38,637
     
1,417
     
4
 
Wholesale energy sales (gigawatt - hours)
   
10,117
     
10,083
     
34
     
-
 
Average retail customers (in thousands)
   
1,680
     
1,645
     
35
     
2
 

Retail revenues increased $243 million, or 11%, primarily due to:

 
·
$145 million of increases from higher retail prices approved by regulators;
 
 
·
$61 million of increases due to higher average customer usage, primarily as a result of more extreme weather conditions and an earlier start to the irrigation season in the current period as compared to the prior period; and
 
 
·
$38 million of increases due to growth in the number of customers.
 

Wholesale sales and other revenues decreased $240 million, or 25%, primarily due to:

 
·
$311 million of decreases due to changes in the fair value of derivative contracts; and
 
 
·
$7 million of decreases resulting from higher sales of sulfur dioxide emission allowances in the prior period; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$80 million of increases substantially due to higher margins on non-physically settled system-balancing transactions and higher average prices on wholesale electric sales.
 

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Operating Expenses (in millions)

   
Nine-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Energy costs
  $
1,327
    $
1,451
    $
124
      9 %
Operations and maintenance
   
747
     
787
     
40
     
5
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
368
     
347
      (21 )     (6 )
Taxes, other than income taxes
   
77
     
77
     
-
     
-
 
Total operating expenses
  $
2,519
    $
2,662
    $
143
     
5
 

Energy costs decreased $124 million, or 9%, primarily due to:

 
·
$358 million of decreases due to changes in the fair value of derivative contracts;
 
 
·
$27 million of decreases primarily due to the deferral of incurred power costs in accordance with established adjustment mechanisms; and
 
 
·
$12 million of decreases due to the prior period loss on the streamflow weather derivative contract; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$150 million of increases due to higher volumes of natural gas consumed at higher average prices;
 
 
·
$62 million of increases in the cost of coal substantially due to higher average prices; and
 
 
·
$54 million of increases in purchased electricity primarily due to higher average prices, partially offset by lower volumes.
 

Operations and maintenance expense decreased $40 million, or 5%, primarily due to:

 
·
$28 million of decreases in employee severance costs;
 
 
·
$18 million of decreases in employee expenses, primarily due to reduced workforce;
 
 
·
$8 million of decreases due to changes in environmental accruals; and
 
 
·
$4 million of decreases due to the initial assessment of penalties related to compliance with the FERC standards of conduct for transmission in the prior period; partially offset by,
 
 
·
$22 million of increases in maintenance costs and related contracts, primarily associated with generation plant overhauls.
 

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $21 million, or 6%, primarily due to higher plant in service.

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Interest and Other Expense (Income) (in millions)

   
Nine-Month Periods
       
   
Ended September 30,
   
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
$ Change
   
% Change
 
                   
                         
Interest expense
  $
230
    $
210
    $ (20 )     (10 )%
Interest income
    (10 )     (7 )    
3
     
43
 
Allowance for borrowed funds
    (24 )     (16 )    
8
     
50
 
Allowance for equity funds
    (28 )     (18 )    
10
     
56
 
Other
   
-
      (3 )     (3 )     (100 )
Total
  $
168
    $
166
    $ (2 )     (1 )

Interest expense increased $20 million, or 10%, primarily due to higher average debt balances during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.

Allowance for borrowed and equity funds increased $18 million, primarily due to higher average qualified construction work-in-progress balances during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, increased $54 million to $164 million from the comparable period in 2006, primarily due to higher pre-tax earnings. The effective tax rates were 33% and 31% for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources and Uses of Cash

PacifiCorp depends on both internal and external sources of liquidity to provide working capital and to fund capital requirements. Short-term cash requirements not met by cash provided by operating activities are generally satisfied with proceeds from short-term borrowings. Long-term cash needs are met through long-term debt issuances and through cash capital contributions from PacifiCorp’s direct parent company, PPW Holdings LLC (“PPW”). PacifiCorp expects it will need additional periodic equity contributions from its parent over the next several years. Issuance of long-term securities is influenced by levels of short-term debt, cash from operations, capital expenditures, market conditions, regulatory approvals and other considerations.

Operating Activities

Net cash flows provided by operating activities decreased $26 million to $650 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, compared to $676 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to the timing of payments and cash collections and higher fuel costs, partially offset by higher retail revenues and higher net wholesale sales and purchases.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities decreased $10 million to $1,112 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, compared to $1,122 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006. Capital expenditures totaled $1,136 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, compared to $1,113 million for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2006. Capital spending increased primarily due to wind generation investments. Additional increases resulted from the construction and installation of emission control equipment and various capital projects related to transmission, distribution and other generation facilities. PacifiCorp spent approximately $89 million and $73 million, excluding non-cash allowance for equity funds used during construction, on emission control environmental projects during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These increases were partially offset by decreases in expenditures, as compared to the previous period, for the construction of the Currant Creek plant, which commenced full combined-cycle operation in March 2006, and decreases in expenditures for the construction of the 534-megawatt (“MW”) Lake Side plant, which commenced full combined-cycle operation in September 2007.

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Financing Activities

Short-Term Debt

PacifiCorp’s short-term debt decreased by $191 million during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, primarily due to the proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt and the capital contributions received during the period, partially offset by capital expenditures and maturities of long-term securities in excess of net cash provided by operating activities.

Regulatory authorities limit PacifiCorp to $1.5 billion of short-term debt, of which an aggregate principal amount of $206 million of commercial paper was outstanding at September 30, 2007, with a weighted-average interest rate of 5.3%.

Revolving Credit and Other Financing Agreements

In October 2007, PacifiCorp entered into a new unsecured revolving credit facility with total bank commitments of $700 million. The facility will support PacifiCorp's commercial paper program and terminates on October 23, 2012. Terms and conditions, including borrowing rates, are substantially similar to PacifiCorp's existing revolving credit facility. Under PacifiCorp’s existing unsecured revolving credit facility, total bank commitments of $800 million are available through July 2011 and $760 million for the subsequent year ending July 2012. The credit facility supports PacifiCorp’s commercial paper program and includes a variable-rate borrowing option based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 0.195%, which varies based on PacifiCorp’s credit ratings for its senior unsecured long-term debt securities. As of September 30, 2007, there were no borrowings outstanding under this credit facility.

At September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp had $518 million of standby letters of credit and standby bond purchase agreements available to provide credit enhancement and liquidity support for variable-rate pollution-control revenue bond obligations. In addition, PacifiCorp had approximately $21 million of standby letters of credit available to provide credit support for certain transactions as requested by third parties. These committed bank arrangements were all fully available at September 30, 2007 and expire periodically through May 2012.

PacifiCorp’s revolving credit and other financing agreements contain customary covenants and default provisions, including a covenant not to exceed a specified debt-to-capitalization ratio of 0.65 to 1. At September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp was in compliance with the covenants of its revolving credit and other financing agreements.

     Long-Term Debt

In October 2007, PacifiCorp issued $600 million of its 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds due October 15, 2037. The proceeds will be used to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

In March 2007, PacifiCorp issued $600 million of its 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds due April 1, 2037, and used the proceeds to repay short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

During the nine-month period ending September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp made scheduled long-term debt repayments of $114 million.

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As a result of the October and March 2007 long-term debt issuances, PacifiCorp has $300 million available under currently effective SEC shelf registration statements covering future first mortgage bond and unsecured debt issuances. PacifiCorp currently has available state regulatory authority from the Oregon Public Utility Commission (“OPUC”) and the Idaho Public Utility Commission (“IPUC”) to issue up to an additional $300 million of long-term debt. An additional filing would be required with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (“WUTC”) prior to any future issuances. In May 2007, PacifiCorp was granted an exemption from obtaining prior written approval from the Utah Public Service Commission (“UPSC”) for additional long-term debt issuances. The exemption generally remains in effect as long as PacifiCorp’s senior secured debt maintains investment grade ratings.

Common Shareholder’s Capital

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp received capital contributions from PPW of $200 million.

Preferred Stock Redemptions

In June 2007, PacifiCorp redeemed $38 million of outstanding preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption, representing all remaining outstanding shares of PacifiCorp’s $7.48 No Par Serial Preferred Stock series.

Future Uses of Cash

Dividends

PacifiCorp does not currently anticipate that it will declare or pay dividends on common stock during the remainder of the year ending December 31, 2007.

Capital Expenditure Program

Estimated capital expenditures, which exclude non-cash allowances for equity funds used during construction, for the year ending December 31, 2007, are expected to be approximately $1,644 million, which includes $797 million for ongoing operations projects, including new connections related to customer growth, $737 million for generation development and the related transmission projects, and $110 million for emission control equipment to address current and anticipated air quality regulations.

The capital expenditures estimate for generation development projects for the year ending December 31, 2007, includes the 140-MW Marengo I wind plant that was placed into service in August 2007. The estimate also includes construction costs for the development of additional wind generation projects that are expected to increase PacifiCorp’s renewable generation portfolio by 362 MW. These wind generation projects are expected to be placed into service through December 31, 2008. PacifiCorp continues to pursue additional cost-effective wind-powered generation.

The estimated capital expenditures for generation development projects also includes costs to complete the 534-MW Lake Side plant, which was placed into service in September 2007, as well as upgrades of other generation plant equipment. Total costs for the Lake Side plant are expected to be approximately $347 million, including non-cash allowance for equity funds used during construction. As of September 30, 2007, $339 million, including $17 million in non-cash allowance for equity funds used during construction, had been incurred.
 
In funding its capital expenditure program, PacifiCorp expects to obtain funds required for construction and other purposes from sources similar to those used in the past, including cash provided by operating activities, the issuance of new long-term debt and cash capital contributions from PPW. The availability of capital will influence actual expenditures.
 
The capital expenditure estimates are subject to a high degree of variability based on several factors, including, among others highlighted in “Forward-Looking Statements” above, future decisions arising from PacifiCorp’s Integrated Resource Plan process, changes in regulations, laws and market conditions, as well as the outcomes of rate-making proceedings. Additionally, capital expenditure needs are regularly reviewed by management and may change significantly as a result of such reviews.
 
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Integrated Resource Plans

As required by state regulators, PacifiCorp uses Integrated Resource Plans (“IRP”) to develop a long-term view of prudent future actions required to help ensure that PacifiCorp continues to provide reliable and cost-effective electric service to its customers. The IRP process identifies the amount and timing of PacifiCorp’s expected future resource needs and an associated optimal future resource mix that accounts for planning uncertainty, risks, reliability impacts and other factors. The IRP is a coordinated effort with stakeholders in each of the six states where PacifiCorp operates. Each state commission that has IRP adequacy rules judges whether the IRP reasonably meets its standards and guidelines at the time the IRP is filed. PacifiCorp requests “acknowledgement” of its IRP filing from the UPSC, the OPUC, the IPUC and the WUTC pursuant to those states’ IRP adequacy rules. The IRP can be used as evidence by parties in rate-making or other regulatory proceedings. PacifiCorp files its IRP on a biennial basis. Additionally, PacifiCorp is required to file draft requests for proposals with the UPSC and the OPUC prior to issuance to the market.

In May 2007, PacifiCorp released its 2007 IRP. The 2007 IRP identified a need for approximately 3,171 MW of additional resources by summer 2016, to be met with a combination of thermal generation, combined heat and power and load control programs. PacifiCorp also plans to procure economic renewable resources, implement energy conservation programs and to use wholesale electricity transactions to make up for the remaining difference between retail load obligations and available resources. PacifiCorp is currently seeking acknowledgement of its 2007 IRP from state regulators and expects the acknowledgement process to be complete in 2008.

Transmission Investment

In May 2007, PacifiCorp announced plans to build in excess of 1,200 miles of new transmission lines originating in Wyoming and connecting into Utah, Idaho, Oregon and the desert Southwest. The estimated $4 billion investment plan includes projects that will address customers’ increasing electric energy use, improve system reliability and deliver wind and other renewable generation resources to more customers throughout PacifiCorp’s six-state service area and the western region. These transmission lines are expected to be placed into service beginning 2010 through 2014.

Credit Ratings

PacifiCorp’s credit ratings at September 30, 2007, were as follows:

 
Moody’s
Standard & Poor’s
     
Issuer/Corporate
Baa1
A-
Senior secured debt
A3
A-
Senior unsecured debt
Baa1
BBB+
Preferred stock
Baa3
BBB
Commercial paper
P-2
A-1
Outlook
Stable
Stable

In conjunction with its risk management activities, PacifiCorp must meet credit quality standards as required by counterparties. In accordance with industry practice, contractual agreements that govern PacifiCorp’s energy management activities either specifically provide bilateral rights to demand cash or other security if credit exposures on a net basis exceed certain ratings-dependent threshold levels, or provide the right for counterparties to demand “adequate assurances” in the event of a material adverse change in PacifiCorp’s creditworthiness. If one or more of PacifiCorp’s credit ratings decline below investment grade, PacifiCorp would be required to post cash collateral, letters of credit or other similar credit support to facilitate ongoing wholesale energy management activities. At September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp’s credit ratings from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s were investment grade; however, if the ratings fell more than one rating below investment grade, PacifiCorp’s estimated potential collateral requirements would total approximately $419 million. PacifiCorp’s potential collateral requirements could fluctuate considerably due to seasonality, market prices and their volatility, a loss of key PacifiCorp generating facilities or other related factors.

For a further discussion of PacifiCorp’s credit ratings and their effect on PacifiCorp’s business, refer to Item 7 of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006.

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Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

Subsequent to December 31, 2006, there were no material changes outside the normal course of business in the contractual obligations and commercial commitments from the information provided in Item 7 of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006, other than PacifiCorp’s March 2007 issuance of $600 million of its 5.75% First Mortgage Bonds due April 1, 2037 and October 2007 issuance of $600 million of its 6.25% First Mortgage Bonds due October 15, 2037.

Regulatory Matters

In addition to the discussion contained herein regarding updates to regulatory matters based upon material changes that occurred subsequent to December 31, 2006, refer to Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 for additional regulatory matter updates.

Federal Regulatory Matters

The Bonneville Power Administration Residential Exchange Program

The Northwest Power Act, through the Residential Exchange Program, provides access to the benefits of low-cost federal hydroelectricity to the residential and small-farm customers of the region’s investor-owned utilities. The program is administered by the Bonneville Power Administration (the “BPA”) in accordance with federal law. Pursuant to agreements between the BPA and PacifiCorp, benefits from the BPA are passed through to PacifiCorp’s Oregon, Washington and Idaho residential and small-farm customers in the form of electricity bill credits. In October 2000, PacifiCorp entered into a settlement agreement with the BPA that provided Residential Exchange Program benefits to PacifiCorp’s customers from October 2001 through September 2006. In May 2001, PacifiCorp entered into a load reduction agreement with the BPA which eliminated the BPA’s obligation to deliver power to PacifiCorp from October 2001 through September 2006 in exchange for cash payments. This agreement also contained a “reduction of risk discount” provision which provided that the BPA would reduce the cash payments to PacifiCorp if by December 1, 2001, PacifiCorp and other utilities were able to negotiate and enter into settlement agreements with the publicly owned utilities and other of the BPA’s preference customers dismissing certain lawsuits. If these parties did not reach settlement by the specified date, the clause would expire and the BPA would make cash payments to PacifiCorp based on the original rate for the October 2002 through September 2006 period. Settlement was not reached and the clause expired obligating the BPA to make the full cash payment to PacifiCorp. In May 2004, PacifiCorp, the BPA and other parties executed an additional agreement which modified both the October 2000 and May 2001 agreements that provides for a guaranteed range of benefits to customers from October 2006 through September 2011.

Several publicly owned utilities, cooperatives and the BPA’s direct-service industry customers filed lawsuits against the BPA with the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (the “Ninth Circuit”) seeking review of certain aspects of the BPA’s Residential Exchange Program, as well as challenging the level of benefits previously paid to investor-owned utility customers. In May 2007, the Ninth Circuit issued two decisions. The first decision sets aside the October 2000 Residential Exchange Program settlement agreement as being inconsistent with the BPA’s settlement authority. The second decision holds, among other things, that the BPA acted contrary to law when it allocated to its preference customers, which include public utilities, cooperatives and federal agencies, part of the costs of the October 2000 settlement the BPA reached with its investor-owned utility customers. As a result of the ruling, in May 2007, the BPA notified the Pacific Northwest’s six utilities, including PacifiCorp, that it was immediately suspending payments. This has resulted in increases to PacifiCorp’s residential and small farm customers’ electric bills in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Because the benefit payments from the BPA are passed through to PacifiCorp’s customers, the outcome of this matter is not expected to have a significant effect on PacifiCorp’s consolidated financial results. In October 2007, the Ninth Circuit issued one published decision and three unpublished decisions. The published decision remanded the May 2004 agreements modifying the October 2000 and May 2001 agreements to the BPA for further action consistent with the Ninth Circuit’s May 2007 decisions. The other three unpublished decisions dismiss cases in which the publicly owned utilities sought review of the BPA’s decision to implement the reduction of risk discount provision and make the full cash payment to PacifiCorp.

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    Hydroelectric Decommissioning

Powerdale Hydroelectric Project – (Hood River, Oregon)

In June 2003, PacifiCorp entered into a settlement agreement to remove the 6-MW nameplate-rated Powerdale plant rather than pursue a new license, based on an analysis of the costs and benefits of relicensing versus decommissioning. Removal of the Powerdale plant and associated project features, which is subject to the FERC and other regulatory approvals, is projected to cost $6 million excluding inflation. Removal of the plant is scheduled to commence in 2010. However, in November 2006, flooding damaged the Powerdale plant and rendered its generating capabilities inoperable. In February 2007, the FERC granted PacifiCorp’s request to cease generation at the project until decommissioning activities begin. Also in February 2007, PacifiCorp submitted a request to the FERC to allow it to defer the remaining net book value and any additional removal costs of this project as a regulatory asset. In May 2007, the FERC issued an order which approved PacifiCorp’s proposed accounting entries, thereby allowing PacifiCorp to reclassify the net book value and the estimated removal costs to a regulatory asset. PacifiCorp has filed with its state commissions to recover these costs.

State Regulatory Actions

The following discussion provides a state-by-state update based upon significant changes that occurred subsequent to December 31, 2006.

Utah

In June 2007, the second phase of PacifiCorp’s general rate case filed in March 2006 became effective, adjusting the rate increase from $85 million to $115 million. Under the terms of the stipulation in the case, PacifiCorp has agreed not to file another rate case before December 11, 2007, with new rates to become effective no earlier than August 2008.

  Oregon

In July 2007, as part of PacifiCorp’s annual compliance filing with the OPUC to update forecasted net power costs, PacifiCorp requested an increase of approximately $30 million, or an average price increase of 3%, to take effect January 1, 2008. The annual filing, called the transition adjustment mechanism (“TAM”), will be adjusted for new contracts through October 2007 and for other changes to forecasted net power costs, such as coal and natural gas prices, through November 2007. The OPUC issued an order on October 17, 2007, which is expected to reduce the requested increase by approximately $9 million. The final net power cost increase under the TAM will be determined in November 2007, after PacifiCorp’s annual filing is updated for the changes to forecasted net power costs.

In August 2007, PacifiCorp filed a renewable cost adjustment clause that will allow for timely recovery of the costs to implement Oregon’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) between rate cases. The RPS requires the OPUC to approve an automatic adjustment clause for timely recovery of these costs by January 1, 2008.

In October 2007, PacifiCorp filed its first tax report under Oregon Senate Bill 408 (“SB 408”), which was enacted in September 2005. The filing indicates that in 2006, PacifiCorp paid $33 million more in federal, state and local taxes than was reflected in rates to its retail customers. SB 408 requires that PacifiCorp and other large regulated, investor-owned utilities that provide electric or natural gas service to Oregon customers file an annual tax report with the OPUC. The filing will be subject to a 180-day procedural schedule with rates potentially effective June 2008.
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      Wyoming

In June 2007, PacifiCorp filed a general rate case with the Wyoming Public Service Commission (“WPSC”) requesting an increase of $36 million annually, or an average price increase of 8%. In addition, PacifiCorp requested approval of a new renewable resource mechanism and a marginal cost pricing tariff to better reflect the cost of adding new generation. PacifiCorp expects the new rates to become effective by May 2008.
 
Washington

In October 2006, PacifiCorp filed a general rate case with the WUTC for an annual increase of $23 million, or 10%. As part of the filing, PacifiCorp proposed a Washington-only cost-allocation methodology, which is based on PacifiCorp’s western resources. The rate case included a five-year pilot period on the proposed allocation methodology and a power cost adjustment mechanism (“PCAM”). On June 21, 2007, the WUTC issued an order approving a rate increase of $14 million, or an average price increase of 6%, effective June 27, 2007, and accepted PacifiCorp’s proposed allocation methodology for a five-year pilot period. The WUTC found that PacifiCorp demonstrated the need for a PCAM, but it did not approve the design of the proposal in this case. The order authorized PacifiCorp to file a revised PCAM proposal, with or without a request to file power cost-only rate cases, outside the context of a general rate case within 12 months of the order.

Idaho

In June 2007, PacifiCorp filed a general rate case with the IPUC for an annual increase of $18 million, or an average price increase of 10%, with a request for an effective date of January 1, 2008. A hearing on the general rate case has been scheduled for November 6, 2007.

California

In August 2007, PacifiCorp filed an energy cost adjustment clause application with the California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) to update actual and forecasted net variable power costs, requesting a rate increase of $6 million, or 8% overall, with an effective date of January 1, 2008.

In October 2007, PacifiCorp filed two advice letter filings requesting authority to implement components of the post test-year adjustment mechanism. The combined requested increase would total $2 million, or 2%, and would be effective January 1, 2008.

Depreciation Rate Changes

In August 2007, PacifiCorp filed applications with the respective regulatory commissions in Utah, Oregon, Wyoming, Washington and Idaho to change the rates of depreciation, based on a new depreciation study. PacifiCorp expects that the state regulatory commissions will make the results of the new depreciation study effective beginning January 1, 2008.
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Environmental Matters

In addition to the discussion contained herein, refer to Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this report and Item 1 of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006, for additional information regarding certain environmental matters affecting PacifiCorp’s operations.

Renewable Portfolio Standards

The RPS requirements described below could significantly impact PacifiCorp’s financial results. Resources that meet the qualifying electricity requirements under the RPS vary from state-to-state. Each state’s RPS require some form of compliance reporting and PacifiCorp can be subject to penalties in the event of non-compliance.

In November 2006, Washington voters approved a ballot initiative establishing a RPS requirement for qualifying electric utilities, including PacifiCorp. The requirements are 3% of retail sales in 2012 through 2015, 9% of retail sales in 2016 through 2019 and 15% of retail sales in 2020. The WUTC has undertaken a rulemaking proceeding to implement the initiative. PacifiCorp expects to be able to recover its costs of complying with the RPS, either through rate cases or an adjustment mechanism.

In June 2007, the Oregon Renewable Energy Act (the “Act”) was adopted, providing a comprehensive renewable energy policy for Oregon. Subject to certain exemptions and cost limitations established in the Act, PacifiCorp and other qualifying electric utilities must meet minimum qualifying electricity requirements for electricity sold to retail customers of at least 5% in 2011 through 2014, 15% in 2015 through 2019, 20% in 2020 through 2024, and 25% in 2025 and subsequent years. The Act requires the OPUC to establish an automatic adjustment clause or other timely mechanism to allow the electric utility to recover prudently incurred costs of its investments in renewable energy facilities and associated transmission costs. The OPUC and the Oregon Department of Energy have undertaken rulemaking proceedings to implement the initiative. PacifiCorp expects to be able to recover its costs of complying with the RPS through the automatic adjustment mechanism.

California law requires electric utilities to increase their procurement of renewable resources by at least 1% of their annual retail electricity sales per year so that 20% of their annual electricity sales are procured from renewable resources by no later than December 31, 2010. However, PacifiCorp and other small multi-jurisdictional utilities (“SMJU”) are currently awaiting further guidance from the CPUC on the treatment of SMJUs in the California RPS program. PacifiCorp has filed comments requesting SMJU rules for flexible compliance with annual targets. PacifiCorp expects rules governing the treatment of SMJUs and any specific flexible compliance mechanisms to be released by CPUC staff for public review in 2007. Absent further direction from the CPUC on treatment of SMJUs, PacifiCorp cannot predict the impact of the California RPS on its financial results.

      Climate Change

As a result of increased attention to climate change in the United States, numerous bills have been introduced in the current session of the United States Congress that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Congressional leadership has made climate change legislation a priority, and many congressional observers expect to see the passage of climate change legislation within the next several years. In addition, nongovernmental organizations have become more active in initiating citizen suits under existing environmental and other laws. In April 2007, a United States Supreme Court decision concluded that the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles. In addition, pending cases that address the potential public nuisance from greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generators and the EPA’s failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing coal-fired plants are expected to become active. Furthermore, while debate continues at the national level over the direction of domestic climate policy, several states have developed state-specific laws or regional legislative initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including Oregon, Washington, California and several Northeastern states, and individual state actions to regulate greenhouse gas emissions are likely to increase. The impact of any pending judicial proceedings and any pending or enacted federal and state climate change legislation and regulation cannot be determined at this time; however, adoption of stringent limits on greenhouse gas emissions could significantly impact PacifiCorp’s current and future fossil-fueled facilities, and, therefore, its financial results.

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In February 2007, the governors of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington signed the Western Regional Climate Action Initiative (the “Western Climate Initiative”) that directed their respective states to develop a regional target for reducing greenhouse gases by August 2007. Utah joined the Western Climate Initiative in May 2007. The states in the Western Climate Initiative recently announced a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 15% below 2005 levels by 2020, with Utah establishing its reduction goal by August 2008. By August 2008, they are expected to devise a market-based program, such as a load-based cap-and-trade program for the electric sector, to reach the regional target. The Western Climate Initiative participants also have agreed to participate in a multi-state registry to track and manage greenhouse gas emissions in the region.

The Washington and Oregon governors enacted legislation in May 2007 and August 2007, respectively, establishing economy-wide goals for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in their respective states. Washington’s goals seek to, (i) by 2020, reduce emissions to 1990 levels; (ii) by 2035, reduce emissions to 25% below 1990 levels; and (iii) by 2050, reduce emissions to 50% below 1990 levels, or 70% below Washington’s forecasted emissions in 2050. Oregon’s goals seek to, (i) by 2010, cease the growth of Oregon greenhouse gas emissions; (ii) by 2020, reduce greenhouse gas levels to 10% below 1990 levels; and (iii) by 2050, reduce greenhouse gas levels to at least 75% below 1990 levels. Each state’s legislation also calls for state government-developed policy recommendations in the future to assist in the monitoring and achievement of these goals. The impact of the enacted legislation on PacifiCorp cannot be determined at this time.

New Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of new accounting pronouncements affecting PacifiCorp, refer to Note 2 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1.

Critical Accounting Policies

Certain accounting policies require management to make estimates and judgments concerning transactions that will be settled in the future. Amounts recognized in the financial statements from such estimates are necessarily based on numerous assumptions involving varying and potentially significant degrees of judgment and uncertainty. Accordingly, the amounts currently reflected in the financial statements will likely increase or decrease in the future as additional information becomes available. Estimates are used for, but not limited to, the accounting for the effects of certain types of regulation, derivatives, pension and postretirement obligations, income taxes and revenue recognition - unbilled revenue.

For additional discussion of PacifiCorp’s critical accounting policies, see Item 7 of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006. PacifiCorp’s critical accounting policies have not changed materially since December 31, 2006, other than the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.”

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Item 3.                 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk affecting PacifiCorp, see Item 7A of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006. PacifiCorp’s exposure to market risk has not changed materially since December 31, 2006, except as described below.

Commodity Price Risk

PacifiCorp measures the market risk in its electricity and natural gas portfolio daily, utilizing a historical Value-at-Risk ("VaR") approach and other measurements of net position. VaR represents an estimate of possible changes at a given level of confidence in fair value that would be measured on its portfolio assuming hypothetical movements in forward market prices and is not necessarily indicative of actual results that may occur. One of the key assumptions utilized in the VaR computations is expected retail load levels. In May 2007, PacifiCorp completed its periodic update of its estimated long-term retail load levels, which affected the VaR computation. The updated estimate indicates an increase in PacifiCorp’s long-term retail loads due to higher levels of industrial activity, primarily in the natural resource development and manufacturing industries, in several states. The increase also reflects accelerated expected growth rates in the number of retail customers and usage in Oregon and Utah.

As of September 30, 2007, PacifiCorp’s estimated potential one-day unfavorable impact on fair value of the electricity and natural gas commodity portfolio over the next 48 months was $8 million, as measured by the VaR computations described above, compared to $16 million as of December 31, 2006. The minimum, average and maximum daily VaR (one-day holding periods) are as follows (in millions):

   
Three-Month Period
   
Nine-Month Period
 
   
Ended September 30, 2007
   
Ended September 30, 2007
 
             
Minimum VaR (measured)
  $
8
    $
8
 
Average VaR (calculated)
   
9
     
13
 
Maximum VaR (measured)
   
11
     
20
 

PacifiCorp maintained compliance with its VaR limit procedures during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007. Changes in markets inconsistent with historical trends or assumptions used could cause actual results to exceed predicted limits.

Item 4.                 Controls and Procedures.

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of PacifiCorp’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, regarding the effectiveness of the design and operation of PacifiCorp’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) as of September 30, 2007. Based on that evaluation, PacifiCorp’s management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer, concluded that PacifiCorp’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no changes during the quarter covered by this report in PacifiCorp’s internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, PacifiCorp’s internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.                 Legal Proceedings.

For a description of certain legal proceedings affecting PacifiCorp, refer to Item 3 of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006. Material developments to these proceedings during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2007, are included in Note 5 of Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1.
 
Item 1A.              Risk Factors.

There has been no material change to PacifiCorp’s risk factors from those disclosed in Item 1A of PacifiCorp’s Transition Report on Form 10-K for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2006.

Item 2.                 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Not applicable.

Item 3.                 Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 4.                 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

Not applicable.

Item 5.                 Other Information.

Not applicable.

Item 6.                 Exhibits.

The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are filed as part of this Quarterly Report.

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 
PACIFICORP
 
(Registrant)
   
   
   
Date: November 2, 2007
/s/ David J. Mendez
 
David J. Mendez
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit No.
Description
   
15
Letter Re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information.
31.1
Chief Executive Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2
Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1
Chief Executive Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2
Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
99
$700,000,000 Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 among PacifiCorp, The Banks Party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent.


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EX-15 2 exh15.htm LETTER RE UNAUDITED INTERIM FINANCIAL INFO exh15.htm



 

 
EXHIBIT 15
 

 
November 2, 2007


PacifiCorp
825 N.E. Multnomah Street
Portland, Oregon

We have reviewed, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the unaudited interim financial information of PacifiCorp and its subsidiaries for the periods ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, as indicated in our report dated November 2, 2007; because we did not perform an audit, we expressed no opinion on that information.

We are aware that our report referred to above, which is included in your Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statements Nos. 333-140661 and 333-128134 on Form S-3.

We also are aware that the aforementioned report, pursuant to Rule 436(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, is not considered a part of the Registration Statement prepared or certified by an accountant or a report prepared or certified by an accountant within the meaning of Sections 7 and 11 of that Act.


/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Portland, Oregon





EX-31.1 3 exh31_1.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATE - CEO exh31_1.htm



 

 
EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Gregory E. Abel, certify that:

1.
 
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of PacifiCorp;
     
2.
 
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     
3.
 
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     
4.
 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:
       
   
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
       
   
b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
       
   
c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5.
 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
   
   
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
   
   
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 2, 2007
/s/ Gregory E. Abel
 
 
Gregory E. Abel
 
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 




EX-31.2 4 exh31_2.htm SECTION 302 CERTIFICATE - CFO exh31_2.htm

 



 
EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 302 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, David J. Mendez, certify that:

1.
 
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of PacifiCorp;
     
2.
 
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
     
3.
 
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
     
4.
 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:
       
   
a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
       
   
b)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
       
   
c)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
   
5.
 
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
   
   
a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
   
   
b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 2, 2007
/s/ David J. Mendez
 
 
David J. Mendez
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 




EX-32.1 5 exh32_1.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATE - CEO exh32_1.htm
 



 
EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Gregory E. Abel, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of PacifiCorp (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
   
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.



Date: November 2, 2007
/s/ Gregory E. Abel
 
 
Gregory E. Abel
 
 
Chairman of the Board of Directors and
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 




EX-32.2 6 exh32_2.htm SECTION 906 CERTIFICATE - CFO exh32_2.htm

 



 
EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE
SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, David J. Mendez, Chief Financial Officer of PacifiCorp (the “Company”), certify, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that to the best of my knowledge:

(1)
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2007, (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m or 78o(d)); and
   
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of the Company.



Date: November 2, 2007
/s/ David J. Mendez
 
 
David J. Mendez
 
 
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 





EX-99 7 exh_99.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT DATED 10- 23-2007 exh_99.htm




 
EXECUTION VERSION
 
$700,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

October 23, 2007

among

PacifiCorp,

The Banks Party Hereto

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc,
as Syndication Agent

and


Union Bank of California, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent


 

Citibank, N.A., SunTrust Bank and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Co- Documentation Agents

RBS Securities Corporation and
Union Bank of California, N.A.,
Co-Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners




Table of Contents

Page
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01.
Definitions
1
Section 1.02.
Accounting Terms and Determinations
13
Section 1.03.
Types of Borrowings
13

ARTICLE 2
THE CREDITS

Section 2.01.
Commitments to Lend; Extension of Commitments
14
Section 2.02.
Notice of Committed Borrowings
15
Section 2.03.
Competitive Bid Borrowings.
15
Section 2.04.
Notice to Banks; Funding of Loans
19
Section 2.05.
Notes
20
Section 2.06.
Maturity of Loans
20
Section 2.07.
Interest Rates
20
Section 2.08.
Method of Electing Interest Rates
22
Section 2.09.
Fees
23
Section 2.10.
Optional Termination or Reduction of Commitments
24
Section 2.11.
Mandatory Termination of Commitments
24
Section 2.12.
Optional Prepayments
24
Section 2.13.
General Provisions as to Payments
24
Section 2.14.
Funding Losses
25
Section 2.15.
Computation of Interest and Fees
25
Section 2.16.
Regulation D Compensation
26
Section 2.17.
Letters of Credit
26
Section 2.18.
Increased Commitments; Additional Banks.
31

ARTICLE 3
CONDITIONS

Section 3.01.
Effectiveness
33
Section 3.02.
Borrowings and Issuances of Letters of Credit
34

ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 4.01.
Corporate Existence and Power
35
Section 4.02.
Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention
35
Section 4.03.
Binding Effect
35
Section 4.04.
Financial Information
35
Section 4.05.
Litigation
36
Section 4.06.
Environmental Matters
36
Section 4.07.
Compliance with ERISA
36
Section 4.08.
Taxes
36
Section 4.09.
Not an Investment Company
36
Section 4.10.
Insurance
36

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ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS

Section 5.01.
Information
37
Section 5.02.
Maintenance of Property; Insurance
39
Section 5.03.
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
39
Section 5.04.
Compliance with Laws
39
Section 5.05.
Total Debt
39
Section 5.06.
Negative Pledge
39
Section 5.07.
Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets
41
Section 5.08.
Use of Proceeds
41
Section 5.09.
Guarantees
41

ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS

Section 6.01.
Events of Default
41
Section 6.02.
Notice of Default
44
Section 6.03.
Cash Cover
44

ARTICLE 7
THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 7.01.
Appointment and Authorization
44
Section 7.02.
Administrative Agent and Affiliates
44
Section 7.03.
Action by Administrative Agent
44
Section 7.04.
Consultation with Experts
45
Section 7.05.
Liability of Administrative Agent
45
Section 7.06.
Indemnification
45
Section 7.07.
Credit Decision
45
Section 7.08.
Successor Administrative Agent
46
Section 7.09.
Administrative Agent’s Fee
46
Section 7.10.
Syndication Agent
46

ARTICLE 8
CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTATNCES

Section 8.01.
Basis for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
46
Section 8.02.
Illegality
47
Section 8.03.
Increased Cost and Reduced Return
48
Section 8.04.
Taxes
49
Section 8.05.
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Fixed Rate Loans
51
Section 8.06.
Substitution of Bank
51

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ARTICLE 9
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.01.
Notices
52
Section 9.02.
No Waivers
52
Section 9.03.
Expenses; Indemnification
52
Section 9.04.
Set-Offs; Sharing
53
Section 9.05.
Amendments and Waivers
54
Section 9.06.
Successors and Assigns
54
Section 9.07.
Confidentiality
57
Section 9.08.
Collateral
58
Section 9.09.
GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION
58
Section 9.10.
Counterparts; Integration
58
Section 9.11.
USA PATRIOT Act Notice
58

EXHIBITS

Commitment Schedule
Pricing Schedule

Exhibit A
- Note
Exhibit B
- Competitive Bid Quote Request
Exhibit C
- Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes
Exhibit D
- Competitive Bid Quote
Exhibit E-1
- Opinion of Internal Counsel for the Borrower
Exhibit E-2
- Opinion of Counsel for the Borrower
Exhibit F
- Opinion of Special Counsel for the Agent
Exhibit G
- Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit H
- Extension Agreement


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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 23, 2007 among PACIFICORP, the BANKS party hereto, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as Syndication Agent and UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Administrative Agent.
 
The parties hereto agree as follows:
 
 
ARTICLE 1
Definitions
 
Section 1.01.  Definitions.  The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
 
Absolute Rate Auction” means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth Competitive Bid Absolute Rates pursuant to Section 2.03.
 
Administrative Questionnaire” means, with respect to each Bank, the administrative questionnaire in the form submitted to such Bank by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower) duly completed by such Bank.
 
AdministrativeAgent” means UBOC in its capacity as administrative agent for the Banks hereunder, and its successors in such capacity.
 
Agency Office” means the office of the Administration Agent specified in or pursuant to Section 9.01.
 
Agent” means the Administrative Agent or the Syndication Agent.
 
Agreement” means this Agreement, as amended from time to time after the date hereof.
 
Applicable Lending Office” means, with respect to any Bank, (i) in the case of its Base Rate Loans, its Domestic Lending Office, (ii) in the case of its Euro-Dollar Loans, its Euro-Dollar Lending Office and (iii) in the case of its Competitive Bid Loans, its Competitive Bid Lending Office.
 
Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Bank, (ii) an affiliate of a Bank or (iii) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Bank.
 
Assignee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(c).
 

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Authorized Officer” means (i) the Chief Executive Officer of the Borrower, (ii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower, (iii) the Treasurer of the Borrower or (iv) any other officer of the Borrower designated as such by two or more of the officers referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) in a written instrument furnished to the Administrative Agent.
 
Bank” means each bank or other financial institution listed on the signature pages hereof, each Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 9.06(c), and their respective successors.
 
Base Rate” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the higher of (i) the Reference Rate for such day and (ii) the sum of 1/2 of 1% plus the Federal Funds Rate for such day.
 
Base Rate Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at the Base Rate pursuant to the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election, the last sentence of Section 2.08(a), Section 2.17(c)(ii) or Article 8.
 
Borrower” means PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation, and its successors.
 
Borrower’s 2006 Form 10-K” means the Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K for the nine months ended December 31, 2006 , as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
Borrowing” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.03.
 
Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, the obligation of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of real or personal property which obligation is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of such Person under generally accepted accounting principles (including the Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, but without regard to paragraph 48 of such Statement) and, for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (including such Statement No. 13).
 
Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Issuing Bank, as collateral for the applicable outstanding Letter of Credit, cash or deposit account balances pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank.  The Borrower hereby grants to the Issuing Bank, for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Banks, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing.  Cash collateral shall be maintained in blocked interest bearing (to the extent available) deposit accounts at the Issuing Bank.
 

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Commitment” means (i) with respect to any Bank listed on the signature pages hereof, the amount set forth opposite its name on the Commitment Schedule as its Commitment and (ii) with respect to each Additional Bank or Assignee which becomes a Bank pursuant to Section 2.18, 8.06 or 9.06(c), the amount of the Commitment thereby assumed by it, in each case as such amount may from time to time be reduced pursuant to Section 8.06 or 9.06(c) or increased pursuant to Section 2.18, 8.06 or 9.06(c).
 
Commitment Schedule” means the Commitment Schedule attached hereto.
 
Committed Loan” means a loan made by a Bank pursuant to Section 2.01(a); provided that, if any such loan or loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant to a Notice of Interest Rate Election, the term “Committed Loan” shall refer to the combined principal amount resulting from such combination or to each of the separate principal amounts resulting from such subdivision, as the case may be.
 
CommodityForward Contract” means a forward contract (i) pursuant to which the Borrower is entitled to make or receive payment based on a differential or contracted price and the actual spot market of electricity or natural gas and (ii) which is utilized by the Borrower to hedge its excess or shortage of net electricity or natural gas for future months.
 
Competitive Bid Absolute Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(d).
 
Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loan” means a loan made or to be made by a Bank pursuant to an Absolute Rate Auction.
 
Competitive Bid Lending Office” means, as to each Bank, its Domestic Lending Office or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Bank as it may hereafter designate as its Competitive Bid Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent; provided that any Bank may from time to time by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent designate separate Competitive Bid Lending Offices for its Competitive Bid LIBOR Loans, on the one hand, and its Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loans, on the other hand, in which case all references herein to the Competitive Bid Lending Office of such Bank shall be deemed to refer to either or both of such offices, as the context may require.
 
Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan” means a loan made or to be made by a Bank pursuant to a LIBOR Auction (including such a loan bearing interest at the Base Rate pursuant to Section 8.01(a)).
 
Competitive Bid Loan” means a Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan or a Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loan.
 
Competitive Bid Margin” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(d).
 

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Competitive Bid Quote” means an offer by a Bank to make a Competitive Bid Loan in accordance with Section 2.03.
 
Consolidated Subsidiary” means at any date any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the Borrower in its consolidated financial statements if such statements were prepared as of such date.
 
Debt” of any Person means at any date, without duplication, (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds (other than surety bonds), debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (v) all non-contingent reimbursement, indemnity or similar obligations of such Person in respect of amounts paid under a letter of credit, surety bond or similar instrument, (vi) all Debt of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person, and (vii) all Debt of others Guaranteed by such Person.  Solely for the purpose of calculating compliance with the requirements of Section 5.05, Debt shall not include Debt of the Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries arising from the application of Financial Interpretation Number 45 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Financial Interpretation Number 46 of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or Issue No. 01-08 of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF).
 
Default” means any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
 
Domestic Business Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in the location of the Agency Office are authorized by law to close.  
 
Domestic Lending Office” means, as to each Bank, its office located at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other office as such Bank may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
 
Effective Date” means the date on which the Commitments become effective pursuant to Section 3.01.
 
Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or other governmental restrictions relating to the environment or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes into the environment
 

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including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, petroleum or petroleum products, chemicals or industrial, toxic or hazardous substances or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation thereof.
 
ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any successor statute.
 
ERISA Group” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.
 
Euro-Dollar Business Day” means any Domestic Business Day on which commercial banks are open for international business (including dealings in dollar deposits) in London.
 
Euro-Dollar Lending Office” means, as to each Bank, its office, branch or affiliate located at its address set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative Questionnaire as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) or such other office, branch or affiliate of such Bank as it may hereafter designate as its Euro-Dollar Lending Office by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.
 
Euro-Dollar Loan” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a Euro-Dollar Rate pursuant to the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election.
 
Euro-Dollar Margin” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).
 
Euro-Dollar Rate” means a rate of interest determined pursuant to Section 2.07(b) on the basis of the London Interbank Offered Rate.
 
 “Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage” means for any day that percentage (expressed as a decimal) which is in effect on such day, as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) for determining the maximum reserve requirement for a member bank of the Federal Reserve System in New York City with deposits exceeding five billion dollars in respect of “Eurocurrency liabilities” (or in respect of any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on Euro-Dollar Loans is determined or any category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by a non-United States office of any Bank to United States residents).
 
Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01.
 
Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average
 

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of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (i) if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to UBOC on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.
 
Fiscal Quarter” means a fiscal quarter of the Borrower.
 
Fixed Rate Loans” means Euro-Dollar Loans or Competitive Bid Loans (excluding Competitive Bid LIBOR Loans bearing interest at the Base Rate pursuant to Section 8.01(a)) or any combination of the foregoing.
 
Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business.
 
Group of Loans” means at any time a group of Loans consisting of (i) all Committed Loans which are Base Rate Loans at such time or (ii) all Euro-Dollar Loans having the same Interest Period at such time; provided that, if a Committed Loan of any particular Bank is converted to or made as a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Article 8, such Loan shall be included in the same Group or Groups of Loans from time to time as it would have been in if it had not been so converted or made.
 
Guarantee” by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Debt or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.  The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
 
Hedging Agreement” means any rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor transaction, collar transaction,
 

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currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of the foregoing transactions) or any combination of the foregoing transactions.
 
Increased Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.18.
 
Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.03(b).
 
Interest Period” means:  (1) with respect to each Euro-Dollar Loan, the period commencing on the date of borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the date specified in an applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter as the Borrower may elect in such notice; provided that:
 
(a)  any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
 
(b)  any Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month; and
 
(c)  no Interest Period shall end after the Termination Date.
 
(2)  with respect to each Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the date of borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing and ending (x) one or two weeks, (y) one, two, three or six months or (z) a specified number of days (but not less than seven days) thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in accordance with Section 2.03; provided that:
 
(a)  any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day;
 
(b)  any one-month, two-month, three-month or six-month Interest Period which begins on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (c) below, end on the last Euro-Dollar Business Day of a calendar month; and
 
(c)  no Interest Period shall end after the Termination Date.
 

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(3)           with respect to each Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date of borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing and ending such number of days (but not less than 7 days) thereafter as the Borrower may elect in accordance with Section 2.03; provided that:
 
(a)  any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day; and
 
(b)  no Interest Period shall end after the Termination Date.
 
Internal Revenue Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor statute.
 
Investment” means any investment in any Person, whether by means of share purchase, capital contribution, loan, time deposit or otherwise.
 
Issuing Bank” means any Bank designated by the Borrower that may agree to issue Letters of Credit hereunder pursuant to an instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each in its capacity as an issuer of a Letter of Credit hereunder.
 
LC Cut-Off Date” means the tenth Domestic Business Day prior to the Termination Date.
 
Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued or to be issued hereunder by an Issuing Bank.
 
Letter of Credit Liabilities means, for any Bank and at any time, such Bank’s ratable participation in the sum of (i) the aggregate amount then owing by the Borrower in respect of amounts paid by the Issuing Bank upon a drawing under a Letter of Credit issued hereunder and (ii) the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all outstanding Letters of Credit.
 
LIBOR Auction” means a solicitation of Competitive Bid Quotes setting forth Competitive Bid Margins based on the London Interbank Offered Rate pursuant to Section 2.03.
 
Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset.  For the purposes of this Agreement, the Borrower shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.
 
Loan” means a Committed Loan or a Competitive Bid Loan and “Loans” means Committed Loans or Competitive Bid Loans or any combination of the foregoing.
 

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London Interbank Offered Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(b).
 
Material Debt” means Debt of the Borrower arising under a single or series of related instruments or other agreements exceeding $35,000,000 in principal amount.
 
Material Hedging Obligations” means payment obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements with a single counterparty which have Negative Termination Values exceeding $35,000,000 in aggregate amount.
 
Material Plan” means at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess of $50,000,000.
 
MidAmerican” means MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company or any wholly-owned subsidiary thereof that owns the common stock of the Borrower.
 
Multiemployer Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year period.
 
Negative Termination Value” means, with respect to any Hedging Agreement of the Borrower, the amount (if any) that the Borrower would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated by reason of a default by or other termination event relating to the Borrower, such amount to be determined on the basis of an estimate made by the Borrower in good faith.  The Negative Termination Value of any such Hedging Agreement at any date shall be determined (i) as of the end of the most recent Fiscal Quarter ended on or prior to such date if such Hedging Agreement was then outstanding or (ii) as of the date such Hedging Agreement is entered into if it is entered into after the end of such Fiscal Quarter.  However, if an applicable agreement between the Borrower and the relevant counterparty provides that, upon any such termination by such counterparty, one or more other Hedging Agreements (if any then exist) between the Borrower and such counterparty would also terminate and the amount (if any) payable by the Borrower would be a net amount reflecting the termination of all the Hedging Agreements so terminated, then the Negative Termination Value of all the Hedging Agreements subject to such netting shall be, at any date, a single amount equal to such net amount (if any) payable by the Borrower, determined as of the later of (i) the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter or (ii) the date on which the most recent Hedging Agreement subject to such netting was entered into.
 
Notes” means promissory notes of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, evidencing the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans, and “Note” means any one of such promissory notes issued hereunder.
 

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Notice of Borrowing” means a Notice of Committed Borrowing (as defined in Section 2.02) or a Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing (as defined in Section 2.03(f)).
 
Notice of Interest Rate Election” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.
 
Notice of Issuance” means any notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.17(b) hereof.
 
 “Parent” means, with respect to any Bank, any Person controlling such Bank.
 
Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.06(b).
 
PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
 
Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
Plan” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (i) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.
 
Pollution Bonds” means bonds issued for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of facilities acquired or constructed for use by the Borrower; provided that the interest on such bonds is exempt from tax under the Internal Revenue Code as in effect when the debt evidenced by such bonds is incurred.
 
Pollution LC” means a letter of credit issued for the purpose of (i) supporting payments of principal and interest on Pollution Bonds or (ii) providing funds to purchase Pollution Bonds from the holders thereof.
 
Pricing Schedule” means the Pricing Schedule attached hereto.
 
Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt” means subordinated debt of the Borrower which has (i) an original maturity of 20 years or more; (ii) provisions permitting the Borrower to defer the payment of interest for a period or periods of 20 consecutive quarters or more; (iii) no principal payments that are due and payable until after the Termination Date; and (iv) all other characteristics (except interest rate) materially no less favorable to the Borrower than the Borrower’s 8 1/4% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series C maturing on
 

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June 30, 2036 and described in PacifiCorp Capital I’s Prospectus Supplement dated June 6, 1996.
 
Quarterly Payment Date” means each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.
 
“RBS” mean The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, and its successors.
 
Reference Rate” means the variable rate of interest per annum established by UBOC from time to time as its "reference rate".  Such "reference rate" is set by UBOC as a general reference rate of interest, taking into account such factors as UBOC may deem appropriate, it being understood that many of UBOC's commercial or other loans are priced in relation to such rate, that it is not necessarily the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer and that UBOC may make various commercial or other loans at rates of interest having no relationship to such rate.  For purposes of this Agreement, each change in the Reference Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the date announced as the effective date of any change in such "reference rate”.
 
Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
 
Reimbursement Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(c).
 
Required Banks” means at any time Banks having more than 50% of the Total Commitment or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, holding more than 50% of the Total Outstanding Amount.
 
Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or indirectly owned by the Borrower.
 
Syndication Agent” means RBS in its capacity as syndication agent in respect of this Agreement, and its successors in such capacity.
 
Tangible Net Worth” means at any date the consolidated shareholders’ equity of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries less their Intangible Assets, all determined as of such date.  For purposes of this definition “Intangible Assets” means the amount (to the extent reflected in determining such shareholders’ equity) of (i) all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from foreign currency translations and write-ups of assets of a going concern business made within twelve months after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to December 31, 2006 in the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges, but only to the extent that such costs are not recoverable by the Borrower through inclusion in the Borrower’s utility rates and
 

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(iii) goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, organization or developmental expenses and other intangible items.
 
Termination Date” means, for each Bank, its Commitment and any Loans made by it, October 23, 2012, as such date may be extended from time to time with respect to such Bank pursuant to Section 2.01(c) or, if such day is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.
 
Total Capitalization” at any date means, without duplication and after intercompany eliminations among the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum of (i) all Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, (ii) preferred stock of the Borrower and (iii) common stock equity of the Borrower, all determined as of such date; provided that Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt shall be included in Total Capitalization only if and to the extent that the inclusion thereof does not cause the aggregate amount of all preferred stock and Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt to exceed 15% of Total Capitalization.
 
Total Commitment” means at any time the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Banks at such time (as such Commitments may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof).  The initial amount of the Total Commitment is $700,000,000.
 
Total Debt” at any date means, without duplication and after intercompany eliminations among the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, the sum of (i) all Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries (other than Qualifying Junior Subordinated Debt) and (ii) any portion of mandatorily redeemable preferred stock of the Borrower or any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries that is a current liability, all determined as of such date.
 
Total Outstanding Amount” means at any time the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans at such time after giving effect, if one or more Loans are being made at such time, to any substantially concurrent application of the proceeds thereof to repay one or more other Loans plus, without duplication, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities of all Banks at such time.
 
UBOC” means Union Bank of California, N.A., and it successors.
 
Umbrella Mortgage” means the Indenture of Mortgage and Deed of Trust dated as of January 9, 1989 between the Borrower and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank, successor by merger to Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York), as Trustee, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
 
Unfunded Liabilities” means, with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the present value of all benefits under such Plan exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits (excluding any accrued but unpaid contributions), all determined as of the then
 

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most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person under Title IV of ERISA.
 
United States” means the United States of America, including the States and the District of Columbia, but excluding its territories and possessions.
 
Section 1.02.  Accounting Terms and Determinations.  Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect from time to time, applied on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by the Borrower’s independent public accountants) with the most recent audited financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Banks; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower wishes to amend any covenant in Article 5 to eliminate the effect of any change in generally accepted accounting principles on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Banks wish to amend Article 5 for such purpose), then the Borrower’s compliance with such covenant shall be determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in effect immediately before the relevant change in generally accepted accounting principles became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenant is amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Banks; provided further that the effects of application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, with respect to unsettled power purchase and power sale contracts of the Borrower shall be eliminated in determining the Borrower’s compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 5.05 and 5.06.  Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to financial statements of the Borrower shall mean consolidated financial statements of PacifiCorp and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
 
Section 1.03.  Types of Borrowings.  The term “Borrowing” denotes the aggregation of Loans of one or more Banks made or to be made to the Borrower pursuant to Article 2 on a single date, all of which Loans are of the same type (subject to Article 8) and, except in the case of Base Rate Loans, have the same initial Interest Period.  Borrowings are classified for purposes of this Agreement either by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such Borrowing (e.g., a “Euro-Dollar Borrowing” is a Borrowing comprised of Euro-Dollar Loans) or by reference to the provisions of Article 2 under which participation therein is determined (i.e., a “Committed Borrowing” is a Borrowing under Section 2.01 in which all Banks participate in proportion to their Commitments, while a “Competitive Bid Borrowing” is a Borrowing under Section 2.03 in which the Bank participants are determined on the basis of their bids in accordance therewith).
 

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Section 1.04.  Times of Day.  Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Pacific time (daylight or standard, as applicable) at the Agency Office.
 
 
ARTICLE 2
The Credits
 
Section 2.01.  Commitments to Lend; Extension of Commitments. Each Bank severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, to make loans to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) from time to time from and after the Effective Date and prior to the Termination Date in amounts such that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Committed Loans by such Bank at any one time outstanding plus the aggregate amount of its Letter of Credit Liabilities at such time shall not exceed the amount of its Commitment and (ii) the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the Total Commitment.  Within the foregoing limits, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01(a), repay, or to the extent permitted by Section 2.12, prepay Loans and reborrow at any time prior to the Termination Date under this Section 2.01(a).
 
(b)        Each Borrowing under this Section 2.01 shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $10,000,000 or any larger multiple of $1,000,000 (except that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount available in accordance with Section 3.02(b)) and shall be made from the several Banks ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments.
 
(c)        The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent not less than 60 days but no more than 90 days prior to the first and/or the second anniversary of the Effective Date, propose to extend the Termination Date for an additional one-year period measured from the Termination Date then in effect.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of receipt of such request, and each Bank shall endeavor to respond to such request, whether affirmatively or negatively (such determination in the sole discretion of such Bank), by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent within 30 days.  Any Bank which does not give such notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have elected not to extend as requested, and the Commitment of each non-extending Bank shall terminate on its Termination Date determined without giving effect to such requested extension. The Borrower may, in accordance with Section 8.06, designate another bank or other financial institution (which may be, but need not be, an extending Bank) to replace a non-extending Bank.
 
(d)        Any extension of the Commitments pursuant to this Section shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
 
(i)                 before and after giving effect to such extension, all representations and warranties contained in Article 4 shall be true;
 

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(ii)                 at the time of such extension, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such extension; and
 
(iii)                 receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of an Extension Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “Extension Agreement”) duly completed and signed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and all of the Banks which have responded affirmatively, which Banks shall have at least 51% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments.
 
Section 2.02.  Notice of Committed Borrowings.  The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent notice (a “Notice of Committed Borrowing”) not later than 9:00 A.M. on (x) the date of each Base Rate Borrowing and (y) the third Euro-Dollar Business Day before each Euro-Dollar Borrowing, specifying:
 
(a)        the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing or a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing,
 
(b)        the aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
 
(c)        whether the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to bear interest initially at the Base Rate or a Euro-Dollar Rate, and
 
(d)        in the case of a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, the duration of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
 
 
(a)        The Competitive Bid Option.  In addition to Committed Borrowings pursuant to Section 2.01, the Borrower may, as set forth in this Section, request the Banks to make offers to make Competitive Bid Loans to the Borrower from time to time prior to the Termination Date.  The Banks may, but shall have no obligation to, make such offers and the Borrower may, but shall have no obligation to, accept any such offers in the manner set forth in this Section.
 
(b)        Competitive Bid Quote Request.  When the Borrower wishes to request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans under this Section, it shall transmit to the Administrative Agent by telex or facsimile transmission a Competitive Bid Quote Request substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto so as to be received no later than 9:00 A.M. on (x) the fifth Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the Domestic Business Day next preceding the date of Borrowing proposed therein, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Banks not later than the date of the Competitive Bid Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective) specifying:
 

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(i)                 the proposed date of Borrowing, which shall be a Euro-Dollar Business Day in the case of a LIBOR Auction or a Domestic Business Day in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction,
 
(ii)                 the aggregate amount of such Borrowing, which shall be $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000,
 
(iii)                 the duration of the Interest Period applicable thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period, and
 
(iv)                 whether the Competitive Bid Quotes requested are to set forth a Competitive Bid Margin or a Competitive Bid Absolute Rate.
 
The Borrower may request offers to make Competitive Bid Loans for more than one Interest Period in a single Competitive Bid Quote Request.  No Competitive Bid Quote Request shall be given within five Euro-Dollar Business Days (or such other number of days as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may agree) of any other Competitive Bid Quote Request.
 
(c)        Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes.  Promptly upon receipt of a Competitive Bid Quote Request, the Administrative Agent shall send to the Banks by telex or facsimile transmission an Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, which shall constitute an invitation by the Borrower to each Bank to submit Competitive Bid Quotes offering to make the Competitive Bid Loans to which such Competitive Bid Quote Request relates in accordance with this Section.
 
(d)        Submission and Contents of Competitive Bid Quotes. Each Bank may submit a Competitive Bid Quote containing an offer or offers to make Competitive Bid Loans in response to any Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes.  Each Competitive Bid Quote must comply with the requirements of this subsection (d) and must be submitted to the Administrative Agent by telex or facsimile transmission at its offices specified in or pursuant to Section 9.01 not later than (x) 11:00 A.M. on the fourth Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 6:30 A.M. on the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Banks not later than the date of the Competitive Bid Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective); provided that Competitive Bid Quotes submitted by the Administrative Agent (or any affiliate of the Administrative Agent) in the capacity of a Bank may be submitted, and may only be submitted, if the Administrative Agent or such affiliate notifies the Borrower of the terms of the offer or offers contained therein not later than (x) one hour prior to the deadline for the other Banks, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) 15 minutes prior to the deadline for the other Banks, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction.  Subject to Articles 3 and 6, any Competitive Bid Quote so made shall be irrevocable except with the written consent of the Administrative Agent given on the instructions of the Borrower.
 

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(ii)          Each Competitive Bid Quote shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit D hereto and shall in any case specify:
 
(A)              the proposed date of Borrowing,
 
(B)              the principal amount of the Competitive Bid Loan for which each such offer is being made, which principal amount (w) may be greater than or less than the Commitment of the quoting Bank, (x) must be $1,000,000 or a larger multiple thereof, (y) may not exceed the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers were requested and (z) may be subject to an aggregate limitation as to the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers being made by such quoting Bank may be accepted,
 
(C)              in the case of a LIBOR Auction, the margin above or below the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate (the “Competitive Bid Margin”) offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) to be added to or subtracted from such base rate,
 
(D)              in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction, the rate of interest per annum (expressed as a percentage rate per annum in the form of a decimal to no more than four decimal places) (the “Competitive Bid Absolute Rate”) offered for each such Competitive Bid Loan, and
 
(E)              the identity of the quoting Bank.
 
A Competitive Bid Quote may set forth up to five separate offers by the quoting Bank with respect to each Interest Period specified in the related Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes.
 
(iii)                 Any Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded if it:
 
(A)              is not substantially in conformity with Exhibit D hereto or does not specify all of the information required by subsection (d)(ii);
 
(B)              contains qualifying, conditional or similar language;
 
(C)              proposes terms other than or in addition to those set forth in the applicable Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes; or
 
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(e)  Notice to Borrower.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of the terms (x) of any Competitive Bid Quote submitted by a Bank that is in accordance with subsection (d) and (y) of any Competitive Bid Quote that amends, modifies or is otherwise inconsistent with a previous Competitive Bid Quote submitted by such Bank with respect to the same Competitive Bid Quote Request.  Any such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote shall be disregarded by the Administrative Agent unless such subsequent Competitive Bid Quote is submitted solely to correct a manifest error in such former Competitive Bid Quote.  The Administrative Agent’s notice to the Borrower shall specify (A) the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers have been received for each Interest Period specified in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request, (B) the respective principal amounts and Competitive Bid Margins or Competitive Bid Absolute Rates, as the case may be, so offered and (C) if applicable, limitations on the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which offers in any single Competitive Bid Quote may be accepted.
 
(f)        Acceptance and Notice by Borrower.  Not later than 9:00 A.M. on (x) the third Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of a LIBOR Auction or (y) the proposed date of Borrowing, in the case of an Absolute Rate Auction (or, in either case, such other time or date as the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall have mutually agreed and shall have notified to the Banks not later than the date of the Competitive Bid Quote Request for the first LIBOR Auction or Absolute Rate Auction for which such change is to be effective), the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of its acceptance or non-acceptance of the offers so notified to it pursuant to subsection (e).  In the case of acceptance, such notice (a “Notice of Competitive Bid Borrowing”) shall specify the aggregate principal amount of offers for each Interest Period that are accepted.  The Borrower may accept any Competitive Bid Quote in whole or in part; provided that:
 
(i)                 the aggregate principal amount of each Competitive Bid Borrowing may not exceed the applicable amount set forth in the related Competitive Bid Quote Request,
 
(ii)                 the principal amount of each Competitive Bid Borrowing must be $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000,
 
(iii)                 acceptance of offers may only be made on the basis of ascending Competitive Bid Margins or Competitive Bid Absolute Rates, as the case may be,
 
(iv)                 the Borrower may not accept any offer that is described in subsection (d)(iii) or that otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this Agreement, and
 

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(v)                 immediately after such Competitive Bid Borrowing is made, the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the Total Commitment.
 
(g)        Allocation by Administrative Agent.  If offers are made by two or more Banks with the same Competitive Bid Margins or Competitive Bid Absolute Rates, as the case may be, for a greater aggregate principal amount than the amount in respect of which such offers are accepted for the related Interest Period, the principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans in respect of which such offers are accepted shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent among such Banks as nearly as possible (in multiples of $1,000,000, as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate) in proportion to the aggregate principal amounts of such offers.  Determinations by the Administrative Agent of the amounts of Competitive Bid Loans shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
 
 
(b)        Not later than 12:00 Noon on the date of each Borrowing, each Bank participating therein shall (except as provided in subsection (c) of this Section) make available its share of such Borrowing, in Federal or other immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent at the Agency Office.  Unless the Administrative Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in Article 3 has not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent will promptly make the funds so received from the Banks available to the Borrower in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s aforesaid address.
 
(c)        Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Bank prior to the date of any Borrowing (or, in the case of a Base Rate Borrowing, prior to 10:00 A.M. on the date of such Borrowing) that such Bank will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Bank’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Bank has made such share available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2.04 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount.  If and to the extent that such Bank shall not have so made such share available to the Administrative Agent, such Bank and the Borrower severally agree to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Borrower, a rate per annum equal to the higher of the Federal Funds Rate for such day and the interest rate applicable to such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.07 and (ii) in the case of such Bank, the Federal Funds Rate for such day.  If such Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding amount,
 

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such amount so repaid shall constitute such Bank’s Loan included in such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
 
Section 2.05.  Notes.  Each Bank may, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, request that its Loans be evidenced by a single Note payable to the order of such Bank for the account of its Applicable Lending Office in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Bank’s Loans or that its Loans of a particular type be evidenced by a separate Note in an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Loans.  Each such Note shall be promptly furnished to the requesting Bank and shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto with appropriate modifications to reflect the fact that it evidences solely Loans of the relevant type.  Each reference in this Agreement to the “Note” of such Bank shall be deemed to refer to and include any or all of such Notes, as the context may require.
 
(b)        Each Bank shall record the date, amount, type and maturity of each Loan made by it and the date and amount of each payment of principal made by the Borrower with respect thereto, and may, if such Bank so elects in connection with any transfer or enforcement of its Note, endorse on the schedule forming a part thereof appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding; provided that the failure of any Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Notes.  Each Bank is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrower so to endorse its Note and to attach to and make a part of its Note a continuation of any such schedule as and when required.
 
 
(b)        Each Competitive Bid Loan shall mature, and the principal amount thereof shall be due and payable (together with accrued interest thereon) on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto.
 
 
(b)        Each Euro-Dollar Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day during each Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Euro-Dollar Margin for such day plus the London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest Period.
 

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Such interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof and, if such Interest Period is longer than three months, at intervals of three months after the first day thereof.
 
Euro-Dollar Margin” means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule.
 
London Interbank Offered Rate” applicable to any Interest Period means the rate per annum equal to the British Bankers Association LIBOR Rate (“BBALIBOR”) from Telerate Successor Page 3750, as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of BBA LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.  In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “London Interbank Offered Rate” applicable to such Interest Period shall be the rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Euro-Dollar Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period.
 
(c)        Any overdue principal of or overdue interest on any Euro-Dollar Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and including the date payment thereof was due to but excluding the date of actual payment, at a rate per annum equal to the higher of  (i) 1% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Euro-Dollar Loan as provided in the preceding paragraph of this Section or (ii) 1% plus the Base Rate for such day.
 
(d)        Subject to Section 8.01(a), each Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the London Interbank Offered Rate for such Interest Period plus (or minus) the Competitive Bid Margin quoted by the Bank making such Loan in accordance with Section 2.03.  Each Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum equal to the Competitive Bid Absolute Rate quoted by the Bank making such Loan in accordance with Section 2.03.  Such interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on the last day thereof and, if such Interest Period is longer than three months, at intervals of three months after the first day thereof.  Any overdue principal of or overdue interest on any Competitive Bid Loan shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day until paid at a rate per annum equal to the sum of 1% plus the Base Rate for such day.
 
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determined, and its determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
 
Section 2.08.  Method of Electing Interest Rates.  The Loans included in each Committed Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate specified by the Borrower in the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing.  Thereafter, the Borrower may from time to time elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Group of Loans (subject to Section 2.08(d) and the provisions of Article 8), as follows:
 
(i)                 if such Loans are Base Rate Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert such Loans to Euro-Dollar Loans as of any Euro-Dollar Business Day; and
 
(ii)                 if such Loans are Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower may elect to convert such Loans to Base Rate Loans or continue such Loans as Euro-Dollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, in each case as of the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto.
 
Each such election shall be made by delivering a notice (a “Notice of Interest Rate Election”) to the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 A.M. on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day before the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective.  A Notice of Interest Rate Election may, if it so specifies, apply to only a portion of the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Group of Loans; provided that (i) such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans comprising such Group and (ii) the portion to which such notice applies, and the remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each at least $10,000,000 (unless such portion is comprised of Base Rate Loans).  If no such notice is timely received before the end of an Interest Period for any Group of Euro-Dollar Loans, the Borrower shall be deemed to have elected that such Group of Loans be converted to Base Rate Loans at the end of such Interest Period.
 
(b)        Each Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:
 
(i)                 the Group of Loans (or portion thereof) to which such notice applies;
 
(ii)                 the date on which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of Section 2.08(a);
 
(iii)                 if the Loans comprising such Group of Loans are to be converted, the new type of Loans and, if the Loans resulting from such conversion are to be Euro-Dollar Loans, the duration of the next succeeding Interest Period applicable thereto; and
 
(iv)                 if such Loans are to be continued as Euro-Dollar Loans for an additional Interest Period, the duration of such additional Interest Period.
 

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Each Interest Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election shall comply with the provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
 
(c)        Promptly after receiving a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.08(a), the Administrative Agent shall notify each Bank of the contents thereof and such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.
 
(d)        The Borrower shall not be entitled to elect to convert any Committed Loans to, or continue any Committed Loans for an additional Interest Period as, Euro-Dollar Loans if the aggregate principal amount of any Group of Euro-Dollar Loans created or continued as a result of such election would be less than $10,000,000 or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing when the Borrower delivers notice of such election to the Administrative Agent.
 
(e)        If any Committed Loan is converted to a different type of Loan, the Borrower shall pay, on the date of such conversion, the interest accrued to such date on the principal amount being converted.
 
Section 2.09.  Fees.  The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks ratably a facility fee at the Facility Fee Rate (determined for each day in accordance with the Pricing Schedule).  Such facility fee shall accrue for each day from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date (or earlier date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety), on the Total Commitment (whether used or unused) in effect at the close of business on such day and if the Total Outstanding Amount is not zero on the Termination Date (or such earlier date of termination), then for each day from and including the Termination Date (or such earlier date of termination) to but excluding the date the Total Outstanding Amount shall be reduced to zero, on the Total Outstanding Amount at the close of business on such day.
 
(b)        The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Banks ratably a letter of credit fee accruing daily on the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a rate per annum equal to the Euro-Dollar Margin for such day and to the Issuing Bank for its own account, a letter of credit fronting fee accruing daily on the aggregate amount then available for drawing under all Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank at such rate as previously agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Issuing Bank.
 
(c)        Accrued fees under this Section shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date, beginning December 31, 2007, and on the Termination Date (and, if later, the date the Total Outstanding Amount shall be reduced to zero).  If the Commitments are terminated in their entirety, all fees accrued under this Section to but excluding the effective date of such termination shall be payable on such date.
 

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(b)        Subject to Section 2.14, the Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent not later than 9:00 A.M. on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day prior to the date of prepayment, prepay any Group of Euro-Dollar Loans in whole at any time by paying the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest thereon to the date of prepayment.  Each such optional prepayment shall be applied to prepay ratably the Euro-Dollar Loans of the several Banks included in such Group of Loans.
 
(c)        Except as provided in Section 2.12(a), the Borrower may not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount of any Competitive Bid Loan prior to the maturity thereof.
 
(d)        Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of such Bank’s ratable share (if any) of such prepayment and such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrower.
 
 

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payment of principal of, or interest on, the Euro-Dollar Loans shall be due on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day unless such Euro-Dollar Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment thereof shall be the next preceding Euro-Dollar Business Day.  Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the Competitive Bid Loans shall be due on a day which is not a Euro-Dollar Business Day, the date for payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Euro-Dollar Business Day.  If the date for any payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
 
(b)        Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Banks hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Bank on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Bank.  If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have so made such payment, each Bank shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Bank together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Bank until the date such Bank repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for such day.
 
Section 2.14.  Funding Losses.  If the Borrower makes any payment of principal with respect to any Fixed Rate Loan or any Fixed Rate Loan is converted to a different type of Loan (whether such payment or conversion is pursuant to Section 2.12, Article 6, Article 8 or otherwise) on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, or the end of an applicable period fixed pursuant to Section 2.07(c), or if the Borrower fails to borrow, prepay, convert or continue any Fixed Rate Loan after notice has been given to any Bank in accordance with Section 2.04(a), 2.08(c) or 2.12(d), the Borrower shall reimburse each Bank within 15 days after demand for any resulting loss or expense incurred by it (or by an existing or prospective Participant in the related Loan), including (without limitation) any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing deposits from third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after any such payment or conversion or failure to borrow, prepay, convert or continue; provided that such Bank shall have delivered to the Borrower a certificate as to the amount of such loss or expense, which certificate shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
 
 

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Section 2.16.  Regulation D Compensation.  If and so long as a reserve requirement of the type described in the definition of “Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage” is prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor), each Bank subject to such requirement may require the Borrower to pay, contemporaneously with each payment of interest on each of such Bank’s Euro-Dollar Loans, additional interest on such Euro-Dollar Loan at a rate per annum determined by such Bank up to but not exceeding the excess of the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate divided by one minus the Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage over the applicable London Interbank Offered Rate.  Any Bank wishing to require payment of such additional interest (x) shall so notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in which case such additional interest on the Euro-Dollar Loans of such Bank shall be payable to such Bank at the place indicated in such notice with respect to each Interest Period commencing at least three Euro-Dollar Business Days after such Bank gives such notice and (y) shall notify the Borrower, at least five Euro-Dollar Business Days before each date on which interest is payable on the Euro-Dollar Loans, of the amount then due to such Bank under this Section.
 
Section 2.17.  Letters of Credit.  Commitment to Issue Letters of Credit.  Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Bank agrees to issue Letters of Credit from time to time upon the request of the Borrower; provided that, immediately after each Letter of Credit is issued (i) the Total Outstanding Amount shall not exceed the Total Commitment and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not exceed $200,000,000.  Upon the date of issuance by an Issuing Bank of a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have sold to each Bank, and each Bank shall be deemed, without further action by any party hereto, to have purchased from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit and the related Letter of Credit Liabilities in the proportion its Commitment bears to the Total Commitment; provided that (i) if the scheduled Termination Date of a Bank falls prior to the expiry date of a Letter of Credit then outstanding (because the Commitments of the other Banks have been extended in accordance with Section 2.01(c)), such Bank’s participation in such Letter of Credit shall terminate on such Termination Date, and the participations of the other Banks therein shall be redetermined pro rata in proportion to their Commitments after giving effect to the termination of the Commitment of such former Bank and (ii) if and to the extent necessary to permit such redetermination of the participations in Letters of Credit within the limits of the Commitments which are not terminated on such date, the Borrower shall prepay on such date all or a portion of the outstanding Loans and/or secure cancellation of outstanding Letters of Credit, and such redetermination and termination of participations in outstanding Letters of Credit shall be conditioned upon its having done so.
 
(b)        Method for Issuance; Terms; Extensions.
 
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acceptable to the Issuing Bank in its discretion) prior to the requested issuance of a Letter of Credit (or, in the case of renewal or extension, prior to the Issuing Bank’s deadline for notice of nonextension) specifying the date such Letter of Credit is to be issued, and describing the terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions to be supported thereby (such notice, including any such notice given in connection with the extension of a Letter of Credit, a “Notice of Issuance”).  Upon receipt of a Notice of Issuance, the Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of the amount of such Bank’s participation in such Letter of Credit.
 
(ii)                 The obligation of any Issuing Bank to issue each Letter of Credit shall, in addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.02, be subject to the conditions precedent that such Letter of Credit shall be in such form and contain such terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Bank and that the Borrower shall have executed and delivered such other customary instruments and agreements relating to such Letter of Credit as the Issuing Bank shall have reasonably requested; provided, however, that any Issuing Bank may decline to issue any Letter of Credit at such Issuing Bank’s sole discretion (including, without limitation, if such Issuing Bank’s internal policies do not permit the issuance of a letter of credit for the purposes for which such Letter of Credit is being requested).  The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Bank for its own account issuance, drawing, amendment, settlement and extension charges, if any, in the amounts and at the times as agreed between the Borrower and the Issuing Bank.
 
(iii)                 The extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be an issuance of such Letter of Credit, and if any Letter of Credit contains a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Bank, the Issuing Bank shall timely give such notice of termination unless it has theretofore timely received a Notice of Issuance and the other conditions to issuance of a Letter of Credit have also theretofore been met with respect to such extension.  Each Letter of Credit shall expire at or before the close of business on the date that is one year after such Letter of Credit is issued (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension); provided that (i) a Letter of Credit may contain a provision pursuant to which it is deemed to be extended on an annual basis unless notice of termination is given by the Issuing Bank and (ii) in no event will a Letter of Credit expire (including pursuant to a renewal or extension thereof) on a date later than the first anniversary of the Termination Date.
 
(iv)                 If, at the LC Cut-Off Date, any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn, the Borrower shall immediately Cash Collateralize each such Letter of Credit (in an
 

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amount equal to the reimbursement obligations which would arise if such Letter of Credit had been fully drawn on such date).
 
(c)        Payments; Reimbursement Obligations.
 
(i)                 Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and each other Bank as to the amount to be paid as a result of such demand or drawing and the date such payment is to be made by the Issuing Bank (the “Payment Date”).  The Borrower shall be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any amounts paid by the Issuing Bank upon any drawing under any Letter of Credit, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind.  Such reimbursement shall be due on the Payment Date; provided that no such payment shall be due from the Borrower any earlier than the date of receipt by it of notice of its obligation to make such payment (or, if such notice is received by the Borrower after 9:00 A.M. on any date, on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day); and provided further that if and to the extent any such reimbursement is not made by the Borrower in accordance with this clause  (i) or clause (ii) below on the Payment Date, then (irrespective of when notice thereof is received by the Borrower), such Reimbursement Obligation shall bear interest, payable on demand, for each day from and including the Payment Date to but not including the date such Reimbursement Obligation is paid in full at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans for such day.
 
(ii)                 If the Commitments remain in effect on the Payment Date, all such amounts paid by the Issuing Bank and remaining unpaid by the Borrower after the date and time required by Section 2.17(c)(i) (a “Reimbursement Obligation”) shall, if and to the extent that the amount of such Reimbursement Obligation would be permitted as a Borrowing pursuant to Section 3.02, and unless the Borrower otherwise instructs the Administrative Agent by not less than one Domestic Business Day’s prior notice, convert automatically to Base Rate Loans on the date such Reimbursement Obligation arises.  The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Administrative Agent so to act on its behalf), give notice no later than 9:00 A.M. on such date requesting each Bank to make, and each Bank hereby agrees to make, a Base Rate Loan, in an amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata share of the Reimbursement Obligation with respect to which such notice relates.  Each Bank shall make such Loan available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.01 in immediately available funds, not later than 11:00 A.M., on the date specified in such notice.  The Administrative Agent shall pay the proceeds of such Loans to the Issuing Bank, which shall immediately apply such proceeds to repay the Reimbursement Obligation.
 

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(iii)                 To the extent a Reimbursement Obligation is not funded by a Bank pursuant to clause (ii) above, such Bank will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, immediately upon the Issuing Bank’s demand at any time during the period commencing after such Reimbursement Obligation arises until reimbursement therefor in full by the Borrower, an amount equal to such Bank’s pro rata share of such Reimbursement Obligation, together with interest on such amount for each day from the date of the Issuing Bank’s demand for such payment (or, if such demand is made after 9:00 A.M. on such date, from the next succeeding Domestic Business Day) to the date of payment by such Bank of such amount at a rate of interest per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate for the first three Domestic Business Days after the date of such demand and thereafter at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for each additional day.  The Issuing Bank will pay to each Bank ratably all amounts received from the Borrower for application in payment of its Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit, but only to the extent such Bank has made payment to the Issuing Bank in respect of such Letter of Credit pursuant hereto; provided that in the event such payment received by the Issuing Bank is required to be returned, such Bank will return to the Issuing Bank any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Issuing Bank.
 
(d)        Obligations Absolute.  The obligations of the Borrower and each Bank under subsection (c) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation the following circumstances:
 
(i)                 any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto;
 
(ii)                 any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of this Agreement or any Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto, provided by any party affected thereby;
 
(iii)                 the use which may be made of the Letter of Credit by, or any acts or omission of, a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting);
 
(iv)                 the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other rights that the Borrower may have at any time against a beneficiary of a Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom the beneficiary may be acting), any Bank (including the Issuing Bank) or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement or the Letter of Credit or any document related hereto or thereto or any unrelated transaction;
 

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(v)                 any statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever;
 
(vi)                 payment under a Letter of Credit against presentation to the Issuing Bank of documents that do not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
 
(vii)                 any termination of the Commitments prior to, on or after the Payment Date for any Letter of Credit, whether at the scheduled termination thereof, by operation of Article 6 or otherwise; or
 
(viii)                 any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by any Bank (including the Issuing Bank), the Administrative Agent or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this subsection (viii), constitute a legal or equitable discharge of or defense to the Borrower’s or the Bank’s obligations hereunder;
 
provided, that this Section 2.17(d) shall not limit the rights of the Borrower or any Bank under Section 2.17(e)(ii).
 
(e)        Indemnification; Expenses.
 
(i)                 The Borrower hereby indemnifies and holds harmless each Bank (including each Issuing Bank) and the Administrative Agent from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses which it may reasonably incur in connection with a Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.17; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to indemnify any Bank or the Administrative Agent, for any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs or expenses, to the extent found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person.
 
(ii)                 None of the Banks (including, subject to subsection (f) below, an Issuing Bank) nor the Administrative Agent nor any of their officers or directors or employees or agents shall be liable or responsible, by reason of or in connection with the execution and delivery or transfer of or payment or failure to pay under any Letter of Credit, including without limitation any of the circumstances enumerated in subsection (d) above; provided that, notwithstanding Section 2.17(d), the Borrower shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by (x) the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (y) the Issuing Bank’s failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the
 

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presentation to it of documents strictly complying with the terms and conditions of the Letter of Credit; provided further that each Bank shall have a claim for direct (but not consequential) damage suffered by it, to the extent finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused by the Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct in determining whether documents presented under any Letter of Credit complied with the terms of such Letter of Credit.  The parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
 
(iii)                 Nothing in this subsection (e) is intended to limit the obligations of the Borrower under any other provision of this Agreement.  To the extent the Borrower does not indemnify an Issuing Bank as required by this subsection, the Banks agree to do so ratably in accordance with their Commitments.
 
(f)        Stop Issuance Notice. If the Required Banks reasonably determine at any time that the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 would not be satisfied in respect of a Borrowing at such time, then the Required Banks may request that the Administrative Agent issue a “Stop Issuance Notice”, and the Administrative Agent shall issue such notice to each Issuing Bank.  Such Stop Issuance Notice shall be withdrawn upon a determination by the Required Banks that the circumstances giving rise thereto no longer exist.  No Letter of Credit shall be issued while a Stop Issuance Notice is in effect. The Required Banks may request issuance of a Stop Issuance Notice only if there is a reasonable basis therefor, and shall consider reasonably and in good faith a request from the Borrower for withdrawal of the same on the basis that the conditions in Section 3.02 are satisfied; provided that the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks may and shall conclusively rely upon any Stop Issuance Notice while it remains in effect.
 
(g)        If the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to or entered into by the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit are not consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control; provided that, to the extent the Issuing Bank so agrees in such other documentation, its liabilities and responsibilities in connection with a Letter of Credit may be governed thereby rather than by subsection (e)(ii), but such agreement by the Issuing Bank may not directly or indirectly alter the rights and obligations of any other Bank under this Agreement.
 
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        (a)           From time to time the Borrower may, upon at least five days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly provide a copy of such notice to the Banks), increase the aggregate amount of the Commitments by an amount not less than $10,000,000 (the amount of any such increase, the “Increased Commitments”).
 
(b)        To effect such an increase, the Borrower may designate one or more of the existing Banks or other financial institutions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank which at the time agree to (i) in the case of any such Person that is an existing Bank, increase its Commitment and (ii) in the case of any other such Person (an “Additional Bank”), become a party to this Agreement with a Commitment of not less than $10,000,000.
 
(c)        Any increase in the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be subject to satisfaction of the following conditions:
 
(i)                 before and after giving effect to such increase, all representations and warranties contained in Article 4 shall be true;
 
(ii)                 at the time of such increase, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from such increase; and
 
(iii)                 after giving effect to such increase, the aggregate amount of all increases in Commitments made pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall not exceed $200,000,000.
 
(d)        An increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall become effective upon the receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent signed by the Borrower, by each Additional Bank and by each other Bank whose Commitment is to be increased, setting forth the new Commitments of such Banks and setting forth the agreement of each Additional Bank to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all the terms and provisions hereof, (ii) such evidence of appropriate corporate authorization on the part of the Borrower with respect to the Increased Commitments and such opinions of counsel for the Borrower with respect to the Increased Commitments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (iii) a certificate of the Borrower stating that the conditions set forth in subsection (c) above have been satisfied.
 
(e)        Upon any increase in the aggregate amount of the Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18, (i) the respective Letter of Credit Liabilities of the Banks shall be redetermined as of the effective date of such increase and (ii) within five Domestic Business Days, in the case of any Group of Base Rate Loans then outstanding, and at the end of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, in the case of any Group of Euro Dollar Loans then outstanding, the Borrower shall prepay such Group in its entirety and, to the extent the Borrower elects to do so and subject to the conditions specified in Article 3, the Borrower
 

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shall reborrow Committed Loans from the Banks in proportion to their respective Commitments after giving effect to such increase, until such time as all outstanding Committed Loans are held by the Banks in such proportion.
 
 
ARTICLE 3
 
Section 3.01.  Effectiveness.  The Commitments shall become effective on the date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.05):
 
(a)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of counterparts of this Agreement signed by each of the parties listed on the signature pages hereof (or, in the case of any party as to which an executed counterpart shall not have been received, receipt by the Administrative Agent in form satisfactory to it of facsimile, telex or other written confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart hereof by such party);
 
(b)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of PacifiCorp Office of General Counsel, internal counsel for the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto and covering such additional matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Required Banks may reasonably request;
 
(c)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of Stoel Rives LLP, counsel for the Borrower, dated the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto and covering such additional matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Required Banks may reasonably request;
 
(d)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, special counsel for the Administrative Agent, dated the Effective Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto and covering such additional matters relating to the transactions contemplated hereby as the Required Banks may reasonably request;
 
(e)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of any approvals, authorizations, consents or orders of, or filings with, utility regulatory authorities required with respect to this Agreement and the Notes including, without limitation, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission, the Public Service Commission of Utah, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon, the Public Service Commission of Wyoming and the California Public Utilities Commission;
 
(f)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of all documents it may reasonably request relating to the existence of the Borrower, the corporate authority for and the validity of this Agreement and the Notes, and any other
 

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matters relevant hereto, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and
 
(g)        receipt by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Banks of the up-front participation fees previously agreed to by the Borrower;
 
provided that this Agreement shall not become effective or be binding on any party hereto unless all of the foregoing conditions are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 9.05 not later than October 24, 2007.  The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Banks of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.  Promptly after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Bank a copy of this Agreement including photocopies of counterpart signature pages signed by each of the parties hereto.
 
Section 3.02.  Borrowings and Issuances of Letters of Credit.  The obligation of any Bank to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing and the obligation of any Issuing Bank to issue (including any renewal or extension of) any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:
 
(a)        receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section 2.02 or 2.03 or (ii) a Notice of Issuance as required by Section 2.17(c), as the case may be;
 
(b)        the fact that, immediately after such Borrowing or issuance, the Total Outstanding Amount will not exceed the Total Commitment and the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not exceed $200,000,000;
 
(c)        the fact that, immediately prior to and after such Borrowing or issuance, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
 
(d)        the fact that the representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in this Agreement (other than the representations and warranties contained in Section 4.04(b) and Section 4.05) shall be true on and as of the date of such Borrowing or issuance; and
 
(e)        in the case of any Borrowing subsequent to April 30, 2011, or in the case of any issuance of any Letter of Credit with an expiry date subsequent to April 30, 2011, receipt by the Administrative Agent of evidence satisfactory to it that the Borrower has obtained a renewal of its authority from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission as described in Exhibit E hereto.
 
Each Borrowing or issuance of any Letter of Credit hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date of such Borrowing or issuance as to the facts specified in clauses (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this Section.
 

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ARTICLE 4
Representations and Warranties
 
The Borrower represents and warrants that:
 
 
Section 4.02.  Corporate and Governmental Authorization; No Contravention.  The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement and the Notes are within the Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any governmental body, agency or official (other than such filings as have been made and remain effective and such approvals or orders as have been obtained and are in full force and effect) and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Borrower or of any agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Borrower or to which any of its properties are subject, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower.
 
Section 4.03.  Binding Effect.  This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower and the Notes, if and when executed and delivered in accordance with this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with their respective terms except as (i) the foregoing may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) rights of acceleration and the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general applicability.
 
 
(b)        There has since December 31, 2006, been no change in the business, financial position, results of operations or prospects of the Borrower which would materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to meet its commitments hereunder.
 

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Section 4.07.  Compliance with ERISA.  Each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan.  No member of the ERISA Group has (i) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or made any amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or would result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA, except where such failure or incurrence would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to meet its commitments hereunder.
 
 
 
 
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limitation, public liability and product liability insurance, as is usually carried by Persons of established reputation engaged in the same or a similar business, similarly situated.
 
 
ARTICLE 5
Covenants
 
The Borrower agrees that, so long as any Bank has any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any amount payable hereunder remains unpaid:
 
 
(a)        as soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year and the related statements of consolidated income and retained earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on in a manner acceptable to the Securities and Exchange Commission by Deloitte & Touche LLP or other independent public accountants of nationally recognized standing;
 
(b)        as soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter, the related statement of consolidated income and retained earnings for such quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter and the related statement of cash flows for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year ended at the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case (except for the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter) in comparative form the figures for the corresponding quarter and the corresponding portion of the Borrower’s previous fiscal year, all certified (subject to normal year-end adjustments) as to fairness of presentation, generally accepted accounting principles and consistency by an Authorized Officer;
 
(c)        simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, a certificate of an Authorized Officer (i) setting forth in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent the calculations required to establish whether the Borrower was in compliance with the requirements of Sections 5.05 and 5.06(j) on the date of such financial statements and (ii) stating whether any Default exists on the date of such certificate and, if any Default then exists, setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
 

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(d)        simultaneously with the delivery of each set of financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, a statement of the firm of independent public accountants which reported on such statements whether anything has come to their attention to cause them to believe that any Default existed on the date of such statements;
 
(e)        forthwith upon the occurrence of any Default, a certificate of an Authorized Officer setting forth the details thereof and the action which the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto;
 
(f)        promptly upon the mailing thereof to the shareholders of the Borrower generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements so mailed;
 
(g)        promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent) and reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K (or their equivalents) which the Borrower shall have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
 
(h)        if and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA), for which the requirement of notice to the PBGC within 30 days has not been waived, with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA in excess of $10,000,000 or notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, which reorganization, insolvency or termination is reasonably expected to result in a current payment obligation of one or more members of the ERISA Group in excess of $10,000,000, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, a copy of such application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or makes any amendment to any Plan, which has resulted or would result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a certificate of an Authorized Officer setting forth details as to such occurrence and action, if any, which the Borrower or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take; and
 

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(i)        from time to time such additional information regarding the financial position or business of the Borrower as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Bank, may reasonably request.
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a)        the Lien of the Umbrella Mortgage;
 
(b)        any Lien that qualifies as an “Excepted Encumbrance” under Section 1.06 of the Umbrella Mortgage, provided that foreclosure of any Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges so qualifying shall have been effectively stayed;
 
(c)        any Lien on the Borrower’s interest in facilities securing Debt incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such facilities, provided that the interest on such Debt is exempt from tax under the Internal Revenue Code as in effect when such Debt is incurred or assumed;
 

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(d)        any Lien on the Borrower’s interest in Pollution Bonds or cash or cash equivalents securing (i) the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the issuer of a Pollution LC for a drawing on such Pollution LC for the purpose of purchasing Pollution Bonds or (ii) the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse or repay amounts advanced under any facility entered into to provide liquidity or credit support for any issue of Pollution Bonds;
 
(e)        any Lien on any asset securing Debt of the Borrower incurred or assumed for the purpose of financing all or any part of the cost of acquiring such asset, provided that such Lien attaches to such asset concurrently with or within 90 days after the acquisition thereof;
 
(f)        any Lien on any asset of any corporation existing at the time such corporation is merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower and not created in contemplation of such event;
 
(g)        any Lien existing on any asset prior to the acquisition thereof by the Borrower and not created in contemplation of such acquisition;
 
(h)        any Lien arising out of the refinancing, extension, renewal or refunding of any Debt of the Borrower secured by any Lien permitted by any of the foregoing clauses (b) through (g), inclusive, of this Section, provided that such Debt is not increased and is not secured by any additional assets;
 
(i)        Liens incidental to the conduct of its business or the ownership of its assets which (i) do not secure Debt or obligations under Hedging Agreements, (ii) do not secure any single obligation (or series of related obligations) in an amount exceeding $100,000,000 and (iii) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of its assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of its business;
 
(j)        Liens on cash and cash equivalents securing obligations under Hedging Agreements; provided that the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents subject to Liens permitted by this clause (j) shall at no time exceed $75,000,000;
 
(k)        Liens not otherwise permitted by the foregoing clauses of this Section securing Debt of the Borrower and Liens not permitted by clause  (j) above on cash and cash equivalents securing obligations under Hedging Agreements; provided that the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by such Liens and (ii) the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents subject to Liens not permitted by clause (j) above securing obligations under Hedging Agreements shall not at any time exceed 7.5% of Tangible Net Worth;
 
(l)        the right of the counterparty to two or more Hedging Agreements with the Borrower to close out such Hedging Agreements if applicable margin or other requirements are not met and apply any proceeds thereof to any resulting balance due;
 

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(m)                   Liens on cash and letters of credit securing obligations under Commodity Forward Contracts; and
 
(n)        the right of the counterparty to two or more Commodity Forward Contracts to close out such Commodity Forward Contracts if applicable margin or other requirements are not met and apply any proceeds thereof to any resulting balance due.
 
 
(i)                 consolidate or merge with or into any other Person; provided that the Borrower may merge with another Person if (x) the Borrower is the surviving corporation and (y) on the effective date of such consolidation or merger, and immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default shall have occurred or be continuing, or
 
(ii)                 sell, lease or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower to any other Person.
 
 
 
 
ARTICLE 6
Defaults
 
 
(a)        the Borrower shall fail to pay when due any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or shall fail to pay, within five days of the due date thereof, any interest, commitment fees or facility fees payable hereunder or shall fail to Cash Collateralize any Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.17(b)(iv);
 

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(b)        the Borrower shall fail to pay any other amount claimed by one or more Banks under this Agreement within five days of the due date thereof, unless (i) such claim is disputed in good faith by the Borrower, (ii) such unpaid claimed amount does not exceed $100,000 and (iii) the aggregate of all such unpaid claimed amounts does not exceed $300,000;
 
(c)        the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Sections 5.05 to 5.09, inclusive;
 
(d)        the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a), (b) or (c) above) for 15 days after written notice thereof has been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent at the request of any Bank;
 
(e)        any representation, warranty, certification or statement made by the Borrower in this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made);
 
(f)        the Borrower shall fail to make any payment in respect of any Material Debt (other than the Loans or any Reimbursement Obligation) or Material Hedging Obligations when due or within any applicable grace period;
 
(g)        any event or condition shall occur which results in the acceleration of the maturity of any Material Debt of the Borrower or enables the holder of such Material Debt or any Person acting on such holder’s behalf to accelerate the maturity thereof;
 
(h)        the Borrower shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property; or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the foregoing;
 
(i)        an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Borrower seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 days; or an order for relief shall be entered against the Borrower under the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;
 

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(j)        the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $25,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan under Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Material Plan shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by any member of the ERISA Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate, to impose liability in excess of $25,000,000 (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any Multiemployer Plan against any member of the ERISA Group to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA in respect of an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $25,000,000, and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within 30 days thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated; or there shall occur a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to, one or more Multiemployer Plans which would cause one or more members of the ERISA Group to incur a current payment obligation in excess of $25,000,000;
 
(k)        a judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $25,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower and such judgment or order shall continue unsatisfied and unstayed for a period of 30 days; or
 
(l)        MidAmerican shall fail to own (directly or indirectly through one or more Subsidiaries) at least 80% of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Borrower; any person or group of persons (within the meaning of Section 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), except Berkshire Hathaway Inc. or any wholly-owned subsidiary thereof, shall acquire beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under said Act) of 35% or more of the outstanding shares of common stock of MidAmerican; or, during any period of 14 consecutive calendar months commencing on or after March 21, 2006, individuals who were directors of the Borrower on the first day of such period and any new director whose election by the board of directors of the Borrower or nomination for election by the Borrower’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the applicable period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of the Borrower;
 
then, and in every such event, the Administrative Agent shall (i) if requested by the Required Banks, by notice to the Borrower terminate the Commitments and the obligation of each Bank to make Loans hereunder and the obligation of each Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder and they shall thereupon terminate, and (ii) if requested by the Required Banks, by notice to the Borrower declare the Loans (together with accrued interest thereon) and any outstanding Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit to
 

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be, and the same shall thereupon become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; provided that in the case of any of the Events of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) above with respect to the Borrower, without any notice to the Borrower or any other act by the Administrative Agent or the Banks, the Commitments shall thereupon terminate and the Loans (together with accrued interest thereon) and any outstanding Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.
 
 
Section 6.03.  Cash Cover.  The Borrower agrees, in addition to the provisions in Section 6.01, that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, it shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Required Banks or any Issuing Bank having an outstanding Letter of Credit, pay to the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds (which funds shall be held as collateral pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) equal to the aggregate amount available for drawing under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time (or, in the case of a request by an Issuing Bank, all such Letters of Credit issued by it), provided that, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in clause (h) or (i) above with respect to the Borrower, and on the Termination Date, the Borrower shall pay such amount forthwith without any notice or demand or any other act by the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank.
 
 
ARTICLE 7
The Administrative Agent
 
 
 
 

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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action with respect to any Default, except as expressly provided in Article 6.
 
 
Section 7.05.  Liability of Administrative Agent.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in connection herewith (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Banks or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or any Borrowing or issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements of the Borrower; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article 3, except receipt of items required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection herewith.  The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting in reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing (which may be a bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) believed by it in good faith to be genuine or to be signed by the proper party or parties.
 
 
 

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make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under this Agreement.
 
Section 7.08.  Successor Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Banks and the Borrower.  Upon any such resignation, the Required Banks (with the consent of the Borrower so long as no Event of Default exists) shall agree upon and appoint a successor Administrative Agent.  If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Banks, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 10 Domestic Business Days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a commercial bank organized or licensed under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000.  Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from any subsequent duties and obligations hereunder.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent.
 
 
Section 7.10.  Syndication Agent.  The Syndication Agent, in such capacity, shall have no duty or liability whatsoever under this Agreement.
 
 
ARTICLE 8
Change in Circumstances
 
 
(a)        the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the London Interbank Offered Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period, or
 
(b)        in the case of Euro-Dollar Loans, the Required Banks advise the Administrative Agent that the London Interbank Offered Rate as determined by the Administrative Agent will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Banks of funding their Euro-Dollar Loans for such Interest Period,
 

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the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Banks, whereupon until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (i) the obligations of the Banks to make Euro-Dollar Loans, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or into Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be suspended and (ii) each outstanding Euro-Dollar Loan shall be converted into a Base Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto.  Unless the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent at least two Domestic Business Days before the date of any Fixed Rate Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing has previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, (i) if such Fixed Rate Borrowing is a Euro-Dollar Borrowing, such Borrowing shall instead be made as a Base Rate Borrowing and (ii) if such Fixed Rate Borrowing is a Competitive Bid LIBOR Borrowing, the Competitive Bid LIBOR Loans comprising such Borrowing shall bear interest for each day from and including the first day to but excluding the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto at the Base Rate for such day.
 
Section 8.02.  Illegality.   If, on or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Bank (or its Euro-Dollar Lending Office) to make, maintain or fund its Euro-Dollar Loans and such Bank shall so notify the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Banks and the Borrower, whereupon until such Bank notifies the Borrower and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Bank to make Euro-Dollar Loans, or to convert outstanding Loans into Euro-Dollar Loans or continue outstanding Loans as Euro-Dollar Loans, shall be suspended.  Before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section, such Bank shall designate a different Euro-Dollar Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of such Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
 
(b)        If such notice is given, each Euro-Dollar Loan of such Bank then outstanding shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan either  on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable to such Euro-Dollar Loan if such Bank may lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Loan as a Euro-Dollar Loan to such day or  immediately if such Bank shall determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund such Loan as a Euro-Dollar Loan to such day.  Interest and principal on any such Base Rate Loan shall be payable on the same dates as, and on a pro rata basis with, the interest and principal payable on the related Euro-Dollar Loans of the other Banks.
 

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Section 8.03.  Increased Cost and Reduced Return.  If on or after (x) the date of this Agreement, in the case of any Committed Loan or Letter of Credit, or any obligation to make Committed Loans or issue or participate in any Letters of Credit or (y) the date of the related Competitive Bid Quote, in the case of any Competitive Bid Loan, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or any Issuing Bank with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency, shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any such requirement imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding with respect to any Euro-Dollar Loan any such requirement included in an applicable Euro-Dollar Reserve Percentage), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit (including Letters of Credit and participation therein) extended by, any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or any Issuing Bank or shall impose on any Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or any Issuing Bank or on the London interbank market any other condition affecting its Fixed Rate Loans or the Letters or Credit, its Note or its obligation to make Fixed Rate Loans or its obligations hereunder in respect of Letters of Credit; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or such Issuing Bank of making or maintaining any Fixed Rate Loan or of issuing or participating in any Letters of Credit, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Bank (or its Applicable Lending Office) or such Issuing Bank under this Agreement or under its Note or Letters of Credit with respect thereto, by an amount deemed by such Bank or such Issuing Bank to be material, then, within 15 days after demand by such Bank or such Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Bank or such Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank or such Issuing Bank for such increased cost or reduction.
 
(b)        If any Bank or any Issuing Bank shall have determined that, after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency (including any determination by any such authority, central bank or comparable agency that, for purposes of capital adequacy requirements, the Commitments hereunder do not constitute commitments with an original maturity of less than one year), has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of such Bank or such Issuing Bank (or any Parent of such Bank or Issuing Bank) as a consequence of such Bank’s or such Issuing Bank’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Bank or such Issuing Bank (or any Parent of such Bank or Issuing Bank) could have achieved but for such adoption, change, request
 

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or directive (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Bank or such Issuing Bank to be material, then from time to time, within 15 days after demand by such Bank or such Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to such Bank or such Issuing Bank such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Bank or such Issuing Bank (or any Parent of such Bank or Issuing Bank) for such reduction.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall only be obligated to compensate such Bank or such Issuing Bank for any amount arising or accruing during (i) the period commencing 90 days prior to the date on which such Bank or such Issuing Bank gave notice to the Borrower pursuant to Section 8.03(c) of the event entitling such Bank or such Issuing Bank to such compensation and (ii) any period during which, because of the retroactive application of such statute, regulation or other such basis, such Bank or such Issuing Bank did not know that such amount would arise or accrue.
 
(c)        Each Bank and each Issuing Bank will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date of this Agreement, which will entitle such Bank or such Issuing Bank to compensation pursuant to this Section and will designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the judgment of such Bank or such Issuing Bank, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank or such Issuing Bank.  A certificate of any Bank or any Issuing Bank claiming compensation under this Section and setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  In determining such amount, such Bank or such Issuing Bank may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.
 
 
Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings with respect to any payment by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or under any Note, and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding (i) in the case of each Bank, each Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise or similar taxes imposed on it, by a jurisdiction under the laws of which such Bank, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) is organized or in which its principal executive office is located or, in the case of each Bank, in which its Applicable Lending Office is located and (ii) in the case of each Bank, any United States withholding tax imposed on such payments but only to the extent that such Bank is subject to United States withholding tax at the time such Bank first becomes a party to this Agreement.
 
Other Taxes” means any present or future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, or similar charges or levies, which arise from any payment made pursuant to this Agreement or under any Note or from
 

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the execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any Note.
 
(b)        Any and all payments by the Borrower to or for the account of any Bank, any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent hereunder or under any Note shall be made without deduction for any Taxes or Other Taxes; provided that, if the Borrower shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes or Other Taxes from any such payments, the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 8.04) such Bank, such Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, the Borrower shall make such deductions, the Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law and the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 9.01, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
 
 
(d)        Each Bank organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States, on or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the case of each Bank listed on the signature pages hereof and on or prior to the date on which it becomes a Bank in the case of each other Bank, and from time to time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrower (but only so long as such Bank remains lawfully able to do so), shall provide the Borrower with Internal Revenue Service form W-8BEN or W-8ECI, as appropriate, or any successor form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Bank is entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party which exempts the Bank from United States withholding tax or reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest for the account of such Bank or certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States.
 
(e)        For any period with respect to which a Bank has failed to provide the Borrower with the appropriate form pursuant to Section 8.04(d) (unless such failure is due to a change in treaty, law or regulation occurring subsequent to the date on which such form originally was required to be provided), such Bank shall not be entitled to indemnification under Section 8.04(b) or 8.04(c) with respect to Taxes imposed by the United States; provided that if a Bank, which is otherwise
 

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exempt from or subject to a reduced rate of withholding tax, becomes subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver a form required hereunder, the Borrower shall take such steps as such Bank shall reasonably request to assist such Bank to recover such Taxes.
 
(f)        If the Borrower is required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any Bank pursuant to this Section 8.04, then such Bank will change the jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office if, in the judgment of such Bank, such change will eliminate or reduce any such additional payment which may thereafter accrue and is not otherwise disadvantageous to such Bank.
 
Section 8.05.  Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected Fixed Rate Loans.  If (i) the obligation of any Bank to make, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or to, Euro-Dollar Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.02 or (ii) any Bank has demanded compensation under Section 8.03 or 8.04 with respect to its Euro-Dollar Loans and the Borrower shall, by at least three Euro-Dollar Business Days’ prior notice to such Bank through the Administrative Agent, have elected that the provisions of this Section shall apply to such Bank, then, unless and until such Bank notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer apply, all Loans which would otherwise be made by such Bank as (or continued as or converted to) Euro-Dollar Loans shall instead be Base Rate Loans (on which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the related Fixed Rate Loans of the other Banks).  If such Bank notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist, the principal amount of each such Base Rate Loan shall be converted into a Euro-Dollar Loan on the first day of the next succeeding Interest Period applicable to the related Euro-Dollar Loans of the other Banks.
 
Section 8.06.  Substitution of Bank.  If (i) the obligation of any Bank to make, or to continue or convert outstanding Loans as or to, Euro-Dollar Loans has been suspended pursuant to Section 8.02, (ii) any Bank has demanded compensation under Section 8.03 or 8.04 or (iii) any Bank has declined a request to extend the Termination Date pursuant to Section 2.01(c), the Borrower shall have the right, with the assistance of the Administrative Agent, to seek a mutually satisfactory substitute bank or banks (which may be one or more of the Banks) to purchase for cash, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto, the outstanding Loans and Commitment of such Bank and to assume all of such Bank’s other rights and obligations hereunder without recourse to or warranty by, or expense to, such Bank, for a purchase price equal to (A) the principal amount of all of such Bank’s outstanding Loans plus (B) any accrued but unpaid interest thereon plus (C) the accrued but unpaid fees in respect of that Bank’s Commitment hereunder plus (D) such amount, if any, as would be payable pursuant to Section 2.14 if the outstanding Loans of such Bank were prepaid in their entirety on the date of consummation of such assignment plus (E) any other amounts due and payable to such Bank hereunder.
 

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ARTICLE 9
Miscellaneous
 
Section 9.01.  Notices.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party:  (v) in the case of the Borrower, at its address or facsimile number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (w) in the case of the Administrative Agent, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (x) in the case of any Issuing Bank, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth on the signature pages hereof, (y) in the case of any Bank, at its address, facsimile number or telex number set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire or (z) in the case of any party, such other address, facsimile number or telex number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.  Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by telex, when such telex is transmitted to the telex number specified in this Section and the appropriate answerback is received, (ii) if given by facsimile transmission, when transmitted to the facsimile number specified in this Section and confirmation of receipt is received, (iii) if given by mail, 72 hours after such communication is deposited in the mails with first class postage prepaid, addressed as aforesaid or (iv) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section; provided that notices to the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank under Article 2 or Article 8 shall not be effective until received.
 
Section 9.02.  No Waivers.  No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Bank or Issuing Bank in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Note or under any Letter of Credit shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.  The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
 
Section 9.03.  Expenses; Indemnification.  The Borrower shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of Administrative the Agent, including fees and disbursements of special counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation of this Agreement, any waiver or consent hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged Default hereunder and if an Event of Default occurs, all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Bank or any Issuing Bank, including (without duplication) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel and the allocated cost of inside counsel, in connection with such Event of Default and collection, bankruptcy, insolvency, workout, restructuring and other enforcement proceedings resulting therefrom.
 
(b)        The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Bank and each Issuing Bank, their respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and employees of the foregoing (each an “Indemnitee”)
 

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and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs and reasonable expenses of any kind, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto) in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any Loans or any Letter of Credit hereunder; provided that no Indemnitee shall have the right to be indemnified hereunder for such Indemnitee’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.
 
Section 9.04.  Set-Offs; Sharing.   If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Required Banks have requested the Administrative Agent to declare the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Article 6, or the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations have become immediately due and payable without notice as provided in Article 6, then the Administrative Agent, each Bank and each Issuing Bank are hereby authorized by the Borrower at any time and from time to time, to the extent permitted by applicable law, without notice to the Borrower (any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower), to set off and apply all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Administrative Agent or such Bank or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to or for the account of the Borrower against any obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or such Bank or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, now or hereafter existing under this Agreement, regardless of whether any such deposit or other obligation is then due and payable or is in the same currency or is booked or otherwise payable at the same office as the obligation against which it is set off and regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or such Bank or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have made any demand for payment under this Agreement.  The Administrative Agent and each Bank agree promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application is made by such party; provided that any failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.  The rights of the Administrative Agent and the Banks under this subsection are in addition to any other rights and remedies which they may have.
 
(b)        Each Bank agrees that if it shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise, receive payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by it which is greater than the proportion received by any other Bank in respect of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by such other Bank, the Bank receiving such proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the Loans held by the other Banks, and such other adjustments (including, without limitation, any adjustments required by reason of a setoff subsequently being rescinded or otherwise required to be restored) shall be made from time to time, as may be required so that all such payments of principal and interest with respect to the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities held by the Banks shall be shared by the Banks pro rata; provided that nothing in this Section shall impair
 

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the right of any Bank to exercise any right of set-off or counterclaim it may have and to apply the amount subject to such exercise to the payment of indebtedness of the Borrower other than its indebtedness hereunder.  The Borrower agrees, to the fullest extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any holder of a participation in a Loan or Letter of Credit Liability, whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise rights of set-off or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.
 
Section 9.05.  Amendments and Waivers.  Any provision of this Agreement or the Notes may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed by the Borrower and the Required Banks (and, if the rights or duties of any Issuing Bank or the Administrative Agent are affected thereby, by it); provided that no such amendment or waiver shall, (A) unless signed by each affected Bank, (i) increase or decrease the Commitment of any Bank (except for a ratable decrease in the Commitments of all Banks) or subject any Bank to any additional obligation, (ii) reduce the principal of or rate of interest on any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or any fees hereunder (other than any fees referred to in Section 2.09(b)(ii) or Section 2.17(b)(ii) which may be mutually agreed between the Borrower and the Issuing Bank from time to time) or (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation, any fees hereunder or for any reduction or termination of any Commitment or (except as expressly provided in Section 2.17) the expiry date of any Letter of Credit, or (B) unless signed by all the Banks, (i) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans, or the number of Banks, which shall be required for the Banks or any of them to take any action under this Section 9.05 or any other provision of this Agreement, (ii) alter the right of any Bank to pro rata sharing of payments as provided herein or (iii) change this Section 9.05.
 
Section 9.06.  Successors and Assigns.The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of all Banks.
 
(b)        Any Bank may at any time grant to one or more banks or other institutions (each a “Participant”) participating interests in its Commitment, including all or a portion of its Loans and/or Letter of Credit Liabilities at the time owing to it.  In the event of any such grant by a Bank of a participating interest to a Participant, whether or not upon notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, such Bank shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Bank in connection with such Bank’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which any Bank may grant such a participating interest shall provide that such Bank shall retain
 

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the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrower hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such participation agreement may provide that such Bank will not agree to any modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 9.05(A) without the consent of the Participant.  Promptly after any Bank grants any such participating interest (except a participating interest in one or more Competitive Bid Loans), such Bank shall inform the Borrower of the identity of the Participant and the amount of such participating interest.  The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall, to the extent provided in its participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits of Article 8 with respect to its participating interest.  An assignment or other transfer which is not permitted by subsection (c) or (d) below shall be given effect for purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating interest granted in accordance with this subsection (b).
 
(c)        Any Bank may at any time assign to one or more banks or other institutions (each an “Assignee”) all, or a proportionate part of all (equivalent to an initial Commitment of not less than $5,000,000), of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes, and such Assignee shall assume such rights and obligations, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto executed by such Assignee and such transferor Bank, with (and subject to) the subscribed consent of the Borrower (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank; provided that, (i) if an Assignee is an affiliate of the transferor Bank, an Approved Fund or was a Bank immediately before such assignment, or if an Event of Default exists, no such consent of the Borrower shall be required, and (ii) if such an Assignee is an affiliate of the transferor Bank, no such consent of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank shall be required, and providedfurther that such assignment may, but need not, include rights of the transferor Bank in respect of outstanding Competitive Bid Loans.  Upon execution and delivery of such an instrument and payment by such Assignee to such transferor Bank of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between such transferor Bank and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a Bank party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Bank with a Commitment as set forth in such instrument of assumption, and the transferor Bank shall be released from its obligations hereunder to a corresponding extent, and no further consent or action by any party shall be required.  Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection (c), the transferor Bank, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if required and/or requested, a new Note is issued to the Assignee.  In connection with any such assignment (other than an assignment to an Approved Fund or an affiliate of such transferor Bank), the transferor Bank shall pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent an administrative fee for processing such assignment in the amount of $2,500.  If the Assignee is not incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof, it shall, prior to the thirtieth day following the execution of the instrument of assignment, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent certification as
 

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to exemption from deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes in accordance with Section 8.04(d).
 
(d)        Any Bank may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank.  No such assignment shall release the transferor Bank from its obligations hereunder.
 
(e)        No Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any Bank’s rights shall be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 8.03 or 8.04 than such Bank would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent or by reason of the provisions of Section 8.02, 8.03 or 8.04 requiring such Bank to designate a different Applicable Lending Office under certain circumstances or at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater payment did not exist.
 
(f)        The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices in the State of California a copy of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Banks, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, and the Letter of Credit Liabilities of, each Bank pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Banks may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Bank hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Bank, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
 
(g)        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Bank (a “Granting Bank”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (a “SPC”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Bank to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Bank would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Bank shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof.  The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Bank to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Bank.  Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Bank).  In addition, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or any other proceeding under any bankruptcy or similar law.
 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 9.06(g), any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Bank or to any financial institutions (consented to by the Borrower and Administrative Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.  No amendment to this Section 9.06(g) shall be binding on any SPC without its written consent.
 
Section 9.07.  Confidentiality.  Each of the Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank and the Banks agrees to exercise all reasonable efforts to keep any proprietary or financial information delivered or made available to it by the Borrower confidential from anyone other than (x) the officers, directors and employees of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Bank or any of their respective affiliates who have a need to know such information in accordance with customary practices and (y) agents of, or persons retained by, the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank who are or are expected to become engaged in evaluating, approving, structuring or administering the Loans, and who, in the case of (x) and (y), receive such information having been made aware of the restrictions set forth in this Section; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank from disclosing such information (i) to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) upon the order of any court or administrative agency or otherwise pursuant to subpoena or similar procedure or in accordance with law, (iii) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency or authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Bank, or their respective affiliates, (iv) which has been publicly disclosed, (v) to the extent reasonably required in connection with any litigation to which the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, any Bank or their respective affiliates may be a party, (vi) to the Administrative Agent’s, any Issuing Bank’s or any Bank’s legal counsel and independent auditors, (vii) to any actual or proposed Participant or Assignee of all or part of such Bank’s rights hereunder, or to any actual or proposed contractual counterparty (or its advisors) to any securitization, hedge, or other derivative transaction relating to a party’s obligations hereunder, in each case which has agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.07, (viii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or (ix) with the prior written consent of the Borrower.  The Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank and each Bank shall attempt in good faith, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (i) to notify the Borrower of any disclosure of such information referred to in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence and (ii) upon a reasonable and timely request by the Borrower, cooperate with the Borrower (at the Borrower’s expense) for any application the Borrower may make for an appropriate protective order to preserve the confidentiality of such information or limit the disclosure thereof.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, each party to this
 

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Agreement (and each of its employees, representatives or other agents) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the credit facility provided pursuant to this Agreement and all materials of any kind, including opinions or other tax analyses, that have been provided to it by any other party relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.
 
 
Section 9.09.  GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE BORROWER HEREBY SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY FOR PURPOSES OF ALL LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.  THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT AND ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM.
 
 
Section 9.11.  USA PATRIOT Act Notice.  Each Bank that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Bank) hereby notifies all Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Borrower, which information includes the name and address of such Borrower and other information that will allow such Bank or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
 
PACIFICORP
 
 
By:
/s/ Bruce N. Williams
 
Name:
Bruce N. Williams
 
Title:
Vice President and Treasurer
 
Address:  825 N.E. Multnomah St. Portland, Oregon 97232
Telecopy number:  (503) 813-5673






THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
as Bank and as Syndication Agent
 
By:
/s/ Emily Freedman
Name:  Emily Freedman
Title:  Vice President
 






UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
as Bank and as Administrative Agent
 
By:
/s/ Dennis G. Blank
Name:  Dennis G. Blank
Title:  Vice President
Address:  445 So. Figueroa St.,
  Los Angeles, CA 90071
Facsimile
number:  213 236-4096





BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
 
 
By:
/s/ Richard Stein
 
Name:
Richard Stein
 
Title:
Senior Vice President
     
     





BARCLAYS BANK PLC
 
 
By:
/s/ Nicholas A. Bell
 
Name:
Nicholas A. Bell
 
Title:
Director
     
     





CITIBANK, N.A.
 
 
By:
/s/ Oscar Cragwell
 
Name:
Oscar Cragwell
 
Title:
Vice President
     
     





JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
 
 
By:
/s/ Michael J. DeForge
 
Name:
Michael J. DeForge
 
Title:
Executive Director
     
     





LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.
 
 
By:
/s/ Adrian De Lagarge
 
Name:
Adrian De Lagarge
 
Title:
Authorized Signatory
     
     





SUNTRUST BANK
 
By:
/s/ Yann Pirio
 
Name:
Yann Pirio
 
Title:
Vice President
     
     





THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
 
 
By:
/s/ Alan Reiter
 
Name:
A. Reiter
 
Title:
Authorized Signatory
     
     




WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
 
By:
/s/ Lisa M. Larpenteur
 
Name:
Lisa M. Larpenteur
 
Title:
Vice President
     
     






WILLIAM STREET COMMITMENT CORPORATION
 
By:
/s/ Mark Walton
 
Name:
Mark Walton
 
Title:
Assistant Vice President
     
     




COMMITMENT SCHEDULE

Name of Bank
Commitment Amount
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
$           90,000,000
Union Bank of California, N.A. /
$           45,000,000
Bank of America, N.A.
$           65,000,000
Barclays Bank PLC
$           65,000,000
Citibank, N.A.
$           65,000,000
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
$           65,000,000
Lehman Commercial Paper Inc.
$           65,000,000
SunTrust Bank
$           65,000,000
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch
$           45,000,000
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
$           65,000,000
William Street Commitment Corporation
$           65,000,000
 
 
                                                                                  Total
$         700,000,000
 



PRICING SCHEDULE
 
The “Euro-Dollar Margin” and “Facility Fee Rate” for any day are the respective rates per annum set forth below in the applicable row and column corresponding to the Pricing Level and Usage that apply on such day:
 
Pricing
Level I
Level II
Level III
Level IV
Level V
Level VI
 
 
Level VII
Euro-Dollar Margin:
Usage < 50%
Usage > 50%
 
 
.10%
.20%
 
 
.115%
.215%
 
 
.155%
.255%
 
 
.195%
.295%
 
 
.30%
.40%
 
 
.40%
.50%
 
 
.60%
.70%
Facility Fee Rate
.05%
.06%
.07%
.08%
.10%
.125%
.175%
 
For purposes of this Schedule, the following terms have the following meanings (subject to the final paragraph of this Pricing Schedule):
 
Level I Pricing” applies on any day if on such day the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated A+ or higher by S&P or A1 or higher by Moody’s.
 
Level II Pricing” applies on any day if on such day no lower Pricing Level applies and the Borrower’s senior unsecured long term debt is rated A by S&P or A2 by Moody’s.
 
Level III Pricing” applies on any day if on such day no lower Pricing Level applies and the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated A- by S&P or A3 by Moody’s.
 
Level IV Pricing” applies on any day if on such day no lower Pricing Level applies and the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated BBB+ by S&P or Baa1 by Moody’s.
 
Level V Pricing” applies on any day if on such day no lower Pricing Level applies and the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated BBB by S&P or Baa2 by Moody’s.
 
Level VI Pricing” applies on any day if on such day no lower Pricing Level applies and the Borrower’s senior unsecured long-term debt is rated BBB- by S&P or Baa3 by Moody’s.
 
Level VII Pricing” applies on any day if no lower Pricing Level applies on such day.
 

 
 
Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors, or, if such corporation and its successors shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, “Moody’s” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the Required Banks, with the approval of the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
 
Pricing Level” refers to the determination of which of Level I Pricing, Level II Pricing, Level III Pricing, Level IV Pricing, Level V Pricing, Level VI Pricing or Level VII Pricing applies on any day.  Level I Pricing is the lowest Pricing Level and Level VII Pricing the highest.
 
S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and its successors or, if Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and its successors shall no longer perform the functions of a securities rating agency, “S&P” shall be deemed to refer to any other nationally recognized securities rating agency designated by the Required Banks, with the approval of the Borrower, by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.
 
The “Usage” applicable to any date is the percentage equivalent of a fraction the numerator of which is the Total Outstanding Amount at such date and the denominator of which is the Total Commitment at such date.  If for any reason the Total Outstanding Amount is not zero immediately following the termination of the Commitments, Usage will be deemed to be 100%.
 
For purposes of this Pricing Schedule, the credit ratings in effect on any day are those in effect at the close of business on such day.  If the ratings are split, the applicable pricing will be based upon the higher rating assigned by S&P or Moody’s; provided that if the rating differential is more than one notch, the applicable pricing will be determined assuming that (a) the higher rating is equal to the midpoint of the two ratings (e.g., for a split rating of A+/A3, A is the midpoint and will be deemed to be the higher rating, and for a split rating of BBB/A1, A3 is the midpoint and will be deemed to be the higher rating) or (b) if there is no exact midpoint, the higher rating is equal to the higher of the two middle intermediate ratings (e.g., for a split rating of A+/Baa1, A is the higher of the two middle intermediate ratings and will be deemed to be the higher rating, and for a split rating of BB+/A2, Baa1 is the higher of the two middle intermediate ratings and will be deemed to be the higher rating).
 




EXHIBIT A
 
NOTE
 
New York, New York
 
___________, ____
 
For value received, PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation (the “Borrower”), promises to pay to the order of _______________________________________ (the “Bank”), for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement referred to below on the maturity date provided for in the Credit Agreement.  The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each such Loan on the dates and at the rate or rates provided for in the Credit Agreement.  The Borrower also promises to pay all fees and other amounts payable to or for the account of the Bank pursuant to the Credit Agreement on the dates when such amounts are due and payable as provided in the Credit Agreement.  All such payments of principal, interest and other amounts shall be made in lawful money of the United States in Federal or other immediately available funds at the office of Union Bank of California, N.A., 445 So. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90071.
 
All Loans made by the Bank, the respective types and maturities thereof and all repayments of the principal thereof shall be recorded by the Bank and, prior to any transfer hereof, appropriate notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each such Loan then outstanding shall be endorsed by the Bank on the schedule attached hereto, or on a continuation of such schedule attached to and made a part hereof; provided that the failure of the Bank to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Credit Agreement.
 
This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).
 



Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.  Reference is made to the Credit Agreement for provisions for the prepayment hereof and the acceleration of the maturity hereof.
 
PACIFICORP
 
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:


 

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Note (cont’d)
LOANS AND PAYMENTS OF PRINCIPAL
 

Date
Amount of Loan
Type of Loan
Amount of Principal Repaid
Maturity Date
Notation Made By
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           


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EXHIBIT B
 
Form of Competitive Bid Quote Request
 

[Date]
 
To:           Union Bank of California, N.A. (the “Administrative Agent”)
 
From:       PacifiCorp
 
Re: 
Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A.,     as Administrative Agent
 
 
We hereby give notice pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement that we request Competitive Bid Quotes for the following proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing(s):
 
Date of Borrowing:  __________________
 
Principal Amount*                                 Interest Period **
 
$
 
Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer a Competitive Bid [Margin] [Absolute Rate].  [The applicable base rate is the London Interbank Offered Rate.]
 
Terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement.
 
PACIFICORP
 
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:




 
* Amount must be $10,000,000 or a larger multiple of $1,000,000.
 




EXHIBIT C
 
Form of Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes
 
To:           [Name of Bank]
 
Re:           Invitation for Competitive Bid Quotes to PacifiCorp (the “Borrower”)
 
Pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and the undersigned, as Administrative Agent, we are pleased on behalf of the Borrower to invite you to submit Competitive Bid Quotes to the Borrower for the following proposed Competitive Bid Borrowing(s):
 
Date of Borrowing:  
 
Principal Amount                                          Interest Period
 
$
 
Such Competitive Bid Quotes should offer a Competitive Bid [Margin] [Absolute Rate].  [The applicable base rate is the London Interbank Offered Rate.]
 
Please respond to this invitation by no later than [11:00 A.M.] [6:30 A.M.] on [date].
 
UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.
 
 
By
 
 
Authorized Officer




EXHIBIT D
 
Form of Competitive Bid Quote
 

UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
   as Administrative Agent
445 So. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
Attention:
 
Re:
Competitive Bid Quote to PacifiCorp (the “Borrower”)
 
In response to your invitation on behalf of the Borrower dated _____________, 20__, we hereby make the following Competitive Bid Quote on the following terms:
 
1.           Quoting Bank: ___________________________________
 
 
2.
Person to contact at Quoting Bank: ___________________________________
 
3.           Date of Borrowing:                                           ______________________________*
 
4.           We hereby offer to make Competitive Bid Loan(s) in the following principal amounts, for the following Interest Periods and at the following rates:
 
_________________________
      * As specified in the related Invitation.

Principal
Amount*
Interest
Period**
Competitive Bid
[Margin***]
[Absolute Rate****]
$
 
     
$
     
 
[Provided, that the aggregate principal amount of Competitive Bid Loans for which the above offers may be accepted shall not exceed $____________.]
 
We understand and agree that the offer(s) set forth above, subject to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and yourselves, as Administrative Agent, irrevocably obligates us to make the Competitive Bid Loan(s) for which any offer(s) are accepted, in whole or in part.
 
Very truly yours,

 
[NAME OF BANK]
 
Dated:
 
By:
 
   
Authorized Officer



 
 
* Principal amount bid for each Interest Period may not exceed principal amount requested.  Specify aggregate limitation if the sum of the individual offers exceeds the amount the Bank is willing to lend.  Bids must be made for $1,000,000 or a larger multiple thereof.
 
 
** Not less than 7 days in the case of either a Competitive Bid Absolute Rate Loan or a Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan, or one or two weeks or 1, 2, 3 or 6 months in the case of a Competitive Bid LIBOR Loan, as specified in the related Invitation.  No more than five bids are permitted for each Interest Period.
 
 
*** Margin over or under the London Interbank Offered Rate determined for the applicable Interest Period.  Specify percentage (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000 of 1%) and specify whether "PLUS" or "MINUS".
 
 
****  Specify rate of interest per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%).
 

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EXHIBIT E-1
 
OPINION OF
INTERNAL COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
 
[TO BE ISSUED ON PACIFICORP LETTERHEAD]


[Effective Date]


To the Banks and the Agents
Referred to Below
c/o Union Bank of California, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
445 So. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071

Dear Sirs:

The undersigned is Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation (the “Borrower”), and in such capacity references the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement”).  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
 
I have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as I have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.  This opinion is being tendered to you pursuant to Section 3.01(b) of the Credit Agreement.
 
In rendering this opinion, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents provided to me as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents provided to me as certified, conformed or photostatic copies.  As to questions of fact material to the following opinion, when relevant facts were not independently established, I have relied upon certificates of public officials.
 
Upon the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications below, I am of the opinion that there is no action, suit or proceeding pending against, or to the best of my knowledge threatened against, the Borrower before any court or
 



arbitrator or any governmental body, agency or official, (i) in which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision which would materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to meet its commitments under the Credit Agreement, or (ii) which in any manner draws into question the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or the Notes, except as disclosed in the Borrower’s 2006 Form 10-K, or the Borrower’s reports on Form 10-Q for the three month periods ended March 31, 2007 and June 30, 2007, respectively, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Further, to the best of my knowledge, the execution and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any material agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon the Borrower which could have a materially adverse effect on the ability of the Borrower to meet its commitments under the Credit Agreement, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Borrower.
 
The opinions herein expressed are limited to matters governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of Utah in each case as they exist at the date hereof, and I express no opinion as to the law of any other jurisdiction.
 
In giving the foregoing opinion, I express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction in which any Bank is located which limits the rate of interest that such Bank may charge or collect or as to the enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement providing for the payment of interest on overdue interest.
 
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above-referenced matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without my prior written consent.
 
                Very truly yours,
 
PacifiCorp
 
 
By:
 
Name:Mark C. Moench
Title:Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary







EXHIBIT E-2
 
OPINION OF
COUNSEL FOR THE BORROWER
 
[Effective Date]
 
To the Banks and the Agents
Referred to Below
c/o Union Bank of California, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
445 So. Figueroa St.
 
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
Dear Sirs:
 
We have acted as counsel for PacifiCorp (the “Borrower”) in connection with the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2007 among the Borrower, the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement”).  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
 
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.  This opinion is being rendered to you at the request of our client pursuant to Section 3.01(c) of the Credit Agreement.
 
In rendering this opinion, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents provided to us as originals and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents provided to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies.  As to questions of fact material to the following opinions, when relevant facts were not independently established, we have relied upon representations of the Company within the Credit Agreement, certificates of officers of the Company and its subsidiaries and certificates of public officials.
 
Upon the basis of the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications below we are of the opinion that:
 
1.           The Borrower is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of Oregon, and has due corporate right and corporate authority to own its properties and to carry on the business in which it is engaged as described in the Borrower’s 2006 Form 10-K.
 



2.           The execution and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes are within the Borrower’s corporate powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, and do not contravene, or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of the Third Restated Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Borrower, in each case as amended.
 
3.           The Idaho Public Utilities Commission, the Public Utility Commission of Oregon and the Utah Public Service Commission have entered appropriate orders, which, to the best of our knowledge after due inquiry, remain in full force and effect on the date hereof, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement; the Public Service Commission of Wyoming, the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and the California Public Utilities Commission have each entered appropriate orders exempting from such commissions’ authorization requirements (or, in the case of Washington, confirming compliance with RCW '80.08.040) with respect to the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement; and such orders constitute the only approval, authorization, consent or other order of any state governmental body legally required for the authorization of the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement.
 
4.           The Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower and each Note constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the foregoing may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium, or other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity, including those limiting the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, and other equitable remedies and those providing for defenses based on fairness and reasonableness, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
 
5.           The Borrower is not an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
6.           Because of order of the Public Utility Commission of Oregon which, to the best of our knowledge, remains in full force and effect on the date hereof, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, no approval, consent or authorization is needed from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under Section 204 of the Federal Power Act.
 
The opinions herein expressed are limited to matters governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of Oregon and, as to the opinions expressed in paragraph 3, the laws of the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, in each case as they exist at the date hereof, and we express no opinion as to the law of any other jurisdiction.  With
 



regard to the opinion expressed in paragraph 3, the Borrower’s authority to borrow under the Credit Agreement will terminate, under certain of such regulatory filings, if there are certain decreases in the ratings of the Borrower’s senior secured debt, and the Borrower may not borrow after April 30, 2011, or permit the expiration date of a Letter of Credit to be later than April 30, 2011, without obtaining a renewal of its authority from the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.  In rendering the opinion set forth in paragraph 4, we have assumed that the laws of the State of Oregon would apply despite selection of New York law under Section 9.09 of the Credit Agreement.
 
In giving the foregoing opinions, we express no opinions as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction in which any Bank is located which limits the rate of interest that such Bank may charge or collect or as to the enforceability of provisions in the Credit Agreement providing for the payment of interest on overdue interest.
 
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above-referenced matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.
 
Very truly yours,




EXHIBIT F
 
OPINION OF
DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL, SPECIAL COUNSEL
FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
 
 
October 23, 2007
 

To the Banks and the Agents
Referred to Below
c/o Union Bank of California, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent
445 So. Figueroa St.
 
Los Angeles, CA 90071
 
Dear Sirs:
 
We have participated in the preparation of the Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) dated as of October 23, 2007 among PacifiCorp, an Oregon corporation (the “Borrower”), the banks party thereto (the “Banks”), The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), and have acted as special counsel for the Administrative Agent for the purpose of rendering this opinion pursuant to Section 3.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.  Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
 
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such documents, corporate records, certificates of public officials and other instruments and have conducted such other investigations of fact and law as we have deemed necessary or advisable for purposes of this opinion.
 
Upon the basis of the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, assuming that the execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of the Credit Agreement and the Notes are within the Borrower’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, the Credit Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Borrower, and each Note delivered on the date hereof constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, in each case enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.
 



We are members of the Bar of the State of New York and the foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of New York.  In giving the foregoing opinion, we express no opinion as to the effect (if any) of any law of any jurisdiction (except the State of New York) in which any Bank is located which limits the rate of interest that such Bank may charge or collect.
 
This opinion is rendered solely to you in connection with the above matter.  This opinion may not be relied upon by you for any other purpose or relied upon by or furnished to any other person without our prior written consent.
 
Very truly yours,



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EXHIBIT G
 
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
 
AGREEMENT dated as of _________, 20__ among [ASSIGNOR] (the “Assignor”), [ASSIGNEE] (the “Assignee”) and PACIFICORP (the “Borrower”).
 
W I T N E S S E T H
 
WHEREAS, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the “Agreement”) relates to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 (the “Credit Agreement”) among the Borrower, the Assignor, the other Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent, and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”);
 
WHEREAS, as provided under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor has a Commitment to make Committed Loans to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $__________;
 
WHEREAS, Committed Loans made to the Borrower by the Assignor under the Credit Agreement in the aggregate principal amount of $__________ are outstanding at the date hereof;
 
WHEREAS, the Assignor has Letter of Credit Liabilities in an aggregate amount of $________ under the Credit Agreement at the date hereof; and
 
WHEREAS, the Assignor proposes to assign to the Assignee all of the rights of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement in respect of a portion of its Commitment thereunder in an amount equal to $__________ (the “Assigned Amount”), together with a corresponding portion of its outstanding Committed Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities, and the Assignee proposes to accept assignment of such rights and assume the corresponding obligations from the Assignor on such terms;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
 
Section 1.  Definitions.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
 
 



Credit Agreement to the extent of the Assigned Amount, including the purchase from the Assignor of the corresponding portion of each of its outstanding Committed Loans and of its Letter of Credit Liabilities at the date hereof.  Upon the execution and delivery hereof by the Assignor, the Assignee and the Borrower and the payment of the amounts specified in Section 3 required to be paid on the date hereof (i) the Assignee shall, as of the date hereof, succeed to the rights and be obligated to perform the obligations of a Bank under the Credit Agreement with a Commitment in an amount equal to the Assigned Amount and acquire the rights of the Assignor with respect to a corresponding portion of each of its outstanding Committed Loans and of its Letter of Credit Liabilities, and (ii) the Commitment of the Assignor shall, as of the date hereof, be reduced by a like amount and the Assignor released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement to the extent such obligations have been assumed by the Assignee.  The assignment provided for herein shall be without recourse to the Assignor.
 
Section 3.  Payments.  As consideration for the assignment and sale contemplated in Section 2 hereof, the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor on the date hereof in Federal funds an amount equal to $_________.*  It is understood that facility fees accrued to the date hereof are for the account of the Assignor and such fees accruing from and including the date hereof are for the account of the Assignee.  Each of the Assignor and the Assignee hereby agrees that if it receives any amount under the Credit Agreement which is for the account of the other party hereto, it shall receive the same for the account of such other party to the extent of such other party’s interest therein and shall promptly pay the same to such other party.
 
 
Section 5.  Note. Pursuant to Section 9.06(c) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrower agrees, if requested by the Assignee, to execute and deliver a Note payable to the order of the Assignee to evidence the assignment and assumption provided for herein.
 
 
 
 



 
* Amount should combine principal together with accrued interest and breakage compensation, if any, to be paid by the Assignee.  It may be preferable in an appropriate case to specify these amounts generically or by formula rather than as a fixed sum.
 
 
**  Delete if consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank is not required.
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.
 
[ASSIGNOR]
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:


 
[ASSIGNEE]
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:


PACIFICORP
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:


[UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:]


[ISSUING BANK
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:]

  
 
   



EXHIBIT H
 
EXTENSION AGREEMENT
 
Union Bank of California, N.A., as
   Administrative Agent
445 So. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90071

 
Ladies and Gentlemen:
 
Effective as of [date], the undersigned hereby agrees to extend its Commitment and Termination Date under the Credit Agreement dated as of October 23, 2007 among PacifiCorp (the “Borrower”), the Banks party thereto, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as Syndication Agent and Union Bank of California, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the “Credit Agreement”) for one year to [date], pursuant to Section 2.01(c) of the Credit Agreement. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as therein defined.
 
This Extension Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York. This Extension Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
 
 
[NAME OF BANK]
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:

 



Agreed and Accepted:
 
 
 
 
PACIFICORP
   as Borrower
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:
 
 




UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.,
   as Administrative Agent
 
By:
 
Name:
Title:
 
 
 
 




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