Article: ARKANSAS ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE FACILITY BONDS RATED 'A+' BY FITCH -- FITCH FINANCIAL WIRE --

NEW YORK, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.'s (AECC's) $124.6 million secured facility bonds are rated 'A' by Fitch. The implied rating on AECC senior debt securities is 'A+'. Proceeds will be used to refund the outstanding 11.5% term bonds due 2009. Bonds will be sold through negotiation by a syndicate led by Smith Barney later this month. The credit trend is stable.

AECC was assigned a Fitch Competitive Indicator (FCI) of 2.43, significantly better than the current industry average of 2.74. The FCI, assigned to investor owned and public power utilities, is a numerical value ranging from 1 (least vulnerable to competition) to 5 (most ...

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