December 2008

Water/Utilities 19 December 2008

Bank group shrinks for Manchester Waste PPP

Reliant pays up to cancel 10 December 2008

Reliant Energy has terminated a $300 million credit facility

Unitil completes Northern Utilities bond issue 04 December 2008

New Hampshire-based utility Unitil has completed an $80 million bond financing

Eskom taps World Bank for $5 billion 04 December 2008

South African state utility Eskom has agreed in principle a five-year $5 billion loan with the World Bank.

Befesa closes financing for Tenes desal 02 December 2008

Befesa subsidiary Befesa Agua has raised a $185 million facility for its 25-year Tenes seawater desalination project in Algeria

Eletrobras dominates latest transmission auction 01 December 2008

Brazil's Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL) has awarded seven 30-year concessions to build and operate 4,802km of transmission lines.

CenterPoint closes while Reliant drops refinancing 01 December 2008

Reliant Energy has abandoned plans to raise $1 billion in senior and convertible debt from Goldman Sachs and First Reserve.

November 2008

Bridge to the past 19 November 2008

Infrastructure plans for the Middle East are facing big problems. Sponsor risk-sharing, pricing and tenor expectations will need lowering even further for deals to get away in the new lending climate. Paul Smith reports.

Water/utilities 19 November 2008

Singapore District Cooling financed