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Published on 5/5/2010 in the Prospect News Municipals Daily.

New Issue: California Department of Water prices upsized $2.97 billion in power supply bonds

By Sheri Kasprzak

New York, May 5 - The California Department of Water Resources sold Wednesday $2,967,685,000 in series 2010L power supply revenue bonds, according to a term sheet. The department had intended to raise $2 billion from the sale.

The bonds (Aa3/AA-/AA-) were sold through senior managers Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., E.J. De La Rosa & Co. Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. The co-managers included Barclays Capital Inc.; BMO Capital Markets GKST Inc.; BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; City National Securities, Inc.; Edward D. Jones & Co., LP; Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc.; Fidelity Capital Markets; Finacorp Securities; FirstSouthwest Co.; George K. Baum & Co.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Great Pacific Securities; Lam Securities Investments, Inc.; RBC Capital Markets Corp.; Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC; Stone & Youngberg; Sutter Securities Inc.; Wells Fargo Securities Inc.; Westhoff, Cone & Holmstedt and Wulff, Hansen & Co.

The bonds are due 2011 to 2012 and 2014 to 2022 with coupons from 2% to 5%.

Proceeds will be used to refund existing bonds.

The department, based in Sacramento, manages the state's water resources.

Issuer:California Department of Water Resources
Issue:Series 2010L power supply revenue bonds
Amount:$2,967,685,000
Type:Negotiated
Underwriters:Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., E.J. De La Rosa & Co. Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (lead); Barclays Capital Inc.; BMO Capital Markets GKST Inc.; BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC; Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.; City National Securities, Inc.; Edward D. Jones & Co., LP; Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc.; Fidelity Capital Markets; Finacorp Securities; FirstSouthwest Co.; George K. Baum & Co.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Great Pacific Securities; Lam Securities Investments, Inc.; RBC Capital Markets Corp.; Siebert Brandford Shank & Co. LLC; Stone & Youngberg; Sutter Securities Inc.; Wells Fargo Securities Inc.; Westhoff, Cone & Holmstedt and Wulff, Hansen & Co. (co-managers)
Ratings:Moody's: Aa3
Standard & Poor's AA-
Fitch AA-
Pricing date:May 5
Settlement date:May 12
MaturityTypeCouponPrice
2011Serial2.5%NRO
2012Serial2%102.102
2012Serial5%107.944
2014Serial3%103.991
2014Serial4%107.793
2014Serial5%111.595
2015Serial2.5%100.746
2015Serial4%107.744
2015Serial5%112.409
2016Serial2.75%99.726
2016Serial5%112.015
2017Serial3%99.438
2017Serial4%105.665
2017Serial5%111.892
2018Serial3.25%99.79
2018Serial5%111.975
2019Serial3.5%100.305
2019Serial4%104.132
2019Serial5%111.787
2020Serial3.5%99.084
2020Serial4%103.24
2020Serial5%111.55
2021Serial4%102.313
2021Serial5%102.313
2022Serial4%101.645
2022Serial5%109.879

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