Investment Grade Utilities: Utilities and Power Weekly

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Investment Grade Utilities: Utilities and Power Weekly

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Investment Grade Utilities

Utilities and Power Weekly

PacifiCorp’s CMO jury trials stayed indefinitely 26 May 2026

On May 22nd, a Multnomah County Court judge ruled that PacifiCorp's Case High Grade Credit

Management Order (CMO) jury trials will be stayed indefinitely as a result of the reverse United States

and remand of the Phase I liability trials by an Oregon Appellate Court. Under the order, Utilities

litigants will be allowed to continue document discovery and other limited pre-trial

actions, but the case temporarily cannot move forward to damages trials. The ruling Table of Contents

effectively pauses the case, pending the plaintiffs’ appeal before the Oregon Supreme

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Court. The litigants will meet for a "status conference" with the county judge on August

Sector Performance 3

7th, 2026.

Utility Comps 5

Independent Power Producer and YieldCo Comps 14Last week's best and worst performers

IG utilities outperformed the market last week, returning 0.6% vs. 0.4% for the IG Utility Bonds Issuance 15

Bloomberg IG Aggregate Index. Last week’s best performing HoldCo credits were Utility Bond Performance Last Week 16

Dominion Energy Inc 4.850% Sr Unsecured notes due 2052 (+2.1%) & Southern Co. Utility Bond Performance YTD 17

5.325% Jr Subordinated notes due 2057 (+2.0%) and the worst performing HoldCo Utility Equity Performance Last Week 18

credits were Oglethorpe Power Corp. 4.250% 1st Mortgage notes due 2046 (-1.0%) & Appendix 19

NiSource Inc. 6.375% Jr Subordinated notes due 2055 (-0.6%).

Last week’s best performing OpCo credits were Idaho Power Company 3.650% Secured Gregg Brody