$1,739,700,000
AEP Texas Central Transition Funding II LLC
Issuing Entity
Senior Secured Transition Bonds, Series A
|
Tranche |
Expected Average Life (Years) |
Principal Amount Issued |
Scheduled Final Payment Date |
Final Maturity Date |
Interest Rate |
Price to Public |
Underwriting Discounts and Commissions |
Proceeds to the Issuing Entity |
|
A-1 |
2.0 |
$217,000,000 |
1/1/2010 |
1/1/2012 |
4.98% |
99.99585% |
0.3250% |
$216,285,745 |
|
A-2 |
5.0 |
$341,000,000 |
7/1/2013 |
7/1/2015 |
4.98% |
99.94158% |
0.3600% |
$339,573,188 |
|
A-3 |
7.58 |
$250,000,000 |
7/1/2015 |
7/1/2017 |
5.09% |
99.95516% |
0.3850% |
$248,925,400 |
|
A-4 |
10.00 |
$437,000,000 |
1/1/2018 |
1/1/2020 |
5.17% |
99.94852% |
0.4200% |
$434,939,632 |
|
A-5 |
12.68 |
$494,700,000 |
7/1/2020 |
7/1/2021 |
5.3063% |
99.99937% |
0.3357% |
$493,036,175 |
The total price to the public is $1,739,151,598. The total amount of the underwriting
discounts and commissions is $6,391,458. The total amount of proceeds to the Issuing
Entity before deduction of expenses (estimated to be $5,178,138) is $1,732,760,141.
Investing in the Senior Secured Transition Bonds, Series A involves risks. Please
read "Risk Factors" on page 13 of the accompanying
prospectus
(PDF: 1.13 MB).
AEP Texas Central Transition Funding II LLC is issuing $1,739,700,000 of Senior
Secured Transition Bonds, Series A, referred to herein as the Bonds, in five tranches.
AEP Texas Central Company is the seller, initial servicer
and sponsor with regard to the Bonds. The Bonds are senior secured
obligations of the Issuing Entity supported by transition property which includes
the right to a special, irrevocable non-bypassable charge, known as a transition
charge, paid by all retail electric customers in the service territory of the sponsor
based on their consumption of electricity as discussed herein. The Public Utility
Commission of Texas requires and guarantees that transition charges be adjusted
annually, and semi-annually as necessary, to ensure the expected recovery of amounts
sufficient to timely provide all scheduled payments of principal and interest on
the Bonds, as described further in this prospectus supplement and the accompanying
prospectus. Through this adjustment mechanism, all retail customers cross share
in the liabilities of all other retail electric customers for the payment of transition
charges.
A special statute, the Texas Electric Utility Restructuring Act, enacted in June
1999 authorizes the Public Utility Commission of Texas to issue irrevocable financing
orders supporting the issuance of transition bonds. One of the purposes of this
act was to lower the cost to consumers of the transition to a competitive retail
electricity market in Texas. The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued an irrevocable
financing order to the sponsor on June 21, 2006. Pursuant to the financing order,
the sponsor established the Issuing Entity as a bankruptcy remote special purpose
subsidiary company to issue the Bonds. In the financing order, the Public Utility
Commission of Texas authorized a transition charge to be imposed on all retail customers,
which includes all individuals, corporations, other business entities, the State
of Texas and other federal, state and local governmental entities who purchase electricity
in the sponsor's service territory to pay principal and interest on the Bonds
and other administrative expenses of the offering. AEP Texas Central Company, as
servicer, will collect transition charges on behalf of the Issuing Entity and remit
the transition charges daily to a trustee. Please read "The Bonds—The
Transition Property" in this prospectus supplement.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas guarantees that it will take specific actions
pursuant to its irrevocable financing order as expressly authorized by the Texas
Electric Utility Restructuring Act to ensure that transition charge revenues are
sufficient to pay on a timely basis scheduled principal and interest on the Bonds.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas' obligations relating to the Bonds,
including the specific actions that it has guaranteed to take, are direct, explicit,
irrevocable and unconditional upon issuance of the Bonds, and are legally enforceable
against the Public Utility Commission of Texas, which is a United States public
sector entity.
The Bonds represent obligations only of the Issuing Entity and do not represent
obligations of the sponsor or any of its affiliates other than the Issuing Entity.
Please read "The Bonds—The Transition Property", "—The
Collateral" and "Credit Enhancement" in this prospectus supplement.
The Bonds are not a debt or general obligation of the State of Texas, the Public
Utility Commission of Texas or any other governmental agency or instrumentality
and are not a charge on the full faith and credit or the taxing power of the State
of Texas or any governmental agency or instrumentality. However, the State of Texas
and other federal, state and local governmental entities, as retail electric customers,
will be obligated to pay transition charges securing the Bonds. Only in their capacity
as retail electric customers will the State of Texas or any political subdivision,
agency, authority or instrumentality of the State of Texas, or any other entity,
be obligated to provide funds for the payment of the Bonds.
All matters relating to the structuring and pricing of the Bonds have been considered
jointly by AEP Texas Central Company and the Public Utility Commission of Texas,
acting through its financial advisor. The financial advisor to the Public Utility
Commission of Texas is Saber Partners, LLC
Additional information is contained in the accompanying prospectus. You should read
this prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus carefully before you
decide to invest in the Bonds. This prospectus supplement may not be used to offer
or sell the Bonds unless accompanied by the prospectus. Please review the
prospectus and prospectus supplement (PDF: 1.13 MB).