Representative Press Coverage Archives

“Florida PSC Letter Describes Saber Partners’ Performance as Financial Advisor”
Florida Public Service Commission, June 7, 2018
“Why This Florida Regulator is Crying Foul Over Two Letters”
Asset Securitization Report, October 13, 2016
“Florida Utility Regulator Files Complaints with EU Over Structured Finance Ratings”
Asset Securitization Report, October 5, 2016
“Duke Energy Bond Chooses Corp. Bond Audience Over ABS”
Bloomberg News, June 28, 2016
“Nuclear Asset-Recovery Bonds Issued for Duke Energy Florida LLC”
Citrus Times, June 22, 2016
“Duke’s Utility Fee Securitization Sets Important Precedent”
Asset Securitization Report, June 21, 2016
“Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions, Technical Note:Classification of Duke Energy Florida Project Finance, LLC”
Barclays Risk Analytics and Index Solutions, June 17, 2016
“Nuclear Asset-Recovery Bonds Issued for Duke Energy Florida LLC”
Florida Public Service Commission, June 16, 2016
“Duke Energy Florida customers will see a new charge on their bill starting in July”
Tampa Bay Times, June 16, 2016
“Funding Sought for Nuclear-Plant Shutdowns”
Asset-Backed Alert, September 25, 2015
“Saber Partners to Advise Florida Regulators on $1.3 Billion Duke Energy Deal”
Businesswire, July 29, 2015
“Review the scoring Evaluation Sheet of the Florida Commission’s Independent Evaluation Committee of Saber Partners and other RFP respondents”
Florida Public Service Commission Public Document, July 14, 2015
“Clean Up: Financing the Retirement and Remediation of Coal-fired Power Plants”
Structured Finance News, December 11, 2012
“American Electric Borrows $800 Million to Recover Stranded Costs”
Bloomberg News, March 13, 2012
“State of Hawaii, Attorney General Letter of Appreciation to Saber Partners, LLC in Helping to Resolve Citigroup Dispute and Protect Pension Fund”
November 29, 2010
“Citigroup, Hawaii End Dispute Over Auction-Rate Bonds”
Bloomberg News, November 24, 2010
“Citi, Hawaii Settle Auction Rate Securities Row”
Reuters, November 24, 2010
“State of Hawaii News Release”
November 23, 2010
“Basel May Be Threat to Money Funds”
The Bond Buyer, September 23, 2010
“Louisiana Lawmakers Eye Bill to Allow Securitization Bonds”
Platts, Electric Power Daily, March 30, 2010
“Pollution Bonds Signal Funding for $50 Billion Utility Cleanup”
Bloomberg News, December 16, 2009
“Utility Snubbed by Banks Shows States Pay Too Much”
Bloomberg News, September 23, 2009
“Saber Partners LLC Chosen to Repeat Role from 2007 Bond Offering”
September 10, 2009
“Gold Sheets, A Thomson Reuters LPC Publication”
Thomson Reuters LPC, June 8, 2009
“Calif. Issuers Seek Lower Costs, Risk”
The Bond Buyer, March 27, 2009
“Water Utilities Hire Saber”
The Bond Buyer, December 12, 2008
“Top Rated Water Utilities Hire Saber Partners to Advise on $1.2 Billion Variable Rate Financing Program”
December 11, 2008
“California Utilities Hire Saber to Advise on Variable-Rate Debt”
Bloomberg News, December 11, 2008
“Bond Marketer Criticizes Firms Over Auction-Rate Securities”
The Wall Street Journal, February 27, 2008
“More Broker-Dealers May Shore Up Bonds”
The Bond Buyer, February 27, 2008
“New York Authority to Unveil Auction-Bond Details”
Bloomberg News, February 26, 2008
“Transcript of Investor Conference Call on Auction Rate Securities”
Dormitory Authority’s Auction Rate Securities Investors’ and Research Analysts, February 26, 2008
“Saber Partners Launches Nationwide Campaign To Highlight Safe, Secure, Low-Cost “Ratepayer Green Bonds””
October 11, 2007
“JS Online Senator says We Energies failing consumers”
Journal Sentinel Online, June 22, 2007
“West Virginia WRAPS ECB DEAL”
Institutional Investor Ltd, April 18, 2007
“Energy Current: Allegheny Energy tests out ‘ratepayer green bonds’”
SNL Financial, April 16, 2007
“Saber Partners, LLC Completes Nation’s First Environmental Control Bond Issue”
April 12, 2007
“Allegheny closes pollution control issue”
Project Finance Magazine, April 12, 2007
“Public Service Commission Of West Virginia (PSC) Projects $130 Million In Savings For Ratepayers Through Innovative Bond Sale”
April 11, 2007
“Allegheny Taps W.Va. Environmental Bond Structure”
Power Finance & Risk, April 5, 2007
“West Virginia Utilities Borrow for Pollution Costs”
Bloomberg News, April 3, 2007
“American Electric Power Sells $1.74 Billion of Bonds for Costs”
Bloomberg News, October 4, 2006
“Florida Power’s Bid to Sell Hurricane Bonds May Be Scaled Back”
Bloomberg News, May 9, 2006
“Florida Power Seeks to Issue Bonds for Hurricane Cost”
Bloomberg News, April 19, 2006
“The Risks, Benefits and Responsibilities of Issuing Ratepayer Obligation Charge Bonds in Securitization”
April 1, 2006
“Texas Hires Adviser for Planned Sale of American Electric Bonds”
Bloomberg News, February 24, 2006
“West Virginia Regulators Hire Adviser for Allegheny Bonds”
Bloomberg News, February 9, 2006
“CenterPoint Sells $1.8 Bln in AAA Bonds Backed by Ratepayers”
Bloomberg News, December 13, 2005
“CenterPoint Energy Expands Mkt For Utility Tariff Bonds”
Dow Jones Newswire, December 12, 2005
“CenterPoint prices first part of $1.85 billion RRB program”
Asset Securitization Report, December 12, 2005
“Firm to set up storm bond program for Florida utilities”
Palm Beach Post, October 14, 2005
“Power companies to charge consumers for hurricane damages”
Tampa Bay Business Journal, October 14, 2005
“Saber Partners to Advise on Nation’s First Hurricane Recovery Bond Program”
October 13, 2005
“State of Florida, Public Service Commission statement of intent to award to Saber Partners, LLC”
Florida Public Service Commission, October 12, 2005
“Florida Readies Storm-Recovery Debt Plan for Private Utilities”
The Bond Buyer, October 12, 2005
“Florida chooses advisor for hurricane recovery bond program”
Asset Securitization Report, October 3, 2005
“N.J. Utility Bond Offering Achieves Record Low Pricing Spreads”
Businesswire, September 12, 2005
“Road Clear for CenterPoint”
Asset Securitization Report, August 22, 2005
“In the $2 trillion U.S. municipal bond market, government advisers and bankers spar over borrowing rates and more than $2 billion in fees. Advisers say they can save taxpayers millions of dollars in unnecessary charges.”
Bloomberg Markets, June 30, 2005
“Saber Gets Cold Shoulder From Underwriters”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 25, 2005
“Syndicate: Underwriters or undertakers?”
Asset Securitization Report, February 14, 2005
“Saber Partners Hired by West Virginia to Protect Ratepayers in Allegheny Power Environmental Facilities Financing”
February 8, 2005
“A new breed of bond”
Energy Risk Magazine, January 1, 2005
“Power Utility Plans To Issue $125 Million In Bonds”
Corporate Financing Week, August 27, 2004
“Texas PUC Taps Saber Partners as FA for $1.89B Deal”
The Bond Buyer, August 19, 2004
“No Longer Stranded in the USA”
International Securitisation Report, August 1, 2004
“Texas Transition Bonds win Favorable UK Regulatory Treatment on Securities Issued by TXU Electric Delivery Transition Bond Co.”
July 1, 2004
“The Weighting game”
International Financing Review, June 26, 2004
“TXU tops card ABS, despite timing issues”
Asset Securitization Report, May 31, 2004
“New Jersey to Hire Saber Partners to Advise on Electric Utility Bond Offerings”
Businesswire, April 5, 2004
“Texas Utilities Plugging Into ABS Market”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 26, 2004
“DJ POWER POINTS: A $100 Million Here, $100 Million There…”
Dow Jones Newswire, March 19, 2004
“2003 Deal of the Year Award”
Asset Securitization Report, December 1, 2003
“The Modern Utility: Still a Black Box?”
Public Utilities Fortnightly, November 1, 2003
“The Grapevine”
Asset-Backed Alert, October 3, 2003
“The Grapevine”
Asset-Backed Alert, September 5, 2003
“RRB sector leader Texas aims to set best practices”
Asset Securitization Report, July 21, 2003
“Texas Utility Heightens Disclosures”
Asset-Backed Alert, July 18, 2003
“Texas Public Utility Commission Chairman Applauds Increased Disclosure for Texas Transition Bond Investors”
CenterPoint Energy Transition Bond, July 17, 2003
“Feature: What Are Bond Deals Made Of?”
Investment Dealers' Digest, June 30, 2003
“Saber Partners Announces Financial Conference Call with Top Texas Utility Regulator”
Texasadmin, June 11, 2003
“A Grilling for A Texas Deal”
Investment Dealers' Digest, June 9, 2003
“He’s part power broker, part grasshopper herder”
Contra Costa Times, March 3, 2003
“Saber Partners Announces Financial Conference Call with Top Texas Utility Regulator”
Texasadmin, February 5, 2003
“Governor shakes up PUC positions With the addition of a former top aide, all five now are Davis appointees”
Contra Costa Times, January 1, 2003
“Focus on the Fixed Rate: Buyers Doing Last-Minute Analysis of DWR Deal”
The Bond Buyer, November 1, 2002
“Saber leads PUC Outreach to Financial Community”
September 26, 2002
“Florida firm pulls plug on plan for power plant”
The Sacramento Bee, August 22, 2002
“California’s $11.9 Bln Bond Sale Includes Record Reserves”
Bloomberg News, August 20, 2002
“California DWR Ups Deal to Nearly $12B Following PUC Nod”
Bond Buyer, August 14, 2002
“EnergyNewsLive.com”
Energy News Live, August 14, 2002
“State Is Set for Record Bond Issue”
Los Angeles Times, July 20, 2002
“EnergyNewsLive.com”
Energy News Live, April 30, 2002
“Pacific Gas & Electric Clears Way For California’s Plan to Sell Bonds”
The Wall Street Journal, March 28, 2002
“TXU Hammers Out Securitization Plan”
Asset-Backed Alert, March 1, 2002
“EnergyNewsLive.com”
Energy News Live, February 27, 2002
“Move to void power pacts could backfire”
The San Francisco Chronicle, February 26, 2002
“Spreads Tighten on Utility-Fee Paper”
Asset-Backed Alert, February 15, 2002
“A $1Mil Carrot For Co-Managers”
Investment Dealers' Digest, February 11, 2002
“EnergyNewsLive.com”
Energy News Live, February 6, 2002
“Texas Utility Bond Offering Sets Record Low Yields Resets Market Levels for Deregulation “Transition” Bonds: Ratepayers to Save Over $350 Million”
Electric Light & Power, February 5, 2002
“Looking for Commitment: Does California PUC’s Plan Go Far Enough?”
The Bond Buyer, February 4, 2002
“EnergyNewsLive.com”
Energy News Live, January 14, 2002
“State Stops Using Public Money to Buy Power”
Los Angeles Times, January 9, 2002
“State came within kilowatt of signing lopsided PG&E deal”
The San Francisco Chronicle, January 4, 2002
“Texas, California Energy Analysis”
December 19, 2001
“Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) and Reliant Complete Premier Securitization Transaction Ratepayers Save Over $900 Million”
Reliant Energy Bond Issue, October 24, 2001
“State Faces Crunch Time to Deal With Electricity Costs”
Los Angeles Times, September 10, 2001
“California’s Next Test in Its Power Crisis: Selling $12.5 Billion of Electricity Bonds”
The Wall Street Journal, July 31, 2001
“State consultants don’t see need for more rate hikes Outlook brightens; price cut may be possible by 2003”
San Diego Union Tribune, July 23, 2001
“State sees no need to hike rates”
The Sacramento Bee, July 23, 2001
“Fichera’s Long Hot Summer: Joseph Fichera headed to Sacramento to help keep the lights on”
Institutional Investor (Profile J.S. Fichera), July 1, 2001
“Power to Fichera”
Institutional Investor, June 1, 2001
“Price Caps Have Questionable Record”
The Washington Post, May 30, 2001
“Gov. Davis’s Advisers Warn of Recession In California Without Electricity Price Caps”
The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2001
“Don’t Write Off Davis Energy Plan”
Los Angeles Times, May 11, 2001
“California Regulators to Discuss Power-Rate Increase”
Bloomberg News, March 26, 2001
“PUC offers plan giving QFs choice of fixed payments, but does not address past debt”
Electric Power Daily, March 21, 2001
“In ‘Unusual’ Effort, ExxonMobil to Replace Fixed-Rate Bonds With Floating Debt”
Bond Buyer, February 22, 2001
“Saber Advisor to ExxonMobil Tender Offer with Morgan Stanley Dealer-Manager”
Exxon Mobil Corporation, February 16, 2001
“Texas PUC appoints unprecedented watchdog for ratepayers”
Electric Light & Power, July 1, 2000
“Contract Deal Is Proposed To Aid Vermont Utilities”
The Wall Street Journal, November 10, 1999
“State may offer U.S. utilities new ABS route”
Bloomberg Magazine, September 10, 1999