CARE reaffirms rating of CESC’s bank facilities

05 Dec 2012 Evaluate

Credit rating agency, CARE has reaffirmed AA rating to CESC’s long-term bank facilities worth Rs 615 crore. The rating agency has also reaffirmed A1+ rating to the company’s short-term bank facilities worth Rs 250 crore. The rating agency also removed the ratings from ‘credit watch’.

The company has received the said rating on the back of its experienced promoters, professional and highly qualified management team, strong Transmission & Distribution (T&D) network, satisfactory Plant Load Factor (PLF) & declining T&D loss, full-metered supply with almost 100% collection efficiency, rising power demand in its licensed area and improving financial performance.

CESC, a part of the RP-SG Group, has a license to supply electricity in Kolkata and Howrah till 2019. The license area is of 567 sq. km and caters to about over 2.6 million consumers at present. It currently has a generating capacity of 1225 MW (all coal based). The company operates the oldest unit at New Cossipore on an ‘as needed’ basis during the periods of peak demand in order to generate electricity in a cost - efficient manner.

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