DBRS Morningstar Assigns Ratings of A (high) with Stable Trends to Hydro One Inc.'s $900 Million Medium-Term Notes Issues.

ENPNewswire-September 20, 2021--DBRS Morningstar Assigns Ratings of A (high) with Stable Trends to Hydro One Inc.'s $900 Million Medium-Term Notes Issues

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Release date- 17092021 - DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned ratings of A (high) with Stable trends to Hydro One Inc.'s (HOI or the Company) $900 million Medium-Term Notes (the Notes) offering, which is composed of $450 million of 2.23% (Series 50) due 2031 and $450 million 3.10% (Series 51) due 2051.

The ratings assigned to the Notes are based on the ratings of other already-outstanding series of Senior Unsecured Debentures.

The Notes will be direct, unsecured obligations of HOI, ranking pari passu with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. Proceeds from the Notes will be used to repay and/or prepay maturing long-term and short-term debt and for general corporate purposes.

A description of how DBRS Morningstar considers ESG factors within the DBRS Morningstar analytical framework can be found in the DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Approach to Environmental, Social, and Governance Risk Factors in Credit Ratings at https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/373262.

Notes:

All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodology is Rating Companies in the Regulated Electric, Natural Gas, and Water Utilities Industry (October 27, 2020; https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/368939), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under...

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