dealer agreement with goldman
sachs and rbc and the dealers
are responsible for the selling
and remarketing of the c.p. to
investors.
in summary --
>> supervisor: real quick before
you continue, explain to me your
commercial paper note program.
>> so, it's very common when
have you a large capital program
like we do in our water and
waste water enterprises do as
well, to provide interim
lower-cost funding during the
construction period of the
capital project.
ultimately you want to fund the
project with long-term debt,
30-year debt but this is interim
funding.
commercial paper you can issue
for up to 270 days, so less than
a year, because of that it's
much lower cost.
so once the project is built and
in operation then the goal is to
take it out with long-term
financing, revenue bond
financing.
typically, 30-year financing is