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ith problems in Greece, Portugal and Ireland, if you include Spain, it gets tight (note: the chart excludes costs to recapitalize banks). If Italy or Belgium entered Europe’s Liquidity Hospital, a lot more money might be needed from European parliaments (in one worst-case scenario, Alliance Bernstein estim

that the EU lending facility would have to increase from 440 bn to 1.7 trillion Euros, mostly from Germany). Italy faces a multi-notch downgrade from Moody’s, which is not going to help. As we discussed two weeks ago, Italy has been a model citizen in terms of running low budget deficits for 20 years, but

ith problems in Greece, Portugal and Ireland, if you include Spain, it gets tight (note: the chart excludes costs to recapitalize banks). If Italy or Belgium entered Europe’s Liquidity Hospital, a lot more money might be needed from European parliaments Limited capacity at the European Liquidity Hospital

ility would have to increase from 440 bn to 1.7 trillion Euros, mostly from Germany). Italy es EFSM 600 400 200 faces a multi-notch downgrade from Moody’s, which is not going to help. As we discussed two weeks ago, Italy has been a model citizen in terms of running low budget deficits for 20 years, but

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quire fiscal adjustments of a magnitude that, in some cases, will test social cohesion. ' - Pierre Cailleteau Managing Director of Sovereign Risk at Moody’s, 3/16/2010 .../f there are not offsetting measures to reverse the deterioration in negative fundamentals in the U.S., the likelihood of a negative o

in areas with ample wind and solar resources but located far from customers. Companies such as Northeast Utilities (US), National Grid (UK) and Elia (Belgium/Germany) are prime beneficiaries of this transmission capital spending, along with equipment providers such as ABB (Switzerland). In addition, many

key drivers that might cause a deterioration or improvement in a utility company’s business model against forward-looking credit rating agency (S&P, Moody’s, etc.) ratios. 24 Electron Capital Partners, LLC HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024225 --- PAGE BREAK --- Global Utility White Paper CONFIDENTIAL Appendix 2: G