DBRS Morningstar Assigns Rating of "A" With a Stable Trend to FortisBC Energy Inc.'s New $150 Million Unsecured Medium Term Note Debentures

DBRS Limited (DBRS Morningstar) assigned a rating of “A” with a Stable trend to FortisBC Energy Inc.’s new $150 million Unsecured Medium Term Note Debentures Series 34, maturing July 18, 2031. The rating assigned to this newly issued debt instrument is based on the rating of an already-outstanding debt series of the above-mentioned debt instrument.

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.

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All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The principal methodologies are Rating Companies in the Regulated Electric, Natural Gas, and Water Utilities Industry (October 27, 2020, https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/368939) and DBRS Morningstar Criteria: Commercial Paper Liquidity Support for Nonbank Issuers, (March 09, 2021, https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/375001), which can be found on dbrsmorningstar.com under Methodologies & Criteria.

For more information regarding rating methodologies and Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), please see the following DBRS Morningstar press release: https://www.dbrsmorningstar.com/research/357883.

Generally, the conditions that lead to the assignment of a Negative or Positive trend are resolved within a 12-month period. DBRS Morningstar trends and ratings are under regular surveillance.

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