S&P notes 175% jump in utility pension and OPEB plan shortfalls, but no rating impact yet

摘要

Utility pension and other postemployment benefit plannfunding shortfalls jumped 275% last year to about $59.7 millionn— a “much quicker pace” than the 160% average jump for thencompanies in the Standard & Poor’s 500, S&P Ratings said lastnweek in a new report, “Funding Shortfall of US Utility Pension andnPostretirement Benefits Add to Industry’s Cost Pressure Woes.”