NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Feb. 1, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today affirmed its 'AAA/A-1+' rating on Indiana Finance Authority's $77.125 million environmental refunding revenue bonds series 2009A-4 (for the Duke Energy Indiana Inc. project) following the replacement of the irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit (LOC) that Bank of America N.A. ('A/A-1') had provided with a new LOC from Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. ('A+/A-1'). The 'AAA/A-1+' rating reflects our opinion of the joint credit and liquidity support that Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., the LOC provider, and Duke Energy Indiana Inc. ('A-/A-2'), the obligor, provide in the form of an irrevocable direct-pay LOC and loan agreement. Under the LOC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. fully supports all bond payment obligations when
