NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) June 28, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services today assigned its 'A+/A-1' rating to Indiana Finance Authority?s $50 million Midwestern disaster relief revenue bonds series 2012B (for the Ohio Valley Electric Corp. project). The rating reflects our opinion of the credit and liquidity support that Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. ('A+/A-1') provides in the form of an irrevocable direct-pay letter of credit (LOC). Under the LOC, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. fully supports all bond payment obligations when the bonds are in the daily and weekly interest rate modes. Therefore, our rating applies only during these rate modes. If the bonds are converted to another rate mode, we will likely withdraw our rating. The 'A+' long-term component of
