Standard&Poor's Ratings Services' rating on Panoche Energy Center LLC's (Panoche) $321 million senior secured bonds due July 2029 is 'BBB-'. The rating is on CreditWatch with negative implications. Panoche was formed as a single-purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity owned by U.S. Power Fund II L.P., a private equity fund managed by EIF Management LLC (not rated) to develop, build, own, and operate an approximately 400-megawatt (MW) combustion turbine power plant located approximately 50 miles west of Fresno, Calif. Panoche is using the debt proceeds to fund construction of the facility, and will repay the debt with revenues it plans to earn through a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Pacific Gas&Electric Co. (PG&E; BBB+/Stable/A-2). Construction of the plant