2008-07-12 00:04:08 -

- Fitch Ratings expects to assign the following ratings to Louisiana Public Facilities Authority System Restoration Bonds (Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation Project/EGSL) Series 2008 as follows:

--$121,000,000 tranche A-1 'AAA';

--$157,800,000 tranche A-2 'AAA'.

For more information see the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority System Restoration Bonds (Louisiana Utilities Restoration Corporation Project/EGSL) Series 2008 presale report, which is

available to all investors on the Fitch Ratings web site at www.fitchratings.com under the following headers:

Structured Finance then ABS then Presale Reports

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