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Threat of downgrade hangs over North American power firms

Low natural gas prices, weak power demand and rising costs put pressure on credit ratings

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Power firms will have to funnel attention towards avoiding downgrade

Slow economic growth and low natural gas prices are putting the investment-grade ratings of some of North America's largest publicly traded power companies at risk, warns Moody's Investors Service.

"A triple whammy of low natural gas prices, tepid volume growth expectations, and rising operating costs continues to compress the margins and weaken the cash flows of most of the unregulated power

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