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Oct 18, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

PPA Pulse: Microsoft Pushes Back on Risks and Long Contracts with Novel Offtake Structure

Microsoft Corp., an early adopter of the virtual power purchase agreement, has gone public with its efforts to simplify PPA contracts and shift risks away from corporate offtakers.
Oct 18, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

AltaGas to Sell Stake in Colorado Wind Farm

AltaGas is selling its stake in a wind project in Huerfano County, Colo., to an independent power producer affiliated with the project's utility offtaker and co-owner.
Oct 18, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

Centaurus Nears Solar Tax Equity Deal

Centaurus Renewable Energy is close to securing tax equity for its Techren I solar project in Nevada.
Oct 17, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Prudential Capital Opens Mexico Office

Prudential Capital Group has opened an office in Mexico City to underpin its investment strategy in Latin America, including in power and energy infrastructure project finance.
Oct 17, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

JP Morgan Preps Tax Equity for North Dakota Wind Project

JP Morgan is looking to close a tax equity investment in a financially hedged wind farm in North Dakota by the end of the year.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Direct Energy to Acquire Texas-based Retail Biz

Oct 18, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

Direct Energy Business has agreed to acquire a retail electricity business that serves commercial and industrial customers in the ERCOT and PJM Interconnection markets.
AltaGas to Sell Stake in Colorado Wind Farm

Oct 18, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

AltaGas is selling its stake in a wind project in Huerfano County, Colo., to an independent power producer affiliated with the project's utility offtaker and co-owner.

PPA Pulse: Microsoft Pushes Back on Risks and Long Contracts with Novel Offtake Structure

Oct 18, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Microsoft Corp., an early adopter of the virtual power purchase agreement, has gone public with its efforts to simplify PPA contracts and shift risks away from corporate offtakers.
Centaurus Nears Solar Tax Equity Deal

Oct 18, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

Centaurus Renewable Energy is close to securing tax equity for its Techren I solar project in Nevada.

Clearway Raises $75M with Equity Offering

Oct 01, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Yield company Clearway Energy priced a capital raise at $19.15 per share last week, raising about $75 million toward its acquisition of the Carlsbad gas-fired project in California from NRG Energy.
Clearway Taps UBS for Equity Offering to Fund Carlsbad Purchase

Sep 26, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Clearway Energy, the yield company formerly known as NRG Yield, has hired UBS for the latest chunk of financing for its acquisition of the Carlsbad gas-fired project in California.

Direct Energy to Acquire Texas-based Retail Biz

Oct 18, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

Direct Energy Business has agreed to acquire a retail electricity business that serves commercial and industrial customers in the ERCOT and PJM Interconnection markets.
Prudential Capital Opens Mexico Office

Oct 17, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Prudential Capital Group has opened an office in Mexico City to underpin its investment strategy in Latin America, including in power and energy infrastructure project finance.

Oct 12, 2018 - Power Finance & Risk

#PowerTweets Oct. 12, 2018: Michael, IPCC, Kanye

The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends and news in power and energy on Twitter.
Oct 10, 2018 - Taryana Odayar

First Solar Beer Launched in Oregon

A Oregon solar project operated by Pine Gate Renewables is abuzz with a sweet collaboration involving bees and brews.
Sep 14, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

10 Years Ago: Lehman Brothers—Where Are They Now?

When the financial crisis struck 10 years ago, Lehman Brothers had a large and prominent power and utilities investment banking team. Many of those bankers (who had nothing to do with the investments in mortgage-backed securities that brought Lehman down) are still active in the industry. PFR has looked at where some of them are now.