RE:KPC AcquisitionDibah420 wrote: "Kentucky Power currently operates two regulated electricity generation facilities (the Mitchell coal generating facility in West Virginia and the Big Sandy natural gas generating facility in Kentucky)"
Iam scratching my head. Why in October 2021 would anyone buy a coal plant (+debt) which will be shut down pronto?
They are playing the regulated assets game. They bought the rate base at a 1.3x multiple (which is low relative to other transactions) and they'll invest in the rate base to convert the coal generating facility to "green" energy, increasing the rate base to generate better future cashflows.