CALGARY, June 13, 2018 /CNW/ - AltaGas Ltd. (AltaGas) (TSX: ALA) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to indirectly sell 35 percent of its interest in the Northwest British Columbia Hydro Electric Facilities (the "Facilities") for $922 million. The purchase price implies a 2017 EBITDA multiple of approximately 27 times and a total value of over $2.6 billion on a 100 percent basis for the Facilities. Northwest British Columbia Hydro Electric Facilities
Located in Tahltan First Nation territory, the Facilities are comprised of the 195-megawatt Forrest Kerr Hydroelectric Facility which achieved commercial operation ("COD") in October 2014, the 16-megawatt Volcano Creek Hydroelectric Facility which achieved COD in December 2014, and the 66-megawatt McLymont Creek Hydroelectric Facility which achieved COD on October 1, 2015. The Facilities had a total capital cost of approximately $1 billion, and are underpinned by three separate 60-year, fully indexed electricity purchase agreements with BC Hydro.
The Tahltan First Nation continues to play a key role in the success of the Facilities and to work closely with AltaGas to provide clean energy to British Columbia for decades to come.
TD Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint financial advisors to AltaGas in connection with this transaction.