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Values 06/30/11
S&P Composite Index Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) Natural Gas T&D (Diversified) Regulated T&D (Gas & Electric) Electric (Merchant) Regulated Electric (Integrated) Electric (Diversified)
Monthly Change from 06/01/11 0.46% 0.96% 2.76% 1.07% 0.74% 1.61% 0.03% 0.81%
Annual Change from 06/30/10 28.1% 21.5% 17.8% 31.2% 25.6% 7.8% 16.6% 13.2%
52 Week High
Change All-Time from 52 High Since Week High 01/03/07 (3.2%) (0.7%) (4.8%) (1.2%) (2.1%) (2.3%) (2.4%) (1.3%) 1,565.15 115.44 137.06 124.46 114.94 158.58 106.95 126.65
Change from AllTime High (15.6%) (15.4%) (4.8%) (9.2%) (2.1%) (52.8%) (10.3%) (33.2%)
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NI NiSource Issues $400 Million of 30-Year Notes NiSource Inc. (NYSE: NI) said on June 10 that its finance subsidiary, NiSource Finance Corp., has completed the sale in an underwritten public offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.95% notes, due 2041. NiSource says it will fully and unconditionally guarantee NiSource Finance's obligations. NiSource Finance intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the notes to repay short-term bank borrowings under its revolving credit facility.
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Calpine, GE Complete $844.5 Million Power Plant Financing For New Generation in San Francisco Bay Area Calpine Corp. (NYSE:CPN) and General Electric Co.s (NYSE: GE) GE Energy Financial Services unit obtained an $844.5 million credit facility to finance construction of the 619 megawatt, combined cycle Russell City Energy Center in Hayward, Calif., the companies said June 27. The power plant, now under construction, was the nation's first to receive a federal air permit that includes a voluntary limit on greenhouse gas emissions, the companies said. The project finance facility includes a construction loan that will convert to a 10-year term loan when commercial operations begin, expected in mid-2013. The construction loan and term loan facility will initially be priced at LIBOR plus 2.25%. The loan facility is non-recourse to Calpine and GE Energy Financial Services. It was jointly arranged by MUFG Power & Utilities Group; ING Capital LLC; Lloyds Bank Corporate Markets; BMO Capital Markets and CoBank, ACB, Calpine said. Pacific Gas and Electric has agreed to purchase the full output of electricity from Russell City upon completion and will supply natural gas fuel to the plant under a 10-year power purchase agreement approved by the California Public Utilities Commission in September 2010. The facility is expected to play a critical role in meeting the Bay Area's power needs as older, emissions-intensive plants shut down and in supporting the integration of renewable energy projects into California's power grid. A Calpine affiliate owns 75% of Russell City and a GE Energy Financial Services affiliate owns 25%. CPN Calpine Closes on a Senior Secured Term Loan Refinancing Project Debt For Two Plants at Attractive Rates Calpine Corp. (NYSE: CPN) announced on June 17 that it closed on a $360 million first lien senior secured term loan. The loan amortizes at a rate of 1% per year and bears interest at LIBOR plus 3.25% per annum, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.25%, and matures in 2018. Calpine utilized the proceeds of the term loan to retire credit agreements totaling $340.4 million belonging to its subsidiaries Deer Park Energy Center, LLC, and Metcalf Energy Center, LLC. The refinanced project debt pertains to two of Calpines natural gas-fired, combined cycle power plants. The Deer Park Energy Center in Deer Park, Texas, commenced commercial operations in June 2003, has 1,001 megawatts of electricity capacity and supplies steam to Shell Chemical L.P. The Metcalf Energy Center in San Jose, Calif., began commercial operations in June 2005 and can deliver up to 605 megawatts of energy. BKH Black Hills Corp. Closes $150 Million One Year Term Loan Black Hills Corp. (NYSE: BKH), on June 24 announced the closing of a $150 million, one-year, unsecured, singledraw, term loan with CoBank, Scotia Bank and U.S. Bank. The cost of borrowing under the loan is based on a spread of 125 basis points over LIBOR, Black Hills said. This loan captures the benefits of low short-term interest rates now extant in the marketplace and reduces overall short-term borrowing costs, Tony Cleberg, Black Hills executive vice president and chief financial officer said.
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Black Hills intends to use the term loan proceeds to reduce borrowings under its revolving credit facility. Black Hills is based in Rapid City, S.D. It serves 762,000 natural gas and electric utility customers in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. The companys non-regulated businesses generate wholesale electricity, produce natural gas, oil and coal, and market energy. ATPG ATP Expands and Closes $172.5 Million Public Offering of 8.0% Convertible Perpetual Preferred Stock ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (NASDAQ: ATPG) of Houston announced on June 20 that it has increased and closed its previously announced public offering of Series B 8.0% convertible perpetual preferred stock. Prior to this placement closing and pursuant to the underwriting agreement, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase 225,000 additional shares of convertible perpetual preferred stock to cover over-allotments. The exercise of the over-allotment expanded the transaction from 1.5 million shares to 1.725 million shares. ATP Oil & Gas is engaged in the development and production of oil and natural gas in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea and the North Sea. EROC Eagle Rock Announces $675 Million Credit Facility and Update to Hedge Portfolio Eagle Rock Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: EROC) of Houston entered into a five-year senior secured credit facility with a syndicate of banks; the initial commitments totaled $675 million, with the ability to increase commitments up to $1.2 billion. The facility, which matures in June 2016, replaces Eagle Rock's former senior secured credit facility, which was scheduled to mature in December 2012. The syndicate is led by Wells Fargo, N.A. as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A. and Royal Bank of Scotland plc as co-syndication agents, and BNP Paribas as documentation agent. The company announced the new credit facility on June 22. In conjunction with the credit facility refinancing, Eagle Rock restructured certain commodity hedges to remove as counterparties two institutions not continuing as lenders under the credit facility. It also restructured certain interest rate hedges to rebalance its fixed versus floating interest rate exposure following the issuance of the fixed-rate senior notes in May. The partnership is engaged in gathering and transporting natural gas, fractionating and transporting natural gas liquids; and marketing natural gas, condensate and natural gas liquids; and oil and gas exploration and production.
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Central Vermont said if it terminates the agreement with Fortis, it would be required to pay Fortis a total of approximately $19.5 million, including expenses. Fortis is the largest investor-owned distribution utility in Canada, serving more than 2 million gas and electricity customers. Its regulated holdings include electric utilities in five Canadian provinces and two Caribbean countries and a natural gas utility in British Columbia. Fortis owns non-regulated hydroelectric generation assets across Canada and in Belize and upper New York State. It also owns hotels and commercial real estate in Canada. Gaz Mtro is Quebec's leading regulated natural gas distributor with 182,000 customers in Quebec and 138,000 customers in Vermont. ACI Arch-ICG Merger Completed; Comes Right after Alpha-Massey Arch Coal, Inc. (NYSE: ACI), St. Louis, completed its acquisition of International Coal Group, Inc. (NYSE: ICO) on June 15, the company announced, with ICG becoming a subsidiary of Arch. Prior to the merger, Arch acquired approximately 92% of ICG's outstanding shares of common stock in connection with its previously disclosed tender offer. The aggregate value of the transaction totaled $3.4 billion. It was the second major coal acquisition during June. Alpha Natural Resources completed its acquisition of Massey on June 1. The acquisition extends Arch's reach into every major U.S. coal supply basin, said Steven F. Leer, Arch chairman and chief executive officer. With expected pro forma metallurgical sales of 11 million tons in 2011, Arch becomes the second largest U.S. metallurgical coal producer and a top 10 global met coal supplier. The acquisition also adds nearly 13 million tons of low-cost Appalachian thermal production to Arch's domestic thermal coal portfolio, solidifying the company's No. 2 position among U.S.-based coal mining companies. The company has dedicated throughput capacity, logistics capabilities and strategic relationships that can be used to expand export shipments via the U.S. East Coast, West Coast and Gulf of Mexico to further penetrate global growth markets. Upon integration, Arch will operate 24 mining complexes across five U.S. coal supply basins. ETE/SUG/WMB Energy Transfer Equity Outbids Williams to Acquire Southern Union Co Energy Transfer Equity, LP (NYSE:ETE) saw the Williams Cos $39 per share offer for Southern Union Co. and then raised it to $40, apparently winning the short-lived bidding war for the natural gas pipeline operator. Energy Transfer and Southern Union announced on July 5 that they entered into an amended and restated merger agreement under which ETE will acquire SUG for $8.9 billion, including $5.1 billion in cash and ETE common units. Under the terms of the revised agreement, approved by both boards, SUG shareholders can elect to exchange their common shares for $40 in cash or 0.903 ETE common units. The maximum cash component is 60% of the aggregate consideration and the common unit component can fluctuate between 40% and 50%. Elections in excess of either the cash or common unit limits will be subject to proration. The revised purchase price represents a significant increase in value being paid to SUG shareholders and more than a 42% premium to the closing price of SUG common stock on June 15, 2011, the last trading day prior to the announcement of the original merger agreement. Energy Transfer made a bid to acquire Southern Union for the equivalent of $33 per share, the companies announced on June 16, but the Williams Cos. (NYSE: WMB) jumped in a week later with a proposal to acquire Southern Union for $39 per share in cash.
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The Southern Union board had originally entered into a definitive merger agreement with Energy Transfer Equity, but it was announced on June 28 that the special committee of the board authorized Southern Union to enter into discussions with Williams. The Southern Union board has now decided to go with Energy Transfers higher offer. Southern Union, of Houston, is a diversified natural gas company, engaged primarily in the transportation, storage, gathering, processing and distribution of natural gas. The company owns and operates one of the nations largest natural gas pipeline systems with more than 20,000 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines and one of North Americas largest liquefied natural gas import terminals, along with serving more than half a million natural gas end-use customers in Missouri and Massachusetts. Williams, of Tulsa, Okla., is an integrated natural gas company focused on exploration and production, midstream gathering and processing, and interstate natural gas transportation primarily in the Rocky Mountains, Gulf Coast, Pacific Northwest, Eastern Seaboard and the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania. Most of the company's interstate gas pipeline and midstream assets are held through its 75% ownership interest (including the general-partner interest) in Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ), a leading diversified master limited partnership. Energy Transfer Equity is a publicly traded partnership which owns the general partner and 100% of the incentive distribution rights of Energy Transfer partners and Regency Energy Partners. Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.(NYSE: ETP) is a publicly traded partnership owning and operating a diversified portfolio of energy assets including more than 17,500 miles of gathering and transportation pipelines, treating and processing assets, and three storage facilities located in Texas. ETP also holds a 70 percent interest in Lone Star NGL LLC, a joint venture that owns and operates NGL storage, fractionation and transportation assets in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi. ETP is also one of the three largest retail marketers of propane in the United States, serving more than 1million customers across the country. Regency Energy Partners LP (NASDAQ: RGNC) is a midstream energy partnership engaged in the gathering, contract compression, processing, marketing and transporting of natural gas and natural gas liquids; it also owns the remaining 30% interest in Lone Star. ATP/AT/CPA Atlantic Power Corporation Agrees to Acquire Capital Power Income LP ; Creates a Contracted Power Generation Platform Atlantic Power Corp. (TSX: ATP) (NYSE: AT) of Boston and Capital Power Income L.P. (TSX: CPA.UN) announced on June 20 that they entered into an arrangement agreement under which Atlantic Power will acquire all of the outstanding limited partnership units of Capital Power for C$19.40 per limited partnership unit, payable in cash or shares of Atlantic Power. The agreed price of C$19.40 represents a 4.1% premium to the Capital Power closing price of C$18.63 on June 17, and a 6.8% premium to the partnership's volume-weighted average trading price for the 30 days leading up to October 5, 2010, the day on which Capital Power announced it was undertaking a strategic review process, the company said. Atlantic Power owns and operates a diverse fleet of power generation and infrastructure assets in the United States selling electricity to utilities and other large commercial customers under long-term power purchase agreements which seek to minimize exposure to changes in commodity prices. Capital Powers portfolio includes 19 wholly-owned power generation assets located in Canada and the United States and a 50.15% interest in a power generation asset in Washington State. The companys assets have a total net generating capacity of 1,400 MW and more than 4 million pounds per hour of thermal energy. The merger is expected to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2011, the companies said. As a result of the transaction, Atlantic Power will emerge as a publicly traded, power generation and infrastructure company with a diversified portfolio of assets in the United States and Canada. The merger will increase the net generating capacity of the companys projects to approximately 2,116 MW from 871 MW. The combined portfolio of assets will consist of interests in 30 operational power generation projects across 11 states and two provinces, a
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53-MW biomass project under construction in Georgia, and an 84-mile, 500-kilovolt electric transmission line in California. Atlantic Power says it has obtained committed debt financing sufficient to enable it to pay the cash portion of the merger consideration, but plans to conduct public and/or private offerings of approximately C$423 million of debt and approximately C$200 million of equity prior to closing to fund the cash portion of the purchase price and to refinance certain existing short-term debt of CPILP.
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Crude Oil Prices Start June at $100, Dip, and Largely Recover June opened with spot month light sweet crude oil futures priced at $100 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, and drifting down into the mid-$90s. On June 23, prices fell by more than $4 per barrel in response to the unexpected announcement by the U.S. Department of Energy and International Energy Agency of the release of 60 million barrels from strategic inventories. The agencies said it was to make up for the loss of 1.5 million barrels per day of Libyan crude oil exports as the summer driving season was getting underway. The decision to release the oil was coordinated on several levels, including the Saudis, particularly after the June 8 decision by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries not to increase production, which the Saudis wanted, said Michael Korn, an energy options trader in Princeton, NJ. Crude oil futures prices began recovering within a couple of days of the DOE-IEA announcement, and by July 7 were back above $98 per barrel.
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Prices lost ground again by the end of the first full week of July on the release of an absolutely dismal U.S. jobs report. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that nationwide only 18,000 new jobs were created during the month of June, putting the unemployment rate at 9.2%. The April and May statistics were revised downward at the same time. The SPR (Strategic Petroleum Reserve) release was traded pretty much like any other market news in the futures market, Korn said. Prices fell, found support, and retreated. Since that time the market has been more focused on a tightening supply of North Sea Brent crude, and now the jobs report, he said. June ended with crude oil futures at $95.42 per barrel (the equivalent of $16.37 per million British thermal units or mmBtu), natural gas at $4.374 per mmBtu, and central Appalachian coal at $77.63 per ton, or $3.23 per mmBtu. The energy futures are priced at the delivery points specified by the futures contracts: Cushing, Okla., for light sweet crude oil; the Henry Hub at Erath, La., for natural gas; and barge loading points along a section of the Big Sandy River for Central Appalachian coal.
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The rebuilt works will be constructed within the constraints of the existing site. The 16 million upgrade forms the largest single project being delivered under Dee Valley Waters five-year capital investment program, which is mainly targeted at the renewal of assets that are approaching the end of their useful lives. The contract will be executed in two phases. The six-month design period began in April 2011, and will be followed by an 18-month construction period. All works are planned to be complete by April 2013. U.S. Utility Survey Respondents Believe Significant Energy Price Increases Are Coming; Water/Energy Nexus Is a Growing Challenge Black & Veatch released the results of its fifth annual Strategic Directions in the Electric Utility Industry survey on June 13 in which more than 700 U.S. utility leaders took part. Among the top findings, participants believe that energy and commodity prices will rise significantly in the next five years, and water has become the top environmental and business issue. More than 70% of survey participants agreed or strongly agreed that energy and commodity prices would rise significantly in the next five years, signifying tremendous capital investment needs across the nations electric utility system, said Rodger Smith, President of Black & Veatchs management consulting business. There is also a growing awareness of the nexus of water and energy issue within the industry, he said. For the first time, water supply has become the top environmental concern among survey participants and water management was rated as the business issue that could have the greatest impact on the utility industry. Other highlights include: Lack of national energy policy impedes investment in new technology. Smart Grid programs are hamstrung by a lack of customer interest and knowledge. Coal will remain an important part of the U.S. energy mix. More than 77% of respondents virtually the same percentage as last years survey results believe when fiscal realities are considered, coal remains key in the U.S. energy portfolio. Natural gas leapfrogs nuclear and wind as the top environmentally friendly technology among all survey participants, although utility respondents still prefer nuclear. Survey participants are optimistic that electric vehicles will account for approximately 8% of their annual energy load by 2025. They estimate that electric vehicles will account for 1% of their annual energy load by as early as next year. Nationwide, 1% of annual energy load equates to approximately 5,300 megawatts of baseload capacity, the energy equivalent to power more than 5 million homes.
Black & Veatchs annual survey provides insights and analysis into traditional utility-focused questions regarding operations and regulations. The full survey and analysis is available online at www.bv.com/Electric-Utility-Survey/.
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