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Moore-Mcneil Case Project

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The Insurance Consultant, Moore-McNeil, has opined that it does not believe nor has reasons to believe that there are any material compliance issues with respect to the Portfolio’s insurance program and the insurance requirements. The risk is assessed “Neutral/Standard”. The Project has received all of its material permits and all three generating stations are currently under construction.
The IE has opined that a review of existing approvals confirms that the majority of the technical approvals and contracts necessary for the project to proceed are in place. The permission to start construction for the 138 kV transmission line has been awarded and the construction is expected to commence shortly.
There is no known opposition. The construction …show more content…

Please refer to page 3 for a list of contractors and their scope of work. None of the contractors or the equipment suppliers are rated by the external rating agencies, nor any financial information is publicly available on these contractors to assess their respective credit profiles.Each of the contractor is required to post a performance bond (please refer to the performance bon table on page 3). Even though, the subcontractors have relevant experience in the relevant market and technology, the “Slight worse” assessment of the risk reflects lack of financial information to assess credit strength of the contractors and absence of an external credit rating on the …show more content…

Distributions permitted pursuant to passing a rolling 4-quarter historical 1.15x DSCR test.
The Term Loan represents 85% of the capital structure. A Project backed by a long term EPA with a strong investment grade off-taker somewhat mitigate the risk.
The Term Loan amortization over the initial tenor of the loan is seven years and the expected balloon at the end of the initial term (2025) is about C$176.5 million or US$132.7 million, hence introducing the refinancing risk.
The remaining EPA term of 23 years at the end of the initial tenor of the Term Loan makes the refinancing of the balloon payment likely. The Analyst notes that if no refinancing is available, the balloon payment at the end of the initial term of the loan will be fully repaid two years prior to the EPA expiry in 2048, under the conservative P99 scenario, and solely based on contracted cash flows.
The risk designation of “Neutral/Standard” reflects the EPA tail supporting refinancing at the end of the Term Loan tenor in 2025.
The operating life of a hydro generating asset is 50 years. A full repayment of the Term Loan in 2042 will leave an operating tail of 26

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