Caisse company to own natural gas distributor Énergir after $1.14B deal with Enbridge
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This article was published 07/06/2021 (1941 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
MONTREAL – A company controlled by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec will fully own Quebec’s main natural gas distributor following a $1.14-billion purchase deal with Enbridge Inc.
Trencap LP, which is majority owned by the Quebec pension fund manager, has reached agreement to buy Enbridge’s 38.9 per cent stake in Noverco.
With the purchase, Trencap LP will own 100 per cent of Noverco and Énergir, a Quebec-based natural gas and power distributor servicing the province and Vermont.
The Caisse owns 64.74 per cent of Trencap, along with partners, including the Quebec Federation of Labour’s Solidarity Fund.
The transaction is expected to close by early 2022 and is subject to the receipt of regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions.
Calgary-based Enbridge says proceeds from the sale will be used to repay short-term debt and is expected to be neutral to distributable cash flow per share.
“We’re pleased to opportunistically monetize this non-strategic financial investment in Noverco at an attractive valuation and surface this value for our shareholders,” stated Enbridge chief financial officer Colin Gruending.
Énergir has more than $8 billion of assets and 530,000 customers across Quebec and the northeastern United States. In addition to distributing natural gas, it produces electricity from wind power in Quebec and from hydro and solar sources in Vermont.
The Caisse says it first invested in Énergir in 2004.
“With this transaction, CDPQ is furthering its support of Énergir, an innovative business that is working to decarbonize its operations for the benefit of its customers, for example by focusing on energy efficiency and renewable gas, thus contributing to a greener North American economy,” stated Emmanuel Jaclot, head of Infrastructure.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 7, 2021.
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