| Asset Type | Energy and Social Infrastructure |
| Status | Operational |
| Asset Description | 50-year concession to operate and maintain The Ohio State University’s campus district energy system, including the production and/or distribution of steam, chilled water, natural gas, and electricity across the 485-building Columbus campus and implementation of a comprehensive energy conservation program designed to increase system efficiency by 25% or greater. |
| Asset Revenues | In exchange for an upfront payment, the Concessionaire receives three revenue streams: (i) a fixed $45 million per year (escalating at 1.5% per annum); (ii) a return on investment for capital improvements made to the system over the term of the concession; and (iii) payment of operating costs on a pass-through basis. |
| Counterparty | The Ohio State University (S&P: AA; Moody’s: Aa1) |
| Concession Expiry | 2067 |
| Asset Type | Energy Infrastructure |
| Status | Operational |
| Asset Description | 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of 28 wind and solar assets. The portfolio is located in 12 states throughout the US. The projects are prime recontracting and repowering targets, providing significant future opportunity. One of the projects, a 70 MW wind asset in Maryland, will be repowered in 2022-2023. |
| Asset Revenues | The assets are contracted under long-term PPAs with high-grade utility and corporate counterparties that bear a weighted average credit rating of A. |
| Counterparty | Exelon Generation |
| Asset Type | Energy Infrastructure |
| Status | Under construction (commercial operations in 2023) |
| Asset Description | Equity interest in a shovel-ready 900 MW combined-cycle power plant to be located approximately 200 km west of Edmonton, AB. |
| Asset Revenues | Market energy sales with ~80% of the gas supply sourced via three 14 years average gas netback agreements (gas prices indexed to electricity prices). |
| Counterparties | Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. – Pacific Canbriam Energy Ltd. – Cutbank Dawson Gas Resources Ltd. |
| Asset Type | Social Infrastructure (graduate student housing) |
| Status | Operational (substantial completion in 2014) |
| Asset Description | Aspire at West Campus is a purpose-built graduate student housing facility located at the University of Iowa (UI) in Iowa City. The facility is the only on-campus graduate student housing facility at UI and consists of 521 apartments with a total of 862 beds. Aspire is currently operated pursuant to a ground lease and operating agreement with UI under a 50-year term, including sponsor’s 10-year extension option. Rental rates are set collaboratively with the University but the sponsor has ultimate decision making authority. The original developer, Balfour Beatty, has been retained as property manager and is responsible for maintenance of the property as well as unit leasing and rent collection, for which the University also provides support. |
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