Asset type | Energy Infrastructure (transmission line) |
Status | Operational (COD between Sept. 2013 and Jan. 2014) |
Asset description | Wind Energy Transmission Texas, LLC (WETT) is a regulated electric transmission provider in West Texas that owns and operates 500 circuit miles of transmission lines and six switching stations across eleven West Texas counties. |
Asset revenues | Rate base revenue mechanism paid from the pooled revenues collected by the ERCOT from ~80 electric distribution service providers in Texas. |
Conterparties | ERCOT - Electric Reliability Council of Texas and PUCT - Public Utility Commission of Texas |
Asset Type | Social Infrastructure (graduate student housing) |
Status | Under construction (commercial operations in 2023) |
Asset Description | Swiftsure Housing Partners is a partnership between Axium and Balfour Beatty to construct a graduate student housing facility located at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The facility will be the only on-campus graduate student housing facility at Vanderbilt University and consists of 529 apartments with a total of 616 beds. The facility will be operated pursuant to a ground lease and cooperation agreement with Vanderbilt University under a 65-year term. Rental rates are set collaboratively with the University on an annual basis and are subject to a cap that ensures rental rates will stay at a specified discount to market rates in the Nashville area. Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions 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. |
Asset Revenues | Rental revenue is collected from students every month. Revenues earned above a 95% occupancy rate are split 75% to Swiftsure Housing Partners and 25% to Vanderbilt University long-term. |
Counterparty | Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions (property manager)Vanderbilt University (S&P: AA+ / Moody’s: Aa1 / Fitch AAA) |
Contract Expiry | Ground lease with the Vanderbilt University expires in 2086 |
Asset Type | Energy Infrastructure (District heating & cooling) |
Status | Operational (generation unit COD between 1980 and 2017) |
Asset Description | Tri-generation energy complex located in Boston’s Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA). Medical Area Total Energy Plan (MATEP) provides 100 MW of electricity capacity, 1,000,000 lbs / hr of steam capacity, and 41,000 tons chilled water. |
Asset Revenues | Revenues derived from long-term utilities contracts with hospitals and medical institutions located in the LMA, including six hospitals affiliated with Harvard University. |
Counterparty | Institutes affiliated with Harvard Institutes of Medicine (Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Beth Israel, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center) (Average credit rating of AA-) |
Contract Expiry | 2051 (~33 years following acquisition closing) |
Asset Type | Energy Infrastructure |
Status | Meadow Lake VI: Operational (COD Dec. 2018) Prairie Queen: In construction (COD in Q2 2019) |
Asset Description | The portfolio consists of two wind farms: Meadow Lake VI (200.4 MW) located in White and Benton Counties, IN; and Prairie Queen (199.3 MW) located in Allen County, KS. |
Asset Revenues | 100% of the projects’ production is contracted to be sold to investment-grade counterparties under long-term PPAs. |
Conterparties | Meadow Lake VI: Wabash Valley Power (75.4 MW)/Cummins Inc. (75 MW)/Nestle, USA (50 MW) Prairie Queen: Kansas City Power & Light (100%) |
PPA Expiry | Meadow Lake VI: 15 years (Cummins & Nestle) to 20 years (Wabash) from COD Prairie Queen: 20 years from COD |