Investment Summary

Lotus Infrastructure Partners and Ares EIF Exits Hudson Project

On September 27, 2018, infrastructure investor Argo Infrastructure Partners invested in utilities company Hudson Project from Lotus Infrastructure Partners and Ares EIF

Investment Highlights
  • This is Argo Infrastructure Partners’ 1st transaction in the Utilities sector.
  • This is Argo Infrastructure Partners’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Argo Infrastructure Partners’ 1st transaction in Connecticut.

Investment Summary

Date 2018-09-27
Target Hudson Project
Sector Utilities
Investor(s) Argo Infrastructure Partners
Sellers(s) Lotus Infrastructure Partners
Ares EIF
Deal Type Secondary Buyout

Target

Hudson Project

Fairfield, Connecticut, United States
Hudson is a 660 MW, 345 kilovolt transmission line that will be built between Ridgefield, NJ and midtown Manhattan. The Hudson-sponsored project will include approximately eight miles of buried transmission cable, four miles of which will be installed beneath the Hudson River, and a converter station in Ridgefield that will convert alternating current (“AC”) power into direct current (“DC”) power for purposes of efficient transmission, and back to AC power for distribution to the New York Power Authority’s (“NYPA”) New York City customers. Hudson Project was founded in 2009 and is based in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Argo Infrastructure Partners


Category Infrastructure
Founded 2013
PE ASSETS 6.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Argo Infrastructure Partners is a private equity firm focused on infrastructure investments. Specific areas of interest include regulated utilities, energy, renewables, and transportation. The Firm seeks long-term and sustainable partnerships when considering investing in new companies or projects. Argo Infrastructure Partners was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York, New York.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector: Utilities M&A 1 of 1
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: Connecticut M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 1 of 4
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-12-30 LAZ Parking

Hartford, Connecticut, United States

LAZ Parking is a parking operator in the United States with operations in over 3k+ locations. LAZ offers a vast array of parking services including facility management, billing, collections, maintenance, valet parking and shuttles. LAZ Parking was founded in 1981 and is based in Hartford, Connecticut.

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Seller(S) 2

SELLER

Lotus Infrastructure Partners

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 7.6B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Lotus Infrastructure Partners is a private equity firm that targets investments in energy infrastructure assets. Lotus Infrastructure Partners looks to invest in hard assets with strong contracted cash-flow. This includes opportunistic acquisitions as well as development-stage commitments. The Group's target investment size is $50 to $200 million. Lotus Infrastructure Partners was formed in 2005 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 10
Sector: Utilities M&A 5 of 6
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Connecticut M&A 2 of 2
Country: United States M&A 6 of 9
Year: 2018 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-04-26 Greenleaf I & II

Yuba City, California, United States

Greenleaf I & II were two 49.5 MW gas-fired generation facilities located in Yuba City, California. Both facilities were fully contracted to PG&E and Greenleaf II also sells process steam to an adjacent food processing facility.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-04-11 Calpine - Two Contracted Power Plants

Houston, Texas, United States

Calpine’s Two Contracted Power Plants include the Garrison Energy Center (325 MW combined-cycle, Delaware) and RockGen Energy Center (503 MW peaker, Wisconsin), both operating under long-term power contracts.

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SELLER

Ares EIF


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 5.8B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Ares EIF is the direct energy investment arm of asset management firm, Ares Management. Ares EIF operates within Ares Private Equity Group and focuses exclusively on energy related investments. Specific areas of interest include electricity generating, transmission, and energy services assets; energy and utility company ownership interests; and utility service deployment investments. The Firm is a hands-on investor, and looks for ways to unlock value post acquisition. Ares EIF's geographic preference is for US based opportunities. Ares EIF was formed in 1987 and was acquired by Ares Management in 2014.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 13
Sector: Utilities M&A 11 of 11
Type: Secondary Buyout M&A Deals 3 of 3
State: Connecticut M&A 3 of 3
Country: United States M&A 13 of 13
Year: 2018 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-05-14 Kleen

Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Kleen Energy Systems operates a 620-megawatt natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant, using gas and steam turbines to generate electricity. Kleen was founded in 2008 and is based in Middletown, Connecticut.

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