M&A Deal Summary

Calpine Acquires Granite Ridge Energy Center

On October 13, 2015, Calpine acquired renewable energy company Granite Ridge Energy Center from Granite Ridge Holdings for 500M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Calpine’s 6th transaction in the Renewable Energy sector.
  • This is Calpine’s 5th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Calpine’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Calpine’s 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-10-13
Target Granite Ridge Energy Center
Sector Renewable Energy
Buyer(s) Calpine
Sellers(s) Granite Ridge Holdings
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 500M USD

Target

Granite Ridge Energy Center

Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States
Granite Ridge Energy Center is a 745 megawatt, combined-cycle, gas-fired power plant is located in Londonderry, New Hampshire, approximately 45 miles northwest of Boston.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Calpine

Houston, Texas, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Utilities
Employees2,209
Revenue 6.5B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION

Calpine Corporation is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Company fleet of 80 power plants in operation or under construction represents approximately 26,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and retail businesses Calpine Energy Solutions and Champion Energy, Company serve customers in 25 states, Canada and Mexico. Calpine clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner. Company are uniquely positioned to benefit from the secular trends affecting our industry, including the abundant and affordable supply of clean natural gas, environmental regulation, aging power generation infrastructure and the increasing need for dispatchable power plants to successfully integrate intermittent renewables into the grid.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector (Renewable Energy) 6 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 6
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 8
Year (2015) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-01 Champion Energy Marketing

Houston, Texas, United States

Champion Energy Marketing LLC is a retail electric provider.

Buy $240M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-09-01 Calpine - Mankato Power Plant

Minnesota, United States

Calpine - Mankato Power Plant is a 375 MW natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant located in Minnesota. Mankato is a modern, efficient and well-performing plant under long-term contract to the local utility and with an expansion in advanced development.

Sell $396M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Granite Ridge Holdings

Londonderry, New Hampshire, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Utilities
DESCRIPTION

Granite Ridge Holdings LLC is a provider of electric services. Granite Ridge Energy, LLC was founded in 1998 and is based in Londonderry, New Hampshire.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Renewable Energy) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1