CHICAGO, IL (November 24, 2014) – Invenergy Wind LLC (“Invenergy”) announced today that ithas arranged debt and tax equity project financing for its 207 MW Rattlesnake Wind Energy Center(“Rattlesnake”), which currently is under construction in Glasscock County, Texas.
Affiliates of Morgan Stanley acted as the Sole Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent and Lender forthe debt financing transaction, which included construction and term loans. Tax equitycommitments were provided by financial institutions. Details were not disclosed.
Rattlesnake is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Midland, in the Electric ReliabilityCouncil of Texas (“ERCOT”) West Zone. The facility will consist of 118 GE 1.7 wind turbines.Commercial operation is expected to commence in the third quarter of 2015. Output will feed intoTexas’ new Competitive Renewable Energy Zone (CREZ) infrastructure, which will help enablemore consumer access to low-cost energy in the ERCOT region for years to come.
“We’re pleased to have reached this milestone for this important project for the region and for ourcompany,” said Jim Murphy, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer at Invenergy.“Based on established and successful working relationships between Invenergy and our financingparties, we were able to achieve a timely and efficient financial close.”
Blattner Energy is the project’s general contractor, and System 3 Inc. is the substation andtransmission line contractor. Rattlesnake is creating more than 200 construction jobs.
The wind farm will further benefit its host community economically through tax payments; salariesto a dozen full-time operations and maintenance staff members; and annual lease payments tolandowners.
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Invenergy and its affiliated companies develop, own, and operate large-scale renewable and otherclean energy generation and storage facilities in North America and Europe. Invenergy iscommitted to continued innovation in clean power solutions. Invenergy's home office is located inChicago and it has regional development offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, andEurope.
Invenergy and its affiliated companies have developed more than 8,700 MW of projects that are inoperation, in construction, or under contract, including 72 wind, solar, and natural gas-fueled powergeneration projects and energy storage facilities. For more information, please visitwww.invenergyllc.com.
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