Geronimo Investor Presentation
Geronimo Investor Presentation
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Please note this presentation contains various examples or subsets of Geronimo’s investments. As the investments shown are intended to be examples or subsets demonstrating a particular theme or process, they
inherently may not represent all investments that could be categorized or described on a particular page and in the aggregate may represent only a small percentage of Geronimo’s existing, historical or prospective
investments. Actual investments undertaken by GRIP may have different characteristics and performance than the examples provided herein. The net returns on Pre-Fund investments have been calculated by
applying a 1% management fee on committed capital, 1.5% management fee on contributed capital, 20% yield carried interest, 20% exit carried interest, 5% yield carry hurdle and 8% preferred return structure to
estimated Pre-Fund project returns.
Future investments may be under materially different economic conditions, including interest rates, market trends and general business conditions, in different portfolio assets and using different investment
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1. Pro-forma equity IRR is the pre-tax, sponsor equity IRR beginning in 2011 (assuming a 15 year fund life), with a terminal value based on an 8% discount rate on remaining equity cash flows.
DevCo
2 4
De-Risked
Non-Blind Pool
GRIP’s Proprietary Sourcing $335MM closed; $235MM+ in near-term
pipeline
Exclusive Right of First Refusal (“ROFR”) on all ~40% (of GRIP target) is deployed / reserved
Geronimo Energy deal flow
• 4 investments closed ($335MM)
Proprietary, non-auction pipeline
• 4 assets in near-term pipeline ($237MM)
7,000+ MW pipeline
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Investment
Criteria
Investment Team
Kip Knelman (43) Joe Melsha (29) Drew Terwilliger (8) Patrick Smith (12) Gemma Smith (10)
Managing Director of Strategy & VP Operations Senior Director Senior Director Director
Investor Relations Avangrid Renewables, eCapital Advisors, Snelling Hamline Community Wind EHS Standards
Knelman Asset Management, Reg. Director of Operations Management Consultant Council, Executive Director Committee, Chair
Sr. Managing Partner & CEO
North Dakota State University of Wisconsin – University of Minnesota – Pattern Energy Group,
Lazard Asset Management, University, BS Madison, BS Morris, BS Senior Manager
Portfolio Manager
Humphrey Institute of Public Texas Tech University, BS
Investment Advisers Inc., President & CEO
Affairs, MS
University of Southern California, MA
University of Minnesota, BA
David Reamer1 Michael Young Jeff Ringblom Blake Nixon1 Kip Knelman
President & Partner General Counsel CFO & CCO Managing Partner MD of Strategy & IR
Transmission Project Mgmt Policy Strategy Business Dev. HR Investments Investor Relations Operations
Betsy Engelking John Larkey Heather Droel Horatio Sparkes
Randy Porter Nathan Franzen Drew Terwilliger Joe Melsha
VP Policy & VP of Director of Director of Business
VP Transmission VP Development Senior Director VP Operations
Strategy Origination Human Resources Development & IR
2,000
1,784
$120MM
1,600
Capacity (MW)
1,200
800
$883MM
400 253
0
Solar Wind Solar Wind
“Tier 1” Financing Partners, Vendors and Counterparties $3+ Billion in Equity Value Sold to Pre-Fund Acquirors
Sourcing Legend
DevCo 3rd Party
Note: For illustrative purposes only. All projected performance values listed above are gross of fees, are pre-tax, are based upon Geronimo Investment Management’s best knowledge as of 9/1/16, and assume Tax Equity with a partnership flip
structure. Projects listed under Pre-Fund have been sold to third parties and are not available as warehoused deals for the Fund. The returns set forth have not been achieved by Geronimo Investment Management and are the product of
modeled performance calculated in accordance with the assumptions noted herein and other assumptions made by Geronimo Investment Management. A full list of assumptions is available from Geronimo Investment Management upon
request. There can be no assurance that all or any of such assumptions will prove accurate today. Accordingly, the actual performance may vary from the projections. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that the projects in which the Fund
invests will resemble those listed above in any respect.
1. Green shading signifies DevCo sourced opportunity.
2. Project Cost includes all costs to bring project to commercial operation, including development fees, financing costs (interest, fees, legal), and construction management costs.
3. Equity Size is the estimated total equity investment made by an investor net of any tax equity investment and/or term debt. Tax equity is assumed at market rates and terms for the given project at its Notice-to-Proceed date. Back-Levered
Term debt (debt collateralized by the sponsor equity's interest in the partnership) is assumed on solar projects at market rates and terms for the given project at its Notice-to-Proceed dates, unless otherwise stated. Construction debt at
market rates and terms is assumed for all projects listed.
4. Pro-forma equity IRR is the pre-tax, sponsor equity IRR, beginning in 2011 (assuming a 15 year fund life), with a value based on an 8% discount rate on remaining equity cash flows.
5. Original cost for Great Plains approximated by Geronimo Energy.
6. Estimated cost and equity calculations are based on the average of similar wind assets developed by Geronimo Energy (Odell and Crocker).
7. Offtake counterparties include Aa2 rated multinational corporation and a A2 rated global industrial supply firm.
8. For projects with ROI and IRR marked "NM", ROI and IRR may be positive or negative, but is not considered meaningful because of the limited time since initial investment and early stage of capital deployment.
Real estate rights in hand Long-term off-take agreements for new build projects
Rights to connect to the grid delivered No GRIP capital at risk during development stage
Key discretionary permits obtained or clean path to permits
GRIP
ROFR available on every DevCo project
Avoid acquiring assets via competitive auctions
• ~70% via DevCo
• ~30% via 3rd party
G
LPAC chooses independent
consultant to determine R
valuation
Transfer price is determined by I
consultant
P If price is less than $50,000/MW…
Macquarie Relationship
$100MM debt facility with Macquarie to provide financing for the development of assets1
The DevCo is authorized to provide exclusive deal flow to GRIP, given the price is greater than $50,000/MW, as set by an independent valuation consultant
1. 25% for letters of credit, 25% for project deposit facilities (fully refundable capital). 3-year tenor, 3 tranches with cost of 12%, 6%, and 3%, respectively. Lender bonus of 20% profit at sale. Pre-payment penalty of 6% only on cash
tranche outstanding at time of notice.
$1,000
$1,000
Nordic
Green River
$800 $742
Crocker
NYSERDA
$400
$335
MN CBED
Alameda
$200
Great
Plains
New Wind ($297MM) Distributed Solar ($220MM) Operating Wind ($55MM) $44
$0
2017A 2018E 2019E 2020E 2021E
Offtake
• Power and renewable energy credits (RECs) are delivered to Xcel in exchange
for bill credits
• Subscribers include corporations, cities, counties, hospitals et al.
Phase II – sixteen 1 MW solar projects
EPC / O&M1
Current Status
Phase I construction complete (operating at 99% of budgeted cash flow)
• Tax equity and back leverage for Phase I closed
Phase II under construction, COD anticipated by end of year
• Guardian Life to supply tax equity, no back leverage expected
Financing
1. EPC provided by Swinerton. GRIP in negotiations with Swinerton, First Solar, and Max Gen to
provide fixed-price O&M services.
Offtake
13- to 15-year offtake contracts with Apple, IMEA and Akamai Technologies
Apple
10-year fixed price, full service O&M agreement with Siemens Gamesa
Project located within 50 miles of 2 nuclear power plants that are expected to be
retired and further improve the market dynamic
EPC / O&M
Current Status
Financing from tax equity and mezzanine debt has reduced due to increased
capex, lower independent engineer wind resource forecast, and lower third party
merchant energy pricing
Projected returns have been minimally impacted Financing
O&M
Asset price gives GRIP an opportunity to achieve attractive returns
Offtake
• Qualified for the full Production Tax Credit (PTC) Multinational Global Industrial
Retailer Supply Firm
Tremendous wind resource, low cost interconnection
• 150 MW of capacity obtained through PPAs
EPC / O&M1
GE and Wanzek supply and construct the project
12-year PPAs with Moody’s Aa2 credit rating multinational retailer and A2 credit
rating global industrial supply firm for 100% of output
Financing
1. Offtake counterparties include Aa2 rated multinational corporation and A2 rated global industrial
supply firm.
Preferred Return: 8%
Yield Carry: 20% after 5% hurdle, calculated every 3 years; 50% escrow
Capacity (MW)
• Government entities 4,000
• Large corporations 3,000
Expected contract durations of 15-25 years (Geronimo’s 2,000
historical average is ~20 years)
1,000
Low Volatility
0
Geronimo utilizes fixed price EPC and O&M contracts to
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
minimize cost variability
Uncorrelated to Other Asset Classes Unsubsidized Levelized Cost of Energy Comparison ($/MWh)2,3,4
Excellent diversifier from other infrastructure and commodity $250
type investments $210
Not dependent on demand driven metrics Levelized Cost ($/MWh) $200 $183
Low Commodity Risk
$143
Revenues driven by long-term, fixed price power purchase $150
$114 $117 $156
agreements
Operating expenses have limited tie to commodity pricing $100 $78 $112
$53 $60
Socially Responsible Investment $77
$50 $60
No carbon emissions $55
$46 $42
$30
Meet impact investing goals $0
Solar PV - Wind Natural Biomass Geothermal Coal Nuclear Natural
Utility-Scale Gas - Gas -
1. Obtained from https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia860M/. Combined Peaking
2. Obtained from https://www.lazard.com/perspective/levelized-cost-of-energy-2017/.
3. Denotes distributed generation technology. Cycle
4. Lazard’s latest annual Levelized Cost of Energy Analysis (FY 2017) shows a continued decline in the cost of generating electricity from alternative energy technologies, especially utility-scale solar and wind.
1 2 3 4 5 6
Energy Resource Local Landowners Project Footprint Power Purchase Foundations Power to the Grid
Agreement
Transmission Community Pre-construction Access Roads & Payments & Taxes
Access Leaders Studies Interconnection Towers
Post-construction
Agreement
Construction Permitting Permit Generation Studies
Feasibility Authorities Applications Equipment & Equipment
Ongoing
Components
Customers Customers Construction Plan Substation, Customer Care
EPC/BOP Collection System,
Environmental Financial Partners Transmission Path
Contractors O&M Building(s)
Feasibility
RTO/Transmission Interconnection
Preliminary Providers Studies
Project Economics
Taxing Authorities Delivery Schedule
Field Work Refine Project
Consultants Economics
1. DevCo’s 2,000 MW Project Portfolio includes projects that are either operational or currently under construction. Calculations do not include DevCo’s multi-gigawatt pipeline. Every project contributes
to its local community in different ways. These differences in where, how and to whom tax benefits are dispersed are governed by the given project’s state law.
Credits were left alone Concerning provisions Lower tax rate has a Market for tax equity Lower tax rate reduces
in early drafts were minor impact remains robust tax bills of utilities and
• Start phasing out in
either left out of final could constrain the
2020 (PTC for wind) • Reduces the value of • A few market
bill or mitigated utilities ability to use tax
and 2021 (ITC for the depreciation participants have left,
through other means credits efficiently
solar) but replaced by new
• Reduces the size of tax
players • May drive more utility
equity investors
PPAs in the future
• Pricing on the Green
• Increases equity in the (more opportunities
River project actually
deals for GRIP)
improved from pre-tax
• Lower long-term tax reform
rate balances out
larger equity checks
Blake Nixon is the Managing Partner of the General Partner and the CEO of Geronimo. Since becoming its CEO in 2008, Blake has grown Geronimo into a
leading North American renewable energy project development company. Prior to Geronimo, Blake served as a Principal at TRG, where he managed the
venture capital and private equity portfolio of the family office, as well as the firm’s hedge fund. In the private investment portfolio, Blake was responsible
Blake E. Nixon
for deal flow generation, due diligence, deal negotiation, portfolio management, active assistance for portfolio companies on operational and strategic
Managing Partner
issues, and investment divestitures. Blake was also responsible for the majority of the portfolio company oversight and board relationships for the firm’s
private equity investments. Prior to TRG, Blake worked as an equity analyst for IAI. Blake holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a
concentration in Finance from the University of Washington at Seattle and completed the General Course at The London School of Economics (LSE).
David G. Reamer is a Partner and a member of the Fund’s Investment Committee, as well as President of Geronimo. David joined Geronimo in 2015 and has
been involved with the company since its inception in 2007 as both an investor and active board member. After receiving his BS Degree from the University
of Minnesota, he started his professional career as a territory manager with Johnson & Johnson. David then moved into the high tech industry by joining
David Reamer Applied Epi, a solar, LED and wireless semiconductor equipment company. At Applied Epi, David ultimately served as CEO and was instrumental in selling the
Partner company to Veeco Instruments (NASD: VECO). At Veeco, he led their worldwide Business Development and Strategic Marketing, and today, Veeco is
recognized as one of the world’s leading advanced Solar PV and LED equipment companies. Also while at Applied Epi, David co-founded Spectracom, a fiber
optic laser company, which was sold to ADC Telecommunications. David remains an Advisor to the University of Minnesota’s Venture Center and Office of
Technology Commercialization.
Jeff Ringblom is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of the Investment Manager, as well as Geronimo’s Vice President of Accounting and
Finance. Jeff joined Geronimo Energy as Controller in 2010. After receiving his degree in Accounting from the Carlson School of Management at the
Jeff Ringblom University of Minnesota, he began his career at Deloitte & Touche LLP, where he earned his CPA certification. He would later take on more responsibility
CFO & CCO and join St. Jude Medical, Inc. before bringing his expertise in corporate finance and accounting to the renewable energy industry. At Geronimo Energy, he
is responsible for all accounting functions and related duties. Jeff has extensive experience in all project cost controlling, budgeting, forecasting and treasury
needs, and is instrumental in procurement negotiations and driving overall project strategy.
Michael Young is the General Counsel at Geronimo Energy. Mike possesses over 20 years of conventional and renewable energy project development
experience. Prior to joining Geronimo, Mike served as Vice President & General Counsel of GCL New Energy, Inc. where he was responsible for all legal
matters related to the development, financing and operation of utility scale PV solar projects in the United States, Japan, Puerto Rico and selected European
Michael Young countries. Prior to joining GCL, Mike founded and served as Vice President, General Counsel, at Hay Solar Holdings, ULC, a start-up renewable energy
General Counsel development company, where he was involved in the development of a distributed generation portfolio of solar farm buildings located throughout Ontario,
Canada. He also served as Senior Attorney and Business Developer at Montgomery Energy Partners, LP, Vice President and Senior Corporate Counsel at
NorthWestern Energy, and Assistant General Counsel at NRG Energy, Inc. Mike received a Juris Doctor from the University of Minnesota Law School and a
BBA in Accountancy from the University of Notre Dame. Mike is also a certified public accountant.
Joe Melsha is the VP of Operations for Geronimo Investment Management. In his role, Joe has oversight of building and maintaining the project operations
group and functions within for the Fund’s project portfolio. Joe also plays a key role in advising the development of projects as they near the construction
Joe Melsha phase. Prior to joining Geronimo, Joe was Regional Director of Operations for Avangrid (formerly Iberdrola) Renewables, where he managed a team that
Vice President operated a large portfolio of wind projects in the midwestern US. Previously, he also held the roles of Construction Project Manager for PPM Energy
Operations focusing on renewable projects, as well as several positions with Black and Veatch including Design Engineer, Construction Manager, and West Coast
Operations Manager. Joe is a registered professional engineer in Kansas, and has extensive design, construction, and management of renewable projects.
Joe has a Bachelors of Science degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from North Dakota State University.
Drew Terwilliger is a Director of the Investment Manager and Geronimo’s Senior Director of Business Development and is responsible for project financing
execution of strategic initiatives at Geronimo. Drew also works on all commercial aspects of the business, including financial analysis, project sales, power
Drew Terwilliger sales, and project finance. Among other projects and deals, Drew notably led Geronimo’s efforts in securing its novel PPA with the U.S. General Services
Director Administration (GSA) for the Walnut Ridge Wind Farm. Before joining Geronimo, Drew worked as a management consultant at eCapital Advisors specializing
in financial database construction and optimization. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a Bachelor’s degree in Finance,
Investments, and Banking.
Patrick Smith is a Director of the Investment Manager and Geronimo’s Senior Director of Environmental Planning, where he manages the areas of
environmental analyses, Energy Assessment GIS, and government-permitting. Patrick leads GIM’s diligence team o project acquisitions and financings. Prior
Patrick Smith
to joining Geronimo, Patrick held positions in commercial bee-keeping, social research, and community and economic development. Patrick graduated with
Director
a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Minnesota–Morris. Patrick also holds a Master’s degree from the Humphrey Institute of Public
Affairs in Urban and Regional Planning, with an emphasis in Infrastructure and Environmental Planning.
Gemma Smith is the Director of Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) and Training for Geronimo Investment Management. Gemma develops, manages and
continually improves the EHS and Training programs to support Geronimo’s goal of zero injuries to the Geronimo team and their contractors. Gemma has
Gemma
over 10 years of experience managing EHS and training programs. Most recently, she supported the Pattern Energy Group team as they grew from 522 MW
Smith
of operational projects to 3,882 MW and drove the total recordable injury rate (TRIR) from 5.1 to 0.6. Additionally, Gemma is the chair of the Wind EHS
Director
Standards Committee which is developing ANSI safety standards for the wind industry. Gemma holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from
Texas Tech University.
Justin Bocanegra is an Associate of the Investment Manager and a Financial Analyst at Geronimo Energy. Prior to joining Geronimo in 2016, Justin was a
member of TerraForm Power’s North American Originations group, where he was responsible for conducting due diligence, financial modeling and overall
Justin Bocanegra
evaluation of investments and M&A deal execution across a spectrum of solar and wind projects. Justin began his career as an Investment Analyst with GE
Associate
Capital. Justin earned a B.B.A. in Finance, Investments and Banking from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and a J.D. from the University of
Minnesota Law School.
Joe Twaddle is an Analyst of the Investment Manager and a Financial Analyst at Geronimo Energy. Joe is a recent graduate from the Stephen M. Ross
Joseph Twaddle School of Business at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where he received his B.B.A. with a concentration in Finance. Prior to Geronimo, Joe worked
Analyst as a Summer Analyst at Provenire Capital, a technology sector focused hedge fund in Minneapolis, MN. At Provenire, Joe was responsible for conducting
due diligence on potential investments, presenting investment ideas to management, and analyzing the fund’s investment strategy.
Nick is an Analyst of the Investment Manager and a Financial Analyst at Geronimo Energy. Prior to Geronimo, Nick was an analyst at Entergy, where he
Nick Tsai
performed financial analysis and modeling for corporate strategy and investment decisions to optimize long term generation supply resources. Nick was
Analyst
also the lead modeler on Renewable Energy Request for Proposals. Nick holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and a Master of Finance
from DePaul University.
Randy Porter is Geronimo’s Vice President of Transmission. Prior to joining Geronimo, Randy was a Shareholder, Manager and Executive Consultant for
Power System Engineering (PSE). At PSE, he created and fully developed the Transmission Planning Practice. With nearly 30 years of experience in the
Randy Porter industry, Randall has held engineering and management positions at Avant Energy, Dahlen, Berg and Company, Inc., Xcel Energy and Northern States
Vice President Power. Randy is a registered Professional Engineer in Minnesota and has extensive experience in Transmission and electric delivery system planning,
Transmission power supply resource evaluation, power supply planning, resource portfolio development, and integrated resource planning. He also has extensive
experience managing and performing generation interconnection studies involving combined cycle, simple cycle, coal, wind, solar and biomass fueled
electric generating stations. Randy holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota.
Nathan Franzen is Geronimo’s Vice President of Development. Nathan has over fourteen years of development experience, including extensive
knowledge in solar and wind project design, permitting, project finance, interconnection and construction management. He successfully developed some
of the first commercial scale solar projects in Minnesota and owns and operates several distributed projects. Prior to joining the Geronimo team, Nathan
Nathan Franzen
created and led Westwood Professional Services’ Utility Scale Solar Division, which is now one of the nation’s top photovoltaic design firms. In his role as
Vice President
Vice President of Development for Geronimo, Nathan manages the Geronimo wind and solar development departments and all aspects of Geronimo’s
Development
wind and solar portfolio. Nathan was instrumental in creating the 100 MW Aurora Distributed Solar project, which received global industry and media
attention for its success in competing directly against natural gas competitors in an all source Request for Proposal Process – a first in the nation. Nathan
has a Masters of Urban and Regional Planning from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Betsy Engelking is Geronimo’s Vice President of Strategy and Policy. Previously, Betsy was Director of Resource Planning for Xcel Energy, where she
developed and implemented long-range power supply plans, including compliance with Xcel’s wide-ranging renewable energy requirements. She has also
held positions with Great River Energy and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). With more than 25 years of experience in the energy
industry, Betsy has expertise in energy policy, renewable energy, resource planning, utility rates and regulation, and energy markets. Since the beginning
Betsy Engelking
of her career, Betsy has worked both regionally and nationally to promote the advancement of wind energy and other renewables through participation
Vice President
with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the National Wind Coordinating Committee (NWCC), the Great Plains
Strategy and Policy
Institute’s Power the Plains collaborative, and through an active role in state and national policy development. Betsy’s work on state legislative and
regulatory policy has helped establish Geronimo in these arenas, including her notable contribution to Minnesota state policy on solar energy and her
leadership on the Aurora Solar Project as it navigated the PUC led public RFP process. Betsy holds a MBA in Finance and Economics from the Carlson
School of Management at the University of Minnesota.