Clearway Energy Group - Honeycomb

Overview

Deal Type Debt Capital Markets
Size $605 Million
Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Client & Transactional Partners Clearway Energy Group
Our Role Coordinating Lead Arranger
Administrative Agent
Depositary Agent
Collateral Agent

Summary

On December 20, 2024, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) closed $605 million in Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Facilities) for Clearway Energy Group’s (CEG) Honeycomb Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) project. Honeycomb includes four BESS projects in Iron and Beaver Counties, UT. The Facilities consist of $334 million in Construction Loans, $190 million in Tax Equity Bridge Loans, $64 million in PPA LCs, and $17 million in Debt Service Reserve LCs. The proceeds will be used to fund the construction and operating periods of the project. KBCM served as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Depositary Agent, and Collateral Agent. 

The Honeycomb Portfolio is a 320 MW battery energy storage system that will deliver cost-effective, reliable, and dispatchable energy for the PacifiCorp service area, supplementing existing solar facilities in the WECC power market. Each of the four 80-megawatt (MW) projects will use four-hour Tesla batteries and collectively store up to 1,280 MWh of dispatchable power.  It will generate revenue through a 20-year tolling agreement with PacifiCorp. 

This represents the nineteenth transaction between CEG and KBCM.

B I Deal Disclosure

KeyBanc Capital Markets is a trade name under which the corporate and investment banking products and services of KeyCorp and its subsidiaries, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., member FINRA/SIPC (“KBCMI”), and KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank N.A.”), are marketed. Securities products and services are offered by KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. and by its licensed securities representatives. Banking products and services are offered by KeyBank N.A.

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