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INFRASTRUCTURE
MANAGERS
Project Electron
Q1 2020
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION
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SIM seeks a partner by 30 March to commit US$300MM (structured as Series A preferred equity with
warrants), co-lead the investor consortium and assist with execution of the value-add strategy.
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Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary based in
Westborough MA of ITCo Corporation. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
The Battery
Storage
Opportunity
The energy storage market is at an inflection point:
• Battery storage has become increasingly competitive on a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) basis, displacing
traditional peaking capacity.
• Merchant pricing is increasingly replacing renewable fixed price tariffs. This creates greater intraday
Battery storage costs
variability of energy prices. To achieve target returns, owners of solar and wind assets will increasingly need
fell 76% from 2012
to optimise energy provision via ‘smart’ energy storage and management systems.
and 2019; are now
cheaper than coal and • The large fleet of wind and solar generators built 20+ years ago are approaching the end of their initial lives.
gas generation in Re-powering opportunities naturally include investments in battery storage alongside upgrades to larger
some markets; and wind turbines and more efficient solar technologies.
are expected to be
cheaper than gas fired
peaking generation in Battery Cost Reductions (in LCOE) Projected Cost Curve vs. Peaking Technologies(1)
all major economies
by 2025.¹
The battery storage market is rapidly evolving form small scale to large scale (100 MW+) projects.
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1. Bloomberg New Energy Finance H1 2019
report STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
The Battery
Storage
Opportunity
Energy storage market growth is underscored by the ability to present targeted energy solutions.
Residential 2000
Distribution
1500
Transmission
Peaking capacity
500
Ancillary services
0
2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2038 2040
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2. Bloomberg New Energy Finance 2018
Energy Storage Outlook STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Profiling
Electron
Electron was acquired by ITCo in 2014 as a complement to ITCo’s battery manufacturing business. ITCo
has now exited the battery manufacturing business leaving Electron without a natural fit within ITCo’s global
corporate structure.
Electron senior management brings over 100 years of battery storage experience and 165 years of general
Control acquisition of Power industry experience including over 100 projects completed to date.
a top three global
Electron has two core but interlinked business lines with different fees structures: 1) Systems and 2)
battery integrator by
Enterprise.
MW.¹
Electron’s key competitive advantages include:
• Management with deep sector experience.
• Current pipeline of 1,500MW across 20 projects
• Geographic reach ‒ Presence and track record in all key markets. Recent significant geographic expansion
outside the US with new projects in Germany, Belgium, Brazil, Thailand, and China.
• Leading installed customer base from which to cross sell systems management.
• Successful operational track record with best-in-class safety statistics.
• Leading proprietary digital asset management platform.
Electron
Competitor 1
Competitor 2
Competitor 3
Competitor 4
1. SIM Data Room and ITCoES 2019 STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION. | 8
Profiling
Electron
The GSS Grid Energy Storage Platform lies at the heart of the Electron project integration offering .
Grid Scale
A flexible and •Energy from 1 MWh, Power from 800kW to
versatile grid-scale hundreds of MWh and MW
energy storage
Smart
platform.
•Proven Alice® controls platform, multiple
applications
Configurable
•Highly configurable design to match
application; high power 20 min duration to
high energy 4 hour+ duration
Experienced
•Over ~1GW installed, under construction, or
awarded
Safe
•Tested and certified multi-layer system safety
Cost effective
•In initial capex and long-term OPEX
• Going forward, Electron can develop a high margin, recurring SaaS business exploiting a rapidly growing
installed base of Electron systems.
• This will transition the Company from principally a provider of ‘one off’ installation/integrations to a multi-
line service provider in the renewable energy space.
DC Coupled PV + Storage
P/Q Command
Conclusions
Key Business Requirements1 Fit
Key
Low Degree of Fit with Medium Degree of Fit with High Degree of Fit with
Requirement Requirement Requirement
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DD support and advice on the transaction,
and will not be a shareholder in Electron. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Financials
SIM will acquire the Systems and Enterprise business lines of ITCo through a HoldCo/NewCo
structure controlled by SIM. Consideration to ITCo is a 20% shareholding and US$75MM in Series B
preferred equity (8% preferred dividend).
SIM seeks a partner to commit US$300MM Series A preferred equity with warrants (12% preferred
coupon) by 30 March.
RISK/RETURN PROFILE
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strategy will be achieved or that investors
will receive a return of their investment. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
APPENDIX 1
A senior team
with 150+ years
experience (30+ years
ROBERT MAH KEVIN ROSEKE CHRISTOPHER LEE CARLOS CORDERO
collectively together)
Managing Partner Partner Transaction Partner Cisco Systems/Telecom
Former Executive Vice President Former Director of Founder of Highstar Capital Director Global Infrastructure
Private Investments, AIMCo Infrastructure Investments for Transactional and operational Funding Cisco and Global
(managing C$8BN infrastructure AIMCo managing C$2.5BN expertise: EPC experience/P3 Infrastructure Funds (private
assets/$26BN AUM overall) infrastructure portfolio and Smart City/Transportation/ equity Digital Infrastructure)
Senior Advisor with The Boston Former Head of AIMCo’s Telecommunications & Energy 23 years experience and domain
Consulting Group London Office expert in Telecommunications
& Transportation
IDENTIFIED HIRE
Associate
Four years of experience
including investment banking
and principal investing
Worked closely with SIM Partner
for more than a year
Christopher Lee
An experienced
team with continuity Kevin Roseke
Carlos Cordero
SIM Relationship AIMCo & Highstar Relationship TechCo Relationship EPCCo Relationship Morgan Stanley Relationship
Buyout Experience
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assessment of the competitive landscape
and skills attribution STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
SIM
Founders
NORTH AMERICA GLOBAL EUROPE
Investment Kemont InterGen Arqiva
Experience Late-stage, greenfield development
windfarm with capacity of 101 MW
Power generation/developer
owns over 3,350MW of
Broadcast transmission facilities in
UK (incl. commercial Wi-Fi/smart
generating capacity meters)
First Wind Renewables
Two wind energy projects with total Broadcast Australia Sutton & East Surrey
of 145 MW greenfield development Owns and operates Australia’s UK water supply company that
extensive broadcast serves over 282,000 homes and
Highstar Linden
transmission network businesses
Two natural gas-fired cogeneration
Transit Wireless subsidiary is a Thames Water
facilities with 978 MW capacity
leader in rapid transit cellular
Regulated utility - UK’s largest
Howard Energy Partners
water/ wastewater provider
Integrated midstream services
provider involved from wellhead to London City Airport
market Only international airport in London
serving over 4.5 million passengers
sPower
a year
Uutility-scale renewable energy
projects, whether solar, wind Porterbrook
Portfolio of 150+ operating projects One of three major ROSCOs (rolling
in the US stock operating company) in the UK
LONDON CITY Digital Air Traffic Control tower - global first for airport size (2020)
AIRPORT
1.Broadcast Australia, Porterbrook and
Microgrid driving long-term safety, resilience & efficiency
London City Airport are investments
which Rob Mah and Kevin Roseke worked
on at AIMCo. London City Airport is an
• 28% reduction in its carbon emissions per passenger since 2013, holding
investment which Christopher Lee worked
on during Highstar’s prior 25% ownership.
Level 3 Airport Carbon Accreditation. Intends to become carbon neutral
2.Airport Technology, London City Airport
to deploy smart, sustainable technologies,
by 20202
2019: https://www.airport-
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airport-smart-technologies/ STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
SIM’s
Strategic
Relationships
SIM benefits from exclusive deal flow, execution capabilities and domain expertise via strategic
relationships with:
EPCCO TECHCO
A major global engineering, construction and project One of the world’s largest technology infrastructure
management business companies with approximately a third of the market
on average across its core businesses according to
Synergy Research Group1.
Neither EPCCo nor TechCo hold ownership or governance positions in SIM so as to mitigate conflicts of interest.
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report-shows-big-lead-for-the-vendor STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
ESG =
Value Creation
in Smart
ESG Considerations are Incorporated throughout the SIM Investment Process.
Infrastructure
1 2 3 4
ESG principles
integrated into
POLICY IMPLEMENTATION DUE DILIGENCE REPORTING AND
investment strategy
AND MONITORING TRANSPARENCY
and process.
Evaluate opportunities Applied to all Identified 23 Key ESG Strive for full
within the ESG investments Metrics to apply for due transparency with
Policies framework in portfolio companies diligence and monitoring investors and will comply
with international
Implement ESG Policies Senior management of Each new investment
standards of disclosure
across portfolio portfolio companies and submitted to final
on environmental, social,
companies SIM will be fully involved “Investment Review Team”
and governance issues
in ESG implementation will be reviewed using
Improve ESG
SIM’s 23 Key ESG Metrics Provide an ESG Annual
performance and
in order to identify Report to our Limited
minimize risks in ESG
strengths, weaknesses, Partners as well as
related areas
and areas for update: (i) our Limited
Adhere to the American improvement Partners on ESG at every
Investment Council and including risks AGM; and (ii) the LPAC
UNPRI responsible on quarterly calls
During the first 100 days
investment guidelines
of each portfolio Provide a completed
company, an ESG UNPRI ESG Due
Scorecard with rankings Diligence Questionnaire
for the applicable metrics during its fundraise
will be produced
for monitoring purposes
ESG principles
integrated into
investment strategy
and process.
1. Air and water pollution 1. Customer satisfaction 1. Accounting standards
(e.g., traffic management (e.g., e-government)
2. Anti-competitive behavior
systems)
2. Data protection
3. Board composition
2. Deforestation (e.g., intelligent (e.g., network security)
materials and transportation) 4. Anti-bribery and anti-
3. Employee recruitment
corruption
3. Energy efficiency and retention (e.g., remote
(e.g., smart power grids) social infrastructure) 5. Business ethics
X > 1bn
Marketplace
Smart
Infrastructure
Peppertree Managers
GI Data
Latest Fund Size US$
Capital Fund
Infrastructure Fund
VII
Columbia
IPI Data
Capital Infrastructure
Center
Equity Technology
Partners
Partners VII Fund
Fund I
SDC Digital National Digital Alpha Sidewalk
Infrastructure Digital CMNG Advisors Infrastructure
Opportunity Infrastructure (TechCo) Partners
Fund I Fund (NDIF)
Digital
360 Capital Global
X < 500mn
Infrastructure
Digital Infrastructure Smart City
Investment
Platform Infrastructure Fund
Partners
Source: FIRSTavenue. Size of bubble
provides an illustrative depiction of the
approximate size of the Manager’s assets
Towers/Data Centre Fibre Smart City Smart Infrastructure
under management as related to the asset
class. This analysis represents a
FIRSTavenue work product as of November
2019. While FIRSTavenue believes this data
is a fair estimation of the competitive
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fundraising environment, FIRSTavenue
makes no representation as to its accuracy. STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION.
SIM Value
Added:
Our Team