Laclede Group Inc. (LG) announced Monday that it has entered into an agreement with Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. or "APUC" that will allow an APUC subsidiary to assume Laclede's rights to purchase the assets of New England Gas Company or "NEG".
NEG is a natural gas utility serving 50,000 customers in Massachusetts, an operating division of Southern Union Company , an affiliate of Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. Laclede announced on December 17, 2012 that one of its wholly owned subsidiaries had entered into a purchase and sale agreement with Southern Union to acquire the assets of NEG.
APUC's acquisition of NEG is subject to approval from the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities. Laclede and Southern Union filed for regulatory approval with the department on January 24, 2013, and as a result of this agreement with APUC, the parties will work to amend that filing to include approval of APUC's acquisition of NEG.
The parties entered into a Consent Agreement reflecting, Southern Union's consent and agreement to facilitate APUC's acquisition of NEG by means of the New Agreement after all conditions to closing under the Initial Agreement as well as under the New Agreement have been satisfied.
The Laclede subsidiary will remain obligated to acquire NEG pursuant to the terms of the Initial Agreement with Southern Union in the event that APUC is not able to satisfy all conditions to closing on or before October 14, 2013.
The companies expect to close both of these transactions before the end of the third quarter of calendar 2013. The company said that the transactions do not impact Laclede's acquisition of Southern Union's Missouri Gas Energy division, also announced in December 2012.
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