TerraForm Power Reports First Quarter 2018 Results
Recent Highlights
- In advanced negotiations with an original equipment manufacturer to provide a full-wrap, long-term service contract covering all of our wind fleet that features a fixed price that is consistent with our business plan and attractive availability guarantees; contract execution expected in the coming weeks
- Received regulatory approval to launch an accretive tender offer to acquire 100% of
Saeta Yield (“Saeta”), a European renewable power company with 1,000 Megawatts (“MW”) of recently constructed wind and solar assets - Declared a Q2 2018 dividend of
$0.19 per share, implying$0.76 per share on an annual basis
Results
$ in millions, except per share amounts | 3 Months Ended 3/31/2018 |
3 Months Ended 3/31/2017 |
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Generation (GWh) 1 | 1,834 | 1,982 | ||
Net Loss | $(76 | ) | $(56 | ) |
Earnings (Loss) per Share 2 | 0.56 | (0.37 | ) | |
Adj. EBITDA 3 | 96 | 103 | ||
CAFD 3 | 23 | 19 | ||
per Share 3,4 | 0.16 | 0.14 | ||
Results (excluding impact of outages related to
$ in millions, except per share amounts | 3 Months Ended 3/31/2018 |
3 Months Ended 3/31/2017 |
Adj. EBITDA 3,5 | $102 | $103 |
CAFD 3,5 | 29 | 19 |
per Share 3,4,5 | 0.20 | 0.14 |
1 Amount in 2017 is adjusted for sale of our
2 Earnings per share for the three months ended
3 Non-GAAP measures. See “Calculation and Use of Non-GAAP Measures” and “Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures” sections. Amounts in 2017 adjusted for sale of our
4 Diluted earnings (loss) per share is calculated based on the net income (loss) attributable to Class A common stockholders divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding. CAFD per share calculated on shares outstanding of Class A common stock and Class B common stock on
5 Excluding the impact of outages related to
“We have made significant progress in executing our business plan, which is resilient to macroeconomic factors and capital market volatility,” said
Growth Initiatives
Over the past few months, we have made significant progress executing an outsourcing agreement for all of our wind fleet. We are currently in advanced negotiations with an original equipment manufacturer to provide a full-wrap, long-term service agreement (“LTSA”). The scope of the LTSA would include comprehensive wind turbine operations and maintenance (O&M) as well as other balance of plant services for a term of 10 years, with flexibility to terminate early. The agreement would also lock in pricing and provide availability guarantees that are consistent with our business plan. We anticipate finalizing the agreement within the next few weeks. While we expect a modest amount of transition costs in order to implement the agreement, we should begin realizing cost savings in the second half of 2018. Combined with the
In April, we received approval from Spain’s
Since February, it has become apparent to us that the volatility in the capital markets will likely continue for some period of time. As a result, we believe that it is prudent to consider increasing the equity to fund the Saeta transaction from
In addition to opportunistic acquisitions such as Saeta, we are looking for ways to take advantage of investment opportunities within our existing portfolio and to build our pipeline of organic growth opportunities. We are in late stage negotiations to acquire a 6 MW portfolio of operating distributed solar generation assets located in
We are also progressing a number of opportunities to establish relationships with developers in
Operations
In mid-January, the failure of a single faulty blade caused the collapse of a tower at our
Excluding outages related to
Financial Results
Beginning this quarter, we will report CAFD using the definition that we disclosed last year, which we believe will provide a more meaningful measure for investors to evaluate our financial performance and our ability to pay dividends. As compared to preceding periods, CAFD has been revised to (i) exclude adjustments related to deposits into and withdrawals from restricted cash accounts, required by project financing arrangements, (ii) replace sustaining capital expenditures made during the quarter with the average long-term sustaining capital expenditures necessary to maintain the reliability and efficiency of our assets, and (iii) levelize debt service payments paid during the year rather than including the cash principal and interest payments made during a given quarter. For consistency purposes, we will also begin reclassifying into Adjusted EBITDA certain capital expenditures that we expect will be covered under our long-term service agreement and will be reported as O&M expense, prospectively. As a result of these changes, we expect less volatility in our quarterly CAFD than in previous years.
During the first quarter, our portfolio performed broadly in-line with expectations, excluding the impact of the outages related to
Note that we have also enhanced our supplemental reporting package to better facilitate the assessment of our business by investors. Going forward, we will be providing an estimate of long-term average annual generation (LTA) by segment, which is defined as energy at the point of delivery, net of all recurring losses and constraints. Our LTA represents the level of production we expect to achieve by 2019 as we improve the performance of our fleet. In the short-term, we recognize that wind and irradiance conditions will vary from one period to the next. However, we expect our facilities will produce in-line with their long-term averages over time. We believe that comparing actual generation levels against LTA will enable investors to better assess the impact of an important factor that affects our business results.
Announcement of Quarterly Dividend
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Quarterly Earnings Call Details
Investors, analysts and other interested parties can access TerraForm Power’s 2018 First Quarter Results as well as the Letter to Shareholders and Supplemental Information on TerraForm Power’s website at www.terraformpower.com.
The conference call can be accessed via webcast on
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UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2018 | 2017 | |||||||
Operating revenues, net | $ | 127,547 | $ | 151,135 | ||||
Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||
Cost of operations | 37,323 | 34,338 | ||||||
Cost of operations - affiliate | — | 5,598 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 24,284 | 36,725 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses - affiliate | 3,474 | 1,419 | ||||||
Acquisition and related costs | 3,685 | — | ||||||
Impairment of renewable energy facilities | 15,240 | — | ||||||
Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense | 65,590 | 60,987 | ||||||
Total operating costs and expenses | 149,596 | 139,067 | ||||||
Operating (loss) income | (22,049 | ) | 12,068 | |||||
Other expenses: | ||||||||
Interest expense, net | 53,554 | 68,312 | ||||||
Loss on foreign currency exchange, net | 891 | 587 | ||||||
Other expenses, net | 849 | 360 | ||||||
Total other expenses, net | 55,294 | 69,259 | ||||||
Loss before income tax benefit | (77,343 | ) | (57,191 | ) | ||||
Income tax benefit | (976 | ) | (918 | ) | ||||
Net loss | (76,367 | ) | (56,273 | ) | ||||
Less: Net (loss) income attributable to redeemable non-controlling interests | (2,513 | ) | 835 | |||||
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests | (157,087 | ) | (25,339 | ) | ||||
Net income (loss) attributable to Class A common stockholders | $ | 83,233 | $ | (31,769 | ) | |||
Weighted average number of shares: | ||||||||
Class A common stock - Basic | 148,139 | 92,072 | ||||||
Class A common stock - Diluted | 148,166 | 92,072 | ||||||
Earnings (loss) per share: | ||||||||
Class A common stock - Basic and diluted | $ | 0.56 | $ | (0.37 | ) | |||
Dividends declared per share: | ||||||||
Class A common stock | $ | 0.19 | $ | — | ||||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share and per share data)
March 31, 2018 |
December 31, 2017 |
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Assets | |||||||
Current assets: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 157,833 | $ | 128,087 | |||
Restricted cash | 51,987 | 54,006 | |||||
Accounts receivable, net | 70,346 | 89,680 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 43,473 | 65,393 | |||||
Due from affiliates | 4,856 | 4,370 | |||||
Total current assets | 328,495 | 341,536 | |||||
Renewable energy facilities, net, including consolidated variable interest entities of $3,238,105 and $3,273,848 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | 4,719,808 | 4,801,925 | |||||
Intangible assets, net, including consolidated variable interest entities of $810,724 and $823,629 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | 1,057,557 | 1,077,786 | |||||
Restricted cash | 43,577 | 42,694 | |||||
Other assets | 109,344 | 123,080 | |||||
Total assets | $ | 6,258,781 | $ | 6,387,021 | |||
Liabilities, Redeemable Non-controlling Interests and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
Current liabilities: | |||||||
Current portion of long-term debt and financing lease obligations, including consolidated variable interest entities of $80,564 and $84,691 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | $ | 413,249 | $ | 403,488 | |||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities, including consolidated variable interest entities of $40,109 and $34,199 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | 107,439 | 88,538 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 1,807 | 17,859 | |||||
Due to affiliates | 3,369 | 3,968 | |||||
Total current liabilities | 525,864 | 513,853 | |||||
Long-term debt and financing lease obligations, less current portion, including consolidated variable interest entities of $831,074 and $833,388 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | 3,181,122 | 3,195,312 | |||||
Deferred revenue, less current portion | 13,134 | 38,074 | |||||
Deferred income taxes | 16,839 | 18,636 | |||||
Asset retirement obligations, including consolidated variable interest entities of $98,812 and $97,467 in 2018 and 2017, respectively | 153,557 | 154,515 | |||||
Other long-term liabilities | 38,155 | 37,923 | |||||
Total liabilities | 3,928,671 | 3,958,313 | |||||
Redeemable non-controlling interests | 50,760 | 58,340 | |||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 1,200,000,000 shares authorized, 148,586,447 shares issued and 148,086,027 shares outstanding in 2018 and 2017 | 1,486 | 1,486 | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | 1,841,692 | 1,866,206 | |||||
Accumulated deficit | (290,818 | ) | (398,629 | ) | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income | 30,360 | 48,018 | |||||
Treasury stock, 500,420 shares in 2018 and 2017 | (6,712 | ) | (6,712 | ) | |||
Total TerraForm Power, Inc. stockholders' equity | 1,576,008 | 1,510,369 | |||||
Non-controlling interests | 703,342 | 859,999 | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | 2,279,350 | 2,370,368 | |||||
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interests and stockholders' equity |
$ | 6,258,781 | $ | 6,387,021 | |||
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2018 | 2017 | ||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: | |||||||
Net loss | $ | (76,367 | ) | $ | (56,273 | ) | |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense | 65,590 | 60,987 | |||||
Amortization of favorable and unfavorable rate revenue contracts, net | 9,817 | 9,827 | |||||
Impairment of renewable energy facilities | 15,240 | — | |||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts | 2,684 | 4,639 | |||||
Unrealized loss (gain) on commodity contract derivatives, net | 2,148 | (2,231 | ) | ||||
Recognition of deferred revenue | (464 | ) | (3,987 | ) | |||
Stock-based compensation expense | — | 2,509 | |||||
Unrealized loss on foreign currency exchange, net | 779 | 748 | |||||
Deferred taxes | (882 | ) | 639 | ||||
Other, net | 2,907 | (22 | ) | ||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | (6,410 | ) | (10,982 | ) | |||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 15,390 | 7,024 | |||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 18,527 | 19,858 | |||||
Due to affiliates | (599 | ) | — | ||||
Deferred revenue | 368 | 186 | |||||
Other, net | 3,361 | 2,306 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 52,089 | 35,228 | |||||
Cash flows from investing activities: | |||||||
Capital expenditures | (2,720 | ) | (2,076 | ) | |||
Proceeds from reimbursable interconnection costs | 4,084 | — | |||||
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | 1,364 | (2,076 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: | |||||||
Revolving credit facility draws | 52,000 | — | |||||
Revolving credit facility repayments | (42,000 | ) | (5,000 | ) | |||
Borrowings of non-recourse long-term debt | — | 79,835 | |||||
Principal payments on Term Loan and non-recourse long-term debt | (9,556 | ) | (11,870 | ) | |||
Debt financing fees | (2,134 | ) | (2,791 | ) | |||
Contributions from non-controlling interests in renewable energy facilities | 7,685 | 6,935 | |||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests in renewable energy facilities | (5,786 | ) | (9,692 | ) | |||
Due to/from affiliates, net | 3,214 | (4,841 | ) | ||||
SunEdison investment | — | 7,371 | |||||
Payment of dividend | (28,008 | ) | — | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (24,585 | ) | 59,947 | ||||
Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 28,868 | 93,099 | |||||
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash classified within assets held for sale | — | 19,440 | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (258 | ) | (471 | ) | |||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 224,787 | 682,837 | |||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 253,397 | $ | 794,905 | |||
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and CAFD are supplemental non-GAAP measures that should not be viewed as alternatives to GAAP measures of performance, including revenue, net income (loss), operating income or net cash provided by operating activities. Our definitions and calculation of these non-GAAP measures may not necessarily be the same as those used by other companies. These non-GAAP measures have certain limitations, which are described below, and they should not be considered in isolation. We encourage you to review, and evaluate the basis for, each of the adjustments made to arrive at Adjusted Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA and CAFD.
Calculation of Non-GAAP Measures
We define Adjusted Revenue as operating revenues, net, adjusted for non-cash items including unrealized gain/loss on derivatives, amortization of favorable and unfavorable rate revenue contracts, net and other non-cash revenue items.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) plus depreciation, accretion and amortization, non-cash general and administrative costs, interest expense, income tax (benefit) expense, acquisition related expenses, and certain other non-cash charges, unusual or non-recurring items and other items that we believe are not representative of our core business or operating performance, as described further below.
We define “cash available for distribution” or “CAFD” as Adjusted EBITDA (i) minus cash distributions paid to non-controlling interests in our renewable energy facilities, if any, (ii) minus annualized scheduled interest and project level amortization payments in accordance with the related borrowing arrangements, (iii) minus average annual sustaining capital expenditures (based on the long-sustaining capital expenditure plans) which are recurring in nature and used to maintain the reliability and efficiency of our power generating assets over our long-term investment horizon, (iv) plus or minus operating items as necessary to present the cash flows we deem representative of our core business operations.
As compared to the preceding period, we revised our definition of CAFD to (i) exclude adjustments related to deposits into and withdrawals from restricted cash accounts, required by project financing arrangements, (ii) replace sustaining capital expenditures payment made in the year with the average annualized long-term sustaining capital expenditures to maintain reliability and efficiency of our assets, and (iii) annualized debt service payments. We revised our definition as we believe it provides a more meaningful measure for investors to evaluate our financial and operating performance and ability to pay dividends. For items presented on an annualized basis, we will present actual cash payments as a proxy for an annualized number until the period commencing
Furthermore, to provide investors with the most appropriate measures to assess the financial and operating performance of our existing fleet and the ability to pay dividends in the future, we have excluded results associated with our
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
We disclose Adjusted Revenue because it presents the component of our operating revenue that relates to the energy production from our plants, and is, therefore, useful to investors and other stakeholders in evaluating the performance of our renewable energy assets and comparing that performance across periods in each case without regard to non-cash revenue items.
We disclose Adjusted EBITDA because we believe it is useful to investors and other stakeholders as a measure of financial and operating performance and debt service capabilities. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides an additional tool to investors and securities analysts to compare our performance across periods and among us and our peer companies without regard to interest expense, taxes and depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA has certain limitations, including that it: (i) does not reflect cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual liabilities or future working capital needs, (ii) does not reflect the significant interest expenses that we expect to incur or any income tax payments that we may incur, and (iii) does not reflect depreciation and amortization and, although these charges are non-cash, the assets to which they relate may need to be replaced in the future, and (iv) does not take into account any cash expenditures required to replace those assets. Adjusted EBITDA also includes adjustments for non-cash impairment charges, gains and losses on derivatives and foreign currency swaps, acquisition related costs and items we believe are infrequent, unusual or non-recurring, including adjustments for general and administrative expenses we have incurred as a result of the
We disclose CAFD because we believe cash available for distribution is useful to investors in evaluating our operating performance and because securities analysts and other stakeholders analyze CAFD as a measure of our financial and operating performance and our ability to pay dividends. CAFD is not a measure of liquidity or profitability, nor is it indicative of the funds needed by us to operate our business. CAFD has certain limitations, such as the fact that CAFD includes all of the adjustments and exclusions made to Adjusted EBITDA described above.
The adjustments made to Adjusted EBITDA and CAFD for infrequent, unusual or non-recurring items and items that we do not believe are representative of our core business involve the application of management judgment, and the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA and CAFD should not be construed to infer that our future results will be unaffected by infrequent, non-operating, unusual or non-recurring items.
In addition, these measures are used by our management for internal planning purposes, including for certain aspects of our consolidated operating budget, as well as evaluating the attractiveness of investments and acquisitions. We believe these Non-GAAP measures are useful as a planning tool because it allows our management to compare performance across periods on a consistent basis in order to more easily view and evaluate operating and performance trends and as a means of forecasting operating and financial performance and comparing actual performance to forecasted expectations. For these reasons, we also believe these Non-GAAP measures are also useful for communicating with investors and other stakeholders.
The following tables present a reconciliation of Operating Revenues to Adjusted Revenue and net loss to Adjusted EBITDA to CAFD and has been adjusted to exclude asset sales in the
Three Months Ended March 31 | |||||
(in thousands) | 2018 | 2017 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile operating revenues, net to adjusted revenue | |||||
Operating revenues, net | $127,547 | $151,135 | |||
Unrealized (gain) loss on commodity contract derivatives, net (a) | 2,148 | (2,231 | ) | ||
Amortization of favorable and unfavorable rate revenue contracts, net (b) | 9,817 | 9,827 | |||
Other non-cash items (c) | (416 | ) | (3,433 | ) | |
Adjustment for Asset Sales | - | (6,596 | ) | ||
Adjusted revenue | $139,096 | $148,702 | |||
Direct operating costs (d) | (43,383 | ) | (45,738 | ) | |
Settled FX gain (loss) | (112 | ) | 161 | ||
Adjusted EBITDA | $95,601 | $103,125 | |||
Non-operating general and administrative expenses (e) | (18,065 | ) | (25,374 | ) | |
Stock-based compensation expense | - | (2,509 | ) | ||
Acquisition and related costs | (3,685 | ) | - | ||
Depreciation, accretion and amortization expense (f) | (75,406 | ) | (70,814 | ) | |
Impairment charges | (15,240 | ) | - | ||
Interest expense, net | (53,554 | ) | (68,312 | ) | |
Income tax benefit | 976 | 918 | |||
Adjustment for asset sales | - | 3,147 | |||
Other non-cash or non-operating items (g) | (6,994 | ) | 3,546 | ||
Net loss | ($76,367 | ) | ($56,273 | ) | |
(in thousands) | Three Months Ended March 31 | ||||
Reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA to CAFD | 2018 |
2017 |
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Adjusted EBITDA | $95,601 | $103,125 | |||
Fixed management fee | (2,500 | ) | - | ||
Variable management fee | (787 | ) | - | ||
Adjusted interest expense (h) | (49,508 | ) | (60,011 | ) | |
Levelized principal payments (i) | (24,350 | ) | (24,810 | ) | |
Cash distributions to non-controlling interests (j) | (4,737 | ) | (9,602 | ) | |
Sustaining capital expenditures (k) | (1,850 | ) | (244 | ) | |
Adjustment for asset sales | - | (134 | ) | ||
Other (l) | 10,722 | 10,940 | |||
Cash available for distribution (CAFD) (m) | $22,591 | $19,264 | |||
a) Represents unrealized loss (gain) on commodity contracts associated with energy derivative contracts that are accounted for at fair value with the changes recorded in operating revenues, net. The amounts added back represent changes in the value of the energy derivative related to future operating periods, and are expected to have little or no net economic impact since the change in value is expected to be largely offset by changes in value of the underlying energy sale in the spot or day-ahead market.
b) Represents net amortization of purchase accounting intangibles arising from past business combinations related to favorable and unfavorable rate revenue contracts.
c) Primarily represents recognized deferred revenue related to the upfront sale of investment tax credits.
d) In the three months ended
e) Pursuant to the management services agreement,
Q1 2018 | Q1 2017 |
$7 M | $9 M |
f) Include reductions (increases) within operating revenues due to net amortization of favorable and unfavorable rate revenue contracts as detailed in the reconciliation of Adjusted Revenue.
g) Represents other non-cash items as detailed in the reconciliation of Adjusted Revenue and associated footnote and certain other items that we believe are not representative of our core business or future operating performance, including but not limited to: loss (gain) on foreign exchange (“FX”), unrealized loss on commodity contracts, loss on investments and receivables with affiliate, loss on disposal of renewable energy facilities, and wind sustaining capital expenditure previously reclassified.
h) Represents project-level and other interest expense and interest income attributed to normal operations. The reconciliation from Interest expense, net as shown on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations to adjusted interest expense applicable to CAFD is as follows:
$ in millions | Q1 2018 | Q1 2017 | ||||
Interest expense, net | ($54 | ) | ($68 | ) | ||
Amortization of deferred financing costs and debt discounts | 3 | 5 | ||||
Adjustment for asset sales | - | 4 | ||||
Other | 1 | (1 | ) | |||
Adjusted interest expense | ($50 | ) | ($60 | ) | ||
i) Represents levelized project-level and other principal debt payments to the extent paid from operating cash.
j) Represents cash distributions paid to non-controlling interests in our renewable energy facilities. The reconciliation from Distributions to non-controlling interests as shown on the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows to Cash distributions to non-controlling interests, net for the three months ended
$ in millions | Q1 2018 | Q1 2017 | ||||
Distributions to non-controlling interests | ($6 | ) | ($10 | ) | ||
Adjustment for non-operating cash distributions | 1 | - | ||||
Cash distributions to non-controlling interests, net | ($5 | ) | ($10 | ) | ||
k) Represents long-term average sustaining capex starting in 2018 to maintain reliability and efficiency of the assets.
l) Represents other cash flows as determined by management to be representative of normal operations including, but not limited to, wind plant “pay as you go” contributions received from tax equity partners, interconnection upgrade reimbursements, major maintenance reserve releases or (additions), and releases or (postings) of collateral held by counterparties of energy market hedges for certain wind plants.
m) CAFD in 2017 was recast as follows to present the levelized principal payments and adjusted interest expense in order to reduce volatility in reported CAFD. In the twelve months ended
$ in millions | Q1 2017 |
Q2 2017 |
Q3 2017 |
Q4 2017 |
2017 | |||||
Cash available for distribution (CAFD) before debt service reported | $104 | $120 | $106 | $91 | $421 | |||||
Levelized principal payments | (25 | ) | (25 | ) | (25 | ) | (24 | ) | (99 | ) |
Adjusted interest expense | (60 | ) | (61 | ) | (63 | ) | (50 | ) | (234 | ) |
Cash available for distribution (CAFD), recast | $19 | $34 | $18 | $17 | $88 | |||||