Listing of GSIS' shares subscription in Alternergy secures PSE approval
At A Glance
- The company's proceeds from the GSIS shares subscription will be funneled into its Tanay and Alabat wind power projects - which at commercial operations will reinforce the country's power supply by additional 174 megawatts.
The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) has given the greenlight for the listing of the P1.45 billion worth of shares subscription that state-run Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) had exercised for the 100 million preferred shares of renewable energy firm Alternergy Holdings Corporation.
The shares subscription which was priced at P14.50 per share was executed in November last year, and its approved listing at the main board of the local bourse will be on March 22 this year.
Gerry P. Magbanua, president of Altenergy, emphasized that “one year after ALTER’s debut at the PSE in March 2023, we are able to raise additional equity capital through GSIS as our strategic investor and the listing of these shares in the PSE.”
He qualified that “the partnership with GSIS is an alignment of our shared commitment to sustainability and nation building through renewable energy investments.”
The company previously stated that the proceeds from that fund raising activity will be funneled into its Tanay and Alabat wind power projects – which are already advancing into construction phases.
The capacity of the two wind farm developments are to be delivered by end-2025, based on Alternergy’s commitment for its awarded contracts under the green energy auction (GEA) program administered by the Department of Energy.
Just this month, the DOE has already bestowed the certificate of confirmation of commerciality (CoCoC) for both projects – a document affirming the commercial viability of the projects, based on the outcome of resource assessment at the sites covered by their awarded service contracts.
“The CoCoC issued by the DOE is a significant certificate affirming that our Alabat and Tanay wind power projects are commercially viable,” Magbanua stressed.
Knud Hedeager, president of Alternergy Wind Holdings Corporation, further noted that “the Alabat and Tanay wind power projects are ready to proceed to construction stage,” emphasizing that upon reaching commercial operations, they would be able to add 174 megawatts of greenfield capacity into the country’s power supply.
Since clinching the long-term power supply agreements for the projects via GEA, Magbanua reiterated that “we have been under an accelerated development phase in the last eight months,” and the two projects will be their biggest undertaking on the onshore wind development space.