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Our COVID-19 Response

During this unprecedented time, ENGIE North America is committed to the safety, health and well-being of our employees, customers and communities. Our COVID-19 response team is meeting daily, taking responsive action across all areas of business to adjust to and meet employee and customer needs.

  • Mobilizing more than 1,000 people safely every day to manage supply chains and business operations, ensure operational reliability, and continue providing 24/7 service to our customers.
  • Providing consultative insights to our customers via our engineering and analytics experts to help customers with power reliability, cost/bill management, and site management.
  • Leveraging our academic collaboration teams to produce Science related video content for schools’ customers to augment at-home learning — a mini ENGIE University for our customers.

 

We’re proud to share stories of how our employees are making a difference supporting our customers who are helping our health care heroes and communities through the crisis.

New York City

At the beginning of the crisis, our team at Unity mobilized electricians to help increase capacity for patient intensive care for two hospitals in NYC. At Coler Hospital on Roosevelt Island and North Central Bronx Hospital, Unity is ensuring the newly adapted space is powered and set up for ICU patient care, which includes enabling the use of ventilator equipment. Find out more.

Our Donnelly Mechanical team is installing oxygen lines to 475 more beds in the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Queens that has been converted into a temporary hospital to meet the needs for overflow hospital space in treating the coronavirus. Find out more.

Donnelly Mechanical is doing similar work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard installing oxygen lines for up to 500 beds. Find out More.

Our Unity Team is completing electrical configuration work at Lincoln Hospital in the South of Bronx while it triples the number of intensive care beds. As the only public hospital in the South Bronx, Lincoln Hospital is dramatically expanding its intensive care unit space from 34 beds to more than 140 beds to accommodate coronavirus patients. Find out more.

The Unity Team continues to help complete additional electrical configuration work to expand intensive care capacity at North Central Bronx Hospital. Find out more.
 

Detroit

Our Conti team provided electrical services to transform Detroit’s TCF Center into a 1000-bed field hospital for non-critical coronavirus patients. Find out more.
 

Boston

Our teams continue to operate the utility system for five Harvard-affiliated hospitals. Five world-renowned Harvard-affiliated hospitals rely on ENGIE, through the Longwood MATEP (Medical Area Total Energy Plant) team to provide safe, reliable and continuous supply of electricity, steam and chilled water — critical services for the hospital clinicians and support staff who are providing extraordinary treatment and care to their patients. Find out more.
 

Nevada

Our Conti team is providing engineering and communication solutions to convert a facility in Reno, Nevada to a ventilator manufacturing environment. Find out more.
 

Northeastern U.S.

ENGIE’s air balancing teams from H.T. Lyons, Inc. worked with three hospitals to install over 100 terminal high-efficiency particulate air units and prepare regular patient rooms for COVID-19 treatment. Find out more.
 

Michigan

Our Conti team helped Ford Motor Company to set up a production line to manufacture life-saving ventilators. Joining the autoworkers, a team of electrical and mechanical workers from our contracting company, Conti, helped Ford Motor Company prepare its production line in Ypsilanti, Michigan for manufacturing 50,000 ventilators within 100 days, and up to 30,000 per month thereafter. Indicon, also part of ENGIE, supplied needed components and engineering expertise. Find out more.
 

Indiana

Our Conti team is involved in an Emergency Ventilator Project for General Motors (GM). A team of electrical and mechanical workers from our contracting company, Conti, provides resources to convert an existing General Motors facility in Kokomo, Indiana to produce 200,000 life-saving respirators. General Motors has identified the process plan by working with an existing respirator manufacturer, Ventec Life Systems (GM’s facility and process is expected to increase output 14x versus that facility, comparatively). Conti’s work includes facility upgrades to provide a “clean room” environment for production and installation of specialty equipment and tooling to perform the tasks. Find out more.

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Equity consortium closes acquisition of stakes in New York’s Astoria Energy facilities

June 22, 2020 – New York City, NY – The owners of Astoria Project Partners LLC (“APP”) and Astoria Project Partners II LLC (“APP II”) are pleased to announce the sale of 100% of the holdings in APP and approximately 55% of the holdings in APP II (together, the “Platform”) to a newly formed holding company, Astoria Power Partners Holding, LLC (“APPH”).

 

The selling owners of APP include ENGIE, Mitsui & Co, Harbert Power Fund III, LLC, Harbert Power Fund V, LLC, JEMB Family L.P., and funds managed by Ares EIF Management, LLC, and selling owners in APP II include ENGIE, Harbert Power Fund III, LLC, JEMB Family L.P., NM Harbert Astoria LLC, and TIAA.

APPH, the buyer, is comprised of a consortium of equity investors including APG, MEAG (Munich Re’s asset manager acting for investors from within Munich Re Group), Clal Insurance Company, and other US institutional investors.

Astoria Project Partners LLC wholly-owns Astoria Energy LLC, which owns and operates a 615 MW dual- fuel combined cycle generating facility located in Astoria, Queens, NY (“Astoria Energy”). Astoria Energy sells all of its output on a merchant basis into the New York Independent System Operator administered wholesale power market.

Astoria Project Partners II LLC wholly-owns Astoria Energy II LLC, which owns and operates a 615 MW dual-fuel combined cycle generating facility adjacent to Astoria Energy (“Astoria Energy II”). Astoria Energy II sells all of its output bilaterally to the New York Power Authority under a long-term power purchase agreement.

Astoria Energy and Astoria Energy II, clean state-of-the-art generating facilities with a remarkable operating track record, serve to simultaneously improve air quality, reduce wholesale power prices, and improve electric system reliability for consumers in New York City.

“Gas remains a key component of our strategy but the sale of ENGIE’s interest in Astoria Energy and Astoria Energy II is a step in our transition in the US from merchant generator to an ‘energy as a service’ solution provider” said Gwenaelle Avice-Huet, Executive Vice President of ENGIE and CEO of ENGIE North America.

“As an original developer, and the longest-participating partner in Astoria Energy, JEMB Family has been pleased to provide reliable electricity for many years to New York City, its corporate home. We congratulate the management team for such incredible professionalism and leadership, and wish the new owners well,” said Morris Bailey, head of JEMB.

Steven Hason, Head of Americas Real Assets at APG said, “As a pension investor, we are continuously looking for attractive infrastructure investments that help us realize stable and long-term returns for our pension clients. This transaction represents an opportunity to invest in facilities that provide reliable baseload electricity to New York City and will provide system stability through New York’s energy transition. We look forward to working with our partners who share our long-term investment goals with regard to this critical infrastructure asset.”

Holger Kerzel, Member of the Board of Management at MEAG, stated, “We are keen to invest in the United States, given the large US share of Munich Re’s insurance portfolio. Electricity supply for New York City is an attractive investment opportunity for Munich Re, given the moderate risks and stable and sustainable returns. The high level of long-term income stability will cover the liabilities in the insurance business of our clients. We are pleased to have teamed up with professional partners in this investment project to form a successful long-term relationship.”

Yossi Dory, Clal’s Chief Investment Officer, said, “We are proud to invest alongside reputable investors such as APG and MEAG in long-term, high-quality assets with a proven track record and excellent performance. The Astoria projects, which are the backbone of the New York City electric power system, will create long-term, sustainable returns for our pension, provident, and insurance members.”

Charles McCall, CEO of APP and APP II, stated “This is a remarkable transaction and marks a fantastic transition for our companies. With the coordinated sale of the Platform, our selling shareholders realized fair value for their interests and our new ownership group was able to establish a meaningful foothold in arguably the most attractive privately held infrastructure in the US power space. Working in close concert with our advisors and project counsel, our management team is proud to have helped deliver this result.”

The sellers were represented by Morgan Stanley and PJ Solomon, serving as financial advisors, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP as legal counsel.

Holland & Knight and Sidley Austin LLP acted as legal counsel to APPH.

About ENGIE North America
ENGIE North America Inc. offers a range of capabilities in the United States and Canada to help customers decarbonize, decentralize and digitalize their operations. These include comprehensive services to help customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and other resource use and expense; clean power generation; energy storage; and retail energy supply that includes renewable, demand response, and on-bill financing options. Nearly 100% of the company’s power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. Globally, ENGIE S.A. is the largest independent power producer and energy efficiency services provider in the world, employing 170,000 people in 70 countries.

For more information on ENGIE North America, please visit our LinkedIn page or Twitter feed, www.engie-na.com and www.engie.com.

About APG
APG is the largest pension delivery organization in the Netherlands; its approximately 3,000 employees provide executive consultancy, asset management, pension administration, pension communication, and employer services. APG performs these services on behalf of pension funds and employers in the sectors of education, government, construction, cleaning and window cleaning, housing associations, energy and utility companies, sheltered employment organizations, and medical specialists. APG manages approximately €512 billion (April 2020) in pension assets for the pension funds in these sectors. APG works for approximately 22,000 employers, providing the pension for one in five families in the Netherlands (about
4.7 million participants). APG has offices in Heerlen, Amsterdam, Brussels, New York, and Hong Kong.

APG has been an active infrastructure investor since 2004, investing approximately €15.0 billion to date and managing 35 direct stakes in portfolio companies. APG’s investments include assets within energy and utilities, telecommunications, and transport infrastructure. APG’s Global Infrastructure team is comprised of 35 investment professionals.

For more information, please go to https://www.apg.nl/en/news

About MEAG
MEAG manages the assets of Munich Re and ERGO. MEAG located in Munich, Germany, has representations in Europe (Luxemburg, Malta), North America (New York), Asia (Hong Kong) and offers its extensive know-how to institutional and private investors. MEAG manages an overall investment portfolio valued at €324 billion including virtually all important asset classes such as bonds, equities, real estate, and direct infrastructure equity and debt.

Among MEAG’s recently closed US infrastructure investments are a 25% stake in SouthWest Water Company as well as a debt investment in the 527 MW Carlsbad Energy Center in California. MEAG also advised on the acquisition of 330 Madison Avenue in New York City and Washington Building at 1440 New York Avenue. Last year, MEAG invested in 91,000 hectares of forest land in Texas and Louisiana.

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About Clal
Clal Insurance Company (together with its subsidiaries) is primarily engaged in the insurance industry and the management of different long-term saving plans. Clal is one of the largest insurance companies in Israel, managing approximately $65 billion, with approximately 4,200 employees, and in cooperation with approximately 1,800 insurance agents.

The group’s activities are focused primarily on three segments: long-term savings, life insurance, non-life insurance and health insurance. Clal has extensive experience in the infrastructure market with a special focus on the power sector. Clal has been active across several U.S. power markets, including PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, and ERCOT, participating as a lender and as an equity investor in transactions for a total capacity of over 6.5 GW.

Media Contacts

ENGIE North America
Sandrine Deparis 202-855-3705
E-mail: sandrine.deparis@engie.com

APG
Jennifer Bainbridge 917-368-3599
E-mail: Jennifer.Bainbridge@apg-am.com

MEAG
Dr. Josef Wild
+49 89 2489 2072
jwild@meag.com

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ENGIE Fast-Tracks Installation of Free Wi-Fi on School Buses to Support Distance Learning for California School Districts

June 17, 2020 – Oakland, CA – ENGIE North America today announced that it has rolled out a connectivity solutions pilot to provide four California school districts Wi-Fi-enabled school buses to serve students and their families. ENGIE’s ‘Student Wi-Fi Zone’ helps to bridge the digital divide.

 

ENGIE’s ‘Student Wi-Fi Zone’ helps to bridge the digital divide and provide reliable, long-distance learning solutions, free of charge, while maintaining social distancing. These buses provide fast internet within a 300-foot radius for those affected by California’s mandated shelter-in-place order. The mobile connectivity solution is made possible through a public/private partnership between the districts, ENGIE North America, and Icomera, an ENGIE company.

“In response to COVID-19, this solution is especially important because of the urgency around building equitable access to remote learning for California school districts – a story that we know is true of school districts across the U.S.,” said Courtney Jenkins, vice president and general manager for ENGIE North America. “Once we identified this opportunity to support our education partners’ critical need, we were able to procure, install and provide free Wi-Fi access within days. That’s a remarkable testament to the collaborative efforts between the school districts and ENGIE North America. All four school districts will continue to use ‘Student Wi-Fi Zone’ for summer sessions.”

Nearly 22 percent of U.S. households have no access to internet on a regular basis. During the shutdown of typical internet access points due to COVID-19 closures – including public libraries in addition to school sites – lack of reliable access to internet has become an even more significant barrier to new distance learning expectations. The school districts using ENGIE’s mobile connectivity solution include the Aromas-San Juan [San Benito County], North Monterey County [Monterey County] and John Swett [Contra Costa County].

According to Aromas-San Juan Superintendent Michele Huntoon, “We have close to 25 percent of our students who do not have access to the internet. Our area has multiple areas of ‘white spaces’ that are dead zones for internet access. We are thrilled to establish this partnership with ENGIE to bring a much-needed service to our students. The service will reduce the digital divide and address equity among our students as seen in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16qpK-S9zxM.

ENGIE North America is a leader in providing renewable energy and energy efficiency services to K-12 school districts in CA, having worked with more than 50 districts across the state. Icomera is the world’s leading provider of wireless Internet connectivity and application platforms for public transportation, committed to promoting green mobility. Its mobile devices are installed in more than 31,000 vehicles around the world. Mobile connectivity is an integral part of ENGIE’s Connectivity-asa-Service (CaaS). While the system can provide additional services in the future to help parents track buses, and the districts with fleet management, for now the system is tailored to address the needs of the student population. The Wi-Fi units provide a secure installation capable of blocking inappropriate sites and optimizing access across multiple cellular providers.

About ENGIE North America

ENGIE North America Inc. offers a range of capabilities in the United States and Canada to help customers decarbonize, decentralize and digitalize their operations. These include comprehensive services to help customers run their facilities more efficiently and optimize energy and other resource use and expense; clean power generation; energy storage; and retail energy supply that includes renewable, demand response, and on-bill financing options. Nearly 100% of the company’s power generation portfolio is low carbon or renewable. Globally, ENGIE S.A. is the largest independent power producer and energy efficiency services provider in the world, employing 170,000 people in 70 countries. For more information on ENGIE North America, please visit our LinkedIn page or Twitter feed, www.engie-na.com and www.engie.com.

About Icomera

Icomera is the world’s leading provider of wireless Internet connectivity for public transport and is committed to promoting green mobility. Serving millions of Wi-Fi users worldwide, our awardwinning technology makes public transport a better, safer, more attractive option for passengers, supporting our mission to help contribute to a reduction in carbon emissions of 3.5 million metric tons by 2022. A wholly owned subsidiary of ENGIE Solutions, Icomera is headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, with main offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, the United States and Canada. Find out more at icomera.com

Media Contacts:

Sandrine Deparis, sandrine.deparis@engie.com, (202) 855 3705

Anne Smith, anne.smith@engie.com, (408) 313 8089

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