AltaGas Income Trust Investor Day November 14, 2006
Forward-looking information Certain information presented today may constitute forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect the Trusts current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These forward-looking…
AltaGas Strategy A Tradition of High Performance Our vision To be the leading Canadian integrated energy infrastructure organization by capitalizing on our solid underlying business, operational expertise and financial…
AltaGas business model Create, operate and grow an integrated energy midstream business Own and operate physical assets that deliver time- sensitive, essential services to customers who produce or consume energy Disciplined…
AltaGas strategy Day-to-day operations Day-to-day operations involve: Detailed, in-depth and real-time financial analysis to monitor performance Rigorous operating discipline to identify value creation levers and options for…
Track record of growing ROE 25% 23.1% Return on average equity 20% 18.4% 15.7% 15% 10.9% 9.8% 10% 7.3% 5% 0% 9 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 TTM AltaGas Greater than the sum of its parts millions 240…
Diversified integrated energy business Net Book Value EBITDA At December 31, 2005 YTD 2006 4% Field Gathering and Processing 27% 24% Extraction and Transmission 49% Power Generation 49% 13% Energy Services 23% Corporate…
Power Generation Building on Profitable Assets Power Generation segment 4 key responsibilities 1. Manage generating assets 2. Execute hedges 3. Supply power to other segments 4. Develop Bear Mountain Wind project…
Current generating assets Sundance B AltaGas owns 50% of Sundance B Acquired in 2001; expires in 2020 Ownership rights through PPA 2 x 353 MW coal-fired generators Units owned and operated by TransAlta TransAlta plans to…
Sundance B PPA structure limits exposure to outages Availability incentive payments for actual generation above or below target capacity Above target, AltaGas pays TransAlta 30-day rolling average price (RAPP) Below target,…
Earnings stability through hedging Hedge strategy provides stable earnings No speculative trading Focus on 12-24 months forward using financial swaps with investment-grade counterparties Hedges include 50 MW of supply for…
Alberta power market AESO outlook Generation (with Retirements) AIL + 18% Reserve Margin Alberta Internal Load (AIL) 9 Bear Mountain Wind Farm Strategic growth in renewable energy 120 MW development near Dawson…
Bear Mountain layout Bear Mountain Wind project looking east, with photo-insert of turbines 11 Power Generation outlook Strong power prices in Alberta expected to maintain or increase earnings from current assets…
Energy Services Stable, Low-risk Earnings with Linkages across AltaGas Energy Services segment 3 components 1. Energy Management 2. Gas Services 3. Oil and Gas Production (non-core) 14
Energy Services segment Generates low-risk earnings Primarily a services business - not capital intensive Long-term contracts create stable future earnings Organic growth 15 Energy management services…
Energy management How the agency service works AltaGas (ECNG) makes arrangements with supplier on behalf of customer, but does not take title to the energy supply In most cases billing is through utility, giving customer a…
Gas services Overview of services Buy/sell gas for Energy Management end-user customers Exchange gas deliveries at connections to our Transmission pipelines Market gas for our FG&P producers in Alberta 19 Gas services…
Integration across AltaGas 30 Bcf FIELD ENERGY GATHERING & SERVICES PROCESSING 30 Bcf 10 MW 25 Bcf 40 1 5 Bcf B M cf W EXTRACTION & POWER TRANSMISSION GENERATION 21 18 MW Competitive…
Performance 2006 YTD operating statistics show growth which will generate long-term earnings: Energy management customer contracts 8% Gas services volumes marketed 6% 23 Energy Services outlook Continued organic…
Extraction and Transmission Integrated Infrastructure - Low-risk Earnings Extraction and Transmission 539 Mmcf/d extraction inlet capacity, including Albertas newest extraction plant 2006 YTD average production 12,895…
Ethane product chain Antifreeze Residue Gas Ethylene Polyester Glycol Film Shampoo, Cosmetics Ethane in Pharmaceuticals Natural Gas Ethylene Gas Ethane Polyethylene Bottles Pipe Ethane Toys Cracker Other Styrene NGL -…
Demand based extraction Secure supply Long-term market TCPL intra-Alberta Pipelines Judy Creek Edmonton residential market Golden Spike EEEP Pembina Industrial markets Homeglen Volumes to date 334 Mmcf/d 7 EEEP…
Transmission pipelines 5 natural gas and 1 condensate Primarily cost of service, take-or-pay, fixed fee contracts More than 99% of revenue not dependent on volumes transported Linked with Energy Services and Field Gathering…
Mitigating risk Risk What were doing Competition for natural gas Long-term cost of service or supply/volume changes fixed fee contracts Process Energy Services volumes Commodity price volatility COS arrangements buyer…
Integration in action EEEP control room Peaking plant locations EEEP 13 E&T outlook Stable returns Capitalize on integration across the company Existing asset growth Deep cut potential at EGLJV Expand pipeline…
Field Gathering and Processing Sustainable Growth 15 Field Gathering and Processing 74 facilities with 1.0 Bcf/d of capacity, including sour gas capacity Moveable facilities 6,000 km of gathering lines Ability to rapidly…
FG&P business drivers Volumes Pricing Processing commitments Capital efficiency 17 Maintaining gas deliverability Northwest Region (Bcf/d) Central Region (Bcf/d) Southern Region (Bcf/d) Legend FG&P…
Growing volumes 600 575 Throughput (Mmcf/d) 550 525 500 475 450 425 400 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 19 Forecast AltaGas capital efficiency W6 W5 W4 W3 British Columbia Alberta…
Strong contractual underpinning Areas of mutual interest Approximately 14 million acres or 21,500 sections of land under AMI 28 of 29 operating areas have AMI provisions 23 Strong contractual underpinning Take or pay…
FG&P capital additions Current Capacity Throughput Plant Composition District Meridian Mmcf/d Mmcf/d Blair Creek sweet NW BC 24 7.5 Clear Prairie sweet NW W6 15 2.5 Princess sour S W4 20 14.0 Clear Hills sour NW W6 10 8.5…
The Clear Hills project Producer owned plant Producer owners reluctant to: allow third-party access add capital for third parties AltaGas solution Equitable access Skid-mounted facilities close to both production source and…
The AltaGas advantage Skid-mounted assets Geographic diversity in WCSB Customer diversity Operational expertise 29 Field Gathering and Processing outlook Producer focus is exploration and development Strong…
Growth Strategy Continued Strong Growth Our growth plan Capitalize on gas industry activity and growth in power demand 100 million of internal financing capability Financial discipline and efficient use of capital…
Balanced capital spending 250 FG&P E&T Power Generation Energy Services 200 Capex in millions 150 100 50 0 3 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Field Gathering and Processing Continued focus on organic growth 40…
Sweetening of the basin West Central Alberta production 2005 = 1.2 Bcf/d 2010 = 1.4 Bcf/d 17% 47% 44% 18% 65% 9% Sweet Sour CBM & EDM 5 Source: AJM Petroleum Consultants Coalbed methane Main Mannville in the…
Extraction and Transmission Extraction Increase ownership interests in facilities Expand processing capacity Transmission Service new markets Capitalize on business opportunities with other segments 7 Power…
Partnership advantage Relationships with power developers provide access to greater number of opportunities To source and develop renewable and fossil fuel generation opportunities in North America AltaGas provides development…
AltaGas integrated business model 11 11 Targeted growth 12 12
Financial Strategy Growth Through Disciplined Management A strong track record of growth 3.50 Net income CAGR = 35% 3.00 2.50 Per unit 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2 Net income Funds…
Net income 100 90.3 87.2 90 80 70 65.8 millions 60 50 40 38.3 29.4 30 20 10 0 2002 2003 2004 2005 YTD 2006 3 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Net income per unit 1.80 1.67 1.60 1.58 1.40 1.33 1.20 per unit 1.00 0.84…
Financial targets Maximizing value and financial flexibility Target Target Rationale Description Credit rating BBB- to BBB+ Efficient access to capital markets 70-80% of Underpin AltaGas market Distribution funds from…
Strong liquidity 425mm in total credit facilities Operational liquidity (1) Over 200mm available Smaller, organic, (1) 38mm non-distributed cash flow high return projects up to 100mm Debt capacity Larger, Debt & equity…
Tax update 31.5% tax on income component of distributions begins 2011 Income component of distribution treated as dividend for tax purposes Return of capital component of distributions not subject to proposed tax Tax pools…
Strong governance Director Independent Committees David W. Cornhill Chairman, President E&S & CEO Allan L. Edgeworth AC, E&S Denis C. Fonteyne HRCC, E&S Daryl H. Gilbert AC, HRCC Robert B. Hodgins AC, GC Myron F. Kanik Lead…