Tesla Inc. is preparing to bundle about $340 million of solar power-purchase agreements and leases into a bond offering.
The package comprises $265 million of Class A notes and $75 million of Class B notes, according to a report Tuesday by Kroll Bond Rating Agency Inc. The notes would mature in 2047 and are expected to be repaid by April 2028.
Kroll rates the Class A notes A-; it didn’t rate the Class B notes. Credit Suisse Group AG is leading the deal.
Leases account for 59 percent of the portfolio and power-purchase agreements make up the balance.
The company’s Tesla Energy unit popularized the solar lease model while it was still a separate company, SolarCity. It’s still the biggest U.S. rooftop installer despite a slowdown since its 2016 acquisition by Tesla.
SolarCity has been a prolific issuer of solar asset-backed securities.
The latest issue is structured similarly to a securitization it did two years ago, Cecil Smart, a New York-based senior director at Kroll, said in an interview Tuesday. It led a roughly $145 million securitization earlier this year.
Source: Bloomberg
