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Long-Term Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Long-term Debt [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
26. LONG-TERM DEBT
Bonds, notes and debentures are at fixed interest rates
 
and are unsecured unless noted below.
 
Included
are certain bankers’ acceptances and commercial paper
 
where the Company has the intention and the
unencumbered ability to refinance the obligations for a period
 
greater than one year.
Long-term debt as at December 31 consisted of the following:
Weighted average interest
rate
(1)
millions of dollars
2024
2023
Maturity
2024
2023
Florida Electric Utility
Senior unsecured notes
4.36%
4.61%
2029 - 2051
$
 
5,720
$
 
5,654
Canadian Electric Utilities
NSPI – Commercial paper
(2)
Variable
Variable
2029
$
 
177
$
 
721
NSPI – Senior unsecured notes
5.12%
5.13%
2025 - 2097
 
3,184
 
3,165
$
 
3,361
$
 
3,886
Gas Utilities and Infrastructure
PGS – Senior unsecured notes
5.63%
5.63%
2028 - 2053
$
 
1,331
$
 
1,223
NMGC – Senior unsecured notes
3.78%
3.78%
2026 - 2051
 
698
 
642
NMGC – Unsecured loan notes
N/A
Variable
2024
-
 
 
30
NMGI – Senior unsecured notes
N/A
3.64%
2024
-
 
 
198
EBP – Secured loan notes
Variable
Variable
2028
 
250
 
246
$
 
2,279
$
 
2,339
Other Electric Utilities
Unsecured loan notes
4.06%
4.78%
2025 - 2028
$
 
143
$
 
121
Unsecured loan notes
Variable
Variable
2025 - 2027
 
104
 
104
Secured senior notes and debentures
 
(3)
2.38%
3.06%
2026 - 2040
 
169
 
197
$
 
416
$
 
422
Other
Unsecured loan notes
 
Variable
Variable
2026 - 2029
$
 
992
$
 
465
Senior unsecured notes
3.99%
3.65%
2026 - 2046
 
3,525
 
3,637
Senior unsecured notes
4.84%
4.84%
2030
 
500
 
500
Fixed to floating subordinated notes
 
(4)
6.75%
6.75%
2076
 
1,727
 
1,587
Junior subordinated notes
7.63%
0.00%
2054
 
720
-
 
$
 
7,464
$
 
6,189
Adjustments
Debt issuance costs
(137)
(125)
Classification as liabilities held for sale
(5)
(696)
-
 
Amount due within one year
 
(6)
(234)
(676)
$
(1,067)
$
(801)
Long-Term Debt
$
 
18,173
$
 
17,689
(1) Weighted average interest rate of fixed rate long-term debt.
(2) Discount notes are backed by a revolving
 
credit facility which matures in 2029.
 
(3) Notes are issued and payable in either USD
 
or BBD.
 
(4) In 2024, the Company recognized $
110
 
million in interest expense (2023 – $
109
 
million) related to its fixed to floating
subordinated notes.
(5) On August 5, 2024, Emera announced an
 
agreement to sell NMGC. As at December
 
31, 2024, NMGC's liabilities were
classified as held for sale.
 
For further details on the pending transaction,
 
refer to note 4.
(6) Excludes NMGC amounts which are classified
 
as current liabilities associated with assets held
 
for sale.
The Company’s total long-term revolving credit facilities,
 
outstanding borrowings and available capacity as
at December 31 were as follows:
millions of dollars
Maturity
2024
2023
Emera – committed revolving credit facility
(1)
June 2029
$
 
1,300
$
 
900
NSPI – revolving credit facility
(1)
June 2029
 
800
 
800
Emera – Unsecured non-revolving credit facility
February 2026
 
200
 
400
TEC – Unsecured committed revolving credit facility
December 2026
-
 
 
657
NSPI – non-revolving credit facility
July 2024
-
 
 
400
NMGC – Unsecured non-revolving credit facility
March 2024
-
 
 
30
ECI – revolving credit facilities
October 2024
-
 
 
10
Total
$
 
2,300
$
 
3,197
Less:
Borrowings under credit facilities
 
1,169
 
1,884
Letters of credit issued inside credit facilities
 
12
 
6
Use of available facilities
$
 
1,181
$
 
1,890
Available capacity under existing agreements
$
 
1,119
$
 
1,307
(1) Advances on the revolving credit facility can be
 
made by way of overdraft on accounts up to
 
$
50
 
million.
Debt Covenants
Emera and its subsidiaries have debt covenants associated
 
with their credit facilities. Covenants are
tested regularly and the Company is in compliance with
 
covenant requirements. Emera’s significant
covenants are listed below:
As at
Financial Covenant
Requirement
December 31, 2024
Emera
Syndicated credit facilities
Debt to capital ratio
Less than or equal to
0.70
 
to 1
0.55
 
: 1
Recent Significant Financing Activity by Segment
Florida Electric Utility
On July 12, 2024, TEC repaid a $
300
 
million USD note upon maturity.
 
This note was repaid with
proceeds from commercial paper.
On January 30, 2024, TEC issued $
500
 
million USD of senior unsecured bonds that bear interest
 
at
4.90
per cent with a maturity date of
March 1, 2029
. Proceeds from the issuance were primarily used for the
repayment of short-term borrowings outstanding under the
5
-year credit facility.
Canadian Electric Utilities
On June 24, 2024, NSPI amended its unsecured non-revolving
 
credit facility to extend the maturity date
from
July 15, 2024
 
to
June 24, 2025
 
and reduce the facility from $
400
 
million to $
300
 
million. On
December 16, 2024, NSPI repaid the $
300
 
million unsecured non-revolving credit facility.
On June 24, 2024, NSPI amended its unsecured committed
 
revolving credit facility to extend the maturity
date from
December 16, 2027
 
to
June 24, 2029
. There were no other material changes in commercial
terms from the prior agreement.
On June 13, 2024, NSPI entered a non-revolving credit
 
facility to finance the Battery Energy Storage
Project. NSPI can request funds under the facility quarterly
 
for amounts related to incurred project costs
up to the total commitment of the lessor of $
120
 
million and
45.06
 
per cent of the total eligible project
costs over the term of the agreement. The facility will be
 
available until
6
 
months after completion of the
project, not to exceed
May 21, 2027
, and matures
20
 
years following the end of the period. As at
December 31, 2024, NSPI had utilized $
19
 
million from the facility,
 
which bears interest at
2.51
 
per cent.
Gas Utilities and Infrastructure
On December 10, 2024, Brunswick Pipeline amended
 
its non-revolving loan agreement. The maturity
date was extended to December 2028 and now includes
 
annual principal repayments.
On July 30, 2024, New Mexico Gas Intermediate, Inc. repaid
 
its $
150
 
million USD fixed rate notes upon
maturity.
Other Electric Utilities
On May 2, 2024, BLPC amended its $
92
 
million Barbadian dollar ($
46
 
million USD) loan facility to extend
the maturity date from
February 19, 2025
 
to
July 19, 2028
. There were no other material changes in
commercial terms from the prior agreement.
Other
On June 24, 2024, Emera amended its unsecured committed
 
revolving credit facility increasing the facility
from $
900
 
million to $
1,300
 
million. Emera also extended the maturity date from
June 24, 2027
 
to
June
24, 2029
. There were no other material changes in commercial terms
 
from the prior agreement.
On June 15, 2024, Emera Finance repaid its $
300
 
million USD senior notes upon maturity.
On June 18, 2024, EUSHI Finance, Inc., completed an issuance
 
of $
500
 
million USD fixed-to-fixed reset
 
rate junior subordinated notes. The notes initially bear
 
interest at a rate of
7.625
 
per cent, and will reset
 
on December 15, 2029, and every
five years
 
thereafter, to a rate per annum
 
equal to the five-year U.S.
 
treasury rate plus
3.136
 
per cent. The notes mature on
December 15, 2054
. EUSHI Finance, Inc., at its
 
option, may redeem the notes, in whole or in part,
90 days
 
prior to the first interest reset date, and any
 
semi-annual interest payment date thereafter,
 
at a redemption price equal to the principal amount.
On February 16, 2024, Emera amended its $
400
 
million unsecured non-revolving facility to extend the
maturity date from
February 19, 2024
 
to
February 19, 2025
. There were no other changes in commercial
terms from the prior agreement. On July 19, 2024, Emera reduced
 
the amount of the facility from $
400
million to $
200
 
million. On February 20, 2025, Emera extended the agreement
 
for an additional year to
February 2026 with no other changes in terms. This facility
 
was classified as long-term debt at December
31, 2024.
Long-Term Debt Maturities
As at December 31, 2024, long-term debt maturities, including
 
capital lease obligations, for each of the
next five years and in aggregate thereafter are as follows:
millions of dollars
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
Thereafter
Total
Florida Electric Utility
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
-
 
$
 
720
$
 
5,000
$
 
5,720
Canadian Electric Utilities
 
125
 
40
-
 
-
 
 
217
 
2,979
 
3,361
Gas Utilities and
Infrastructure
 
31
 
132
 
31
 
535
 
31
 
1,519
 
2,279
Other Electric Utilities
 
78
 
101
 
89
 
116
 
4
 
28
 
416
Other
-
 
 
3,006
-
 
-
 
 
792
 
3,666
 
7,464
Total
$
 
234
$
 
3,279
$
 
120
$
 
651
$
 
1,764
$
 
13,192
$
 
19,240