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| Our company has been successful in administrations from either party and thrived prior to the IRA |
| As I reflect on my first year as CEO of HASI, I am extremely proud of our many accomplishments in 2023 and I remain confident that our three year business planning process has concluded that all of the components of long term success are in place |
| In summary, our execution to date, current liquidity and go forward plans, position us extremely well to capitalize on the opportunity ahead |
| In '23, we made incremental investments at an average yield greater than 9% with new cost of debt 7%, and we expect that over time we will benefit from improved cost of funds if a second investment grade rating can be attained |
| But I would say as a baseline, first of all, that our resi solar portfolio itself is performing very well and we are at the asset level and the homeowners continue to make payments on their leases |
| This volume facilitated a 44% increase in our portfolio, which creates a foundation for continued revenue growth |
| So, we have a diversified base and are seeing strong demand in energy and as well as fuel as companies and states want to continue to see growth in demand but also in decarbonization |
| Our ability to achieve these results in spite of the 2023 operating backdrop, including volatile interest rates, provides us ongoing confidence that our long term business model driven by our climate, clients, asset strategy is exceedingly resilient and the path forward to achieving our financial and climate goals |
| The total managed assets has almost doubled to $12.3 billion highlighting the increasing scale in the business |
| Continuing to the next slide, we have a track record of stable growth along all notable metrics |
| But think of our pipeline as more than 2 times what we need to be successful, and therefore it gives us the confidence that enough will hit that we will meet our guidance |
| Our pipeline has grown significantly from $3 billion in 2020 to greater than $5 billion in 2024, a reflection of our success and organizational structure that supports programmatic transactions |
| We continue to be excited about growth in all three markets and the growing number of new clients that we can serve |
| But I think we've fundamentally kept a very stable risk profile that we're very comfortable with and results in an enormous amount of opportunity |
| In summary, and as reflected by our new guidance, we believe the business remains well positioned to address any perceived headwinds |
| Finally, our ability to fund record volumes in 2023 is proof positive that our liquidity and funding strategy is sound |
| In summary, this guidance reflects an enthusiastic and confident vision of our company and strategy over the next three years |
| And we remain optimistic that we have the talent, client relationships and market opportunity that will result in continued growth and prosperity |
| Our company is also well positioned to pivot to a variety of investment alternatives, which further provides comfort that public policy changes are not likely to be impactful to our profitability |
| Each of these items would have a positive impact on our margin |
| Year-over-year, our volumes increased 28%, distributable NII increased 21% and gain on sale increased 15% |
| We have an unblemished track record of meeting or exceeding our guidance |
| This strategy of focusing on climate positive asset level investing with the leading sponsors and developers continues to be successful and provide ongoing shareholder value |
| Our business model has proven resilient despite many headwinds, and our new guidance reflects a path forward to consistent profitability and less reliance on capital markets |
| I thank our dedicated team for their outstanding achievements in 2023 and their enthusiasm and commitment to our future success |
| So, yes, there is an opportunity for yields over the next three years to be a bit wider than we forecasted, and that would be an upside to our guidance |
| We were able to close a record volume of $2.3 billion of new investments at a yield greater than 9% |
| We've also deployed a hedging program which has allowed us to navigate the high rate environment successfully and minimized the risk of rates moving further upward |
| Notably, our portfolio grew 44% providing a much larger base for long term recurring income |
| As I said on Investor Day back in March, HASI is the preeminent climate pure play with a differentiated strategy that allows investors to access the growth trajectory of the energy transition in a low risk business model |
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| So, in 2023 wind we've seen poor wind performance |
| There's been a lot made in the press about some of the challenges in the residential solar segment in the U.S |
| I will say, obviously, some of the sponsors are going through some challenges, mostly related to cost structure and other business challenges at the corporate level and we've been very supportive working with them |
| We do think it will be an ongoing portion of our business, but a relatively modest portion of the business going forward, given some of those challenges |
| The midpoint is above our 2023 growth rate, but very slightly below our long term business model due to this period, including significant refinancing activity |
| It looked like portfolio cash inflows all in were down slightly year-over-year |
| But if there's a bit of a slowdown there, as those companies do some restructuring and different things and maybe see lower demand, that won't have a meaningful impact on our business, and it really won't affect what we've put out there in terms of guidance |
| and I know you have some unexpected exposure there |
| Our dividend guidance reflects our continued gradual reduction in the payout ratio as we increase our dividend, but at a slower rate than our earnings |
| It was a P99 year which means we would not expect it to continue and additionally given our preference, we expect it's as you already identified a delay of distributions and not a loss |
| Next, we are often asked about project delays |
| Our cadence is such that we have different leading asset classes in subsequent years, and I actually don't think we ourselves would have necessarily, in your hypothetical -- if we dialed back to the beginning of '23 predicted that FTN would have been 30% community solar 18%, the pace of closings, we obviously know our pipeline very well, but the pace of closings is outside of our control and therefore that short term prediction of what's going to hit in '24 can be a little difficult |
| And so, without putting too much of a fine point on it and understanding EPS could be lumpy |
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