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Organization
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Organization
Organization
Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Pattern Energy or the Company) was organized in the state of Delaware on October 2, 2012. Pattern Energy is an independent energy generation company focused on constructing, owning and operating energy projects with long-term energy sales contracts. Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern Development 1.0) owns a 5.1% interest in the Company at June 30, 2018. The Pattern Development Companies (Pattern Development 1.0, Pattern Energy Group 2 LP (Pattern Development 2.0) and their respective subsidiaries) are leading developers of renewable energy and transmission projects.
The Company consists of the consolidated operations of certain entities purchased principally from Pattern Development 1.0, except for purchases of Lost Creek, Post Rock and certain additional interests in El Arrayán (each as defined below) which were purchased from third-parties. Each of the Company's wind and solar projects and certain assets are included in the Company's subsidiaries as follows:
Pattern US Operations Holdings LLC (which consists primarily of 100% ownership of Hatchet Ridge Wind, LLC (Hatchet Ridge), Spring Valley Wind LLC (Spring Valley), Pattern Santa Isabel LLC (Santa Isabel), Ocotillo Express LLC (Ocotillo), Pattern Gulf Wind LLC (Gulf Wind) and Lost Creek Wind, LLC (Lost Creek), as well as the following consolidated controlling interest in Panhandle Wind LLC (Panhandle 1), Panhandle Wind 2 LLC (Panhandle 2), Post Rock Wind Power Project, LLC (Post Rock), Logan's Gap Wind LLC (Logan's Gap), Fowler Ridge IV Wind Farm LLC (Amazon Wind), and Broadview Finco Pledgor LLC ((Broadview Project) (which consists primarily of Broadview Energy KW, LLC and Broadview Energy JN, LLC (together, Broadview) and Western Interconnect LLC, a transmission line (Western Interconnect)));
Pattern Canada Operations Holdings ULC (which consists primarily of 100% ownership of St. Joseph Windfarm Inc. (St. Joseph), a consolidated controlling interest in Meikle Wind Energy Limited Partnership (Meikle) and noncontrolling interests in South Kent Wind LP (South Kent), Grand Renewable Wind LP (Grand), K2 Wind Ontario Limited Partnership (K2), and SP Armow Wind Ontario LP (Armow) which are accounted for as unconsolidated investments);
Pattern Chile Holdings LLC (which includes a controlling interest in Parque Eólico El Arrayán SpA (El Arrayán Wind) and a controlling interest in Don Goyo Transmisión S.A. (Don Goyo), a transmission asset of El Arrayán Wind) (see Note 4, Assets Held for Sale); and
Green Power Tsugaru Holdings G.K. (Tsugaru Holdings) (which consists primarily of 100% ownership of Green Power Tsugaru G.K. (Tsugaru)) and Green Power Generation G.K. (which consists primarily of 100% ownership in GK Green Power Otsuki (Ohorayama), Otsuki Wind Power Corporation (Otsuki), and GK Green Power Kanagi (Kanagi), and consolidated controlling interest in GK Green Power Futtsu (Futtsu)). (See Note 5, Acquisitions).
During the six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company has funded $57.1 million into Pattern Development 2.0 of which approximately $27 million was used by Pattern Development 2.0 to fund the purchase of Green Power Investments (GPI), located in Japan. As of June 30, 2018, the Company has funded $124.4 million in aggregate and holds an approximately 24% ownership interest in Pattern Development 2.0.