Asset Dispositions and Impairments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

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Asset Dispositions and Impairments

In May 2023, PSEG sold its 25% equity interest in Ocean Wind JV HoldCo, LLC. The sale proceeds approximated PSEG’s carrying value of the investment; therefore, no material gain or loss was recognized upon disposition.

In July 2023, PSEG Power completed the sale of its 50% ownership interest in Kalaeloa. The sale proceeds approximated PSEG Power's carrying value of the investment; therefore, no material gain or loss was recognized upon disposition.

In 2022, Energy Holdings recorded pre-tax impairments of $78 million related to one of its domestic energy generating facilities and its real estate assets. In March 2023, Energy Holdings completed the sale of its domestic energy generating facility and recorded an immaterial pre-tax gain. In December 2023, Energy Holdings completed the sale of its real estate assets and recorded an immaterial pre-tax gain.

In August 2021, PSEG entered into two agreements to sell PSEG Power’s 6,750 MW fossil generating portfolio, one agreement for the sale of assets in New Jersey and Maryland and another agreement for the sale of assets located in New York and Connecticut, to newly formed subsidiaries of ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VII, L.P., a fund controlled by ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC for aggregate consideration of approximately $1,920 million. In 2021, PSEG recorded a pre-tax impairment loss on sale of approximately $2,691 million as the purchase price was lower than the carrying value in 2021. In addition to the impairment loss, all of PSEG Power’s outstanding debt obligations were redeemed and PSEG incurred a pre-tax loss of $298 million for the make-whole provision payable upon early redemption and other non-cash debt extinguishment costs and also recorded approximately $13 million in pre-tax severance and retention charges, environmental accruals and other adjustments.

As defined in each agreement, further adjustments were required as a result of any purchase price or working capital adjustments, including an adjustment for positive or negative cash flow of the fossil generating assets based on actual performance starting after December 31, 2021 through the closing dates. As a result, in 2022 PSEG Power recorded an additional pre-tax impairment of approximately $50 million prior to completing the sale of this fossil generating portfolio in February 2022.

PSEG Power has retained ownership of certain liabilities excluded from the transactions primarily related to obligations under certain environmental regulations, including remediation obligations under the New Jersey Industrial Site Recovery Act (ISRA) and the Connecticut Transfer Act (CTA). The amounts for any such environmental remediation are not currently estimable, but will likely be material in the aggregate.

In May 2021, PSEG Power Ventures LLC (Power Ventures), a direct wholly owned subsidiary of PSEG Power, entered into a purchase agreement with Quattro Solar, LLC, an affiliate of LS Power, relating to the sale by Power Ventures of 100% of its ownership interest in PSEG Solar Source LLC (Solar Source) including its related assets and liabilities. The transaction closed in June 2021. As a result of the sale, PSEG Power recorded a pre-tax gain on sale of approximately $63 million, which is inclusive of the recognition of previously deferred unamortized ITCs of $185 million, and income tax expense of approximately $62 million primarily due to the recapture of ITC on units that operated for less than five years.