Dominion Resources Inc. (NYSE: D) said Feb. 1 it would buy natural gas distributor Questar Corp. (NYSE: STR) for about $4.4 billion in cash to expand its natural gas operations.
Dominion's $25-per-share offer represents a premium of nearly 23% to Questar's close on Jan. 29.
With Questar's acquisition, Dominion will get about 27,500 miles of gas distribution pipelines, 3,400 miles of gas transmission pipeline and 56 billion cubic feet of working gas storage.
The combined company will serve about 2.5 million electric utility customers and 2.3 million gas utility customers in seven states.
It will also operate more than 15,500 miles of natural gas transmission, gathering and storage pipelines and about 24,300 megawatts of power generation.
Weakening power demand due to increased energy efficiency has spurred a spate of deals between utilities and natural gas distributors, which enjoy relatively stable pricing thanks to a glut of supply from shale fields.
Duke Energy Corp. (NYSE: DUK), the largest U.S. power company by generation capacity, announced a $4.9 billion deal for Piedmont Natural Gas Co. (NYSE: PNY) in October, while Southern Co. (NYSE: SO) said in August it would buy AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) for about $8 billion.
RBC Capital Markets LLC and Mizuho Bank Ltd were Dominion's financial advisers and McGuireWoods LLP was its legal counsel.
Goldman Sachs & Co advised Questar, while Kirkland & Ellis LLP was its legal counsel.
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