AltaGas Ltd. ("AltaGas") (TSX:ALA)(TSX:ALA.PR.A)(TSX:ALA.PR.U) announced today that its indirect wholly owned subsidiary AltaGas Power Holdings (U.S.) Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement with affiliates of LS Power Equity Advisors, LLC to acquire Blythe Energy, LLC ("Blythe"), which owns a 507 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle plant (the "Blythe Energy Center"), associated major spare parts, and a related 230 kV 67-mile electric transmission line in Southern California, for US$515 million (the "Acquisition")

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