Q: Please comment on PPL's announcement pertaining to the building of a new petrochemical plant. In December 2017 IPL announced a similar project and since then the share price of IPL has noticeably under performed their Canadian pipeline peers. How different is PPL's project from IPL? Do you know much about their Kuwait based partner? How will this impact the PPL balance sheet? Do you expect they will need to issue more shares to finance this project? PPL is one of my largest holdings and I invest in it because they have shown to have good management and have the steady cash flow from the pipeline businesses. Does this transaction change that thesis in any way? The project feels like an unnecessary bet and all of a sudden a riskier holding for a conservative income investor.
Thanks
Rob
Thanks
Rob