16. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND GUARANTEES
Commitments
In the normal course of operations, the Business will enter into agreements for the use of water, land and dams. Payment under those agreements varies with the amount of power generated. The various agreements can be renewed and are extendable up to 2089.
The Business, alongside institutional partners, entered into a commitment to invest approximately $37 million to acquire a 210 MW solar development portfolio in Brazil. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions, with the Business expected to hold a 25% interest.
Subsequent to quarter end, the Business, alongside institutional partners, entered into a commitment to acquire a 1,200 MW solar development portfolio in Brazil for approximately $50 million, which will be targeted for completion in early 2023. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2020, subject to customary closing conditions, with the Business expected to hold a 25% interest.
An integral part of the Business’s strategy is to participate with institutional investors in Brookfield-sponsored private equity funds that target acquisitions that suit the Business’s profile. In the normal course of business, the Business has made commitments to Brookfield-sponsored private equity funds to participate in these target acquisitions in the future, if and when identified.
Contingencies
The Business is subject to various legal proceedings, arbitrations and actions arising in the normal course of business. While the final outcome of such legal proceedings and actions cannot be predicted with certainty, it is the opinion of management that the resolution of such proceedings and actions will not have a material impact on the Business’s financial position or results of operations.
The Business’s subsidiaries themselves have provided letters of credit, which include, but are not limited to, guarantees for debt service reserves, capital reserves, construction completion and performance.
Letters of credit issued by the Business’s subsidiaries as at June 30, 2020 were $221 million (2019: $257 million)
Guarantees
In the normal course of operations, the Business executes agreements that provide for indemnification and guarantees to third-parties of transactions such as business dispositions, capital project purchases, business acquisitions, and sales and purchases of assets and services. The Business has also agreed to indemnify its directors and certain of its officers and employees. The nature of substantially all of the indemnification undertakings prevents the Business from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amount that the Business could be required to pay third parties as the agreements do not always specify a maximum amount and the amounts are dependent upon the outcome of future contingent events, the nature and likelihood of which cannot be determined at this time.
In connection with the special distribution completed on July 30, 2020, LATAM Holdco and Canada SubCo, each a subsidiary of the Business, fully and unconditionally guaranteed (i) medium term notes issued and payable by Brookfield Renewable Partners ULC, a finance subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable, (ii) the senior preferred shares of Brookfield Renewable Power Preferred Equity Inc., (iii) certain preferred units of Brookfield Renewable, and (iv) the obligations of Brookfield Renewable under its bilateral credit facilities.
17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The Business`s related party transactions are recorded at the exchange amount. The Business`s related party transactions are primarily with Brookfield Renewable and Brookfield Asset Management.
Since inception, our parent company has had a management agreement (the “Master Services Agreement”) with certain service providers (the “Service Provider”), which are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Brookfield Asset Management. The
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