IND/03 · CAPITAL AT RISK
Private Equity & Infrastructure Capital
Infrastructure is now a line item in the IRR.
Power, transmission and utility posture can reprice an asset after close. We are the infrastructure intelligence layer before capital deploys.
Assets screened
6
High power exposure
3
Utility upgrade risk
$84M
Markets
5 ISO/RTO
Top opportunity
86
Modeled · illustrative composite · S&M synthesis of public ISO/RTO, EIA and utility filings · As of Oct 2026
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Investment exposure matrix
Rank the portfolio by what the grid can do to it.
| Asset | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colocation Portfolio · TX | 91 | 55 | 92 | 48 | 66 | 86 |
| Specialty Chemicals · LA | 82 | 64 | 41 | 71 | 58 | 44 |
| Battery Materials · AZ | 77 | 69 | 84 | 74 | 81 | 63 |
| Auto Components · OH | 69 | 78 | 54 | 80 | 72 | 38 |
| Packaging Mills · WI | 61 | 42 | 33 | 44 | 31 | 52 |
| Cold Chain Platform · GA | 58 | 47 | 66 | 52 | 39 | 71 |
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Hypothetical portfolio · modeled scores 0–100 · not client data
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What traditional financial diligence can miss
An attractive asset, before and after the grid.
Headline EV / EBITDA
100
Limited capacity
-6
Transmission constraint
-5
Utility upgrade (customer-funded)
-9
Interconnection delay
-4
Tariff exposure
-7
Unplanned infra CAPEX
-8
Infrastructure-adjusted value
61
Illustrative index · hypothetical asset · not a client outcome
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Critical pressure vectors
Eight exposures that rarely appear in a CIM.
Pre-Acquisition Diligence
90Infrastructure read on the target before exclusivity.
Portfolio Energy Exposure
78Cost and availability risk across holdings.
Infrastructure Risk
74Substation, transmission and equipment exposure.
Power-Market Exposure
81Capacity price and LMP sensitivity by ISO.
Expansion Constraints
69Whether the value-creation plan has a power path.
Capital Deployment
72Sequencing deployment around the rate-case calendar.
Site-Level Risk
66Facility-by-facility service and tariff risk.
Portfolio Opportunity
58Where infrastructure position is a hidden advantage.
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Geographic & relationship intelligence
Capital sits inside a system.
Stock & Milster Intelligence Graph
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Decision framework
Before IC, before exclusivity.
- G1
Does each facility have firm service for the business plan?
PASSUnderwrite growth case.
FLAGHaircut expansion EBITDA.
- G2
Is tariff and capacity-price exposure bounded?
PASSHold cost assumptions.
FLAGModel rate-case scenarios.
- G3
Are customer-funded upgrades disclosed?
PASSPrice accordingly.
FLAGSeek indemnity or price adjustment.
- G4
Does the exit buyer inherit infrastructure risk?
PASSMitigate in hold period.
FLAGPosition as an advantage at exit.
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How Stock & Milster helps
An independent lens that survives LP review.
Decision-grade deliverables
- D01Acquisition energy due diligence memo
- D02Portfolio-wide infrastructure risk register
- D03Utility and rate-jurisdiction posture map
- D04Pre-IC infrastructure screen
- D05Executive risk & opportunity brief
Questions leadership brings to us
- Which positions carry latent infrastructure risk?
- Where is capital absorbed efficiently and where is it stranding?
- What does the next 24 months of grid posture do to our IRRs?
Stock & Milster advises on the decision. We do not sell the project. Engagements are scoped to geography, facilities and depth of analysis.
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