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- Emera Incorporated (TSX:EMA; EMA-PH.TO) is a geographically diverse energy and services company that primarily invests in regulated electric utilities, gas utilities and infrastructure, electricity generation, transmission and distribution; natural gas purchase, transmission, distribution and sale; physical energy marketing, trading and asset management services. Its key operating subsidiaries include Tampa Electric, a vertically integrated electric utility serving West Central Florida; Nova Scotia Power Inc., the primary electricity supplier in Nova Scotia; Peoples Gas System serving Florida; Emera Brunswick Pipeline Company Limited; SeaCoast Gas Transmission and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline; Emera Energy for wholesale natural gas and power trading; and other utilities in the Caribbean including Barbados Light & Power and Bahamas Utilities. The company serves approximately 2.6 million utility customers across North America and the Caribbean regions including Canada, the United States and the Caribbean, with approximately 7,600 employees, $43 billion in assets and a $20 billion capital plan through 2029 focused on reliability, modernization, renewables and technology. Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Emera emphasizes decarbonization having achieved a 49% reduction in CO2 emissions since 2005 and 1,882 megawatts of installed renewable capacity. Recent major changes include the August 2024 announcement to sell its New Mexico Gas Company subsidiary to Bernhard Capital Partners for $1.252 billion USD including assumed debt, expected to close in late 2025 pending regulatory approvals, yielding approximately $750 million USD in after-tax net proceeds to strengthen the balance sheet and reduce holding company leverage; and the February 2025 announcement that KKR agreed to acquire its indirect minority equity interest in the Labrador Island Link transmission project for $1.19 billion CAD expected to close around June 2024 to reduce corporate debt while maintaining partnership commitments for sustaining capital.