Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A) has made a fresh offer for two NASDAQ-listed utility yieldcos being offloaded by bankrupt SunEdison, Inc. (OTCPK:SUNE.Q). Brookfield offered, on January 10, 2017, to buy out the remaining shares in TerraForm Power, Inc. (NasdaqGS:TERP) for $11.50 each. It also said it would bump the offer to $12.50 a share in an expanded proposal that would also include the yieldco's international offshoot, TerraForm Global, Inc. (NasdaqGS:GLBL).

Brookfield is the only bidder to have amassed a strategic shareholding in TerraForm Power, which should provide a slight advantage, but the Canadian giant is still considered a leftfield participant in the auction. As part of the deal Brookfield would emerge as the sponsor of TerraForm Power, replacing SunEdison which is going through Chapter 11 proceedings. Brookfield also said it would inject cash into the yieldco in exchange for newly-issued stock.

TerraForm Power shares traded flat on January 10, 2017 but opened 4% lower on January 11, 2017 as investors digested news of the new combined offer.