In recent years, corporate America has made procuring clean and renewable energy a key part of its sustainability strategy, with numerous Fortune 500 corporations publicly announcing ambitious carbon reduction goals. In 2021 alone, corporations purchased a record 31.1 GW of renewable energy, a record that’s expected to be broken yet again in 2022. Purchasing power via Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (“Corporate PPAs”) with renewable projects can provide corporates with green power, additionality, and much greater control over their future power costs. Equally, servicing these corporate off-takers in this boom has become a large and growing market opportunity for renewable developers.
However, entering into Corporate PPAs presents significant challenges for both sellers and buyers. For corporate energy buyers, understanding how to quantify, manage and transfer significant transactional risk and how to negotiate the terms to protect themselves and their reputations through long-term changing market risks is critical. On the other hand, developers must also manage this market volatility and must incorporate financing and economic protections to manage those risks to successfully build and operate the project. Both sides must understand these critical components to effectively get deals done—and financed--in today’s market. Only those armed with the latest know-how on today’s cutting-edge structures in Corporate PPAs, including the latest market trends to navigate these market risks will be able to get the best possible outcomes in this challenging arena.
This course has been designed by the industry’s top market participants to bring attendees 100% up-to-speed on the latest developments in corporate renewable energy procurement, as well as providing detailed explanations and examples of the solutions being utilized in today’s advanced Corporate PPA deals. Infocast has fully updated our extraordinarily well-received Master Class on Corporate PPAs to demonstrate how structuring, negotiating, and documenting corporate renewable procurement from beginning to end should be done in today’s market and under today’s economic conditions. It will take developers and offtakers through the entire process from a look at emerging trends in corporate renewable energy procurement structures, risk allocation, incorporating energy justice, ESG and procurement strategy, and lessons learned from the front lines, to negotiating exceptional terms and fully executing viable and bankable deals to help corporations meet their carbon reduction goals.
Review our detailed course outline and reserve your place to come up to speed, and come up to the cutting edge—of current best practices in corporate renewable energy procurement.
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August 16, 2022 | 8:00 AM - 6:30 PM PDT
Session 1: Understanding Today’s Corporate Renewable Market |
Session 2: Overview: The Evolution of Corporate PPA Structures |
Session 3: Focus on Financial Settlements in Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs) |
Session 4: Important Corporate Protections to Consider When Negotiating a Corporate PPA |
Session 5: Renewable Developers’ Perspectives—Understanding their Needs and Constraints |
Session 6: Lessons from the Frontline: What Corporates Have Learned About Renewable Procurement |
Session 7: Developing and Executing Your Corporate Renewable Energy Procurement Strategy |
Session 8: Expanding from the US Market to Overseas |
Session 9: Amplifying Impact: How to Integrate Environmental and Social Justice into
your PPAs |
Session 10: Emerging Structures for Integrating Renewable Procurement into your Carbon Goals |
Session 11: Carbon Goals in Context: Buyer ESG Program Developments and the Consequences for Renewable Energy Transactions |
Session 12: Corporate Tax Equity Investment in Renewable Projects
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Session 13: Market Outlook 2023
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Session 14: Master Class Wrap up
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Nuanced, up-to-date, forward-looking, and contextually presented, the class expanded the depth of our firm’s competency for financial transactions.
- Greg Poulos, CEO, ArcVera Renewables
The Master Class was very efficient, educational, effective and productive, and I will do more of these regardless of if we are traveling and going to in-person.
- Peter Blood, Founder and Managing Partner, CYCLE
This Master Class will be held at the following location:
Offices of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
The Orrick Building
405 Howard Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-2669
Phone: (415) 773-5700
Vaccination and daily testing will be required to attend this event.
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