Energy Systems Analytics for Decisionmakers

PPA Risk Management

Investment Oversight

The ASCE platform quickly integrates renewables data with our models and reporting to provide risk management for PPA's. Our models enable scale of the portfolio, adding and removing projects easily, and breaking out and grouping projects by numerous metrics.

Power Purchase Agreements are ubiquitous in power procurement and often extend to billions of dollars over decades of time. Responsible oversight of these investments throughout their lifecycle is a challenge as physical and market conditions evolve.

ASCE empowers PPA buyers with data and tools to track the long term operational reality of their purchase, for the many years after the original contracts are signed.

We have developed highly customized data analytics which we use to assure PPA counterparties stay in compliance with their PPA obligations. This reduces the potential for disputes that would arise if PPA terms are violated over a period of time which can easily result in tens of millions in unforeseen penalties.

Power Purchasers can control risk by having a broad view of their asset, rather than rely on little more than invoices to know the status of the PPA.

Data & Calculations

Telemetry integration
Count and extent of trips, curtailments, maintenance outages
Overgeneration (MW & MWh) beyond nameplate and contract limits
Under-generation (MWh) below contract amounts (replacement energy requirements)
Monthly production & financial reporting based on calculated indexed costs
EIA Data integration

Processes

Production ROI
Buyout assessment
Seasonal & YOY production assessment
EIA filings verification as an early indicator of a project that is well-run, or poorly managed
Oversight of project operators
Security Oversight of Project Operator IT culture
Count and extent of trips, curtailments, maintenance outages
Self-service online reporting and analytics

Staff Support

Account and User Management
Regular phone & video meetings
Gathering feedback for system evolution
Curtailment research and project issue identification
Alerts of over-generation & under-generation
Alerts of PPA contract non-compliance
Support for specific business objectives such as buyouts, litigation, or dispute resolution
Alerts to staff of issues related to: telemetry, site operations, trips & curtailments, solar panel tracking issues, hybrid plant behavior.

Google Sites

Report abuse