Towards the end of April 2025, there was a feeling of positivity across different market players and their future outlook of the Italian electricity market. At times, the regulatory environment within Italy over the past few years has been challenging, with frequent shifts in legislation and policy. Namely, delayed auctions (FER X – now expected […]
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Slides from Perspectives Impact Houston, 2025
Schneider Electric and Zeigo hosted the Perspectives Impact event in Houston in Late February 2025. Below are pdfs of the slide decks for the breakout sessions and workshops. Full descriptions of each session can be found on the event website. Day 1 Pre-conference renewables roundtable Breakout 1A: Speed Up…But Slow Down: Building an Agile Strategy […]
Is the VPPA Still Viable for Corporate Buyers? [Webinar Recording 2.2025]
Questions not answered during the webinar: In your view, can a Solar VPPA be used by a Baseload consumer to hedge his electricity price risk? –> A VPPA does not typically function well as a true hedge, especially against baseload power, due to the intermittent nature of renewables. If you do a VPPA for […]
VPPA Structures Part 4: Correlation to Load and Marketing Claims
In this series we’re considering risks in VPPAs and contract terms and structures that can limit them. Check out the other articles as a companion to this one: VPPA Structures Part 1: Limiting Max Exposure VPPA Structures Part 2: Addressing Negative Price Risk VPPA Structures Part 3: Limiting Volatility This article deals with a […]
A Call for Corporate Engagement on CAISO’s Cluster 15
There are many ways to promote renewables adoption, but here’s one that recently came up which many may not be aware of. There’s some urgency here, so for large corporations with load in California and around the US, check out the materials below to learn about a simple way that you can play a role […]
Pros and Cons of 4 “New Technologies”
Emerging Technology often does not refer to something totally new, but an old technology applied in a new way. All emerging tech needs to solve a problem for it to be viable for you. That problem might be cost savings, emissions reduction, or just being available where there were no options before. Since new things […]
VPPA Structures Part 3: Limiting Volatility
The chart below shows a very realistic scenario for an ERCOT North-settled solar VPPA in 2020, where the dollar amounts are checks that the developer would have cut to the offtaker. Some corporate buyers may look at this and say, “Sign me up!”, whereas others see a huge problem. The difference in the two outlooks? […]
VPPA Structures Part 2: Addressing Negative Price Risk
In this series, we’re detailing categories of risk in a VPPA and some structures that can minimize that risk. The first article in the series addressed max exposure and presented options for lowering the PPA price. This article addresses a specific emerging risk in the rapidly growing renewables markets worldwide, such as those in Texas, […]
VPPA Structures Part 1: Limiting Max Exposure
A virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) is a financial agreement that carries the risk of loss. This is why legal caveats abound in literature and descriptions of these structures. The benefits of a VPPA are immense when compared to an unbundled REC purchase or a rooftop solar array. These include additionality and the ability to […]
How Companies Have Reached Their Renewable Energy Goals
RE100, Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi), carbon neutrality—there are numerous sustainability goals that corporations have publicly set and announced. These goals share the common objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and fostering a more sustainable environment for future generations. Many corporate sustainability goals were catalyzed by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which establishes long-term targets […]