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PPAs & negotiation

Understand the obligations that sit behind the electricity price.

A power purchase agreement can commit a business for decades. Pricing, generation, demand, performance and exit provisions interact in ways that a headline tariff cannot show. I help buyers understand those commitments and negotiate a workable allocation of risk.

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Look beyond the headline price
Illustrative commercial review

How I can help

  • Review price structures, indexation, contract duration and the allocation of volume and performance risk.
  • Test the relationship between forecast generation, electricity demand and the proposed supply or settlement arrangement.
  • Translate material terms into clear commercial consequences and identify priorities for negotiation.
  • Support discussions with the counterparty alongside your appointed legal and technical advisers.

What you receive

A commercial review, risk-and-action schedule or negotiating brief, with support through agreed stages. Your legal advisers handle legal interpretation and drafting.

What a review examines

From contract terms to negotiating priorities

A review connects each material term with its commercial risk and a proposed response. These simplified examples illustrate the approach; they are not an exhaustive checklist.

Illustrative review structure — not a client extract
Clause or termCommercial riskProposed response
Price adjustmentAn unclear indexation formula makes future payments difficult to forecast.Clarify the index, base date and calculation; test different inflation assumptions and negotiate limits where appropriate.
Performance commitmentsThe agreement leaves uncertainty about what happens when the system underperforms.Define how performance is measured, the exclusions and the remedies, with technical and legal input.
Early terminationExit payments or continuing obligations may restrict future changes to the site or business.Test relevant exit scenarios, clarify the calculation and negotiate proportionate obligations.

Next step

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Start with the decision you need to make.

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