This memo addresses federal, state, and local legal considerations pertaining to a municipality in Georgia entering into a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).
Legal Memo on Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in Georgia
Legal Memo on Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in Virginia
This memo addresses federal, state, and local legal considerations pertaining to a municipality in Virginia entering into a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA).
Request for Proposal (RFP) for Aggregated Renewable Energy: Example of the Baltimore Regional Cooperative Purchasing Committee
This RFP provides an example of how a group of local governments and public entities can co-select renewable energy projects through a joint bidding process.
Cost Sharing Agreement for Renewable Energy Aggregation: Example of the Centre County Solar Group, PA
This memorandum provides an example of how a group of local governments and public entities can form a partnership, aggregate buying power, and procure renewable energy together at economies of scale for off-site electricity purchases.
Memorandum of Forming An Aggregated Renewables Procurement Group: Example of Melbourne, Australia
This memorandum provides an example of how a group of local governments, corporations, and organizations can form a partnership, aggregate buying power, and procure renewable energy together at economies of scale for off-site electricity purchases.
Memorandum of Forming An Aggregated Renewables Procurement Group: Example of the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
This memorandum provides an example of how a group of local governments and public entities can form a partnership, aggregate buying power, and procure renewable energy together at economies of scale for net metering projects.
Memorandum of Forming An Aggregated Renewables Procurement Group: Example of the Baltimore Regional Cooperative Purchasing Committee
This memorandum provides an example of how a group of local governments and public entities can form a partnership, aggregate buying power, and procure renewable energy together at economies of scale for off-site electricity purchases.
Labor Considerations for Clean Energy Procurement
This memo provides guidance for, and examples of, incorporating labor best practices in clean energy Request for Proposals (RFPs).
Procuring Large-Scale Renewables through Aggregation: A Guide for Local Governments
This guide outlines how local governments can pursue buyer-led aggregated PPAs for utility-scale renewable projects. It includes the benefits of aggregation, off-site procurement options available to aggregation groups, and case studies of five successful aggregated renewables procurements. The guide also presents a seven-step process to guide local governments to pursue an aggregated procurement.
Aggregated Off-Site Renewables Power Purchase Agreement – Request for Proposal (RFP) Template
The goal of this document is to provide local governments with an easily modifiable template, including a suggested structure and example language, to use when developing their own aggregated off-site renewable RFP. For procurement groups/leads required to use their jurisdiction’s RFP template, the material in this document should be easily transferable to your own template.