A webinar in which CRA staff provide an overview of the most common transactions used to purchase renewable electricity in the U.S.
Green Procurement Foundational Training
Multi-City Renewable Energy Request for Information
The City of Boston released a Request for Information on renewable energy projects that could supply a group of cities via an off-site virtual power purchase agreement.
Renewable Energy Generation for the City of Cincinnati’s Electricity Load
The City of Cincinnati released a Request for Qualification in January 2019, which included on-site and off-site renewable energy projects.
System Advisor Model (SAM)
The System Advisor Model (SAM) is a free techno-economic software model that facilitates decision-making for people in the renewable energy industry. Cities may want to utilize this tool as a check against proposed power purchase agreement prices and to generally better understand potential costs of renewable energy systems given certain inputs. Microsoft Excel-based versions of the model are also available.
Quarterly Price Index Blog
LevelTen releases a quarterly blog that provides aggregated pricing information for large-scale wind and solar power purchase agreements in various regions of the U.S.
Innovation in Power Purchase Agreement Structures
While not specific to U.S. cities, this report provides a useful overview of potential risks in off-site power purchase agreements.
WattTime
WattTime’s more granular, real-time emissions data resources can assist cities in making more accurate and nuanced assessments of the potential greenhouse gas emissions impact of prospective projects.
Energy Resource Maps
NREL’s maps provide useful insights into the amount of solar insolation, average wind speeds, and other available renewable resources across the U.S.
The Law of Solar: A Guide to Business and Legal Issues – Power Purchase Agreements: Utility-Scale Projects
This guide may be a useful reference for city legal teams regarding power purchase agreement considerations – see the chapter on Power Purchase Agreements: Utility-Scale Projects.
Describing Purchaser Impact in U.S. Voluntary Renewable Energy Markets
This report provides suggested language to help cities transparently and clearly communicate the impact that they are having in terms of energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.