Reducing Risk in PPAs

Synopsis

• Credit and legal risks can hinder the signing of an offtake agreement. So how can these risks be mitigated and priced in a volatile market? This panel discusses how to approach this:
• What strategies are developers using to optimize revenue contracting?
• At what stage are developers approaching the market to secure offtake?
• How to use information on counterparties’ balance sheets, track record for fulfilling obligations and reputation for negotiating an offtake agreement
• Identifying the main legal risks when signing different types of offtake structures
• Best practice for calculating credit risk and implementing different credit enhancement strategies
• Methods to share and transfer risk between counterparties
• Which offtake structures mitigate price risk best?
• How to budget for price volatility?