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Best Practices for Using Credit Insurance for VPPAs
Part 4 of the Energy Customer Investment-Grade Credit Support Blog Series Credit insurance is a financial product purchased by a clean energy developer to offset the risk of offtaker default in a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a non-investment grade offtaker. CEBI spoke with credit insurance providers to compile some best practices for offtakers…
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Clean Energy Procurement 101: New, Free CEBI Course will Jump Start your Clean Energy Journey
Customers. Employees. Investors. Even governments. The pressure on businesses to take action on climate is increasingly coming from all angles. It is no longer just the largest corporations taking steps to power their operations with clean energy and reduce their Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased electricity) greenhouse gas emissions. By the end of 2023, more…
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Insights on Surety Bonds from CEBA Members
Part 3 of the Energy Customer Investment-Grade Credit Support Blog Series Surety bonds are an increasingly popular method of credit enhancement for non-investment grade offtakers looking to do clean energy deals. CEBI spoke to two long-standing CEBA members who have successfully leveraged them. Equinix and Iron Mountain Data Centers used surety bonds to negotiate power…
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Expanding the Clean Energy Customer Market Through Credit Support
Part 2 of the Energy Customer Investment-Grade Credit Support Blog Series Ask around about the process of doing a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) in the U.S. right now and you are likely to hear the phrase “seller’s market.” Simply put, this means that the number of top-rated potential energy customers more than meets the…