
Understand the power purchase agreement (PPA) between solar developers and buyers, including its definition, major components, drafting steps, and the new concept of virtual power purchase agreements.
Explore PPA types by long, medium, short, and ultra-short duration, project modes (off-grid, on-grid, rooftop), and tariff structures, including equity and different PPA models.
Explore the major components of a power purchase agreement for solar plants, including signing parties, definitions, delivery point, tariff, measurement, payment security, and dispute resolution.
Explore a real life corporate power purchase agreement for a solar plant, detailing signing parties, definitions, tariffs, metering, billing, payment security, and dispute resolution in India.
Identify the seven nodal agencies involved in a PPA, including discom, EU, CEDO, RLC, NLD, SIAC, and CCRC, and their roles in billing, scheduling, transport, and dispute resolution.
This course will explain in details how a Power Purchase Agreement is drafted, what are its component, a live example of an operational corporate solar PPA, which nodal agencies are involved in operationalizing a PPA, and finally we will see how a Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA) works, what is contract of difference etc.