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RENEWABLES AGGREGATION
PITCH DECK TEMPLATE
Who is this pitch deck designed for?
• Local government staff tasked with
achieving ambitious renewables goals.
What is the purpose of this pitch deck?
• To provide a tool to easily prepare a pitch
deck for key decision makers (city council,
mayor, city CFO, etc.) to help secure early
buy-in and required resources for exploring
large-scale renewables aggregation.
What does this pitch deck include?
• Slide templates with easily modifiable
graphs and helpful information to pitch
renewables aggregation.
How do you use this pitch deck?
1. Identify the story you are trying to tell and the relevant slides in this deck that
can help you convey that message.
2. Read the instruction callout on each slide, update the slide contents as
needed, and then delete the callout.
3. Enter “Slide Show” mode by clicking on the Slide Show icon in the bottom
right to view the slide animations. Modify animations in the Animation Pane in
the Animations tab.
4. Update and add any content outside of the instructions to help convey your
message.
5. Review speaker notes on each slide for talking points or additional information.
6. Put this presentation in your local government’s standard template (if
applicable) and delete the existing introductory slides before presenting.
7. If you have suggestions or comments, please email
cityrenewablesaccelerator@rmi.org.
WHEN TO USE THIS TEMPLATE
Renewables Aggregation Process:
RFP Issued Contract Signed

Evaluate Form a Align on Start the Select Negotiate Share

Procurement Procurement Desired Project Procurement Suppliers Contract Terms Success
Needs Group Details Process

Pitch #1 Pitch #2 Pitch #3

Getting Approval to Move Getting Approval to Enter
Forward with a Group into a Joint RFP
Key Points: Key Points:
• Benefits of aggregation • Desired project details
• Potential partners • Governance structure
• Expected project benefits
Getting Approval to Sign
Contracts
Key Points:
• Selected project statistics
• Output allocation
• Project benefits
Goals:
• Securing initial buy-in for an aggregated renewable energy deal
• Starting to prepare decision makers to ultimately authorize the
contract that the group negotiates
LARGE-SCALE
RENEWABLE AGGREGATION
Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email]
•
Instructions:
Update the title of this presentation
to reflect the purpose of and
intended audience for this deck.
• Update the presenter information
in [red brackets]
• Replace this photo with one of your
community.
[Placeholder: Political or economic context]

Instructions:
This is an optional slide for you to summarize your community’s overall
political or economic context and reiterate why renewable energy
should be a priority NOW.
Potential topics to cover include:
• Federal climate actions
• Climate or sustainability goals your community or leadership has
already committed to
• The benefits of renewable energy compared to fossil fuels
• Senior leaders’ broader goals
• Local demand for employment opportunities
• Successes achieved by other local governments

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We are [30%] of the way to meeting our goal of serving [100% of our
municipal operations] electricity needs with renewable energy by [2030]

To meet our goal, we will require [X] MW of additional renewable generation capacity.
Instructions:
300 1. Update the red bracketed text in the slide’s title to fit
your community’s situation.
2. Right click on the graph, then click ‘Edit Data in Excel’
250
to update the graph with your city’s data.
3. Follow the instructions in the Excel file to update the
200 community’s overall energy demand, current renewable
Electricity Consumption energy use, and future renewable energy needs.
GWh/yr

150 [considering trends and plans related to 4. Update the red text under Electricity Consumption to
city growth, energy efficiency programs, explain generally what assumptions have been made
100 and increasing electrification (of New about
Renewables
future energy Needed
use.
buildings and transport] 5. If you do not have a MW number determined, you can
50 roughly estimate it by dividing the number of MWh that
your community will need by the number 2278 for a solar
Current Renewables project, or by 3670 for on-shore wind (these figures
0 assume a 26% and 42% capacity factor for solar and
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025wind
2026 2027 2028
respectively). More2029 2030
representative, state-specific
Current RE Generation New RE Needed Electricity Consumption
capacity factors can be found in the linked excel as well.
6. Update the [X] MW in the top blue box.
7. To update the bottom GHG section, reopen the Excel file
A [#] MW project would reduce [#] metric tons of CO2 equivalent per
for theyear.
graph and click on the “GHG Inputs & Results”
tab of the embedded excel file.
This is equivalent to: 8. Follow the associated instructions to calculate the GHG
[#] homes powered per year [#] vehicle miles driven perand
benefits year
then modify the remaining red bracketed
text.
Note: it is OK to use estimates based on high-level7
assumptions for this graph—the point is show that
We cannot efficiently purchase the [X] MW needed to meet our goal without a
large-scale, off-site power purchase agreement (PPA) deal

The number of projects required to meet our goal of [X] MW

Instructions:
# of projects 1. Replace the [X] in the title and the chart header with the
number of MW your organization still needs to purchase to
meet your goal (i.e., the MW figure you added to the blue
box on last slide).
2. Modify the Excel chart by right-clicking on the chart and
selecting “Edit Excel Data.” Then enter this same number of
MW in cell E3.
3. If you have completed a community-wide on-site renewables
assessment, consider replacing this chart with a bar chart
511 that contrasts i) the total MW capacity the city/county/tribe
can purchase through on-site (and/or community solar
projects, if applicable) vs. ii) the total MW needed to meet
the community’s goals (the MW # in the title).

53 1
On-Site Solar Community Solar Off-Site PPA

* Excludes 3% of community solar projects as outliers.

Source: EIA’s 2018 Annual Electric Generator Report; Community Solar Hub’s Online Database; Renewable Energy Buyer's Alliance (REBA).
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To reach our goal, we can partner with [partner names] to sign a PPA
together, which is known as aggregation

Potential Partners: Desired Deal Characteristics:

[List partners here] Procurement type: [Physical power purchase

agreement / virtual power purchase agreement]

Energy resource: [Solar/ wind/ etc.]

Why We Should Partner with Them: Project location: [Add more details here]
[Geographical/ economic/ political/ social/
environmental reasons] Deal size: [#] MW

Instructions:
1. Update the red bracketed text
Timeline: Potential Impact: to fit your community’s
situation.
2. If you do not have enough
[Anticipated request for proposal (RFP) issue date] Reducing [#] metric tons of CO2 equivalent
informationper
aboutyear
the timeline
or desired deal characteristics
[Anticipated commercial operation date of the project] and powering [#] homes per year, moving us [#]% of
at this point, feel free to remove
the way towards our renewables goal.
those sections from the slide.
3. For the potential impact data,
you can use
EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equival
encies calculator
The size and structure of off-site aggregated PPAs will provide several key
benefits

Larger Size and Bigger Impact Access to More, Large-Scale Projects

Helping us meet our renewable Expanding our set of project opportunities by
energy goal more efficiently attracting interest from additional developers

Greater Economies of Scale Reduced Market Risk

Leading to a lower power purchase Benefits of Limiting our exposure to any one
agreement price Aggregation project (if multiple projects are
ultimately selected)

Shared Expenses Built-in Peer Network

Reducing our expenses relating to Providing our team with access to
external legal and consulting services entities with more experience and
resources

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These aggregated deals have successfully been implemented in the past
Instructions:
You can add or remove case studies as
needed.

88
• Multiple contracts for 125 MW of • Group signed a physical PPA for 88 GWh

290 MW
Apple, Akamai, Etsy, Swiss Re
wind in Illinois and 165 MW of
solar in Virginia, signed in 2018.
• Apple was the anchor off-taker,
GWh

City of Melbourne, City

taking a majority of the MWs and
allowing the smaller buyers to
access the same deal terms.1
of Moreland, City of Port
Phillip, City of Yarra,
and 10 more buyers.​
per year from an 80 MW wind project.
• Group began collaborating in late 2014;
project became operational in 2019.
• Out of 14 total partners, a sub-group of 6
made most of the decisions while still
coordinating with the rest of the buyers.4

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• The contract for a 120 MW solar project in

• 25-year contract for a 60 MW
MW solar project in North
Carolina, signed in 2016.
MIT, Boston Medical Center,
• The North Carolina project site
Post Office Square Redevelopment chosen because it was in a
Corporation
dirtier grid than their own.2
120
MW Virginia was signed in 2020.
• Amazon was the anchor off-taker,
Amazon, Arlington VA purchasing majority of the output (82 MW).
Arlington County purchased the remainder
of the output (38 MW).5

1
https://www.smartenergydecisions.com/upload/research_+_reports/3d_casestudy-pjm-2018.pdf
"Entering into a renewable power purchase agreement was our next step, but our 2
https://rmi.org/blog_2016_10_21_lessons_from_a_landmark_aggregated_energy_deal/
3
consumption is too small to do it alone. It is exciting to join forces with two http://news.mit.edu/2016/mit-neutralize-17-percent-carbon-emissions-through-purchase-solar-energy-1
industry leaders, allowing us to mitigate 100 percent of our electricity footprint.” 019

4
- Pamela Messenger, General Manager of Friends of Post Office Square 3
https://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/business/sustainable-business/mrep/Pages/melbourne-renewable-e
nergy-project.aspx 11
5

https://www.arlnow.com/2020/01/28/county-to-boost-renewable-energy-goals-with-new-amazon-arlingt
The process to sign an aggregated renewables deal is expected to take [X]
months of staff time

Where Contract
We Are [X] Months Signed

Evaluate Form a Align on Start the Select Negotiate Share

Procurement Procurement Desired Project Procurement Suppliers Contract Terms Success
Needs Group Details Process
[3-6] Months [3-6] Months [3-6] Months [4-9] Months [6] Months
Instructions:
1. The timelines in red are estimates that can vary based on
your organization’s situation, urgency, and staff capacity.
2. Select a timeline for each stage that seems appropriate to you
We would like to get approval to form a the font color to black.
and change
3. Replace the [X]’s in the title and the grey textbox with the
procurement group total number of months required to run the entire process.
4. Depending on where you are currently at in the process, move
the “Where We Are” box.
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If approved to move forward, our next steps will be […] Instructions:
Update next steps based on where your
city/county/tribe is in the procurement process.

[Aligning with potential partners to [Managing risks with legal and

establish a governance structure] accounting teams]

1 2
3 4
[Discussing and refining desired [Aligning with partners on
project details with partners] developer selection criteria]

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 Instructions:
• Update the presenter information
in [red brackets]
• Replace this photo with one of your

Thank You! community.

Reminder: If you have any comments

or questions on this pitch deck template,
please email us at
Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email] cityrenewablesaccelerator@rmi.org.
Appendix: Physical PPA

1. The buyers agree to purchase 3. The renewable energy reduces

energy generated by the the amount of electricity that the
renewable generator at a fixed buyers need to buy from their
price over ~10-25 years. normal energy provider.
Buyers

2. The electricity from the renewable plant is

delivered to the buyers as it is generated.
Typically, the plant owner also delivers
the associated renewable energy
Renewables certificates (RECs). Electricity Provider
Generator/Developer

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Appendix: Virtual PPA

2. The buyers sign a separate agreement to 1. The buyers continue to

purchase the energy and the renewable energy purchase electricity from
certificates (RECs) generated by a developer at their energy provider as
a fixed price over ~10-25 years. usual.

/M Wh
Fi x ed $

Nor
h m al r a
W
t $/ M te
r ke
Ma Buyers

Mar
ket
Renewables $ /M W
h Electricity Provider
Generator/Developer

3. The renewable energy is sold into the wholesale • When market price > PPA price, the
electricity market at the prevailing market price. developer pays the buyer the difference.
The variable revenues from these sales are Electricity Market • When market price < PPA price, the
passed through to the buyers. buyers pay the developer the difference.
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Appendix: Physical PPAs vs. Virtual PPAs

WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY MARKETS 1

Physical PPAs Virtual PPAs
ISO-NE
Buyers purchase electricity A financial transaction where a buyer
NYISO
from a utility-scale, off-site pays a fixed price in exchange for a MISO
How it works
renewables floating market price and the project’s
PJM
generator/developer RECs CAISO SPP

Deregulated retail markets

Buyer (which allows retail ERCOT
Anywhere in the US
Location choice), or elsewhere with
a utility special contract

Locations with access to

STATES WITH RETAIL ELECTRIC CHOICE 2
Project Locations with access to wholesale
the same wholesale
Location electricity markets
market where the buyer is

The buyer takes title to the

Electricity The buyer does not take legal title to the
electricity at the delivery
ownership electricity
point
The buyer pays a fixed (1) When market prices > PPA price, the
amount and either developer pays the buyer the difference;
Payment
receives a credit or a (2) When market prices < PPA price, the
reduction on their utility bill buyer pays the developer the difference.

1. https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/market-assessments/electric-power-markets
2. https://www.epa.gov/repowertoolbox/understanding-electricity-market-frameworks-policies 17
Appendix: What our team will require to complete this process
Instructions:
1. Update the red bracketed text to
fit your city’s situation and
department titles.
2. If not needed, delete the 3rd
Staff and Resources section (”Other Requirements”).
Executing a transaction will require active engagement and support from our [finance,
treasury, legal, accounting, procurement, and energy] teams through the contract
negotiation phase.

Funding
While the developer will manage the upfront costs to install the project, our team
anticipates needing [$X] in order to hire the appropriate energy and legal consultants to
support our RFP and negotiation processes.

[Other Requirements]
[Enter any other requirements given your situation. This might include clear indications of
support from city leadership, direction on which type of transaction the team should
prioritize, etc.]

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Goal:
• Getting approval from senior leadership to enter into the joint
request for proposal (RFP)
• Updating leadership on the desired project attributes and
anticipated community benefits
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL •
Instructions:
Update the title of this presentation
to reflect the purpose of and

FOR OUR AGGREGATED •

intended audience for this deck.
Update the presenter information
in [red brackets]

RENEWALBE ENERGY DEAL • Replace this photo with one of your

community.

Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email]

[Placeholder: Political or economic context]

Instructions:
This is an optional slide for you to summarize your community’s
overall political or economic context, celebrate the procurement
group’s key wins, or reiterate why renewable energy should be a
priority NOW.
Potential topics to cover include:
• The team’s recent accomplishments (naming the team members
who successfully put the coalition together)
• Federal climate actions
• Climate or sustainability goals your community or leadership has
already committed to
• The benefits of renewable energy compared to fossil fuels
• Senior leaders’ broader goals
• Local demand for employment opportunities
• Successes achieved by other local governments
21
To meet our climate goal, we are working on procuring [X] MW of renewable
energy through an off-site PPA with [X] partners in [state name]Update theInstructions:
red bracketed texts in
the slide title and the timeline chart to
fit your community’s situation.

Where Contract
[X] Months We Are [X] Months Signed

Evaluate Form a Align on Start the Select Negotiate Share

Procurement Procurement Desired Project Procurement Suppliers Contract Terms Success
Needs Group Details Process

We would like to get approval to issue the

joint request for proposal (RFP)

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Our plan is to procure [X-MW] of [solar/wind/geothermal] energy in [location]
through a joint [physical/virtual] power purchase agreement

Instruction:
Update the red bracketed text to
fit your organization’s desired deal
and roles.

Contract Type Project Size

[Off-site Physical/Virtual [MW/ MWh per Year/
PPA] % of Total Load]

Energy Resource Project Location

[Solar/Wind/Geothermal [Location Preference]
Energy]

Our Role: [Evaluation Panel Member/ Steering Committee Member/ Contract Negotiator/ Anchor Off-taker…]

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 By partnering with [partner names], we can collectively sign a more impactful
deal at lower prices

Why We Should Partner with Them:

Partner List
Aggregated Deals’ Economies of Scale Sharing External Expenses

[Partner name] Commercial PV System Cost (2018

Logo
USD/Wdc) 1
[Costs of hiring external consultants and
1.46 1.35 negotiating contracts]
1.21 1.13
Logo [Partner name]
Instructions:
5 MW 10 MW 50 MW 100 MW
1. Update the red bracketed texts to fit your organization’s
situation.
2. Partner list: Specify the output percentage each buyer will
take if known
Logo and replace the red circles with partner logos.
[Partner name] Enabling Small Buyers’ Access Building Long-term Partnerships
3. When talking about “enabling small buyers’ access,”
• If your organization will be one of the larger buyers, PPA Size [Small Buyer
then focus on how this aggregated deal can scale Minimum: Name] Load:

10 [5]
your organization’s impact and help peer
cities/counties
Logo with[Partner name]
smaller loads. [Group Photo]
• If your organization is a smaller buyer whose load is
smaller than 10 MW, then emphasize that your
community would not be able to access an off-site MW MW
PPA deal without partnering with others.
1. NREL, US Solar Photovoltaic System Cost Benchmark: Q1 2018. 24
This aggregated deal can bring multiple benefits to our community

The [X] MW project would… Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We [can/will] reserve jobs for
Help us meet [X]% of our [100%] renewables goal [low-income populations] and
require [local workforce training
Create [#] construction and installation jobs 1,2 programs] as part of our RFP.

Generate [XXX] MWh clean electricity per year Instructions:

1. Update the red bracketed text in the slide to fit your city's or county’s situation.
2. To calculate the number of estimated jobs:
Provide [$X] public health benefits per year 3
1) Solar: Multiply the total project size in MW by 16.5 FTE jobs per MW 1.
2) Wind: Multiple the total project size in MW by 0.5 FTE jobs per MW 2.
3. To calculate annual public health benefits, go to this EPA webpage and find the table
Power [#] homes per year 4 labeled “Health Benefits per kWh values”.
1) Identify the range of possible health benefits attributable to 1 kWh of wind or
solar. Select whichever value you feel is most appropriate.
Reduce [#] metric tons of CO2 emissions per year 4
2) As the values on this webpage are in ¢/kWh, multiply your value by 10 to get
the $/MWh value.
3) Then, multiply this number by the anticipated number of MWh to estimate the
* Jobs per MW may be lower today given efficiency gains since these 2012 and 2013 reports were published.
annual health benefits.3. EPA,
1. L Billman and D Keyser, Assessment of the Value, Impact, and Validity of the Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (JEDI) Suite of Models , NREL, 2013. Page iii. Estimating the Health Benefits per-Kilowatt Hour of Energy Efficiency and
4. To calculate the number of homes
2. J. Brown J. Pender R. Wiser E. Lantz B. Hoen; Ex post analysis of economic impacts from wind power development in U.S. counties. Energy Economics 2012.
powered,
Renewable Energy and CO2 emissions reduction, use EPA’s
Greenhouse Gas .. Calculator.
Equivalencies
R Pollin, J Heintz, and H Garrett-Peltier, The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy, PERI, 2009.
4. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. 25
If approved to move forward, our next steps will be… Instructions:
1. Update the red bracketed text to fit your
organization’s situation and procurement
timeline.
2. When to formalize members’ level of
commitment depends on whether you are
using a piggybacking model (members
can accept or decline bid assignments after
Issuing the Request for Proposal (RFP) the proposal evaluation process) or a
traditional model (all members are fully
Timeline: [RFP issue date, pre-proposal meeting date, proposal due date] committed to a certain number of MW
Responsible parties: [Staff name/ buyer name] before the RFP is issued).

Evaluating Proposals
Evaluation panel members: [Member names]
Evaluation process: [Process overview]

Selecting Proposals [and Formalizing Members’ Level of Commitment]

[When will the group formalize members’ level of commitment?]
[Who will allocate shares of the project to the aggregation members?]
[Who will negotiate the contract?]

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 Instructions:
• Update the presenter information
in [red brackets]
• Replace this photo with one of your

Thank You! community.

Reminder: If you have any comments

or questions on this pitch deck template,
please email us at
Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email] cityrenewablesaccelerator@rmi.org.
Goal:
• Getting final approval from senior leadership to enter into a
contract with the selected supplier
• Updating senior leaders on specifics of the deal after the key
contract terms have been negotiated
FINALIZING OUR AGGREGATED •
Instructions:
Update the title of this presentation
to reflect the purpose of and

RENEWALBE ENERGY DEAL •

intended audience for this deck.
Update the presenter information
in [red brackets]
• Replace this photo with one of your
community.
Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email]
[Placeholder: Political or economic context]

Instructions:
This is an optional slide for you to summarize your community’s
overall political or economic context, celebrate the procurement
group’s key wins, or to reiterate why renewable energy should be
a priority NOW.
Potential topics to cover include:
• The team’s recent accomplishments (naming the team members
who successfully put a coalition together)
• Federal climate actions
• Climate or sustainability goals your community or leadership has
already committed to
• The benefits of renewable energy compared to fossil fuels
• Senior leaders’ broader goals
• Local demand for employment opportunities
• Successes achieved by other local governments
30
To meet our climate goal, we are working on procuring [X] MW of renewable
energy through an off-site PPA with [X] partners in [state name]Update the Instruction:
red bracketed text in the
slide title and the timeline chart to fit
your community’s situation.

RFP Where Contract

Issued We Are Signed
[X] Months [X] Months

Evaluate Form a Align on Start the Select Negotiate Share

Procurement Procurement Desired Project Procurement Suppliers Contract Terms Success
Needs Group Details Process

We would like to get approval to sign the

contract with [selected supplier name]

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The evaluation panel has selected [#] project[s] in [location] after receiving
[###] proposals through a competitive bidding process
About the Developer[s] About the Project[s]
• Name: […] • Name: […]
• Location: […] • Location: […]
• Qualifications: […] • Size: [XX] MW
• Estimated Output: [XX]
MWh/year
• Commercial operation
date: [mm/dd/yyyy]
Instruction:
Update the red bracketed text
based on the selected proposal(s).
About the Bid
• Procurement Type:
[Physical/Virtual PPA]
• Contract Length: [#]
years
• Amount of Purchase:
[XX] MWh/year
• Pricing: [$/MWh]
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In the procurement group with [#] members, our roles include [anchor off-
taker, evaluation panel member, contract negotiator, and/or bid assigner]
Instruction:
Update the red bracketed text in
the slide title and the table to fit your
procurement group’s situation.

Member Role Amount of Purchase

[Partner name] [Evaluation panel member, [XX% of total output or XX MW]
contract negotiator, bid assigner] [Anchor off-taker]

[Partner name] [Evaluation panel member] [XX% of total output or XX MW]

[Partner name] [Evaluation panel member] [XX% of total output or XX MW]

[Partner name] [XX% of total output or XX MW]

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 This project is expected to have a net present value (NPV) of [$] over the
project lifespan with the total cost of [$] in the first year

vPPA Overall Results NPV: $1,747,557

Assuming Fixed Percent Increase in Electricity Costs Annual Cost (Year 1):

[$$$]
$2,500,000

$2,000,000

$1,500,000

As a comparison:
$1,000,000

$500,000 Instructions: Our team’s previous estimates for this project: [$]
1. Please put finance-related information in your organization’s standard
template (if applicable).
$0
2. To make the financial performance chart you can use the Average annual cost of solicited projects: [$]
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026
2027
2028
2029
2030
2031
2032
2033
2034
2035
2036
2037
2038
2039
2040
2041
Solar and Wind Off-site PPA Economic Calculator (SWOPEC) that the
Renewables Accelerator team developed or your own financial model.
Cumulative NPV
3. You can compare the contract you want to sign to:
1)
Annual energy value (based on variable wholesale market prices)
The estimates of projections the team previously created to
Annual cost of [project X]: [$]
Annual
inform theenergy
RFP; cost (based on PPA price)
2) Other proposals you got, to emphasize your desired contract’s
favorable characteristics and to be transparent; or
3) Other expenses or budgets of your organization, such as 34
historic annual expenditures on electricity.
This aggregated deal can bring multiple benefits to our community

The [X] MW project would… Diversity, Equity & Inclusion:

We [can/will] reserve jobs for
Help us meet [X]% of our [100%] renewables goal [low-income populations] and
require [local workforce training
Create [#] construction and installation jobs 1,2 programs] as part of our RFP.

Generate [XXX] MWh clean electricity per year Instructions:

1. Update the red bracketed text in the slide to fit your city's or county’s situation.
2. To calculate the number of estimated jobs:
Provide [$X] public health benefits per year 3
1) Solar: Multiply the total project size in MW by 16.5 FTE jobs per MW 1.
2) Wind: Multiple the total project size in MW by 0.5 FTE jobs per MW 2.
3. To calculate annual public health benefits, go to this EPA webpage and find the table
Power [#] homes per year 4 labeled “Health Benefits per kWh values”.
1) Identify the range of possible health benefits attributable to 1 kWh of wind or
solar. Select whichever value you feel is most appropriate.
Reduce [#] metric tons of CO2 emissions per year 4
2) As the values on this webpage are in ¢/kWh, multiply your value by 10 to get
the $/MWh value.
3) Then, multiply this number by the anticipated number of MWh to estimate the
* Jobs per MW may be lower today given efficiency gains since these 2012 and 2013 reports were published.
annual health benefits.3. EPA,
1. L Billman and D Keyser, Assessment of the Value, Impact, and Validity of the Jobs and Economic Development Impacts (JEDI) Suite of Models , NREL, 2013. Page iii. Estimating the Health Benefits per-Kilowatt Hour of Energy Efficiency and
4. To calculate the number of homes
2. J. Brown J. Pender R. Wiser E. Lantz B. Hoen; Ex post analysis of economic impacts from wind power development in U.S. counties. Energy Economics 2012.
powered,
Renewable Energy and CO2 emissions reduction, use EPA’s
Greenhouse Gas .. Calculator.
Equivalencies
R Pollin, J Heintz, and H Garrett-Peltier, The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy, PERI, 2009.
4. EPA, Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator. 35
If approved to move forward, our next steps will be…
Instructions:
Update the red bracketed text in the slide title
and body to fit your procurement group’s
situation.

Finalizing the Contracts

[Key timeline, responsible parties, etc.]

Monitoring Project Construction and Operation

Construction completion date: [mm/yyyy]
Commercial operation date: [mm/yyyy]

Sharing Success
[When and how to announce the deal; who will work on the announcement]

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Presented by: [Name], [Title], [Email] cityrenewablesaccelerator@rmi.org.