Onsite generation for federal agencies procured through private sector partnerships will be a crucial means for the governments fleet of buildings to meet Administration priorities such as cost savings and energy security. ESPC Energy Sales Agreements (ESPC-ESAs), where energy service companies (ESCOs) provide financing, project development services, operational efficiency, and risk management, are a tool available to agencies in meeting these Administration goals. The ESA process associated regulatory compliance can prove challenging for agencies and ESCOs, and this has impacted broader adoption of ESAs. This will be a pre-conference workshop for 2025s Energy Exchange that will focus on identifying specific pain points from a legal and cost perspective, and ways that agencies have successfully navigated them in past ESAs. Topics may include federal tax incentive regulation updates, fair market value determination, contract structure such as novation and tri-party agreements and how to document various types of ESA ECMs in eProject Builder. ESPC ESA project case studies will be referenced, and attendees are encouraged to bring forward their own examples. The desired outcomes of this workshop are to foster peer learning; to identify methods to improve ESA processes; and to identify tools/templates that could help. The ultimate goal is to chart clear pathways for federal agencies to successfully leverage these agreements to meet the Administration's and DOE's goals.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, attendees will be able to:
- Support deeper understanding of ESPC ESAs to increase usage across federal sector;
- Analyze ESPC ESA challenges and opportunities;
- Support peer learning around ESAs.
