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Description
Build-transfer transactions are creating new opportunities for the development and construction of renewable energy projects. As a hybrid between an acquisition agreement and a construction contract, BTAs allow for the direct ownership of a new renewable energy project as an alternative to power purchase agreements and provide incentives to utility or corporate owners and potential tax equity investors.
In a build-transfer arrangement, a third party develops and constructs a renewable energy project and transfers it to the utility upon completion, assuming regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions for the transaction. The developer secures the land rights, permits, project contracts, and other rights necessary to build the project for the utility. The utility then takes ownership under the terms of the BTA.
Parties to this type of deal structure must consider features of both M&A purchase and sale agreements and EPC agreements. Counsel must negotiate and accurately tailor essential provisions such as development-stage and construction-stage covenants, closing conditions, warranties, limitations of liability, and project oversight.
Listen as our panel discusses structuring techniques for renewable energy project development using BTAs, provisions to reduce risk, implications for construction financing, and overcoming obstacles for build-transfer transactions.
Presented By

Mr. Bobovich has been working on energy transactions for over a decade, with particular experience in renewables. During this time, he has negotiated all manner of project contracts, including M&A transactions, power purchase agreements, hedges, construction and procurement, interconnection and transmission, and operations and maintenance. Recently, he negotiated several turnkey build transfers.

Mr. Meyer is Deputy General Counsel at Invenergy LLC.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
- schedule
1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
Outline
- Challenges and opportunities of utility ownership
- Structuring BTAs for renewable energy projects
- Negotiating key terms and avoiding mishaps in drafting BTAs
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- Effectively using BTAs for renewable energy project development
- Negotiating and drafting representations, warranties, covenants, and other key provisions
- Construction financing of BTA projects
- Impact of BTAs on projects using PTCs or ITCs
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