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  • videocam Live Webinar with Live Q&A
  • calendar_month March 19, 2026 @ 1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT
  • signal_cellular_alt Intermediate
  • card_travel Energy
  • schedule 90 minutes

Renewable Energy Projects: Negotiating Power Purchase Agreements

Structuring Terms to Meet State and Federal Renewable Power Standards and Address Related Risks

$297.00

This course is $0 with these passes:

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About the Course

Introduction

This CLE course will guide counsel to companies involved in renewable energy projects to identify and understand the critical terms and effectively negotiate and structure power purchase agreements (PPAs). The panel will discuss key provisions of PPAs for buyers and sellers, highlight the differences between traditional PPAs, virtual PPAs, and other contract structures, discuss pitfalls to avoid, and offer practical methods to allocate risks and benefits in long-term contracts. 

Description

The PPA is an integral component of renewable energy projects. Given the current regulatory and legislative environment, the thoughtful negotiation of long-term PPAs is essential to obtaining project financing.

A PPA must address the current policy and regulatory environment and contain anticipatory language to capture future regulatory and policy changes. The agreement must also include fundamental commercial terms and meet renewable portfolio standards and renewable energy targets now in effect in most states.

Counsel to companies developing or negotiating PPAs must understand the key terms and provisions and variations on the PPA geared to different renewable energy sources, new energy storage technologies, and new hybrid projects. It is also important to address the risk of change in law and changes in the market and to understand common PPA structures, such as the physical PPA, virtual PPA, and green tariff PPA.

Listen as our authoritative panel experienced in PPA negotiations discusses the key terms, risk mitigation strategies, adapting the PPA to the type of renewable energy, and strategies for effectively negotiating and structuring the agreement. The panel will review key provisions of PPAs for buyers and sellers, highlight the differences between corporate and traditional PPAs and pitfalls to avoid, and offer practical methods to allocate risks and benefits in long-term contracts, including the impact of recent state-level construction restrictions and other potential related delays.

Presented By

Sahar Basaria
Associate General Counsel
Greenvolt Power

Ms. Basaria serves as the Associate General Counsel at Greenvolt Power USA and is a member of the Boston Bar Association's In-House Steering Committee and Steering Committee for the Beacon Awards for Diversity & Inclusion. She is a former private practice litigator with experience in general liability matters.

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Eric L. Christensen
Principal
Beveridge & Diamond PC

Mr. Christensen is one of the Pacific Northwest’s leading energy and natural resources attorneys. His practice focuses on assisting both emerging energy and clean tech companies and traditional energy companies navigate the complex legal and regulatory systems governing the nation’s energy industry. With more than 27 years of experience, Mr. Christensen has successfully represented clients in complex litigation and regulatory matters, ranging from the U.S. Supreme Court to major proceedings before federal and state agencies. In addition, he has successfully guided clients through major transactions involving, for example, renewable and traditional energy facilities, complex energy and derivatives trades, brownfields redevelopment, engineering and construction services, early-stage and traditional financing, risk management, and government grants and tax incentives.

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William H. Holmes
Of Counsel
K&L Gates, LLP
Credit Information

  • This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.


  • Live Online


    On Demand

Date + Time

  • event

    Thursday, March 19, 2026

  • schedule

    1:00 p.m. ET./10:00 a.m. PT

I. Key provisions of a PPA

II. Key terms

A. For buyer

B. For seller

III. PPAs for different types of renewables and hybrid projects

IV. VPPAs and other alternative contract structures

V. Strategies for negotiation

The panel will review these and other key issues:

  • What are the critical provisions of PPAs for buyers and sellers?
  • What are the features of different types of renewable energy and hybrid configurations that must be considered when negotiating the PPA?
  • How do "corporate" PPAs (including contracts for differences) differ from traditional PPAs?
  • What approaches can parties and counsel use to allocate risks and benefits in the long-term contract?