Certus Cost Eff

ENERGY PERFORMANCE

CONTRACT MODELS

   
CONTRAC TYPE GUARANTEED SAVINGS
SCHEME OF THE CONTRACT

Guaranteed Savings

source: ASSISTAL

GENERAL INFORMATION CUSTOMER

      The customer finances the interventions with equity capital or through third Party Financing, accept the “credit risk

      For the duration of the contract, receives 100% of the savings achieved

      The customer pays a fixed fee for the services of the ESCO

ESCO

      ESCO finds and organises the financing

      ESCO guarantees a minimum energy savings agreed with the customer

      Accept only the risk to the guaranteed performance “tecnical risk”

BANK       The Bank finances the Custumer if not use the equity
SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTHS

      Garanted savings for Public Administration

      The Public Administration assume a financial risk related through adequate coverage

WEAKNESSES

      The model requires financial resources by the Public Administration

      Financial risk for the loan that the Public Administration should require a third

OPPORTUNITY

      The contractual conditions can be modeled so there is no uncertainty for Public Administration in the ability to repay the loan

      There are a lot of tools to ensure the expected savings (insurance, project bonds, etc.)

THREATS

      Difficulty in raising the necessary capital on the market, because of their limited availability and high interest rates, combined with the Stability Pact which brakes the Public Administrations who want to participate with their capital to energy efficiency measures

      Volatility of the energy market

      Capacity of the ESCo to refund the Public Administration to repay the debt

      Difficulties obtaining financing and incentives especially for small projects that require aggregations

LEARN MORE

http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/european-energy-service-companies/energy-performance-contracting