PowerSurety works side-by-side with your sales team to establish win strategies for your critical pursuits and to develop differentiated approaches that are technology focused and requirements driven. We can assist in all aspects of proposal development, ranging from staff augmentation to turnkey responsibility. We can also provide key energy project deliverables for pursuit efforts, develop capture plans, and provide proposal assessments on-demand.

PowerSurety provides microgrid assessments sufficient to baseline existing distribution networks and load-side requirements, followed by detailed project programming and engineered drawing development that sets the design basis for the microgrid. This initial concept design phase is followed by an economic analysis phase that determines costs, economic viabilities, and project returns. Typical energy project deliverables that comprise PowerSurety’s preliminary microgrid assessments include the following:

Evaluate existing power sources and capacities, including utility feeders, existing emergency generators, existing renewable generation assets, etc.

Evaluate and tabulate existing electrical system loads for each portion of the existing electrical grid, defining criticality, power quality requirements, and capability to be shed under varying scenarios.

Create a power system model using Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software to evaluate the optimal microgrid energy balance.

Develop an overall single-line diagram that illustrates the existing electrical system and the grid’s connections to the proposed microgrid installation, including generation sources, and load and isolation points.

Provide a conceptual design and narrative summary outlining the functional requirements and sequence of operations for the microgrid system, as well as the benefits of the installation.

Provide a rough order of magnitude (ROM) cost of the microgrid system’s capital (CAPEX) and operational (OPEX) expense.

Iterate various microgrid configurations under varying loads and utility cost scenarios to optimize economic returns.

• Financial, Regulatory, and Power Systems Feasibility Report

• Utility Bill Analysis including Tariff Analysis using Interval Data

• Initial Power Systems Design for Microgrid

• Initial Interconnection Design

• Microgrid Capital and Operating Cost Iterations

• Full Economic Microgrid Modeling with Future Tariff Scenarios

Successful projects begin with proposals, designs, implementation plans, commercial structures, and financings that are based on validated technologies, empirically-based baseline conditions, competent designs, effective sales messaging, and sound financings. PowerSurety provides subject matter expertise to identify deficiencies and prepare deliverables to improve successful outcomes.

• Technology Vetting

• Project Strengths-Weaknesses-Opportunities-Threats (SWOT) Review

• Incremental (“Red Team”) Proposal Reviews

• FAR and Procurement Compliance Reviews

• Environmental and Regulatory Review

• Subcontractor Plans and Reviews

• Project Management Plans and Reviews

• Operation and Maintenance Reviews

PowerSurety can help you conduct all phases of energy savings project development including conducting energy audits, site investigations, energy conservation measure (ECM) scope development, energy savings calculations, and developing cost estimates based on engineered drawings for federal, commercial and institutional facilities. PowerSurety can support your teams on site visits to identify and quantify energy conservation opportunities associated with pre-award solicitation responses or post-selection project kick-offs.
PowerSurety engineers have expertise with most HVAC systems, energy management and control systems, distributed energy generation, renewable generation, and boiler and chilled water central plant system ECMs typical of most savings opportunities. We provide compliant baseline energy use and measurement and verification (M&V) plans and can support obtaining approval of M&V methods with project facilitators and Customers.

• Facility Energy Baselining and Auditing

• Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) Development and Economic Analysis

• Utility Rate Analysis

• Measurement & Verification Plan Generation and Review

• Rebate and Incentive Analysis

• Energy Use Modeling

Project financing in general and Public-Private-Partnerships (P3) in particular require extensive financial modeling and due diligence to validate commercial viability, ensure scoring compliance, ensure credit worthiness, and establish probabilities of acceptable economic returns. PowerSurety energy project deliverables include early-stage development screening, economic modeling, commercial structuring advice, and reviews to validate and expedite projects.

• Transactional Screenings and Review

• Financial and Commercial Structure Development

• Federal Contracting Compliance

Structuring and financing transactions is an important element of implementing energy projects, particularly if the project beneficiary wants to avoid putting debt on their balance sheet. The technical project evaluation phase also provides the time needed to evaluate and discuss potential financing mechanisms for the envisioned project. The debt payments (or service payments) can be arranged in a variety of ways and timed to the receipt of the energy savings, appropriations, or tax receipts.

To ensure the lowest possible rate, our experience supports using financing RFPs to secure the most competitive rates. Our staff have built relationships with a number of leading energy project financiers so that we can match the capabilities and transaction appetite of the financier with the needs of our client.

Our relationships include banks, leasing companies, investment bankers, and securitization conduits with these firms possessing special strengths and serve specific markets. Most are members of the Association for Governmental Leasing & Finance (AGLF) and the Equipment Leasing Association of America (ELA).

• Public-Private Partnerships

• Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements

• Microgrid-as-a-Service (MaaS)

• CHP Energy Service Contracts

• Lease Financing

• Special Purpose Entity Revenue Pledge Financing

• Fuel Supply Agreements

• Federal Government

• Concession Agreements

• Central Plant Commodity Off-Take Agreements

• Central Plant Sale/Leaseback or Lease/Leaseback Transactions

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PowerSurety-Inc., and its affiliates and subsidiaries, are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as “municipal advisors” as that term is defined in Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act amendment to Section 15B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and therefore may not provide recommendations for specific needs, objectives, or circumstances of a municipal entity with respect to municipal financial products or the issuance of municipal securities, including with respect to the structure, timing, terms, and other similar matters concerning such financial products or issues.

Project Management (PM) defines the roles, authority, and responsibilities of key members of the project team involved in delivering a project. This includes the customer’s stakeholders, the prime or general contractor, and all subcontractors, vendors, and equipment providers. PowerSurety staff and resources support an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) approach to maintaining cost, technical, and schedule knowledge across the spectrum of project stakeholders by using processes and tools refined through decades of real world experience. IPD is an effective methodology that enables a smooth transition of information and resources from project development phases to the work site project delivery phase. Using an IPD approach with detailed PM deliverables allows for clear communication of stakeholder requirements so goals can be closely aligned. IPD should be considered for larger and more complex projects.

• Project Schedules

• Communication Plans

• Project Budgets and Financial Reporting

• Project Engineering Support and Compliance Reviews

• Scope of Work Documents

• Project Management Plans

• Negotiation Support

PowerSurety provides key energy project deliverables for project commissioning, including the physical testing and operational verification of all major and minor components of energy systems and the control systems that monitor and sequence them. Services provided include retro-commissioning of systems that have, over time, begun to operate less than optimally. In addition to the above, services include preparing commissioning reports to document completion of projects and gain formal project acceptance. PowerSurety staff also have deep experience in performance contracting measurement and verification (M&V) processes and can support energy service companies (ESCOs) in the development of compliant M&V plans that meet contractual and regulatory requirements. We also perform M&V of energy savings for new ESPCs, as well as historical forensic analysis of previous M&V reports.

• Commissioning

• Retro-Commissioning

• Operations Training

• Functional Testing

• Measurement & Verification (M&V)