Hospitals

HEALTH CARE FACILITIES

Going solar isn’t just possible, it’s easier than ever.

hospitals can always benefit from a little extra money in the budget. The problem is finding it.

What if we told you we could find it for you: without making cuts anywhere, without the need for grants, and without organizing a fundraiser. With New Legacy Power, you’ll start saving money right away with no upfront costs.

Using a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), a solar installation dedicated to your hospital can save a significant amount of money in the first year. That’s money that can go right back to serving clients or patients. And much-needed updates to your nonprofit’s or hospital’s infrastructure.

If a solar installation can save a program, an administrator’s job, or offer more services at your hospital, due to reduced energy costs, then we’ve done what we set out to do.

New Legacy Power team and its partners have successfully been able to optimize financing structures, which can be customized for each project and client. New Legacy Power has relationships with lenders to facilitate small to large transactions ranging from $1,000,000 to upwards of $100,000,000.

Solar With No Upfront Capital Cost
New Legacy Power utilizes a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that allows you to obtain your green energy objectives and realize substantial savings with no capital outlay.

Benefits of a PPA
• No upfront capital costs
• Savings start immediately after installation becomes operational
• Fixed-rate over 20 years so you know exactly how much you’ll be saving.

DO YOU HAVE MANY LOCATIONS BUT NEED ONE DIRECT ENERGY SOURCE?

IF SO WE HAVE THE ANSWER AND ITS CALLED A VIRTUAL PPA.

 

WHAT IS A VIRTUAL PPA?

A Virtual PPA is a contract structure in which a power buyer (or offtaker) agrees to purchase a project’s renewable energy for a pre-agreed price.

In this agreement, the utility-scale solar project receives the market price at the time the energy is sold. If the market price is greater than the fixed VPPA price, the offtaker/buyer receives the difference.

If the market price is less than the fixed VPPA price, the offtaker/buyer pays the project to make up the difference. In this way, a Synthetic PPA acts as a financial hedge against volatile electricity prices. Typically, the buyer receives the project’s Renewable Attributes, or Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs). Because there is no physical delivery of power, the VPPA is a great option for large electricity consumers with a fragmented/distributed electric load to support the development of new renewable energy resources.

VIRTUAL SOLAR PPA (VPPA)

A Virtual Power Purchase Agreement (VPPA), also known as a Synthetic PPA, or Contract for Differences, is a popular type of renewable energy contracting structure that provides a financial hedge against future energy fluctuations.

The VPPA structure supports bringing new, clean renewable energy onto the grid on behalf of the off-taker, and opens the door for meeting an organization’s sustainability goals as well as additional marketing opportunities. While the Virtual PPA can be a complicated undertaking, working with a partner like New Legacy Power will help ensure your organization achieves its renewable energy goals while limiting exposure to unnecessary risks.

 

Impact
Organizations exploring the VPPA structure are typically focused on sustainable business practices, reducing carbon footprint, and investing in renewable energy. Just as with any investment, the impact of these “green” initiatives is important in evaluating their true return on investment. For example, purchasing unbundled RECs is a low-impact solution for achieving renewable energy goals. These RECs are easily attainable and may come from new or existing resources anywhere in the county, from any “renewable” energy resource. Signing a Synthetic PPA with a new solar project is substantially more impactful as the long-term contractual commitment to buy the project’s energy enables the development of the project and the inclusion of the Bundled RECs recognizes the clean power production. This enables organizations to claim that their renewable energy purchase has a direct and meaningful impact on the addition of a new renewable energy project. This impact translates to significant marketing and branding opportunities and organizations are certainly jumping on board.