Powertrust - Purchase Program (2024)

Powertrust - Purchase Program (2024)

Powertrust Purchase Program

To apply for Powertrust's Purchase Program, you will first complete the online Pre-Screening Form here. Once your information is reviewed and approved, you will be granted access to the Odyssey platform and will be able to proceed with the following steps. 

General Program Information

  • Navigate to Finance > Programs
  • Select “Powertrust Purchase Program - 2024 (open)” from your programs list
    • View more information in the Resources section from the top panel
      • Select the documents or folders you would like to download
      • Click the Download button.
      • You will be notified via email when Powertrust program administrators upload new documents
    • Communicate directly with Powertrust via the Messages section from the top panel

Submit your Powertrust Purchase Program Application

  • Navigate to the Application section of the Program from the top panel
  • Complete all required fields, remembering to save your work often.
  • Click “Submit”

Share Projects with Powertrust 

You may already have created and modeled both installed and planned projects on the Odyssey platform. If this data already exists in the platform, you can share those projects with Powertrust for review, and Powertrust will consider the for a D-REC off-take agreement. Powertrust can only consider projects that have been modeled in Odyssey and shared with Powertrust.

To share a project: 
  • Navigate to Plan > My Projects
  • Choose the Project you would like to share from your Projects list
  • Navigate to Project Submission from the top panel
  • Click “Share Project with Organization” and select Powertrust from the list of dropdown options 

If you have not already created and modeled your projects on the Odyssey platform, you will need to create new projects and enter detailed information in the project's data modules. Please see the instructions below and refer to our platform help guides for more detailed information on creating a project here.

To create a new project:

  • Navigate to the Claims section of the Powertrust Purchase Program

  • Create a new project by clicking on the Mini-grid project icon

  • Fill out location and other basic details in the Information section

 

Note: This project will be auto-tagged with the program "Powertrust Purchase Program"

 

Load 

In the Load module, you will provide information on the number and type of customers as well as the projected load profile. Learn more about creating a load assessment.

 

Generation Design

Once your load profile in Odyssey is complete, you can design a generation system. Odyssey is integrated with HOMER Energy to enable rapid system design based on your load assessment. Odyssey pulls in your 8760 load profile and site location to design your generation system. Learn more about designing your generation system.

 

If this is an interconnected mini-grid, be sure to pull in the grid component to your design.  Read more about the options for modeling an interconnected mini-grid in the FAQ article:  What are my options for modeling an interconnected mini-grid? 

 

Distribution Design

In the Distribution Design module, you will track and categorize capital expenditures related to the distribution network and customer connections. The distribution system costs will be pulled into the Financials section and used to calculate project financial performance metrics. Learn more about tracking distribution design costs.

 

Costs

The Costs module, is a place to track and categorize project capital and operating expenditures. These will be pulled into the Financials section and used to calculate project financial performance metrics. Learn more about tracking costs.

 

Revenue

The Revenue module calculates your revenues based on your defined tariff structure and forecasted load profile. Learn more about entering your tariff structure. 

 

Financial

In the Financials section, you will enter project-level sensitivities and account for ramping/growth rates for your load assessment. The financial page uses all the information you entered into Odyssey to calculate key financial metrics. Learn more about calculating project financials.


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