About the implementation of corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) as an instrument to promote local energy Cover Image

Możliwość wdrożenia umów CPPA jako instrumentu promowania energetyki lokalnej
About the implementation of corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) as an instrument to promote local energy

Author(s): Krzysztof Szczęśniak
Subject(s): Energy and Environmental Studies, Environmental and Energy policy, Law on Economics, Administrative Law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Wydziału Zarządzania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: CPPA; PPA; renewables power purchase agreement; local energy; distributed energy; sale of energy; renewable energy sources;

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to verify the hypothesis about the possibility of using corporate power purchase agreements (CPPAs) as an instrument for promoting local energy. The Author undertakes to define this concept and to introduce the most important features of such a market model. Presented next are the most important legal barriers which result in the limited impact of CPPAs on promoting locating energy generation sources in close proximity to the recipients. The considerations will relate to both the CPPA option of a bilateral agreement – only between the generator and the final customer, and a trilateral agreement – with the participation of the energy supply company. As a result of the analysis, the Author puts forward a thesis about the limited influence of this institution on promoting local energy.

  • Issue Year: 10/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 51-60
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish