Have a project sitting at one of these gates?
Initial scoping calls are complimentary. Conflict cleared on engagement, fee from the client only.
The cheapest decision in any project's lifecycle is the kill decision. The most expensive is dragging a doomed thesis through a year of diligence before admitting it. Every CPES engagement is structured around six decision gates that protect every dollar spent in the gates that follow.
Site, interconnection, off-take, and policy diligence to a clear go/no-go. The cheapest decision is the kill decision.
Open DG1 → Gate 02 of 06 · DG2Debt, tax equity, and sponsor stack designed as a single optimization problem. The capital stack decides the IRR.
Open DG2 → Gate 03 of 06 · DG3Module, inverter, and BOS sourcing with vendor diligence and contract leverage. Owner-side, fee-only.
Open DG3 → Gate 04 of 06 · DG4EPC governance, milestone discipline, schedule and quality assurance to mechanical completion.
Open DG4 → Gate 05 of 06 · DG5Substantial completion, performance testing, utility coordination, permission to operate.
Open DG5 → Gate 06 of 06 · DG6O&M governance, asset performance, reporting cadence, lifecycle optimization. Twenty years.
Open DG6 →Initial scoping calls are complimentary. Conflict cleared on engagement, fee from the client only.