Course Overview

Master the commercial, legal, and financial frameworks governing PPAs and GSAs for secure, bankable energy transactions.

Course Overview

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and Gas Supply Agreements (GSAs) form the backbone of modern energy markets, enabling utilities, industries, and governments to secure long-term, reliable power and gas supplies. This programme provides a deep dive into the contractual, regulatory, commercial, and risk-allocation mechanisms that shape these agreements across conventional and renewable energy sectors. Participants explore how energy offtake contracts are structured, negotiated, and financed, with a focus on pricing models, volume obligations, performance guarantees, credit support, and dispute resolution. The course equips senior professionals with the knowledge to evaluate project bankability, optimise contract terms, and navigate dynamic global energy markets influenced by decarbonisation, LNG trade flows, and power-sector reforms.

What you’ll learn

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the essential components and terminology of PPAs and GSAs in both regulated and liberalised markets.
• Analyse commercial structures, pricing mechanisms, indexation formulas, and volume commitments.
• Evaluate risk allocation frameworks, including fuel supply risk, performance guarantees, curtailment, and change-in-law provisions.
• Interpret contractual clauses governing delivery obligations, quality specifications, flexibility rights, and payment provisions.
• Assess the bankability of energy offtake agreements from the perspective of lenders, buyers, and project sponsors.
• Apply negotiation strategies to achieve balanced, enforceable, and commercially viable contract outcomes.
• Review real-world case studies of renewable PPAs, LNG-to-power supply chains, pipeline gas contracts, and cross-border trade agreements.