Commercial operations management for photovoltaic (PV) plants
Commercial operations management for photovoltaic plants: accounting, contracts and billing from a single source for full transparency of your costs.
Efficient commercial operations management is decisive for the long-term economic success of your photovoltaic plant. We take over the management of all commercial processes: from accounting through contract management to billing and reporting. This way you always keep the costs of your PV plant in view. This includes holistic financial and liquidity management, precise budget planning and consistent cost control. Essential here is the reconciliation of meter data, invoices and funding settlement, so that deviations are noticed early.
We monitor and process feed-in tariffs, funding and payment flows and take strict care that all legal and contractual requirements are met. Meaningful reports and analyses inform investors, owners and banks. For investors and banks, a regular target-actual comparison of yield and budget is particularly informative; it shows whether the plant achieves the assumptions from the financing and where adjustments are needed. Traceable filing of contracts and settlements also makes review by tax advisers and financing partners easier.
The revenue side of a PV plant depends heavily on the support model. The Renewable Energy Expansion Act (EAG) provides two routes for photovoltaics: the investment grant for smaller plants and the market premium, which is awarded through a tender and, under the statutory calculation rules, compensates the difference between the applicable value determined in the tender and the reference market value for the marketed electricity. Support is processed through the EAG funding processing office of OeMAG, in steps from application through the funding contract to final settlement. Special reductions apply to plants on agricultural land, and supplements to innovative plants such as certain agri-PV systems. A battery storage system is also only funded under the investment grant together with a newly built or expanded PV plant. The market premium is open exclusively to new PV plants and expansions from 10 kWp; the statutory requirements and the conditions of the respective tender are decisive. The investment grant applies to plants up to 1 MWp and can be combined with funding from the federal government, provinces and municipalities, insofar as their conditions allow.
For ongoing operation this means: deadlines after the award, deposited securities, billing periods and contract terms must be kept in view. The electricity can be marketed through the processing office or through other marketing routes such as electricity traders. Proper commercial operations management documents these payment flows traceably and makes them auditable towards banks and owners. Technology and economics interlock: we combine commercial with technical operations management of your PV plant, and the electrical inspection secures plant safety and yield. Handling of funding already begins in project financing with the funding application, and the yield forecasts form a comparison basis for ongoing operation. Before the award, securities must be deposited; after the award, deadlines for commissioning run, which differ in length depending on plant size and can be extended. For owners and investors it matters that invoices, meter data and funding settlement match.
