Financing remains one of the most significant barriers to widespread microgrid adoption. This session addresses the investment side of microgrid development, exploring financing structures, risk allocation strategies, and contract models that support scalable and repeatable deployment.

Key points covered include:
• Third-party ownership, energy-as-a-service, and public-private partnership models
• Capital stack considerations and cost of capital impacts on project design
• Performance guarantees, revenue certainty, and risk-sharing mechanisms
• Approaches to valuing resilience, reliability, and avoided-cost benefits.

This session provides practical, actionable guidance for structuring microgrids that attract investment and deliver financially over the long term.