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Risk Management & Insurance Considerations for Solar Projects

March 25, 2025 Online :: Central Time

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“Great way to spend the day. Learned many new things about managing risk in the renewable energy space both on a micro and macro level.” Managing Director, Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency LLC

Having a comprehensive understanding of risk management in the context of the solar and renewable energy sector can be crucial to the success of new projects. Join EUCI’s Risk Management & Insurance Considerations for Solar Projects course to gain vital foundational knowledge, practical skills, and industry insights into risk transfer and mitigation measures, with a focus on sustainability.

Led by an expert instructor, this course combines theory with real-world applications, ending with actionable recommendations and key takeaways.

Bring your team to this intensive one-day training session and get discounts of 20% or more for groups of five or more!

Learning Outcomes

  • Define risk management and describe different approaches to it, setting the foundational understanding necessary for application
  • Apply risk management strategies specifically to the solar project lifecycle, including the stages of development/acquisition, financing, construction, and operation, and articulate the unique challenges and strategies at each stage
  • Explain the roles and values of insurance underwriters, risk advisers, and risk managers in the renewable energy sector, particularly regarding their contributions to the sustainability movement
  • Analyze the current challenges (headwinds) and opportunities (tailwinds) in the renewable energy sector, understanding its significance in the energy transition and the broader sustainability movement
  • Discuss the concept of a “sustainability business model” and its relevance in today’s energy landscape
  • Identify immediate, medium-term, and long-term actions that can be implemented to enhance risk management in the renewable energy sector, as well as practices that should be discontinued for better efficiency and effectiveness

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Please Note: This event is being conducted entirely online. All attendees will connect and attend from their computer, one connection per purchase. For details please see our FAQ

If you are unable to attend at the scheduled date and time, we make recordings available to all attendees for 7 days after the event

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Agenda

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Central Time

Online

Log In and Welcome

8:45

Lunch Break

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Adjourn for the day

4:30 PM

8:45 - 9:00 AM

Log In and Welcome

12:00 - 1:00 PM

Lunch Break

9:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Course Timing

Foundational Understanding of Risk Management

The section starts with fundamental questions that set the stage for understanding risk management as a whole.

  • What is risk management and how should you think about it?
  • What are the risk management approaches?

Zoom In – Applying Risk Management to the Solar Project Lifecycle: Strategies for Success

This section will provide a detailed look into the solar project lifecycle, providing actionable steps that directly apply to industry practices.

  • Applying Risk Management to the Solar Project Lifecycle: Strategies for Success. How to apply risk management to a solar project life cycle
    • Get It: acquisition, development stage in the context of concentration risks
    • Fund It: financing stage in the context of insurance requirement
    • Build It: construction stage in the context of finding EPC contractor that you trust
    • Run It: operating stage in the context of property claims
  • How to expand on the role of an insurance underwriter in renewable energy?
  • How to expand on the role of a risk adviser in the sustainability movement?
  • How to bring value to the role of a risk manager?

Zoom Out – Solar Project Risk Management in Context

This section will discuss current challenges and opportunities in the renewable energy sector.

  • What are some of the headwinds facing the sector today?
  • What are some of the tailwinds propelling the sector today?
  • What makes renewable energy important to the energy transition? And important to the sustainability movement?
  • What is a “sustainability business model” anyway?

Practical Takeaways for Successful Solar Project Risk Management

The course will conclude with practical takeaways.

  • What are the 3 things you can do immediately, medium term, long term?
  • What are the 3 things you can stop doing immediately?

Instructor

T Lee

Vice President, Insurance and Risk

Pine Gate Renewables

T Lee began her career as an insurance underwriter at AIG in San Francisco, expanding to the Pacific Northwest with Hanover Insurance Group before transitioning to risk management at Essex Property Trust, the largest multi-family REIT on the West Coast, and Pine Gate Renewables, a rapidly growing Independent Power Producer. T’s curiosity and critical thinking skills have enabled her to build strong relationships with brokers, advisors, underwriters, and stakeholders. Transitioning from a career in underwriting to risk management, T applies her technical expertise to solve complex business challenges. In her current role as a strategic leader at Pine Gate Renewables, she focuses on risk transfer, risk control, risk financing, and strategic partnerships to drive growth and resilience, underscoring her strong belief in the value of effective risk management for long-term business success

Continuing Education Credits

Credits

IACET

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EUCI is accredited by the International Accreditors for Continuing Education and Training (IACET) and offers IACET CEUs for its learning events that comply with the ANSI/IACET Continuing Education and Training Standard. IACET is recognized internationally as a standard development organization and accrediting body that promotes quality of continuing education and training.

EUCI is authorized by IACET to offer 0.7 CEUs for this event

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must long on and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Power Point presentations and Q&A

CPEs

Upon successful completion of this event, program participants interested in receiving CPE credits will receive a certificate of completion.

Course CPE Credits: 7.5
There is no prerequisite for this Course.
Program field of study: Specialized Knowledge
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Advanced Preparation: None

CpeEUCI is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org

CLE

Only registered attendees can request CLE credits for an EUCI course/event.  Please email [email protected] prior to the course start date and list the state where you are licensed and your bar# as well as the name and date of your course/event in your request, and someone will be in contact.

Who Should Attend

  • Risk Managers
  • Risk Advisors
  • Insurance Professionals
  • Solar Project Developers
  • Solar Project Managers
  • Solar Energy Consultants
  • Legal Counsel
  • Financial Risk Consultants
  • Renewable Energy Investment Advisors
  • Offtakers

Requirements for Successful Completion of Program

Participants must long on and be in attendance for the entirety of the course to be eligible for continuing education credit.

Instructional Methods

Power Point presentations and Q&A