Developer

Clean Power
Clean Power
Clean Power
Clean Power
Clean Power

Size ($M)
Finance
Finance
Finance
Finance
Finance

Partnership
Clean Power Finance
Clean Power Finance
Clean Power Finance
Clean Power Finance
Clean Power Finance
Clean Power Finance

Undisclosed

Date Announced
Sep-11
May-12
Apr-14
May-14
Jan-14

Type
Solar sales agreement
Equity investment
Equity investment
Equity investment
Equity investment
Partnership

Date Announced
Jan-15
Aug-13
Aug-13
Aug-13
Aug-13
May-14

$75
$300
$250
$200

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Vendor:

Clean Power Finance

Category:
U.S. DG O&M Fleet:
Added in 2014:
Headquarters:
Website:
Parent Company:
Ownership:
PV Plants Served:
States Served:

Financier
Core Business: Solar services platform and financing
110 MW
3rd-Party O&M: n/a
+50 MW
Year Founded:
2008
San Francisco, California
Total Headcount: 150
www.cleanpowerfinance.com
O&M Headcount: 5
n/a
Parent Business: n/a
Privately owned
Only solar PV plants financed by CPF or by a financier using the CPF software platform
CA, AZ, CO, HI, NV, LA, CT, MD, NJ, NY, MA

Differentiated ClaimsNo information provided.

Comments:

Clean Power Finance is a partner model financier, as well as a software-as-a-service provider

enables other financiers.
In the 'O&M and Asset Management Services/Activities' section of this profile, any response
plants 'financed' by CPF may also include plants for which the financing was enabled by the

Total U.S. DG O&M Fleet

Residential
Small Commercial (20-100kW)
Large Commercial (100kW-1MW)
Industrial (1MW - 5MW)
Total

Fleet on 1/1/15 (MWDC)

Third-Party U.S. DG O&M Fleet

Residential
Small Commercial (20-100kW)
Large Commercial (100kW-1MW)
Industrial (1MW - 5MW)
Total

Fleet on 1/1/15 (MWDC)

110
110

Fleet on 1/1/14 (MWDC)

100%

60
60

100%

100%

100%

Fleet on 1/1/14 (MWDC)

120
Megawatts in U.S. DG O&M Fleet
100
80
60
40
20
0
Residential
O&M AND ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES/ACTIVITIES

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ASSET MANAGEMENT

MAINTENANCE

GUARANTEES

FLEET OPERATIONS

Vendor Profile: Clean Power Finance

Fleet Supervision
Performance monitoring, issue detection/diagnosis
Service Operations
Management of incidents and service tickets
Dispatch/supervision/oversight of crews/contractors
Spare parts inventory management
Back-Office
Production and performance reporting
Warranty claims management
Guarantees & Warranties
Service-level agreement (response time guarantee)
Availability guarantee
PR guarantee (or weather-adjusted production guarantee)
Production guarantee
Extended equipment warranty
Preventive Maintenance
Inverter inspections and maintenance
Other inspections and maintenance
Electrical circuit testing/IV curve tracing
Mechanical maintenance (trackers)
Data acquisition system (DAS) and sensors maintenance
Thermal imaging
Electroluminescent/flash testing of modules
Corrective maintenance
Outage response and on-site diagnostics
Replacement or repair of faulty PV equipment
Spare parts storage
Spare parts ownership
Emergency Response
Emergency response (safety/fire events)
PV Site Maintenance
Module cleaning
Vegetation management
Snow clearing/removal
General Site Maintenance
Site security/surveillance
Incentive Management
PBI/REC incentive reporting, accounting, and trading
PPA/Lease Management
PPA/lease billing and collections management
Fund/Portfolio Administration
Project/fund investor reporting
Project/fund accounting, financial reporting, and taxes
Administrative interface with regulators and utilities
Insurance administration

Yes (Done by internal staff only)

Yes (Done by a mix of internal st

Yes (Done by a mix of internal st
Yes (Done by a mix of internal st

Yes (Done by internal staff only)

No (Not offered)

Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No

v
v

(For any plant)

(Not offered)
(Only for plants built/develop
(Only for plants built/develop
(Not offered)

Yes (Done by a mix of internal st

Yes (Done by a mix of internal st

n/a (Not applicable to the plants

n/a (Not applicable to the plants
Yes (Done by a mix of internal st
n/a (Not applicable to the plants
n/a (Not applicable to the plants

Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

(Done
(Done
(Done
(Done

by
by
by
by

a mix of internal st
a mix of internal st
partners/subcontra
partners/subcontra

No (Not offered)

Yes (Done by partners/subcontra

No (Not offered)
Yes (Done by partners/subcontra

n/a (Not applicable to the plants

v

Yes (Only for plants built/develop

Yes (Only for plants built/develop

u
u

Yes
Yes
No
Yes

(For any plant)

(For any plant)
(Not offered)
(Only for plants built/develop

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Solar services platform and financing

financier using the CPF software platform

ncier, as well as a software-as-a-service provider offering a platform that

s/Activities' section of this profile, any response indicating services limited to

ants for which the financing was enabled by the CPF software platform.

Fleet Growth in 2014 (MWDC)

50
50

100%

100%

Fleet Growth in 2014 (MWDC)

-

Residential

MANAGEMENT SERVICES/ACTIVITIES

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Yes (Done by internal staff only)

Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)
Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)
Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)
Yes (Done by internal staff only)

Yes (Only for plants built/developed/financed by vendor)

Yes (Only for plants built/developed/financed by vendor)

Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)

Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)
n/a (Not applicable to the plants managed)
n/a (Not applicable to the plants managed)
Yes (Done by a mix of internal staff and partners)
n/a (Not applicable to the plants managed)
n/a (Not applicable to the plants managed)
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes

(Done
(Done
(Done
(Done

by
by
by
by

a mix of internal staff and partners)

a mix of internal staff and partners)
partners/subcontractors only)
partners/subcontractors only)

Yes (Done by partners/subcontractors only)

Yes (Done by partners/subcontractors only)
n/a (Not applicable to the plants managed)
Yes (Only for plants built/developed/financed by vendor)
Yes (Only for plants built/developed/financed by vendor)

Yes (Only for plants built/developed/financed by vendor)

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