The PPA you signed is probably underperforming. But can you prove it?

Many South African companies believed that signing a power purchase agreement would reduce costs and enhance sustainability. However, as doubts about actual savings and generation arise, energy managers must confront the uncomfortable truth: can they trust the data provided by developers?

The power purchase agreement (PPA) was supposed to be a smart move.

Reduce grid dependency, lock in a price, tick the sustainability box. For many South African companies, signing an on-site solar PPA in 2022 or 2023 felt like getting ahead of the curve.

Yet today, at many of these organisations, energy managers and COOs are carrying a quiet suspicion that something isn’t adding up. The savings aren’t what the model projected. Generation seems lower than it should be. And when they go looking for evidence, the only place to find it is the developer’s monthly report.

This is the problem no one is talking about.