A binding diligence package · 7 days · $2,500

Before the PPA, the diligence.

A site-specific feasibility study delivered in seven days for $2,500. Models the load, the bill stack, the eligible incentives, the eligible footprint, and the all-in delivered $/kWh. Credited in full against the PPA at commercial operation.

$2,500 flat · 7-day SLA · credited at COD

The Project Feasibility & Site Assessment is the bridge between a twenty-minute screen call and a binding term sheet. We ingest twelve months of interval data, your single-line diagram, your site survey photos, and your gas-service map. We produce a delivered, defended, on-paper answer: does a behind-the-meter fuel cell pencil at this site, and at what number.

If the answer is no, you get a clean memo explaining why — in three pages or fewer — and your $2,500 funds an honest piece of independent diligence you can hand to your CFO. If the answer is yes, the package becomes the foundation for the PPA term sheet, and we credit the full $2,500 against your first invoice at commercial operation.

Six artifacts, on letterhead, in your inbox.

Load profile model

8,760-hour load curve from your interval data, decomposed by demand vs. energy and by time-of-use period. Identifies the hours the fuel cell displaces and the hours it doesn't.

Bill-stack analysis

Line-by-line decomposition of the current utility bill: energy charge, demand charge, PCIA, franchise, public-purpose, wildfire surcharge, time-of-use multipliers. The all-in delivered $/kWh, on the record.

Eligible incentive map

SGIP track eligibility (equity-resilience vs. low-carbon vs. small business), 30% federal ITC stackability, CHP federal credits where applicable, and any utility-side rebates the site qualifies for.

Footprint & permitting screen

Pad placement, gas-service tie-in, electrical-tie-in path, and the air-district authority-to-construct pathway for your basin. Whether the FCE1500 form factor fits your site — and where.

Pro-forma PPA pricing

A defended $/kWh number for a 20-year PPA at the site, with a defined contractual escalator, modeled against your existing utility cost trajectory across the contract term.

Go / no-go memo

A two-page executive summary — on Bcal letterhead — with our recommendation, the assumptions it depends on, and the next-step decision points if you choose to proceed.

Seven days from intake to delivery.

Day 0 · Intake

Twenty-minute call · data request

We confirm the site is in scope (PG&E or SMUD service territory, 500 kW+ continuous load, >50% load factor) and send the data request: 12 months of interval data, single-line diagram, gas-service map, site survey photos.

Days 1–3 · Modeling

Load decomposition · bill-stack analysis

We build the 8,760-hour load model and tear apart the utility bill into its component charges. The all-in delivered $/kWh is on paper by Day 3.

Days 3–5 · Engineering screen

Footprint, permitting, incentives

We map pad placement, electrical and gas tie-in paths, air-district pathway, and incentive eligibility. We identify the constraints — and whether any of them are deal-breakers.

Days 5–7 · Pricing & memo

PPA pro-forma · go / no-go

We finalize a defended $/kWh price for the PPA across the 20-year term, model it against your existing utility cost trajectory, and write the executive memo.

Day 7 · Delivery

Inbox, on letterhead

The complete package — all six artifacts, signed, on Bcal letterhead — lands in your inbox seven calendar days from intake. We schedule a 30-minute walkthrough call within the following week.

Why $2,500.

The PFSA recovers the cost of seven days of senior engineering, financial-modeling, and air-district navigation work on a single-site basis — nothing more. It is priced to be the cheapest piece of independent diligence on a $5M–$15M capital decision, and structured to be irrelevant to the decision either way: if we proceed to a PPA, the $2,500 is credited in full at commercial operation; if we don't, you have a binding memo from a third party at the lowest price the work can be honestly done for.

We do not run feasibility studies on speculation. We do not hand prospects a free 40-page deck and hope. The package costs us what it costs the customer, and the customer gets the work product on the same letterhead the term sheet would arrive on.

$2,500 buys a number you can defend to your CFO. Anything cheaper is marketing; anything pricier is the project itself.

If your facility runs above 500 kW continuous, the conversation is the next move.

Send us a one-line email with your company name and your point of contact. We reply within one business day with the intake call link and the data request. The package ships seven days from intake.

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