- Developers
- Financial Advisors
- Asset Owners
- Board Directors
- Asset Lenders
- Administrators and Insurers
- News, Documentaries
- Government, Regulators
- OEMs and EPCs
Developers
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Business Plan Development
Demonstrate the merits of your vision, and how you propose to manage the risks, to give your investors greater confidence towards their commitment
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Governance
Project scoping, planning, resourcing, budgeting, stakeholder management, risk mitigation and controls implementation that are fit for purpose for your operations and investor-type
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Tendering and Procurement
Planning, budgeting and administering your procurement process, to get the best out of the market and allocate risk most efficiently
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General Commercial
In conjunction with your chosen legal firm, or the firm Power Nous competitively selects for you, the development and management of all service and product supply contracts
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Leading complex, high-risk commercial bids/negotiations
Matters, such as network access, community benefit schemes and planning objections, can sometimes present huge commercial risks for developers and you want to ensure these negotiations/processes are carefully managed
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Transaction (sale) Readiness
The M&A transaction process is fast-paced, so it is critical to ensure the value-proposition of your asset(s) is made abundantly clear and professionally set-out for the ease and legibility of prospective Buyers. This will maximise competition for your asset(s) and your value appropriation accordingly. Power Nous can develop this for you by leveraging some/all of your existing resources and consultants or it can establish this for you from scratch. It can also find the most competitive and suitable Financial Advisor for you (to run the transaction under an AFSL) and provide commercial/practical/technical support all the way through to transaction close

Financial Advisors
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Sell-side
We can supplement your financial skills and AFSL with commercial, technical and practical expertise, to lighten the load during transactions, ensuring your client’s asset value is maximised and your success fees the same
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Buy-side
We can supplement your financial skills and AFSL with commercial, technical and practical expertise, to lighten the load during transactions, assist with due-diligence, risk assessment, bid preparation and negotiations, to ensure your value appropriation is maximised

Asset Owners
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Buying
- Market familiarisation and advice
- Business case development to demonstrate the merits of your vision, and how you propose to manage the risks, to give your investors greater confidence towards their commitment
- Managing the due diligence process of prospective purchases
- Appoint and project manage your financial, legal, tax, forecasting and technical advisors, to run your overall transaction workstream
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Selling
- Getting your asset(s) well prepared for a successful sale process pre-transaction. This will increase competition and maximise your value appropriation
- Appoint and project manage your financial, legal, tax, forecasting, and technical advisors, to run your overall transaction workstream
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General Commercial
- Tendering and procurement – from planning to contract execution
- Land access and options commercial contract development (in conjunction with legal) and relationship management and negotiations
- Network access negotiations with government planning bodies, operators and regulators
- Community benefit schemes – understanding the requirements, planning your participation and presenting and negotiating to stakeholders
- Local content – developing your local content/participation strategy
- Dispute resolution – commercially leading your dispute resolution workstream
- Asset management – collectively managing the obligations associated with land holder agreements, operations and maintenance contractors and regulatory requirements
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Temporary Executive Leadership
- Interim executive officer leadership to plug gaps caused by illness, resignation, dismissal, leave entitlement or restructuring
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Independent Director
- Appointments to supplement the Board’s overall capability with industry and technology specific expertise

Board Directors
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Board Familiarization
Assisting Company Directors to better understand the risks, mitigants, opportunities and synergies associate with potential or existing business practices, in the areas of:
- Project development
- Technology selection
- Wholesale markets
- Delivery models
- Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
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Operational Capability Assessment
Helping the Board to better understand the competencies, structural and cultural suitably, of its existing company operations, should it pivot to a new strategy or continue with an existing one
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Ad Hoc
Board Paper reviews and advice on complex commercial matters, that are underpinned with technology, contracting and wholesale market risks
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Independent Director
Appointments to supplement the Board’s overall capability

Asset Lenders
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Lending Due Diligence
- Searching, selecting and appointing your required specialist advisors to suit your governance requirements for a lending decision / credit approval
- Project managing your specialist advisors to enable a lending decision / credit approval

Administrators and Insurers
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Assessment
Helping Administrators / Liquidators to take stock of the situation and make plans for the distressed company’s restructuring, refinancing or wind-up
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Temporary Executive Leadership
Temporary executive appoints to the leadership team of a troubled business as the plan for the distressed company’s restructuring, refinancing or wind-up is developed and/or executed
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Claims
Power Nous can be your go-to industry expertise for advice and manage your commercial/technical investigation into claims and disputes

News, Documentaries
The energy transition is extremely complex. It is embroiled with technology, development, delivery and operating risks, as well as risks associated with market intervention by governments and uncertain policy and regulatory settings. All too often, the public receives overwhelming sound-bites from factions, making it very difficult for the audience to appreciate the bigger-picture and appraise the situation without bias
Power Nous can speak in-depth and wholistically with respect to Australia’s energy transition. It is skilled at turning complexity into informative presentations, panel discussions or even infomercials, for better audience engagement and participation
This can be leveraged to support:
- News, press and podcasts
- Documentary production
- Primary, Secondary and Tertiary education
- Conference panel facilitation

Government, Regulators
The energy transition is extremely complex. It is embroiled with technology, development, delivery and operating risks, as well as risks associated supply constraints and uncertain policy and regulatory settings
Power Nous can speak wholistically and in-depth with respect to Australia’s energy transition and it can do so without overriding allegiance, bias or prejudice. We can offer:
- Guidance towards stakeholder input papers
- Assessment of stakeholder responses
- Policy development advice
- Developing the selection criteria for access, auction and/or schemes
- Assessing bids for access, auction and/or funding schemes
- Regulatory advice and support services
- Developing the key messages, storyboarding and project managing the development of creative infomercials to help the people of Australia understand the importance of the transitions, its complexities and what the Government is doing about

OEMs and EPCs
Power Nous can assist OEMs/EPCs in a variety of ways, including:
- Agency-type relationships
- Channel partner search, selection, on-boarding and management
- Market entry advice
- General commercial contract establishment/management
- Bid management
- Commercial management of dispute resolution
- Temporary executive leadership (such as in the event of illness, restructure, resignation, leave entitlement)
- Company non-executive director appointments to fit your local operating requirements
