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BRAZIL
CHINA
EUROPE
INDIA
INDONESIA
UNITED STATES
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Solving India’s Renewable Energy Financing Challenge:
Which Federal Policies can be Most Effective?
2
Which federal policy would be the most cost-effective?
Impact of debt and equity costs and terms in India on overall financing costs
compared to a US baseline•  India aims to double existing
renewable energy capacity by
2017.
•  Renewable energy is 52-129%
more expensive than
conventional power, and
requires policy support.
•  Inferior debt terms – high (and
variable) interest rate and short
tenor – 24-32% to the cost of
renewable energy.
•  Are existing policies ensuring a
cost-effective solution?
Source: Meeting India’s Renewable Energy Targets: The Financing Challenge (2012), CPI
3
Cost-effectiveness is only one of the key policymaker criteria
•  Cost-effectiveness is an important driver of policy choice.
•  The provision of reduced cost, extended-tenor debt on top of current policies
can reduce the total subsidy cost by over 80%.
•  We also compare federal policies across the following criteria:
1.  Viability gap coverage potential: How much of the viability gap can be covered?
2.  Subsidy-recovery: How much of the budgetary allocation can be recovered?
3.  Potential to incentivize production: How can production be incentivized, and
not just capacity installation?
4.  One-year budget efficiency: Given a fixed annual budgetary allocation, how
much capacity could be funded?
4
We examine two classes of federal policies: Existing and
(proposed) debt-related
Accelerated Depreciation
Reduces tax liability in initial years.
Viability Gap Funding
Capital – i.e., one time – grant.
Generation Based Incentive
Subsidy provided per unit of power.
Interest Subsidy
Government would subsidize the interest
(only) on commercial loans.
Extended Tenor Debt
Government debt at longer-than-
commercial tenor.
Reduced Cost Loan
Government debt below commercial rate of
interest.
At present, in addition to state support
through feed-in tariffs, federal policy
support is provided in the form of:
We also examine a new class of
proposed debt-related federal policies:
5
We use detailed project-level cash-flow models
•  Baseline: No federal policy support –
i.e., all support via state-level feed-in
tariff
•  For each federal policy, we computed
the subsidies corresponding to
different levels of feed-in tariffs.
•  Three analyses:
1.  Existing policies at current
support levels
2.  Fixed feed-in tariffs: To ensure
fixed baseline
3.  Optimal performance for cost-
effectiveness
•  Assumption: Debt-leverage optimized
to minimize cost of capital.
Levelized Cost of Electricity with no Federal Policy Support
Source: CPI Analysis
6
Reduced cost, extended-tenor debt is 18-35% more cost-effective
than current policies …
Source: CPI Analysis
1156.8
750.2
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Generation Based Incentive Extended-tenor Debt
TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion)
Total Subsidy Cost for Wind
35%
2523.3
2057.8
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
Viability Gap Funding Reduced Cost, Extended-
tenor Debt
TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion)
Total Subsidy Cost for Solar
18%
7
… however, reduced cost, extended-tenor debt would support
60-83% less deployment in the short-term
Source: CPI Analysis
2.4
14.5
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
Extended-
tenor
Debt
Generation
Based
Incentive
One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million)
One-year Budget Efficiency for Wind
83%
1.7
4.2
0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5
Reduced Cost,
Extended-tenor
Debt
Viability
Gap Funding
One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million)
One-year Budget Efficiency for Solar
60%
8
In the short-term, interest subsidy is an attractive alternative to current
policies
Source: CPI Analysis
Wind Energy Solar Energy
An interest subsidy is 11% more cost effective and supports 30-83% more deployment in short-term
than existing policies at current support levels
1156.8
1025.6
950
1000
1050
1100
1150
1200
Generation Based Incentive Interest Subsidy
TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion)
Total Subsidy Cost
11%
2523.3
2247.5
2100
2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
Viability Gap Funding Interest Subsidy
TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion)
Total Subsidy Cost
11%
26.6
14.5
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Interest Subsidy
Generation Based
Incentive
One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million)
One-year Budget Efficiency
83%
5.4
4.2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Interest Subsidy
Viability Gap Funding
One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million)
One-year Budget Efficiency
30%
9
For fixed state-level support, similar results hold for wind energy
…
Impact of federal policies at a state level Feed in Tariff for Wind at INR 5/kWh
Source: CPI Analysis
Accelerated depreciation is an attractive short-term alternative to generation based incentive, except
that it does not support production
Debt-related policies are more cost-effective and interest subsidy is an attractive short-term
alternative
10
… the results for solar energy are similar to those for wind
Impact of federal policies at a state level Feed in Tariff for Solar at INR 7.5/kWh
But cost-effectiveness is lower due to higher capital cost
Source: CPI Analysis
Accelerated depreciation is an attractive short-term alternative to viability gap funding
11
In long-term, based on optimal performance, reduced-cost, extended-
tenor debt is an attractive policy for wind energy …
Source: CPI Analysis
Compared to generation based incentive, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 78% more cost
effective and provides 76% higher subsidy recovery
12
… the results for solar energy are similar to those for wind
Source: CPI Analysis
Compared to viability gap funding, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 28% more cost effective and
provides 49% higher subsidy recovery
13
No single policy outperforms others across all criteria
•  In the long-term, debt-related policies are attractive
•  Reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 28-78% more cost-effective and provides
49-76% higher subsidy recovery
•  Even in short-term, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 18-35% more cost-
effective; however it supports 60-83% less deployment
•  In the short-term,
•  Interest-subsidy is an attractive alternative: It is 11% more cost-effective and
provides 30-83% more deployment
•  Accelerated depreciation is also attractive: It is 10-17% more cost-effective and
provides 44-87% more deployment
The policy decision would depend on the relative importance of each criterion;
however, attractive alternatives exist
BRAZIL
CHINA
EUROPE
INDIA
INDONESIA
UNITED STATES
Indian School of Business
Hyderabad, India
climatepolicyinitiative.org
Backup
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Project-level Assumptions
Source: CPI Analysis based on Bloomberg New Energy Finance database, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission benchmarks and interviews with project developers
16
For wind energy, compared to current generation based incentive,
accelerated depreciation is an attractive alternative
Accelerated depreciation is 17% more cost-effective and supports 87% more deployment; how it
may not incentivize production as well
Source: CPI Analysis
1156.8
960.1
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
Generation Based Incentive Accelerated Depreciation
TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion)
Total Subsidy Cost
27.2
14.5
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Accelerated
Depreciation
Generation
Based Incentive
One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million)
One-year Budget Efficiency
17
Front-loaded subsidies lead to greater cost reduction
Comparison of Generation Based Incentive with no federal policy support (Wind energy)
Source: CPI Analysis
Compared to a no federal support – i.e., all support via feed-in tariff – the generation based
incentive – a more front loaded policy – is more cost effective
18
Cost-effectiveness is achieved through a combination of factors
Source: CPI Analysis
Source of cost-effectiveness of federal policies (Wind
energy)
•  Existing federal policies are more cost-
effective than the baseline due to
front-loading.
•  Debt-related policies lead to higher-
leverage due to reduced debt service
requirements.
•  Reduced cost debt and accelerated
depreciation allow for subsidy-
recovery.
•  Extended-tenor debt is a special case
of subsidy-recovery
•  Interest-arbitrage since the
government lends at the
commercial rate of interest.
19
Debt-related policies are cost-effective even with fixed leverage
•  A debt-related policy reduces cash outflows for debt-servicing, making it possible to employ a
higher level of debt.
•  With optimized leverage, this leads to substitution of expensive equity with low cost debt, reducing
the overall cost of capital.
•  With fixed leverage, debt-related policies still perform better than existing policies, but cost-
effectiveness is lower due to the absence of equity substitution.
Source: CPI Analysis
Effect of leverage on reduced cost loans

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Which federal-policies-can-be-most-effective-slide-deck

  • 1. 1 BRAZIL CHINA EUROPE INDIA INDONESIA UNITED STATES 235 Montgomery St. 13th Floor San Francisco, CA 94104, USA climatepolicyinitiative.org Solving India’s Renewable Energy Financing Challenge: Which Federal Policies can be Most Effective?
  • 2. 2 Which federal policy would be the most cost-effective? Impact of debt and equity costs and terms in India on overall financing costs compared to a US baseline•  India aims to double existing renewable energy capacity by 2017. •  Renewable energy is 52-129% more expensive than conventional power, and requires policy support. •  Inferior debt terms – high (and variable) interest rate and short tenor – 24-32% to the cost of renewable energy. •  Are existing policies ensuring a cost-effective solution? Source: Meeting India’s Renewable Energy Targets: The Financing Challenge (2012), CPI
  • 3. 3 Cost-effectiveness is only one of the key policymaker criteria •  Cost-effectiveness is an important driver of policy choice. •  The provision of reduced cost, extended-tenor debt on top of current policies can reduce the total subsidy cost by over 80%. •  We also compare federal policies across the following criteria: 1.  Viability gap coverage potential: How much of the viability gap can be covered? 2.  Subsidy-recovery: How much of the budgetary allocation can be recovered? 3.  Potential to incentivize production: How can production be incentivized, and not just capacity installation? 4.  One-year budget efficiency: Given a fixed annual budgetary allocation, how much capacity could be funded?
  • 4. 4 We examine two classes of federal policies: Existing and (proposed) debt-related Accelerated Depreciation Reduces tax liability in initial years. Viability Gap Funding Capital – i.e., one time – grant. Generation Based Incentive Subsidy provided per unit of power. Interest Subsidy Government would subsidize the interest (only) on commercial loans. Extended Tenor Debt Government debt at longer-than- commercial tenor. Reduced Cost Loan Government debt below commercial rate of interest. At present, in addition to state support through feed-in tariffs, federal policy support is provided in the form of: We also examine a new class of proposed debt-related federal policies:
  • 5. 5 We use detailed project-level cash-flow models •  Baseline: No federal policy support – i.e., all support via state-level feed-in tariff •  For each federal policy, we computed the subsidies corresponding to different levels of feed-in tariffs. •  Three analyses: 1.  Existing policies at current support levels 2.  Fixed feed-in tariffs: To ensure fixed baseline 3.  Optimal performance for cost- effectiveness •  Assumption: Debt-leverage optimized to minimize cost of capital. Levelized Cost of Electricity with no Federal Policy Support Source: CPI Analysis
  • 6. 6 Reduced cost, extended-tenor debt is 18-35% more cost-effective than current policies … Source: CPI Analysis 1156.8 750.2 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Generation Based Incentive Extended-tenor Debt TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion) Total Subsidy Cost for Wind 35% 2523.3 2057.8 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 Viability Gap Funding Reduced Cost, Extended- tenor Debt TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion) Total Subsidy Cost for Solar 18%
  • 7. 7 … however, reduced cost, extended-tenor debt would support 60-83% less deployment in the short-term Source: CPI Analysis 2.4 14.5 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Extended- tenor Debt Generation Based Incentive One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million) One-year Budget Efficiency for Wind 83% 1.7 4.2 0 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 Reduced Cost, Extended-tenor Debt Viability Gap Funding One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million) One-year Budget Efficiency for Solar 60%
  • 8. 8 In the short-term, interest subsidy is an attractive alternative to current policies Source: CPI Analysis Wind Energy Solar Energy An interest subsidy is 11% more cost effective and supports 30-83% more deployment in short-term than existing policies at current support levels 1156.8 1025.6 950 1000 1050 1100 1150 1200 Generation Based Incentive Interest Subsidy TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion) Total Subsidy Cost 11% 2523.3 2247.5 2100 2200 2300 2400 2500 2600 Viability Gap Funding Interest Subsidy TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion) Total Subsidy Cost 11% 26.6 14.5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Interest Subsidy Generation Based Incentive One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million) One-year Budget Efficiency 83% 5.4 4.2 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 Interest Subsidy Viability Gap Funding One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million) One-year Budget Efficiency 30%
  • 9. 9 For fixed state-level support, similar results hold for wind energy … Impact of federal policies at a state level Feed in Tariff for Wind at INR 5/kWh Source: CPI Analysis Accelerated depreciation is an attractive short-term alternative to generation based incentive, except that it does not support production Debt-related policies are more cost-effective and interest subsidy is an attractive short-term alternative
  • 10. 10 … the results for solar energy are similar to those for wind Impact of federal policies at a state level Feed in Tariff for Solar at INR 7.5/kWh But cost-effectiveness is lower due to higher capital cost Source: CPI Analysis Accelerated depreciation is an attractive short-term alternative to viability gap funding
  • 11. 11 In long-term, based on optimal performance, reduced-cost, extended- tenor debt is an attractive policy for wind energy … Source: CPI Analysis Compared to generation based incentive, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 78% more cost effective and provides 76% higher subsidy recovery
  • 12. 12 … the results for solar energy are similar to those for wind Source: CPI Analysis Compared to viability gap funding, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 28% more cost effective and provides 49% higher subsidy recovery
  • 13. 13 No single policy outperforms others across all criteria •  In the long-term, debt-related policies are attractive •  Reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 28-78% more cost-effective and provides 49-76% higher subsidy recovery •  Even in short-term, reduced-cost extended-tenor debt is 18-35% more cost- effective; however it supports 60-83% less deployment •  In the short-term, •  Interest-subsidy is an attractive alternative: It is 11% more cost-effective and provides 30-83% more deployment •  Accelerated depreciation is also attractive: It is 10-17% more cost-effective and provides 44-87% more deployment The policy decision would depend on the relative importance of each criterion; however, attractive alternatives exist
  • 14. BRAZIL CHINA EUROPE INDIA INDONESIA UNITED STATES Indian School of Business Hyderabad, India climatepolicyinitiative.org Backup
  • 15. 15 Project-level Assumptions Source: CPI Analysis based on Bloomberg New Energy Finance database, Central Electricity Regulatory Commission benchmarks and interviews with project developers
  • 16. 16 For wind energy, compared to current generation based incentive, accelerated depreciation is an attractive alternative Accelerated depreciation is 17% more cost-effective and supports 87% more deployment; how it may not incentivize production as well Source: CPI Analysis 1156.8 960.1 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400 Generation Based Incentive Accelerated Depreciation TotalSubsidyCost(INRmillion) Total Subsidy Cost 27.2 14.5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Accelerated Depreciation Generation Based Incentive One-year Budget Efficiency (MW per INR 100 million) One-year Budget Efficiency
  • 17. 17 Front-loaded subsidies lead to greater cost reduction Comparison of Generation Based Incentive with no federal policy support (Wind energy) Source: CPI Analysis Compared to a no federal support – i.e., all support via feed-in tariff – the generation based incentive – a more front loaded policy – is more cost effective
  • 18. 18 Cost-effectiveness is achieved through a combination of factors Source: CPI Analysis Source of cost-effectiveness of federal policies (Wind energy) •  Existing federal policies are more cost- effective than the baseline due to front-loading. •  Debt-related policies lead to higher- leverage due to reduced debt service requirements. •  Reduced cost debt and accelerated depreciation allow for subsidy- recovery. •  Extended-tenor debt is a special case of subsidy-recovery •  Interest-arbitrage since the government lends at the commercial rate of interest.
  • 19. 19 Debt-related policies are cost-effective even with fixed leverage •  A debt-related policy reduces cash outflows for debt-servicing, making it possible to employ a higher level of debt. •  With optimized leverage, this leads to substitution of expensive equity with low cost debt, reducing the overall cost of capital. •  With fixed leverage, debt-related policies still perform better than existing policies, but cost- effectiveness is lower due to the absence of equity substitution. Source: CPI Analysis Effect of leverage on reduced cost loans