Our Services

Strategy Solutions

We provide strategic, commercial, economic, corporate finance and financial consultancy services. Our firm is recognised for its ability to quickly grasp the attributes of a problem and solve it using methodologies specific to the client’s needs and industry. This results in tailored advice that takes into account the often complex demands of the sector environment, as opposed to a “one size fits all” approach.

SIAL Capabilities

Utilising our extensive industry capabilities, we assist clients in identifying and managing their market and business-related issues. The accumulated specialised experience of our team in fast changing industry and government environments has given us the capabilities needed to drive projects and achieve client objectives.

Our Sector and Specialist Service Groups are:

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National power planning and implementation

Power planning strategic support
Demand forecasting
Short and long term power supply planning
Integrated resource planning (IRP) for best future supply mix
Renewable options planning (barriers, solutions and results)
Development of structural incentives for private capital and IPPs
Policy, legislative and regulatory advice for effective markets
Fitting demand-side management (DSM) into national supply mix
DSM implementation planning
Liaison and coordination with financiers and DFIs
Stakeholder management planning

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Commercial and strategic advice

Power development planning
Commercial and contractual risk analysis
Value chain assessment
Market opportunity identification
Assessment of vertical and horizontal integration
Analysis of degree of competition in markets
Quantification of benefits of diversification
Corporate and business planning facilitation
Strategic options analysis

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Commercial implementation

Power project business case development
Gas-fired power station commercial support
Renewables commercial implementation
Power project feasibility and commercial development
Development of entire power project security package and individual contractual components
Commercial and contractual risk analysis
Drafting of commercial agreements: Project development agreements, PPA, and GSA
Connection agreements
Capacity building

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Finance and commercial integration

Asset and business valuation
Commercial and regulatory due diligence
Assistance with producing information memoranda
Review and risk assessment of commercial contracts
Market and price advice
Attracting private investors
Business case preparation

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Markets and regulation

Market design and implementation
Development of power market policy, legislation and regulation to facilitate competition
Creating a power environment to attract private capital and IPPs
Regulatory strategy
Market analysis
Power pricing through the value chain
Market rule design and policy assistance
Response to regulatory changes
Preparation of responses to policy and advice to regulators
Conversion between regulated and market assets