This is your SolarWakeup for May 5th, 2015

Here we go again, the dreaded IPP earnings call. As SolarCity goes to the conference call it can speak to the various cash flow products that are now active in solar, all of which go to extend the length of the contracts. They can be in the lease, the PPA, loan, and now the Powerwall lease but it all comes together that the companies need investors to look past the earnings loss. The reason for that is you can’t be a for profit EPC and owner of SPVs at the same time. You have to pick your desired valuation metric

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Have a great day!

Yann