PPAFlow
AI-powered contract management for energy trading and wholesale teams, automating PPA and RFP workflows, streamlining negotiation and approvals, and improving trading, risk, and contract control across gas and renewable portfolios.
The Problem
“Manual PPA, RFP, and trading workflows slow energy deal execution and weaken risk control”
Organizations face these key challenges:
PPA sourcing, negotiation, and approvals are managed through fragmented manual workflows
RFP responses and contract reviews require repetitive document handling and coordination
Commercial, legal, risk, and finance teams lack a shared system of record for deal status
Gas trading decisions are slowed by siloed operational data and manual reporting
Impact When Solved
The Shift
Human Does
- •Collect PPA, RFP, and gas trading documents from email, shared drives, and counterparties
- •Review contract terms manually and coordinate redlines across commercial, legal, risk, and finance
- •Track deal status, approvals, and obligations in spreadsheets and email chains
- •Compile position, exposure, and operational updates from siloed reports for trading decisions
Automation
- •No AI-driven intake, extraction, or workflow routing is used
- •No automated clause comparison or deviation detection is available
- •No continuous approval tracking, SLA monitoring, or audit-ready workflow logging is performed
- •No AI-generated portfolio summaries or risk insight support is provided
Human Does
- •Decide whether to pursue opportunities, respond to RFPs, and prioritize negotiations
- •Approve non-standard terms, risk exceptions, and final contract language
- •Review escalated issues across commercial, legal, operational, and exposure thresholds
AI Handles
- •Ingest PPAs, RFPs, gas supply agreements, and trading documents and extract key commercial and legal terms
- •Compare clauses to standard playbooks, summarize deviations, and generate negotiation support
- •Route tasks, approvals, and redlines across teams while tracking status, deadlines, and version history
- •Monitor contract, position, and market data to produce portfolio summaries, flag exceptions, and support trading decisions
Operating Intelligence
How it works
AI runs the first three steps autonomously.
Humans own every decision.
The system gets smarter each cycle.
Who is in control at each step
Each column marks the operating owner for that step. AI-led actions sit above the divider, human decisions and feedback loops sit below it.
Step 1
Assemble Context
Step 2
Analyze
Step 3
Recommend
Step 4
Human Decision
Step 5
Execute
Step 6
Feedback
AI lead
Autonomous execution
Human lead
Approval, override, feedback
AI handles assembly, analysis, and execution. The human gate sits at the decision point. Every cycle refines future recommendations.
The Loop
6 steps
Assemble Context
Combine the relevant records, signals, and constraints.
Analyze
Evaluate options, risk, and likely outcomes.
Recommend
Present a ranked recommendation with supporting rationale.
Human Decision
A human accepts, edits, or rejects the recommendation.
Authority gates · 1
PPAFlow must not approve non-standard commercial terms, legal deviations, or risk exceptions without a designated human approver [S2][S3].
Why this step is human
The decision carries real-world consequences that require professional judgment and accountability.
Execute
Carry out the approved action in the operating workflow.
Feedback
Outcome data improves future recommendations.
1 operating angles mapped
Operational Depth
Technologies
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Key Players
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