#144 Why Energy Projects Stall — and How to Fix It.

About this episode

Charlie Zitnik returns to discuss the challenges and solutions for energy projects in the MUSH market.

Five years after his pandemic-era first appearance, public-finance veteran Charlie Zitnik of D.A. Davidson returns for Part Two: every MUSH-market deal is a four-legged round table, and the ESCOs whose projects survive bring finance to the table on day one — not at the goal line.

People in this episode

Hosts: Jim Schafer, Nenni & Associates

Guest: Charlie Zitnik

Topics covered

• energy projects
• public finance
• ESCOs
• MUSH-market
• project financing

Keywords

• energy projects
• public finance
• ESCOs
• MUSH-market
• financing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: D.A. Davidson

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