module five
Technical and commercial due diligence.
Seven sub-modules, sixty minutes. Assumes Modules 1 and 3. The longest module in the course.
Funding narrative — Q2
v14
Program delivery — reporting period two
A. Point — confirm the allocation figure
Records/Funding
Locked for review — version history retained
what it covers
Assessing a developer or vendor.
Counterparty and instrument, interconnection position, tenancy and capitalization, equity structure, water and land footprint, employment claims and vendor data handling. Seven sub-modules, ending in a vetting checklist and a one-page red-flag card. Majority ownership is asserted in every announced Canadian project and explained in none of them.
01
Rank the instruments
What an expression of interest, a letter of intent, an option and a lease each commit you to.
02
Verify the interconnection position
Whether a claimed interconnection position exists, and in whose name it is held.
03
Identify the equity structure
Purchased, carried or debt-financed, established by three questions a letter of intent rarely answers.
04
Interrogate the vendor responses
Three unacceptable answers found in a vendor response, and the contract clause that corrects each one.
the sub-modules
Sub-modules.
Each one stands alone: a cold open on a real document, five to eight minutes of teaching, one activity on your own material, and five graded items.
Power procurement and interconnection
Whether a developer can actually energize the facility, and where your participation carries scoring weight.
Tenant, capitalization and structure
Whether the facility has a customer, and whether the project has money.
continued
Sub-modules, continued.
The remaining sub-modules turn the reading skills on equity, resources, employment and the software layer.
Allocations FY2026
Sheet 1
Programme
Budget
Committed
Housing
412,000
388,140
Lands & Resources
260,500
191,220
Health services
305,000
305,000
Education
178,400
96,850
Total
1,155,900
981,210
Figures drawn from live records — no re-entry
Equity structures
Purchased, carried or debt-financed, and the three questions that establish which one is on the table.
Water, land, noise and thermal impact
The footprint calculated from stated capacity and cooling design, and the disclosures that verify it.
Employment and labour schedules
Construction phase against operating phase, and what turns a commitment into an enforceable schedule.
Software and AI vendor assessment
Sub-processors, training use, export format and deletion certification, and a written definition of any sovereignty claim.
the take away
What the learner keeps.
Every sub-module ends in a downloadable written to be usable by someone who has not taken the course.
Vetting checklist
The whole diligence sequence in one document, written for use by a Council that has not taken the course.
module artifact
Red flag card
The signals that stop a process, short enough to sit in front of someone during a meeting.
take away
Module credential
Sub-modules are individually completable and individually badged, and all ten modules make the credential.
badged
next step
Take this module on its own.
Modules are bought singly and the introduction is free. All ten make the credential.