Notice to Proceed
The hardest yes you ever got.
Stories about the toughest moments in project development, and how people got through them. Told by the developers, landmen, lawyers and lenders who were in the room.
Before the stamp
A Notice to Proceed only goes out once everything else is checked off. Each line on this form is a place good projects get stuck. That's where we go looking for stories.
| Item | Condition | Satisfied when | Common hold | ✓ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | Site control | Leases, options and easements are locked in | Title gaps | |
| 2.0 | Interconnection | A queue spot and a study you can live with | Upgrade costs | |
| 3.0 | Permits | Local, state and federal sign-off | Moratoriums | |
| 4.0 | Offtake | Someone signs up to buy the power | Repricing | |
| 5.0 | Financing | Debt and tax equity commit | Partners walk | |
| 6.0 | Notice to Proceed | The owner tells the builder to start | — | ✓ |
| 7.0 | Build → COD | Steel in the ground, then power flows | — |
Now in production
Working titles for the first stories we're recording. Real projects, real people, and the moment it all could have ended.
Episode titles are working titles and may change before release.
Three cards.
No fluff.
About 30 minutes. One project, told start to finish by the person who lived it. You leave with something you can use on Monday.
The project
What it was supposed to be. The site, the size, the people, the plan.
The wall
The call nobody wanted. What broke, and how close it came to dying.
The restart
How the team got it moving again, and what they'd do differently.
Site visit · day 1 of buildYou got the yes. Tell us how.
Every developer has one. The deal that should have died and didn't.
- Remote recording, about 45 minutes
- Names and numbers can stay off the record
- No prep beyond remembering the bad day
Be there when it drops
One email when the first episode goes live. Nothing else.
Exhibit S1Notice to Proceed: the trailer
Two minutes on why we're making this show, and a first listen to season one.
Working titles. Final episodes may change before release.
Reasons for hold
Six kinds of trouble that stop projects short of NTP. Every episode lands in at least one.
Exhibit RBAbout NTP
A podcast about projects that almost died, and the people who got them moving again.
Signed, finallyThe stamp everyone wants
In energy development, a Notice to Proceed is the letter that tells the builder to start. It only goes out once site control, permits, interconnection and financing are all in place.
Getting there can take years. Most projects that start the race never reach it. The ones that do almost always have a story about the day it nearly fell apart.
That's this show. Every episode is about getting from on hold to proceed.
Field work · TerraPro SolutionsTerraPro Solutions
NTP comes from the team at TerraPro Solutions, a land, title and due diligence consultancy for power and energy projects across the US and Canada.
Our work lives in the stretch before NTP. We see projects stall every week, and we see smart people get them unstuck. This show is how we share those stories.
Open a file
The project that should have died and didn't. We want to hear about it.
Your story hereA real wall. A real way through.
- A specific moment when the project could have ended
- You were there, or close enough to tell it
- Something you learned that others can use
- Any technology: solar, wind, storage, transmission, load
Off the record is fine. We can change names, places and numbers.
Pitch
Fill out the form. A few sentences is plenty.
Quick call
15 minutes to find the heart of the story.
Record
Remote, about 45 minutes. We handle the rest.
Release
Your episode goes live, plus clips to share.
Coming soonApple Podcasts
PendingSpotify
PendingYouTube
PendingRSS
PendingGet notified
One email the day episode one goes live.
Storage site · night shiftReach the people who get projects built
Sponsorships and co-produced episodes are open for season one. Use the pitch form and pick "Something else."