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01Ebook

The CPO Business Toolkit

The three models every charging operator ends up building anyway

21 pagesPDF, with the models worked throughUpdated 1 August 2026

What you get

Takeaways

  • A unit-economics model that separates fixed from variable costs properly, so break-even utilisation falls out of it
  • A weighted site-selection scorecard you can take to a site visit
  • An uptime SLA template with a definition of availability that survives negotiation
  • A checklist of the questions to put to a DisCom before signing a site

Contents

  1. 01

    The four business models

    CPO, host, eMSP and captive — what each owns, what each earns from, and the capital each requires.

  2. 02

    Building the unit-economics model

    Landed cost per kWh including demand charges, contribution margin, and solving for break-even utilisation rather than projecting revenue.

  3. 03

    The site-selection scorecard

    Eleven weighted criteria, the three that override the rest, and how to read a host’s electricity bill.

  4. 04

    Structuring the host agreement

    Revenue share versus rent, defining the revenue base precisely, minimum guarantees and effective-dated terms.

  5. 05

    The uptime SLA

    Defining availability at the connector, what to exclude, and what evidence to commit to producing.

  6. 06

    The first ninety days

    What to measure from week one and which three numbers should change your plan.

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