The Sunion’s Proprietary Playbook For Ending December Calls 10 Mins Early:
We all know December in renewables is crunch time. Here are some things we can all agree upon upfront, post-Thanksgiving, so we don’t have to discuss them on the call. That way we can focus on what counts…getting those sweet, sweet ITCs packed into 2021. So now, instead of going through the motions, you can just say: “..and also all that stuff the Sunion captured/summarized on Monday,” and move on to seamlessly executing your end of year plan with no curveballs or avoidable errors of any sort.
The weather over the holiday happened, wasn’t extraordinary in either direction, far as we could tell. Maybe it will snow at an inopportune time in the next month, maybe not… but none of us can do shit about it, and certainly not on this call, so, you know….move past it.
We ate a lot and watched football, that was fun and/or relaxing and/or annoying because we don’t like football or are a Vikings fan. This is a good one to remember for other December Holidays too.
[Stock joke about putting on 6 pounds cause you ate so much]
Can you believe people were trying to keep the deal moving on Friday?!
Supply chain issues are everywhere and utilities are behind on their interconnection work. We’ve all got stories. Everyone’s getting smoked. The commiserating might be having the effect of this becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy, so lets try just shutting up about it for a bit? Just a thought.
We all stocked up on doorbusters. What good deals we found on TVs and…I don’t know, let’s say FitBits maybe? Is that still a thing? Should be - you can track the sleep you won’t be getting in December.
Families – amiright? Good to have them over for a bit but near the end it’s like you can’t believe Linda, your ex-wife, picks up the kids with her new boyfriend Keith. Seems pretty smug for a guy who thought a $9 bottle of Malbec would smooth over all the awkwardness.
And what’s this now? Keith owns a boat? What a waste of money. Linda never mentioned she even likes boats. She’s trying to get alimony out of me and she’s cruising around with Keith the boat guy? We can all agree that’s fucked up right? No need to air it on every call, especially given you’re certainly not the only one wrestling with this.
We don’t need to talk about the painful cysts on our buttocks. We all have em’…it’s just not very interesting banter during this busy time of year.
Best of luck out there. And remember…no matter how poorly this homestretch goes for you, at least there will be an endless stream of linkedin posts that make you feel as though literally every other market participant other than you is completely crushing it.