SCA served as co-financial advisor to the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (DC WASA), supporting its evaluation of options to monetize renewable natural gas produced at the Blue Plains facility. SCA analyzed potential funding structures – including cash, bond financing, and a public-private partnership – and developed a comprehensive financial model to assess each.

Since 2017, SCA has advised the U.S. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority (USVI WAPA) on liquidity strategies, capital and refinancing transactions, and sustainable infrastructure, including renewable energy initiatives supported by the Inflation Reduction Act. Their work has included financial feasibility analyses for onshore power for vessels in port and an interconnection between St. Thomas and Tortola via underwater cable. In response to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, SCA also structured $94 million in Community Disaster Loans on parity with existing senior bonds and notes to secure essential working capital.

Since 2019, SCA has served as a financial consultant and municipal advisor to the West Indian Company Limited (WICO), the leading cruise ship port in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In this capacity, SCA has overseen several initiatives including structuring their first bond issue – totaling $52.6 million in June 2022 – to refinance existing bank debt and fund additional critical capital projects. Notably, during the 18-month shutdown of cruise operations caused by the COVID‐19 pandemic, SCA played a vital role in providing short- and long‐term financial planning, including budgeting strategies and cash flow management, to help WICO maintain stability and preserve essential reserves.

SCA served as a business and financial advisor to ACE in their partnership with Mercy Housing, a national nonprofit organization providing affordable and low-income housing services, to retrofit many of Mercy’s properties with energy efficiency upgrades.  SCA led outreach and engagement with over 75 capital providers to introduce ACE and the project to the stakeholders ultimately helping ACE close its inaugural project with the Reinvestment Fund. The success has been recognized as ‘one of the nation’s first examples of applying the Energy Service Company (ESCO) model to multifamily affordable housing non-profits’ by the Department of Energy’s Better Buildings Initiative. 

SCA served as an advisor for NYC-EJA, and its member organizations, to support them in developing and understanding clean energy projects and project finances. SCA also conducted a workshop for member representatives to share details, and challenges, of clean energy projects in their communities. In this workshop SCA also provided an overview of solar photovoltaic terms and definitions, community solar project and financing structures, state and federal tax incentives, and financial modeling.  

Since 2015 SCA has served as a strategic financial advisor to Groundswell developing innovative finance solutions to expand low- and middle-income communities’ access to sustainable infrastructure technology and solutions. SCA aided Groundswell with developing its subscriber management function in addition to leading outreach to potential investors including commercial banks, CDFIs, foundations, private capital, and others. SCA also helped refine Groundswell’s finance structure, including the development of a financial model to evaluate project finances and cash flows.