A decision paper should make the choice and its consequences visible to the person who approves it. Long background notes can obscure the options, assumptions and outstanding risks. This builder organises an energy-related recommendation into a compact working paper with an owner and next step, so the discussion can focus on the decision rather than reconstructing the history of the project.

Energy decision paper builder

Prepare a one-page decision record for finance and procurement leaders.

Use your own records and check the assumptions before acting on the result.

What the result shows

The output organises the information you provide into labelled sections and adds a practical next-step list. It does not search external records, supply missing facts or make an approval decision. The useful work happens when the person preparing the brief checks each section against the records and the arrangements agreed with the other people involved. Treat an unknown answer as an item to resolve, rather than filling it with an optimistic assumption.

Prepare the information for this review

The labels in the tool describe the measurement or record needed for each input. The following checks help keep the entered information consistent with the case you intend to review.

• Decision requested: Use a clear name, reference or description that can be matched to your records. Expand abbreviations where the person receiving the result may not know how your business uses them.
• Decision owner: Use a clear name, reference or description that can be matched to your records. Expand abbreviations where the person receiving the result may not know how your business uses them.
• Options and comparable costs: Provide enough detail for another person to understand the point without searching through unrelated correspondence. Separate confirmed information from questions that still need an answer, and retain useful source references.
• Material assumptions: Provide enough detail for another person to understand the point without searching through unrelated correspondence. Separate confirmed information from questions that still need an answer, and retain useful source references.
• Risks and sensitivities: Provide enough detail for another person to understand the point without searching through unrelated correspondence. Separate confirmed information from questions that still need an answer, and retain useful source references.
• Proposed decision and reasons: Provide enough detail for another person to understand the point without searching through unrelated correspondence. Separate confirmed information from questions that still need an answer, and retain useful source references.
• Follow-up action, owner and date: Use a clear name, reference or description that can be matched to your records. Expand abbreviations where the person receiving the result may not know how your business uses them.

Check the result against the source records

Use your own records and check the assumptions before acting on the result.

• Attach the source offers and calculations.
• Confirm the assumptions and authority to approve.
• Record the final decision separately from this draft.

Start with one case whose inputs you can trace back to the original records. Run the tool and compare its labels, units and dates with that example before preparing a wider review. If a value is uncertain, record the uncertainty in your working notes and resolve it with the person who holds the source information. A neatly presented result is useful only when the assumptions behind it are also clear.

Keep a copy and agree the next action

Use Download report to keep the written result and Download results CSV when you want to work with its records in a spreadsheet. Save inputs keeps a JSON file that can be restored into this same tool later. Editing an input hides the old result until you run the tool again, which helps avoid sharing an output that belongs to an earlier set of assumptions.

Where report emailing has been configured, Email my results lets you request a copy and send the same inputs and result to this site for follow-up about your request. The form explains who receives the copy and requires a completed security check. Check the recipient address carefully before sending. The email request uses the current result, so review the entered information before choosing that option.

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