Joint Long Duration Storage Request for Offers
Eight community choice energy agencies jointly seek to procure Long-Duration Storage (“LDS”) to cost-effectively enhance renewable energy portfolios and aid in achieving California’s aggressive greenhouse gas reduction targets.
Seeking 500 MWs for long duration storage
The eight joint CCAs are seeking to acquire up to 500 MWs of capacity, energy and any associated ancillary products, and resource adequacy (“Full Toll”) and/or simply Resource Adequacy (“RA Only”.) Download the Request for Offers Protocol and Appendix A Offer Form to submit an offer.
- Appendix A Offer Form – required for all offers
- Appendix B Offer Form – required for all offers
- Documents updated November 10, 2020
Timeline |
Scheduled Date |
Issuance of RFO |
October 15, 2020 |
Offerors Webinar |
October 28, 2020 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. (PDT) |
Deadlines to submit questions |
November 6, 2020 |
Responses to questions published (below) |
November 10, 2020 |
Deadline to submit proposals |
December 1, 2020 by 5:00 p.m. PDT |
Review evaluation and ranking of projects |
December 1, 2020 to February 2, 2021 |
Project(s) shortlisting |
March 2, 2021 |
Developer/Buyer negotiations |
March-July 2021 |
Final contract approval (Tentative) |
July 2021 |
Response Deadline: December 1, 2020 at 5:00 Pacific Time
Submit Responses to jointldsrfo@svcleanenergy.org
Responses must include:
- Executive Summary: In PDF form (max 2 pages) summarizing the characteristics and qualifications of the proposed project related to each of the criteria under the Scoring Rubric
- Appendix A: Offer Form: In Excel form, the completed version of the excel document linked above
- Appendix B: Proforma Term Sheet: In PDF form, the completed version of the word document linked above
Energy Load, Accounts and Financial Resources for Each CCA
CCA |
Annual Load 2019 (GWh) |
Est Peak Load (MW) |
Customer Accounts |
Credit Rating |
Resources |
Central Coast Community Energy |
3,094 |
679 |
275,750 |
Standard & Poor’s ‘A’ |
Financial Documents
|
Clean Power SF |
2,706 |
460 |
380,000 |
– |
Financial Documents
|
Marin Clean Energy |
5,136 |
1,100 |
484,000 |
Moody’s ‘Baa2’ Fitch ‘BBB+’ |
Financial Documents
|
Peninsula Clean Energy |
3,569 |
733 |
293,000 |
Moody’s ‘Baa2’ Fitch ‘BBB+’ |
Financial Documents
|
Redwood Coast Energy |
699 |
125 |
62,000 |
– |
Financial Documents
|
San Jose Clean Energy |
3,286 |
1,081 |
332,500 |
– |
Financial Documents
|
Silicon Valley Clean Energy |
3,898 |
800 |
270,000 |
Moody’s ‘Baa2’ |
Financial Documents
|
Sonoma Clean Power |
2,360 |
417 |
227,000 |
– |
Financial Documents
|
TOTALS |
24,748 |
5,395 |
2,324,250 |
|
|
Offerors Webinar
SVCE hosted a webinar on November 5, 2020 to go over the objectives, requirements, and processes for evaluation, submission and selection. Please review the webinar recording and presentation slides included below.
