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 seven 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.
Updated Timeline |
Updated 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 – April 15, 2021 |
Project(s) shortlisting |
April 30 May 14, 2021 |
Developer/Buyer negotiations |
May-September 2021 |
Final contract approval (Tentative) |
October-November 2021 |
The “Updated Timeline” was published and updated on March 1, 2021.
Original Timeline
Original Timeline |
Originally 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 – February 2, 2021 |
Project(s) shortlisting |
March 2, 2021 |
Developer/Buyer negotiations |
March-July 2021 |
Final contract approval (Tentative) |
July 2021 |
The response deadline has passed and the solicitation is now closed.
You can review the closed solicitation, appendices and Q&A below.
Any questions reach out to jointldsrfo@svcleanenergy.org
We have contacted all projects that will be moving forward. If you have not been notified, then CC Power will not be shortlisting any of your projects in this RFO. Thank you to all who submitted proposals submitted for our RFO. We appreciate the significant effort and time put into each offer.
Energy Load, Accounts and Financial Resources for Each CCA
| CCA | Annual Load 2019 (GWh) | Est Peak Load (MW) | Customer Accounts | Credit Rating | Resources |
| CleanPowerSF | 2,706 | 460 | 380,000 | Moody’s ‘A2’ | Financial Documents IRP |
| Peninsula Clean Energy | 3,569 | 733 | 293,000 | Moody’s ‘Baa2’ Fitch ‘BBB+’ | Financial Documents IRP |
| Redwood Coast Energy | 699 | 125 | 62,000 | – | Financial Documents IRP |
| San Jose Clean Energy | 3,286 | 1,081 | 332,500 | – | Financial Documents IRP |
| Silicon Valley Clean Energy | 3,898 | 800 | 270,000 | Moody’s ‘Baa2’ Standard & Poor’s ‘A’ |
Financial Documents IRP |
| Sonoma Clean Power | 2,360 | 417 | 227,000 | – | Financial Documents IRP |
| Valley Clean Energy | 684 | 187 | 54,000 | – | Financial Documents IRP |
| TOTALS | 17,202 | 3,803 | 1,618,500 |
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 presentation slides below.
