Open Solicitations
2019 Request for Proposals (RFP) Carbon-Free Power Supply
2019 Request for Proposals (RFP) Carbon-Free Power Supply
Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) and Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP) offer the Joint Request for Proposals for Carbon-Free Power Supply (“Joint RFP) for Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). Combined MBCP and SVCE are seeking up to 800,000 MWh of annual carbon-free energy to help achieve RPS and reliability needs. Deliveries to start as early as January 1, 2021, but no later than December 31, 2022 and for a minimum term of ten (10) years.
| Activity | Schedule Date |
|---|---|
| Issuance of RFP | April 17, 2019 |
| Bidders Webinar | May 3, 2019 at 1:00 PM PDT |
| Deadline to submit questions | May 7, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT |
| Responses to questions provided | May 10, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT |
| Deadline to submit proposals | May 17, 2019 at 5:00 PM PDT |
| Proposal Clarification Contact Period | May 20 – 29, 2019 |
| Notification of final shortlisted Bidders (Tentative) | June 14, 2019 |
| PPA negotiations | July – December 2019 |
| Final contract approval | December 2019 |
Documents:
Request for Proposals (RFP) - Design, Implementation, Management and Evaluation Support for Decarbonization and Innovation Programs
Request for Proposals (RFP) – Design, Implementation, Management and Evaluation Support for Decarbonization and Innovation Programs
Closed Solicitations
Request for Information – Cybersecurity
Request for Information (RFI) – SVCE is seeking information on how an interested consultant could identify cybersecurity risks and access cybersecurity preparedness in the community choice aggregation (CCA) sector.
White papers due by March 31, 2019 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
Cybersecurity Risks and Access Cybersecurity Preparedness RFI
Request for Proposals – Resource Adequacy
SVCE, along with Monterey Bay Community Power, Peninsula Clean Energy, East Bay Community Energy and San Jose Clean Energy, seeks Resource Adequacy related services (portfolio aggregation, monitoring, procurement and reporting).
Proposals due by March 11, 2019 at 5 p.m. Pacific Time.
Joint CCA Resource Adequacy Portfolio Management Services RFP
Request for Proposals – Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Joint Action Plan
Proposals due by February 25, 2019 at 11 a.m. Pacific Time.
2017 Request for Offers – Carbon Free Energy with Storage
SVCE, along with Monterey Bay Community Power (MBCP), solicited offers for Carbon Free Energy with Storage.
The goal of this Joint RFO is for SVCE and MBCP to each enter into one or more long-term Power Purchase and Sale Agreements (PPAs) to secure up to 700 GWh per year of energy, combined, from Carbon Free generation facilities. For Solar PV generating facilities to bid into this RFO, the offer had to contain an Energy Storage Facility.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| September 15, 2017 | Issuance Notice of RFO |
| September 28, 2017 | Bidders Web Conference |
| October 13, 2017 5pm | Deadline to submit Offer(s) |
| November 14, 2017 | Notification of Shortlisted Offers |
| November 27, 2017 | Shortlisted Bidders' deadline to submit required documents |
| December 2017 through early 2018 | Negotiations and Execution of PPA(s) |
All documents associated with this RFO are available below: