2025 Clean Energy and Reliability
Request for Offers (RFO)

Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is soliciting competitive proposals to meet its portfolio needs and achieve compliance with the various California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Procurement Orders including Renewable Portfolio Standards and Resource Adequacy requirements.  CPA’s 2025 Clean Energy and Reliability RFO has multiple product categories and generally targets resources between 15 MW and 250 MW. 

CPA’s Clean Energy and Reliability RFO seeks offers

from the following product categories:

1. Renewable Generation Only Contracts: 

  • Mid-term Reliability (MTR) Eligible Baseload/Firm Renewable Energy: Zero emissions generation capacity or capacity that is eligible under the requirements of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program and has an expected annual capacity factor of at least 80%. The resources must not be use-limited or weather-dependent and must meet all requirements for Baseload/Firm renewable energy under the CPUC Mid-Term Reliability Decision 21-06-035. No storage projects shall qualify under this product category. Projects in this category should have a generation size of 5 MW to 250 MW¹ and a COD between January 1, 2029 and June 1, 2031, Contract tenor must be between 10 and 20 years. 
  • Regular RPS Resources: RPS-eligible generation (e.g. solar, wind, geothermal), 15 MW – 250 MW¹ in size. Projects in this category must have a COD between January 1, 2029 and December 31, 2032. Contract tenor must be between 10 and 20 years.

2. Renewable Generation Plus Storage Contracts: RPS-eligible generation (15 MW – 250 MW¹) paired with storage projects (15 MW – 250 MW¹). The storage duration must be at least 4 hours and the capacity cannot exceed 100% of the generation nameplate capacity. Projects in this category must have a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2032. PPA tenor must be between 10 and 20 years. 

3. Standalone Storage Contracts: Stand-alone storage projects with a storage capacity of 15 MW – 250 MW¹. The storage duration must be for at least 4 hours. Projects in this category must have a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2032. PPA tenor must be between 10 and 20 years. 

4. RA Only Contracts: RA-only projects from storage, thermals, or other qualifying resources with a capacity between 15 MW – 250 MW¹. Projects in this category must have a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2032. PPA tenor must be between 5 and 15 years. 

5. PCC1 Energy Only (fixed price or index plus) Contracts: RPS-eligible generation (e.g. solar, wind, geothermal), 15 MW – 250 MW¹ in size, offered as PCC1 Energy Only fixed price or index+ contracts. Projects in this category must have a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2032. PPA tenor must be between 5 and 20 years. 

6. Dispatchable Thermal Energy with RA Contracts: 

  • Existing Dispatchable Gas projects (with RA) paired with storage: These may include gas fired generation resources such as CC, CT, RICE, CHP, or ST projects that are paired with storage (minimum 1 hour) in order to reduce greenhouse gas and emissions that impact local air quality. The project size must be at least 10 MW with a commercial operation date no later than December 31, 2032. The PPA tolling tenor must be between 2 and 10 years. 
  • Existing Dispatchable Gas projects (with RA) running on blended fuels: These may include gas fired generation resources such as CC, CT, RICE, CHP, or ST projects that use a green hydrogen or renewable biogas blend in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  
1 CPA will consider contracting with projects smaller than the minimum size referenced above if they are located within CPA’s service area (Los Angeles or Ventura Counties). The minimum system size for individual locally sited renewable generation and/or energy storage projects must be at least 5 MW. CPA will not accept the aggregation of multiple projects to achieve the minimum size requirement.   

To submit a proposal to this RFO and access RFO documents, you must register on the RFO Website.

Full submission instructions are included in the RFO documents.  

2025 RFO SCHEDULE

May 20, 2025

RFO opens

June 3, 2025

Proposer Webinar to discuss RFO process at 11:00am Pacific Time

June 6, 2025

Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm PT. Submit questions here, directly on the RFO website.

June 13, 2025

Q&A document posted to the CPA RFO website

June 30, 2025

Deadline to submit RFO Proposals at 5:00pm Pacific Time

Mid/Late- September 2025

Proposers notified of shortlist status

October 2025 February 2026* 

Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Resource Adequacy Purchase Agreement (RAPA) and Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) negotiations and awards  

*Fast Track Process — CPA may, at its sole discretion, enter into negotiations prior to notifying Proposers of their shortlist status Such exceptions will only be considered if requested by the Proposer in the Offer Form and further justified in their narrative (“Fast Track Negotiations”) or if CPA elects to extend an invitation to Fast Track Negotiations for projects. CPA expects such exceptions to be limited to Proposers with exigent circumstances. Proposers entering into Fast Track Negotiations with CPA must otherwise comply with all RFO Protocol requirements and processes.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory data templates will be supplied to Proposers for submission of project information. Projects will be evaluated on a combination of quantitative and qualitative factors that include economic value, development risk, workforce development, environmental stewardship, benefits to Disadvantaged Communities, and project location. Dispatchable Thermal Energy with RA Contracts will also be evaluated on their to cleaner operations and GHG emissions. 

The full RFO will be available for download on the RFO Website, including the following documents: 

RFO MATERIALS

RFO Protocol

Submission Instructions 

Offer Form Template 

CPA RPS Plus Storage PPA 

CPA RPS Only PPA 

CPA Baseload PPA 

CPA Energy Storage Agreement 

CPA RA Only Agreement 

CPA Tolling Agreement 

CPA NDA Agreement 

CPA Exclusivity Agreement 

CPA Campaign Contributions Disclosure Form 

Proposers Webinar

A Proposers webinar will be held on June 3, 2025at 11:00 AM Pacific Time. The webinar will discuss the RFO process. To participate in the webinar, a Proposer must first register on the RFO Website.