In early June 2024, Clean Power Alliance (CPA) will be soliciting competitive proposals to meet its portfolio needs and achieve compliance with the various California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Procurement Orders including Mid-Term Reliability, Renewable Portfolio Standards and Resource Adequacy requirements. CPA’s 2024 Clean Energy and Reliability RFO will have multiple product categories and will target resources between 5 MW and 500 MW.
If you would like to receive notification of this solicitations, please contact us at: procurement@cleanpoweralliance.org
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.
June 9, 2023
RFO opens
June 20, 2023
Proposer Webinar to discuss RFO process at 11:00am Pacific Time
June 28, 2023
Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm PT. Submit questions here, directly on the RFO website.
July 10, 2023
Q&A document posted to the CPA RFO website
July 19, 2023
Deadline to submit RFO Proposals at 5:00pm Pacific Time
Mid/Late- September 2023
Proposers notified of shortlist status
September 2023 – January 2024*
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), Resource Adequacy Purchase Agreement (RAPA) and Energy Storage Agreement (ESA) negotiations and awards
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 transition to cleaner operations and GHG emissions.
Upon launch, the full RFO is available for download on the RFO Website, which includes 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
A Proposers webinar will be held on June 20, 2023 at 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.