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The Clean Energy Innovation Solicitation: Emerging Technologies and New Business Models (Innovation Solicitation) focuses on evaluating and advancing a diverse range of early-stage, innovative clean energy technologies, new business models, customer programs, and procurement ideas. The Innovation Solicitation is intended to identify and assess forward-thinking solutions for innovative clean energy projects in the development phase, novel business solutions, clean energy deployment strategies, streamlined procurement practices, and innovative programmatic solutions that would be of benefit to CPA and CPA customers.
If you have a proposal for a resource that is otherwise eligible for CPA’s other Request for Offers (RFO) such as the Clean Energy and Reliability RFO, Power Share RFO or Power Ready RFO, please submit your proposal to those RFOs.
Emerging clean renewable or carbon-free power technologies or resources providing generation and/or energy storage capabilities. The resource must be located (or intended to be) within the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) or able to deliver energy to CAISO. Projects in this track must meet the minimum size requirement of 1 MW with a maximum size requirement of 200 MW and a commercial readiness date no later than 2035.
Proposals selected from Track 1 will be invited to enter into an Award Option of the Proposers choosing, and depending on which Award Option is requested, Proposers will either be encouraged to resubmit their proposal in a future CPA RFO or upon successfully meeting the required developmental milestones, may be shortlisted and begin negotiations for a Power Purchase Agreement. CPA intends that these Award Options will support the project’s development and eventual success.
May 27, 2025
Innovation Solicitation opens.
June 20, 2025
Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm Pacific Time
June 30, 2025
Q&A document posted to the CPA Innovation Solicitation website
July 28, 2025
Deadline to submit Track 1 proposals at 11:59pm Pacific Time
August 2025
Track 1 proposals submitted by July 28th are notified of selection or non-selection
November 7, 2025
Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm Pacific Time
November 21, 2025
Q&A document posted to the CPA Innovation Solicitation website
January 9, 2026
Deadline to submit proposals at 5:00pm Pacific Time
February 2026
Track 1 proposals submitted by January 9th are notified of selection or non-selection
New business models, contracting structures, customer programs, or partnerships with CPA that will provide a benefit to CPA and its customers and have a commercial readiness date of 2030 or sooner.
May 27, 2025
Innovation Solicitation opens
June 20, 2025
Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm Pacific Time
June 30, 2025
Q&A document posted to the CPA Innovation Solicitation website
November 7, 2025
Deadline to submit questions at 11:59pm Pacific Time
November 21, 2025
Q&A document posted to the CPA Innovation Solicitation website
January 9, 2026
Deadline to submit Track 2 submissions at 5:00pm Pacific Time
Responses to the solicitation may be submitted at any time up to January 9, 2026. CPA will review Track 1 proposals according to the schedule, while Track 2 submissions will undergo rolling reviews through January 9, 2026.
Full submission instructions are included in the solicitation documents.
The full solicitation is available for download on the Solicitation Website, which includes the following documents:
SOLICITATION MATERIALS