RFO-23-401
Description
RCEA continues to seek offers for new or incremental capacity that can deliver resource adequacy (RA) to further its contributions to grid reliability in California, and to fulfill its procurement obligations pursuant to the CPUC’s Mid-Term Reliability Decisions and RCEA’s Board-adopted goals. Specifically, offers of storage, generation or generation paired with storage that can be online by June 2027 may be eligible for consideration under this RFO.
First review of offers were conducted on August 21st, 2023, and subsequent submittals will be reviewed on a rolling basis at the discretion of RCEA staff until RCEA has contracted its MTR capacity need or August 1, 2025, whichever comes first.
Schedule
August 7, 2023 – Issuance of RFO
August 21, 2023 – First Review Date (subsequent reviews on rolling basis)
October 2, 2023 – First shortlist status notification
August 1, 2025 – Final Closure Date
Documents
RCEA 2023 RFO 2 Protocol (PDF)
Appendix A: SOQ Form (DOCX)
Appendix B: Project Details Form (DOCX)
Appendix C: Offer Form (XLSX)
Appendix D: Proforma Power Purchase Agreement 2023 (DOCX)
Appendix E: Exclusivity Agreement (DOCX)
RCEA 2023 MTR RFO Addendum 1 Q&A (PDF)
RCEA 2023 RFO Addendum 2 Schedule Update (PDF)
RFO-23-401 Addendum 3 Q&A (PDF)
RFO-23-401 Addendum 4 (PDF)