2014 Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit Request For Offers (GHG Offset Credit RFO)

PG&E is issuing this GHG Offset Credit RFO to solicit offers of Offset Credits to satisfy PG&E’s compliance obligations under the Cap-and-Trade Regulations adopted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) as part of CARB’s implementation of AB 32.

PG&E requests that sellers that meet the criteria established in the GHG Offset Credit RFO Protocol submit one or more offers to sell Offset Credits as defined by and pursuant to the Cap-and-Trade Regulations.

Schedule

All times are in Pacific Prevailing Time (PPT)

Event	Date/Time (PPT)
PG&E issues GHG Offset Credit RFO	March 19, 2014
Deadline to submit registration for Participant Information Session	March 26, 2014
Participant Information Session See the Information Session logistics below for more details.	March 27, 2014 1:00 - 2:00 P.M.
Deadline for Participants to submit completed Offer(s).	April 21, 2014 by 1:00 P.M. PPT
PG&E notifies Shortlisted Participants	May 6, 2014
Deadline for Participants to notify PG&E of acceptance of shortlist position from PG&E and to return Confidentiality Agreement	May 9, 2014
Target timeframe to conclude RFO	June 11, 2014

Information Session

PG&E held an Information Session in San Francisco at the Palace Hotel (French Parlor Room) on March 27th, 2014 from 1 - 2 pm PPT. The session coincided with the Navigating the American Carbon World 2014 conference.

At this Session, PG&E provided an overview of the RFO Protocol and accompanying information, and answered general questions about the RFO. The presentation from this Session, along with audio, is available below.

If the audio portion of the Bidders' Webinar does not open in your browser, you will need to open the Windows Media Player and copy the URL link inot your media file application.

Information Session and Webinar Presentation Redline (PDF, 115 KB) (Updated 04-10-2014)
Information Session Audio (MP3, 7.6 MB)
Information Session Q&A (PDF, 69 KB)

Offer Submission

Participants may submit multiple offers and up to three variations per offer by providing one Offer Form for each offer and/or variation. When submitting offers, please limit the size of emails to 10 MB (inclusive of attachments). If submitting multiple emails for an offer, please clearly identify the submission by using the convention in the email subject header "Bid ID XXXXXXX 1 of X". The BID ID for an offer may be found on the completed Offer Form. For complete and detailed information about the offer submission process, see the RFO Protocol.