Wholesale Electric Power Procurement

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Welcome to PG&E's Wholesale Electric Power Procurement website. To meet customer load, PG&E purchases wholesale electric energy and capacity from generators and suppliers. PG&E periodically conducts Solicitations / Requests for Offers (RFO) for conventional and renewable electricity. Information about PG&E's Wholesale Electric Power Procurement and RFOs will be posted on this website. When PG&E conducts a specific Solicitation / RFO to purchase new energy and/or capacity, the RFO will be announced via e-mail to potential bidders and posted below.

Request for Offers (RFOs)

Information about particular RFO

• Combined Heat and Power RFO Revised 01/27/2012
• 2012 Greenhouse Gas Allowances and Offset Credit RFO Revised 02/07/2012
• Independent Evaluator RFB
• Solar PV PPA Program RFO
• Renewable Auction Mechanism RFO Revised 11/01/2011
• 2011 Renewables RFO
• 2009 Renewables RFO (CLOSED)
• 2010 Intermediate Term Request for Offers (CLOSED)
• 2008 Intermediate-term RFO (CLOSED)
• All Source Request for Offers (CLOSED)

Request to be added to PG&E's RFO Distribution List

For those who wish to receive notification of PG&E's Request for Offers (RFOs) and/or other program related information complete the "RFO Distribution List (XLS, 22 KB)" form and return the form in its entirety to the mailbox addressed on the form.

Procurement Review Group

The PRG meetings are not open to the public and are only open to members of the PRG.

In Decision 07-12-05 2, the California Public Utilities Commission instructed the California Investor Owned Utilities (IOUs) to establish web-based calendars that provide information on Procurement Review Group (PRG) meetings and planned solicitation activities. The attached calendar contains PG&E's upcoming PRG meeting dates, times, and topics, to the extent that they have been scheduled. For PG&E’s previous 2008 PRG meetings, the calendar links into specific meeting agendas and participants. This calendar will contain only public information.

• 2011 PRG Calendar (DOC, 122 KB)
• 2012 PRG Calendar (DOC, 313 KB)

Standard Contracts for Purchase (Feed-in Tariffs)

On February 14, 2008, the Commission approved Resolution E-4137 (PDF, 215 KB) pertaining to PG&E’s tariffs and standard contracts for both its Section 399.20 PPA (Public Water and Wastewater) Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and the Small Renewable Generator PPA.

The Standard Contracts for Purchase (Feed-in Tariffs) of eligible renewable generation offer both a full buy/sell option and an excess sale option to customers, which means PG&E will purchase all of the electricity their facility generates, or they can choose to use some of the electricity for their own needs and PG&E will purchase only the excess.