2014 Renewables Portfolio Standard

On December 24, 2014 the Commission approved the 2014 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) Procurement Plan that was filed and amended on December 8th and December 23rd, respectively, in response to D.14-11-042. In this RFO, PG&E is seeking Offers for bundled energy and capacity from Eligible Renewable Resources (ERRs) and Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). Parties interested in submitting Offers in response to this RFO are referred to PG&E's Solicitation Protocol and other RFO-related data and information described below.

* Bid packages during Stage 2 will be accepted in the Stage 1 phase.

Attachments D1 and D2 notice: Attachments are located in the zip file name, “Attachment D1: General Offer Form" and "Attachment D2: REC Offer Form”. To open (unzip) the files, double-click on the zip file. You may then be prompted to specify where you want to store the extracted files. Once extracted, please make sure you Enable Macros otherwise the worksheet will not function properly.

• 2014 Solicitation Protocol
• RPS RFO Attachments:
  • Attachment A: RPS Solicitation Protocol Terms and Conditions
  • Attachment B: Form of Letter of Credit
  • Attachment C: Webinar Registration Not Needed
  • Attachment D1: General Offer Form (Updated 01-13-2015)
  • Attachment D2: REC Offer Form
  • Attachment E: Participant Credit-Related Information Form
  • Attachment F: Request for Taxpayer ID Number (W-9)
  • Attachment G: Confidentiality Agreement
  • Attachment H1: Form of Power Purchase Agreement
  • Attachment H2: Form of Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)
  • Attachment H3: Form of Short-term Agreement
  • Attachment I: Detailed Term Sheet
  • Attachment J1: Project Description
  • Attachment J2: Other Project Attributes
  • Attachment J3: Site Control
  • Attachment J4: Project Milestone Schedule
  • Attachment J5: Experience and Qualifications
  • Attachment J6: Supplemental CEC Filing
  • Attachment K: Detailed Least Cost Best Fit Evaluation Criteria
  • Attachment L: Transmission and Interconnection
  • Attachment M: Additional Project Information

• Hourly data from CAISO's 2014 LTPP Production Costs runs
• 2014 RPS with Storage Key Terms Summary

PG&E's RPS Bidders' Webinar for 2014 was held on January 7, 2015.

• Presentation
• Audio File
• Attendee List
• Q&A

All Participants who are interested in submitting a bid package into PG&E’s 2014 RPS RFO will need to register with Power Advocate at the following link: https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=46159&pubEvent=true (Event Number and Title "46159: 2014 RPS RFO")

Only those participants that have been accepted through the Power Advocate platform will be permitted to bid into this RFO.

We strongly encourage you to register now.

All bid package materials must be submitted on the Power Advocate site by the schedule and time indicated above.

• Power Advocate guidelines

For additional background information pertaining to the CPUC Project Viability Calculator please visit the CPUC website at: http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Renewables/procurement.htm

The latest California Energy Commission guidebooks (Renewables Portfolio Standard Eligibility and the RPS Eligibility) are available and downloadable California Energy Commission website.

• Frequently Asked Questions
• How to create a GIS file using Google Earth
• 2014 Energy Storage RFO

For information or questions about PG&E 2014 Renewables RFO
E-Mail to: RenewableRFO@pge.com