2021 CPE Local RA RFO

Overview

 

Pursuant to California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) Decision (“D.”) 20-06-002,the Central Procurement Entity Decision (“CPE Decision”) and D. 20-12-006, the Local Capacity Requirement Reduction Compensation Mechanism Decision (“LCR RCM Decision”), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (“PG&E”) acting as the Central Procurement Entity in its distribution service area (“CPE” or “PG&E CPE”) is issuing its 2021 CPE Local RA RFO (or “Solicitation”) to procure local RA (“Local RA”) from participants (“Participants”) on behalf of all load serving entities (“LSEs”) in PG&E’s distribution service area beginning with the 2023 RA compliance year.

 

The CPE Decision requires PG&E CPE to begin Local RA procurement responsibilities in 2021 for 100 percent of the 2023 Local RA requirements and 50 percent of the 2024 Local RA requirements in its distribution service area.

Expected Schedule for Non-Compensated Self-Shown Commitment Process

All deadlines occur at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Prevailing Time ("PPT"), unless otherwise noted.

All deadlines occur at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Prevailing Time ("PPT"), unless otherwise noted.
EventDate

Participants are invited to register online to receive notices regarding the Solicitation at www.pge.com/cpe

Ongoing

PG&E CPE issues Solicitation

April 23, 2021

Participants' Webinar

May 5, 2021

Offer Form Webinar

May 10, 2021

Deadline for CPUC LSEs to submit Non-Compensated Self-Shown Offers

June 1, 2021 at 1PM (PPT)

PG&E CPE notifies CPUC LSEs that their Non-Compensated Self-Shown Offers are Qualified.


PG&E CPE notifies the CAM/PRG of all Non-Compensated Self-Shown Offers that are deemed Qualified.

Late-June – Early July 2021

Estimated Execution of Agreement(s) resulting from the Non-Compensated Self-Shown Offer Process, provided that the Agreement(s) are mutually agreed to by both PG&E CPE and Participant.

August – Early-September 2021

PG&E CPE’s estimated Local RA Showing for the 2023 and 2024 compliance years with the CPUC

Late-September 2021

Expected Schedule for Competitive Offer Process

All deadlines occur at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Prevailing Time ("PPT"), unless otherwise noted.

All deadlines occur at 5:00 p.m. Pacific Prevailing Time ("PPT"), unless otherwise noted.
EventDate

Participants are invited to register online to receive notices regarding the Solicitation at www.pge.com/cpe

Ongoing

PG&E CPE issues Solicitation

April 23, 2021

Participants’ Webinar

May 5, 2021

Offer Form Webinar

May 10, 2021

Deadline for PG&E Participants to submit Competitive Offers via Power Advocate

June 7, 2021 at 1PM (PPT)

Deadline for Non-PG&E Participants to submit Competitive Offers via Power Advocate

June 8, 2021 at 1PM (PPT)

PG&E CPE notifies Participants that their Competitive Offer(s) are Qualified.

 

PG&E CPE notifies the CAM/PRG of all Competitive Offers that are deemed Qualified.

Late-June – Early-July 2021

Participants with Qualified Competitive Offers are required to have completed safety prequalification with IS-Net as further described in Section V of Attachment 2A and 2B.

July 29, 2021

Estimated Execution of Agreement(s) resulting from the Competitive Offer Process, provided that the Agreement(s) are mutually agreed to by both PG&E CPE and Participant.

August – Early-September 2021

PG&E CPE’s estimated Local RA Showing for the 2023 and 2024 compliance years with the CPUC

Late-September 2021

The schedules above and documents associated with the Solicitation are subject to change at PG&E CPE’s sole discretion at any time and for any reason. PG&E CPE will endeavor to notify Participants of any changes to the Solicitation but shall not be liable for any costs or liability incurred by Participants or any other party due to a change or for failing to provide notice or acceptable notice of any change.

CPE Local RA Solicitation Protocol and Appendices

Power Advocate Instructions, Registration Information and Offer Submittal


All Participants will need to register with Power Advocate using the link below to gain access to submit an Offer into the solicitation. Please note that there are three separate Power Advocate links for the Solicitation. Ensure you register and submit your Offer to the appropriate Power Advocate site.


Participants' Webinars

 

PG&E CPE hosted a Participants' Webinar on Wednesday May 5th, 2021 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM (PPT). The presentation of this event, along with the transcript and audio file, are available here.

 

 

Offer Form Webinar

 

PG&E CPE hosted an Offer Form Webinar on Monday May 10th, 2021 which provided an overview of the functionality of the offer forms. The presentation of this event, along with the transcript and audio file, are available here.

 

Contact Information

 

To ensure the accuracy and consistency of information provided to all Participants, PG&E CPE encourages Participants to submit any inquiries via e-mail to CPESolicitations@pge.com and CC the Independent Examiner (“IE”), Merrimack Energy Group, Inc., at merrimackIE@merrimackenergy.com. With respect to a matter of general interest raised by any Participant, PG&E CPE may, without reference to the inquiring Participant, post the question and PG&E CPE’s response on PG&E’s website. PG&E CPE will attempt to respond to all inquiries but may decline to respond to any particular inquiry.

 

All correspondence will be monitored by the IE, who was selected to oversee this Solicitation. The IE is an independent, third-party evaluator who is required by the CPUC to monitor and evaluate the CPE’s competitive solicitation process as well as the contract execution process.

 

To receive notices about this RFO and to be added to PG&E's CPE RFO Distribution List, visit CPE Distribution List Form.

 

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