All Source Request for Offer (RFO)
San Diego Community Power is seeking offers for clean firm, renewable energy, and energy storage projects under an all-source RFO. Proposals must be for projects within CAISO (SP15 preference) with a minimum capacity of 10 MW AC, flat pricing, and a 10-20 year contract term. Offers are due by August 21, 2026, with shortlist notifications on October 7, 2026.
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San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) serving approximately 1,000,000 accounts with 8,000 GWh annual load, is issuing an all-source Request for Offers (RFO) for clean firm, renewable energy, and energy storage projects. The solicitation seeks offers for products from projects located within CAISO, with a strong preference for physical interconnection at the SP15 trading hub. Eligible project categories include clean firm resources (zero-emitting with 80% capacity factor), RPS-eligible renewable resources providing PCC1 energy with bundled attributes, stand-alone energy storage resources of 4-hour duration or longer, and hybrid or co-located projects pairing RPS and storage. Minimum project size is 10 MW AC. Required commercial operation dates are before December 31, 2032 for most projects, with clean firm projects allowed up to December 31, 2034. Contract terms must be no less than 10 and no more than 20 years following commercial operation. Pricing must be flat (no escalators or time-of-delivery factors) and proposals must reflect all anticipated tax credits.
Key dates in the RFO schedule are: RFO issuance on July 8, 2026; deadline for electronic questions on July 15, 2026; Community Power posts responses on July 24, 2026; offer submittal deadline on August 21, 2026; short-list and waitlist selection notifications on October 7, 2026; execution of high-level exclusivity agreements in Q4 2026; and execution of power purchase agreements in Q1-Q2 2027. Protests may be filed within five business days after contract award notification. All questions must be submitted via the online question submission form on SDCP's website.
Respondents must submit electronic proposals via the online All Source RFO Submission Form on SDCP's website, using the standardized Excel offer form (Attachment A). An unmodified version of the template must be completed in its entirety for each unique project. Community Power may conduct interviews or request clarifying information after initial review. Projects proposed must have site control, financing plans, and interconnection studies; executed interconnection agreements are strongly preferred. For utility-scale solar, battery storage, and wind projects, a project labor agreement (PLA) is required. For other projects, higher evaluation scores are available for commitments to prevailing wages, union labor, skilled and trained workforce, and local hiring.
Evaluation criteria, detailed in the Energy Proposal Evaluation Criteria (EPEC), include: economic and portfolio value (nodal economics, resource adequacy value, renewable attribute value, technology and product diversity); project development status (site control, developer experience, developer and project financials); workforce development (PLA use, union labor, apprenticeship programs, local hiring); community benefits (location in disadvantaged communities, emissions reductions, community benefit fund contributions); and environmental stewardship (use of developed or brownfield lands, additional environmental benefits). CPUC supplier diversity reporting is required from awarded contractors, though demographic information will not be used in selection decisions.
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