San Diego Community Power (SDCP) is seeking qualified professionals to provide independent evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V) services for the Solar Battery Savings (SBS) Program. The SBS Program is a pilot initiative that provides upfront equipment rebates to participants in exchange for participation in weekday events where their battery systems discharge during peak periods (4-9 PM). Approximately 1,440 batteries are currently enrolled in the program, with enrollments occurring between Q4 2024 and Q4 2025.
The selected bidder will quantify bill impacts for program participants to inform future program design and marketing. Key analysis questions include determining total bill impacts (including generation, transmission, distribution, and incentive impacts), analyzing variations across customer segments (customer rates, solar plans, rate types, weather/location, and manufacturer), and comparing bill impacts across different hourly discharge window durations. The analysis requires recreating participant bills across multiple scenarios: baseline consumption only, solar-only operation, solar and storage optimized operation, and program-optimized operation with dispatch events.
The project period runs from April 20, 2026 to September 25, 2026, with initial results expected by July 31, 2026. The selected bidder must complete three core tasks: project planning and kick-off, program-level review including data acquisition and analysis, and final reporting with presentations. An optional fourth task involves customer surveys to assess satisfaction with the SBS program and knowledge gaps among non-participants. The maximum budget for all services is $150,000.
Deliverables include a detailed workplan, kick-off meeting materials, cleaned and validated datasets in Excel format, comprehensive evaluation documentation, and a final report with supporting analysis, charts, graphs, and recommendations. SDCP expects collaboration with its staff and works with a Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) service provider and battery manufacturers to implement the program.