SDG&E 2016 Preferred Resources Local Capacity Requirement Request for Offers

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Respondents are encouraged to check this RFO Website periodically for updates, notices, and postings. SDG&E, at its sole discretion, pursuant to orders from the CPUC, may change the terms, requirements and schedule of this solicitation. Respondents should monitor the RFO Website for announcements regarding any updates or changes including posted questions & answers. SDG&E will post all solicitation announcements, including scheduling changes or RFO amendments to this website. In particular, check the RFO website for (i) details on the pre-bid conference call and (ii) posting of answers to submitted questions.

• 6/24/2016 - General, Credit, and Evaluation FAQs have been updated
• 6/15/2016 - General FAQs have been updated
• 6/10/2016 - General FAQs have been updated
• 6/02/2016 - Credit FAQs have been updated
• 5/23/2016 - Evaluation FAQs have been updated
• 5/04/2016 - General, Evaluation and Interconnection and Credit FAQs have been updated
• 4/13/2016 – Bidder’s Conference Presentation posted
• 4/12/2016 - General, Evaluation and Interconnection FAQs have been updated
• 3/31/2016 - New FAQs are now posted
• 2/26/2016 - Launched!

Description of the RFO

San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) issued its 2016 Preferred Resources Local Capacity Requirement (“LCR”) Request for Offers (“RFO”) to solicit bids  in accordance with Decision ("D.") 14-03-004 – Decision Authorizing Long-Term Procurement for Local Capacity Requirements due to Permanent Retirement of the San Onofre Nuclear Generation Station (the “Track 4 Decision”) on February 26, 2016.

SDG&E is requesting offers for the following resources:

1. Energy Efficiency (EE)
2. Demand Response (DR)
3. Renewables
4. Energy Storage
5. Distributed Generation (DG)

For more information, click on the link for each specific resource.  Resource-specific RFO forms, documents, schedule and frequently asked questions can also be found by clicking the links above.

SDG&E is seeking up to 140 MW in aggregate from all product types included in this RFO. SDG&E is interested in resources that can begin deliveries as early as 2018 but will consider later start dates, is not specifying any required term, but some portion of the delivery term must encompass all of calendar year 2022. SDG&E’s authorization for this solicitation comes from the Track 4 Decision and D.15-05-051 (the Carlsbad Energy Center Conditional Approval Decision).

SDG&E is soliciting third party-owned, contracted resources for all of the product types listed above with the exception of energy storage.  For the energy storage product type, SDG&E is soliciting both third party owned, contracted resources and energy storage systems to be owned by SDG&E (more information on Utility owned storage can be found on the Energy Storage web page and in the Energy Storage RFO document). 

SDG&E’s solicitation process is designed and intended to evaluate the different resource types (and ownership structures, in the case of energy storage) on an equivalent basis.  SDG&E will consider loading order ranking, ability to provide category 1 flexible RA, DBE status, and respondent’s safety plans as a qualitative factors in the evaluation.  

The Independent Evaluator (IE) for this solicitation is PA Consulting (Jon Jacobs - jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com)

Limit on Number of Offers / Bids

Each Respondent is limited to six bids per project or program.  What constitutes a different project or program is included in the RFO documents and includes:  differing CODs or delivery start dates, differing delivery terms, differing energy deliveries or dispatchable configurations, differing maximum capacity or energy savings, differing points of interconnection, differing operational constraints and differing equipment suppliers. 

If the respondent has questions or concerns regarding bid limits, please contact SDG&E at: PrefResourcesRFO@sdge.com and cc thethe IEs  Jon Jacobs -jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com. 

Diverse Business Enterprises (DBEs)

SDG&E encourages Diverse Business Enterprises (“DBEs”), “Women-Owned Businesses” or “Minority-Owned Businesses” or “Disabled Veteran Business Enterprises” as defined in G.O. 156[1], to participate in this All Source RFO. 

Furthermore, SDG&E encourages developers to utilize DBEs during various stages of project development and construction. As a part of G.O. 156, SDG&E will require developers to identify and verify their DBE contractor/subcontractor spending if any.

Additional information on SDG&E’s DBE program and utilizing DBEs can be found at:

http://www.sempra.com/about/supplier-diversity/

and http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/puc/supplierdiversity/

SDG&E’s DBE Program representatives will provide a presentation during the bidder’s outreach event on April 13, 2016.  DBEs can request additional information by contacting SDG&E at vendorrelations@sdge.com.

RFO Questions and Answers / Frequently Asked Questions

All questions must be provided to SDG&E via the following e-mail address: PrefResourcesRFO@sdge.com and cc the IE's Jon Jacobs -jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com.  (with the exception of questions that are asked at the bidder’s outreach event in April).  Answers to questions received will be posted on this web page or the product type specific pages listed above.  Categories of questions and answers that will be posted on this page include:

• General Questions
• Evaluation Related Questions
• Interconnection Related Questions
• Credit Related Questions

Please submit questions to SDG&E’s RFO team by email at PrefResourcesRFO@sdge.com and cc the IE's Jon Jacobs -jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com.  

SDG&E’s initial responses will be available approximately one week after the bidder’s conference. 

SDG&E will post responses periodically thereafter.  The deadline to submit questions is June 17, 2016 and SDG&E will post its final responses on June 24, 2016. 

RFO Schedule

The following schedule and deadlines apply to this RFO.

SDG&E reserves the right to revise this schedule at any time and at SDG&E's sole discretion. Respondents are responsible for accessing the resource-specific websites on a regular basis for updated schedule and possible amendments/changes to the RFO or the solicitation process for a specific resource.

Outreach Event/Pre-Bid Conference

SDG&E will host one bidder outreach event:

The event is scheduled for April 13, 2016 which will be an in-person event (with dial-in / webinar available for those that cannot attend in-person).  Participation in this event is NOT mandatory in order to submit an offer.

• LCR Pre-Bid Conference Presentation

• Pre-Bid Conference Audio Replay – available until June 12th
  Dial-in: 1-888-266-2081 or 1-703-925-2533
  Passcode: 1670738

Please monitor the RFO website for further details (such as conference presentation materials, location details, and final arrangements).  SDG&E will also make an effort to notify bidders of outreach event details via e-mail. 

Any party interested in attending these events should email the following information to PrefResourcesRFO@sdge.com and cc thethe IEs  Jon Jacobs -jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com. 

• Company name, and
• Attendees’ names, titles and contact information

To Contact SDG&E Regarding this RFO

All questions or other communications regarding this RFO must be submitted via e-mail to PrefResourcesRFO@sdge.com and cc thethe IEs  Jon Jacobs -jonathan.jacobs@paconsulting.com and Barbara Sands - Barbara.Sands@PAConsulting.com. 

The deadline to submit questions is June 17, 2016.  All questions and answers will be posted on this website (see RFO Questions and Answers Link, above).

[1] See http://www.thesupplierclearinghouse.com/eligibility/default.asp for the definition of a DBE.