2023-2026 IRP Reliability RFO

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• View the Mid-Term Reliability RFO for Imports
• Issued on February 28, 2023, D.23-02-040 Ordering Paragraph 8 states that “For enhanced reliability purposes and compliance with the generic capacity requirements of Decision (D.) 21-06-035 or this order, but not for the Diablo Canyon replacement capacity or long lead-time resource procurement required in D.21-06-035, a load serving entity may contract for imported energy as a bridge until the online date of a new compliance resource, from any resource and with any counterparty, for a period of not more than three years. The bridge contract for imported energy must meet resource adequacy requirements at the time the contract is executed.”

• SDG&E is launching this Request for Offer(s) (RFO) to seek submission of imported energy offer(s) for the purchase of eligible resource adequacy (RA) as bridge capacity to meet electric system reliability needs in D.21-06-035 and D.23-02-040. .
  • The offered imported energy must follow the eligibility and counting rules of resource adequacy requirements at the time of contract execution and with a delivery start date of June 1, 2024, until June 1, 2025 (one-year term).
  • For non-resource-specific RA imports, an “energy product” that “cannot be curtailed for economic reasons” shall self-schedule into the California Independent System Operator markets, consistent with the timeframe established in the governing contract.
  • SDG&E will utilize the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) master contract or Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP) agreement to execute any agreement(s) that may result from this RFO.
• The updated schedule for the import energy RFO is described in the table below.

SDG&E reserves the right to revise this schedule at any time and in SDG&E’s sole discretion. Proposals must be submitted via PowerAdvocate in accordance with the instructions contained in the RFP Protocols.  Respondents intending to bid but who do not yet have an existing account with PowerAdvocate® must first register to create a username/password to receive access to the event (event code 140188). Users with an existing PowerAdvocate® account may request access using:   

https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=140188&pubEvent=true 

Please submit the following required documents for proposed offer(s).

Import Energy Offer Form

Credit Application

DBE Subcontracting Goal and Reporting

If Respondents encounter difficulties with the submission process, they should provide evidence of such difficulties. 

All questions or other communications regarding this IRP Reliability RFO must be submitted via email to BOTH IRPReliabilityRFO@sdge.com with a CC to SDGE_IE@paconsulting.com (Independent Evaluator). 

• SDG&E is reopening this RFO for submission of new offer(s) and/or updates to previously submitted offer(s) for the purchase of eligible resource adequacy (“RA”) to come online by August 1, 2023, June 1, 2024, June 1, 2025, or June 1, 2026. While SDG&E is seeking new and updated offers for all online dates, SDG&E is particularly interested in offers from projects that can achieve an August 2023 COD. All updated information are in red font below. 

•  SDG&E is extending the due date for offers in response to this RFO from November 5 to November 19, 2021 and expanding the qualifications for conforming offers to include incremental resources that can come online in the summer of 2022.  

• SDG&E is interested in resources that will come online in summer 2022 pursuant to the recent Electric Reliability Order Instituting Rulemaking 20-11-003 Phase 2 Proposed Decision, issued on October 29, 2021. Requirements for resources that come online in summer 2022 can be found in the Proposed Decision (https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cpuc-website/divisions/energy-division/documents/summer-2021-reliability/one-pager-of-proposed-decision-phase-2-pd-4-dec-2021.pdf) Ordering Paragraphs 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, and 72. 

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