The City and County of San Francisco (“City”), acting by and through its Public Utilities Commission, Power Enterprise (“SFPUC”), plans to launch the first phase of CleanPowerSF, the City’s Community Choice Aggregation Program (“CCA Program”) in early 2016. 

This Request for Offer (RFO) for Power Supplies seeks bids for energy and resource adequacy supplies as follows:

• Bid Option 1: Shaped energy that meets CleanPowerSF Phase I energy volumes, annual GHG emissions standard, and annual renewable energy content requirements with a term of three (3) to five (5) years with deliveries commencing no later than March 1, 2016. The renewable energy resources must meet the eligibility criteria for the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) Portfolio Content Category 1 (“PCC 1”) (Cal.Pub.Util.Code §399.16(b)(1)).

• Bid Option 2: Renewable energy produced and delivered by new or existing generating facilities with a term of one (1) to twenty-five (25) years. Bid Option 2 proposals should also include, to the extent available, the Resource Adequacy capacity for any generating facilities that have achieved or are expected to achieve full capacity deliverability status. All renewable energy deliveries must meet eligibility criteria for RPS PCC 1.

• Resource Adequacy Capacity (“RA”): RA capacity satisfying applicable requirements for CleanPowerSF’s Phase 1 loads for the following capacity products: System RA (NP 15), Local RA, and a sufficient quantity of Flexible RA (from qualified generating resources) located within NP 15. RA products are to be provided/scheduled over a minimum term of one (1) year commencing in the first Quarter of 2016. Local RA is to be provided/scheduled from resources located within the PG&E “Greater Bay Area” and the “Other PG&E” local capacity areas, as specified in the Bid Workbook (Attachment B-3).

 8/20/15 Pre-Submittal Meeting presentation and sign-in sheet posted. Addendum 1 posted. 

 8/27/15 Q&A Document from Pre-submittal meeting has been posted.

9/14/15 The written evaluation process has concluded for Bid Option 1 in CS-1032 Community Choice Aggregation Supplies. The SPUC has decided to shortlist the following 3 firms for Oral Interviews: Calpine, Constellation, & Morgan Stanley.

 9/25/15 The following RFO Respondents to Bid Options 1 and 2 have been selected for inclusion in a pool that will be recommended for further contract award consideration. 

Bid Option 1

Calpine Energy Services, L.P.

Constellation

Morgan Stanley

Bid Option 2

Calpine Energy Services, L.P.

E.ON

EDF Renewable Development, LLC.

First Solar

FTP Power LLC, dba Sustainable Power Group (sPower)

Iberdrola Renewables

Republic Services of Sonoma County, Inc.

8minutenergy

Centaurus Renewable Energy, LLC / Clenera, LLC 

 10/21/15 The following three firms have been shorlisted for the RA Capacity bid option: Calpine, Constellation, and EWP Renewable Development Corporation 

2/16/16 The SFPUC has awarded two Bid Option1 contracts to Calpine Energy Services, L.P. and Constellation (Exelon Generation Company, LLC) and one Bid Option 2 contract to Iberdrola's Shiloh I Wind Project, LLC.