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2024 SCE CPE Local RA RFO

Background

Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”), acting as the Central Procurement Entity (“SCE CPE”) for its distribution service area, is launching the the 2024 Central Procurement Entity Local Resource Adequacy Request for Offers (“2024 SCE CPE Local RA RFO”) seeking offers to procure multi-year Local Resource Adequacy (“Local RA”) to meet the requirements of California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) Decisions (“D.”) 20-06-002, 20-12-006, 22-03-034 and 23-06-029, the Central Procurement Entity (“CPE”) Decisions.

SCE CPE will procure Local RA for the Los Angeles Basin (“LAB”) and Big Creek-Ventura (“BCV”) local areas in SCE’s distribution service area for delivery periods starting January 1, 2025 with a preference for delivery periods from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2027. All procurement conducted by SCE CPE is separate and distinct from procurement conducted by SCE for SCE’s bundled electric service customers.

Products Solicited by SCE CPE

Compensated ProductsDescription
Local RA Capacity (“RA-Only”)Local RA Capacity with all RA attributes (local, system, and if applicable, flex) from generators with an NQC
Financial Settled Tolling Product with Local RA Capacity

Financially Settled Tolling agreement with generation which will include an energy settlement calculation. SCE will not serve as the scheduling coordinator and will have no dispatch rights. SCE CPE will consider only the following resource types for financially settled tolling product:

  • Gas Fired Generation (GFG)
  • In Front of the Meter Energy Storage (IFOM ES)
  • Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
Self-Show Local RA ResourceLSEs Self-Show local RA Capacity to the CPE from certain preferred, energy storage, and hybrid resources for a premium. LSEs retain system and flexible RA Capacity from any Self-Shown resource.

 

Non-Compensated ProductsDescription
Self-Show Local RA ResourceLSEs Self-Show local RA Capacity to the CPE for no compensation. LSEs retain system and flexible RA Capacity from any Self-Shown resource.

 

Key Dates

DateEvent
April 8, 2024RFO Launch
April 15, 2024 at 10:00am PSTMarket Participant Webinar: Webinar Link
May 6, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Noon PSTSCE as the LSE Offer Submission Deadline
Including compensated / non-compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources
May 7, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. Noon PSTAll Other Offer Submission Deadline
Including compensated / non-compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources
May 7, 2024 – Late July 2024Selection Notification Period
No Later than August 16, 2024Execution Deadline

 

Event Registration

All market participants interested in participating are required to pre-register through the PowerAdvocate website. Please visit PowerAdvocate® for SCE CPE Local RA RFO to access detailed RFO instructions (also posted here), pro forma agreements and/or term sheets, offer workbooks, and other additional information.  Search for the event code 115260 or use the link below:

https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=115260&pubEvent=true

RFO Documents

Contact Information

Any questions regarding this RFO may be directed to CPE@SCE.com. Please copy the Independent Evaluator, Alan.Taylor@SedwayConsulting.com at Sedway Consulting, on all communications. We look forward to your participation.

To receive notices about this RFO, please register for the SCE CPE distribution list here.