SCPPA New Resource and Transmission RFP Addendum No. 4

Location:	Federal
Posted:	May 27, 2026
Due:	Aug 31, 2026
Agency:	southern california public power authority
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	B - Special Studies and Analyses - Not R&D
Publication URL:	To access bid details, please log in.

Open Date: January 30, 2026

CLOSE DATE: August 31, 2026 by 5:00 PM PT

Attachment Preview

“NOTICE – THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY THE ADDENDA TO THE

RFP. PLEASE REFER TO THE RFP ADDENDA FOR LATEST VERSION.”

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC POWER AUTHORITY

REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR

New Resource and Transmission

ISSUANCE

DATE:

January 30, 2026

RESPONSE

DEADLINE:

August 31, 2026

I. INTRODUCTION

The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA), on behalf of its member agencies

(Member Agencies) is issuing this Request for Proposals (RFP) with the intent to procure and

connect renewable and carbon-free generation resources (with or without energy storage solutions)

and associated transmission infrastructure directly to the designated Points of Delivery (PODs)

listed in Section V within the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) Balancing

Authority Area. Respondents to this RFP (Respondents) are responsible for constructing and

providing the necessary transmission infrastructure to ensure energy can be delivered efficiently to

the listed PODs. An energy storage component may be included with a proposed energy project as

set forth below in Section V. However, stand-alone energy storage projects are not included in this

RFP. Stand-alone energy storage projects may be proposed under SCPPA’s separate Standalone

Energy Storage RFP posted biannually, and located here: https://scppa.org/rfps-bids/rfps-

resourceproject/.

California's Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) program was established by Senate Bill (SB)

1078, and has been subsequently modified by SB 107, SB 1036, SB 2 (1X), SB 350 and SB 100.

The RPS program is codified in Public Utilities Code Sections 399.11-399.33. Eligible products

should comply with the California Renewable Energy Resources Program (Public Resources Code sec.

25740 et seq.) and the California RPS program.

SCPPA and its participating Member Agencies are targeting proposals for projects with commercial

operation or delivery starting in 2036 or later, supporting the goal of 100% fossil-fuel free electricity

by 2045 or earlier. Selected projects may be selected for execution of a power purchase agreement

with an ownership option (PPA). The resulting PPA may be executed by SCPPA or the participating

Member Agency (such entity is referred to in this RFP as the “Buyer”).

New Resource and Transmission RFP: 1/30/2026 – 8/31/2026

The deadline to submit Proposals for this RFP is August 31, 2026, as described further in Sections

IV and VII.

II. BACKGROUND

SCPPA is a joint powers authority and a public entity created by its Member Agencies pursuant to the

California Joint Exercise of Powers Act (found in Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government

Code of the State of California.) and through the SCPPA Joint Powers Agreement for the purpose of

planning, financing, developing, acquiring, constructing, operating, and maintaining project for the

generation or transmission of electric energy and associated products and services. SCPPA is a

“cafeteria style” joint powers authority where Member Agencies can select the projects that they are

interested in pursuing at any time during the open period of the RFP. SCPPA can procure resources on

behalf of one or more of its Member Agencies.

Member Agencies comprise eleven cities and one irrigation district that provide retail electric service to

customers within their respective jurisdictional boundaries. Member Agencies are the cities of Anaheim,

Azusa, Banning, Burbank, Cerritos, Colton, Glendale, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside, and Vernon,

and the Imperial Irrigation District. Anaheim, Azusa, Banning, Cerritos, Colton, Pasadena, Riverside, and

Vernon are in the California Independent System Operator's (CAISO) Balancing Authority Area (BAA).

Los Angeles, Burbank, and Glendale are in the LADWP BAA. The Imperial Irrigation District operates its

own BAA.

SCPPA is governed by a Board of Directors (Board), which consists of a representative from each of its

Member Agencies. The management of SCPPA is under the direction of an Executive Director who is

appointed by the Board. Member Agencies’ electric utilities are governed by their respective city councils

or other locally elected governing bodies.

Many Member Agencies have established voluntary renewable targets, including the percentage of

renewable energy they wish to obtain within their portfolio. California legislation, including SB 100,

requires retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities to procure a minimum quantity of electricity

products from eligible renewable energy resources so that the total kWh of those products sold to their

retail end-use customers achieve 60% of retail sales by December 31, 2030. California law also

establishes a state policy that eligible renewable energy resources and zero-carbon resources supply

90% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers by December 31, 2035, 95% by

December 31, 2040, and 100% by December 31, 2045.

III. AREAS OF INTEREST

The minimum capacity size that may be proposed in response to this RFP is 100 MW.

Member Agencies seek tangible and timely opportunities to add proven renewable technologies to their

generation portfolios and thus will not entertain experimental or speculative proposals.

New Resource and Transmission RFP: 1/30/2026 – 8/31/2026

1. Ownership Participation

SCPPA is well positioned and experienced in facilitating joint ownership structures for renewable energy,

carbon-free energy, energy storage projects, and transmission infrastructure projects for the benefit of

Member Agencies. SCPPA can acquire an ownership interest in a project and sell 100% of the output to

interested Member Agencies at SCPPA’s cost. SCPPA or its Member Agencies may also enter into PPAs,

either with or without an option to purchase the project during the term of the agreement. Proposals

submitted in response to this RFP must include an option to purchase a project during the term of a PPA.

Whether the project is structured as a PPA with an ownership option or an outright ownership, SCPPA

and Member Agencies request the structure to consider and include opportunities for all parties to benefit

and take advantage of state and/or federal legislation, including tax incentives, grant opportunities, and

other incentives as available.

2. Regulatory Compliance

SCPPA continues to seek cost-effective resources to support Member Agencies’ RPS and carbon-free

objectives for 2026 and beyond. This RFP seeks to find the best combination of projects or products to

deliver energy from facilities that will be RPS compliant (pursuant to Public Utilities Code Sections 399.16

(b)(1), (b)(2) and (b)(3), i.e., energy and associated Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) in Portfolio

Content Category 1, 2 and 3, and compliant with the emissions performance standard (EPS) regulations

adopted by the California Energy Commission (20 Cal. Code of Regulations section 2900 et seq.) upon

Commercial Operation Date (COD) and throughout the term of the agreement. Projects shall be carbon-

free and comply with all applicable federal laws and regulations, California laws and regulations, including

RPS program requirements, and prudent utility practices, including but not limited the standards

established by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) and Western Electricity

Coordinating Council (WECC).

3. Project Requirements

Project requirements include but are not limited to the following. Please also refer to Section V of this

RFP and the Term Sheet and other documents attached as Appendices to this RFP for additional

information and requirements.

• Regulatory Compliance: Buyer requires that during the term of the PPA, Respondent shall

assume the risk of maintaining and bringing the facility or project into compliance should there be

a change in law that renders the facility noncompliant with regulatory mandates, including RPS,

EPS, and other clean energy mandates as described in the Term Sheet attached as Appendix

• Buyer’s Step in Right: Respondent will be responsible for site control. Buyer must be allowed to

assume or cure any default by Respondent in the site control documents.

• Environmental Liabilities: Respondent will be responsible for environmental liability, hazardous

materials, and removal.

New Resource and Transmission RFP: 1/30/2026 – 8/31/2026

• Environmental Attributes: Buyer shall receive all environmental attributes associated with the

generation facility and its output, including but not limited to renewable energy credits and air

emissions credits or offsets (i.e., greenhouse gas credits at the location of source and for the

gross output of the plant or otherwise credited).

• Permitting: Respondent will be responsible for obtaining all construction, operational, and

environmental permits and licenses and construction financing for the project and facility.

IV. RFP TIMELINE / SCHEDULE*

NEW RESOURCE AND TRANSMISSION RFP

TIMELINE

SCHEDULE OF REQUIREMENTS

Issue RFP

RFP Open Period

Optional Pre-Bidders Meeting 1

Optional Pre-Bidders Meeting 2

Clarification Questions Due

Responses to Clarification Questions Due

Proposals Submittal Deadline

*Timeline/Schedule is subject to change.

TARGET DATE(S)

January 30, 2026

January 30, 2026-August 31, 2026

February 23, 2026

March 23, 2026

On or Before June 12, 2026

10 Business Days

After Submitted

August 31, 2026

V. PROPOSAL SUBMISSION REQUIRED ELEMENTS

1. TRANSMITTAL LETTER CONTENT:

A. An officer authorized to bind Respondent must sign the proposal on behalf of

Respondent and must include the following declarations on the transmittal letter:

“This proposal is genuine, and not sham or collusive, nor made in the interest

or in behalf of any person not herein named; Respondent has not directly or

indirectly induced or solicited any other Respondent to put in a sham bid, or any

other person, firm or corporation to refrain from submitting a proposal; and the

New Resource and Transmission RFP: 1/30/2026 – 8/31/2026

Respondent has not in any manner sought by collusion to secure for itself

an advantage over any other Respondent.”

2. RESPONDENT INFORMATION:

Provide legal name of Respondent company or individual, physical street address, the name(s) and

title(s) of the individual(s) authorized to represent Respondent, including telephone number(s) and

email address(es). If the Respondent is a Joint Venture, please provide such information regarding

all entities that form part of the Joint Venture company.

3. RESOURCE TECHNOLOGY TYPE:

Clearly identify the proposal as one or more of a combination of one or more of the following renewable

and/or carbon-free generation resources complying with the current edition of the California Energy

Commission Renewables Portfolio Standard Eligibility Guidebook (CEC Guidebook) or carbon-free

mandates:

a. Solar, including all photo-voltaic and photo-optic technologies where light is directly converted to

electricity. Any solar overbuild beyond 1.2 DC/AC ratio should be noted. If there is a hybrid energy

storage with the facility, please provide a description of how the energy storage facility will be

charged.

b. Wind, including all air-flow technologies involving a turbine of any type (i.e., offshore, or onshore).

c. Geothermal, including all temperature gradient technologies.

d. Hydro, including all mass-in-motion technologies involving fluids and hydro efficiency

improvements.

e. Solar Thermal, including all concentration technologies where a heat transfer medium is used to

generate electricity.

f. Fuel cell utilizing a renewable fuel such as hydrogen that uses green hydrogen technologies.

g. Flexible resources, such as wind, solar, and/or geothermal with the ability to ramp up/down to

provide reserve margins and other grid benefits.

h. Hydrogen, the production and utilization of green hydrogen technologies.

i. Hybrid projects: resources may be bundled together but pricing options for individual technologies

should be itemized. Include hourly seasonal guarantee capacity factors for both the renewable

resource only, as well as for renewable resource plus battery storage.

j. Energy Storage combined with renewable energy projects; energy storage with a capacity of at

least one half the total interconnection capacity offered by the renewable resource.

k. Nuclear (i.e., Small Module Reactors).

4. ASSOCIATED TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE:

Respondent shall provide a well-developed plan for the design, permitting, and construction of any

associated transmission infrastructure necessary to interconnect the proposed resource to the designated

PODs. Generation resources must be developed in conjunction with the transmission infrastructure,

which deliver to the Los Angeles basin via new transmission by the COD. All associated costs must be

included in the proposed pricing.

This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

Daily notification on new contract opportunities

With GovernmentContracts, you can:

Find more opportunities and win more business
Receive daily alerts for all new bid opportunities
Get contract opportunities matched to your business

ONE WEEK FREE TRIAL

SCPPA New Resource and Transmission RFP Addendum No. 4

Attachment Preview

See also