About

The Utah Renewable Communities (URC) is a coalition of 19 towns, cities, and counties across Utah who are working in partnership with Rocky Mountain Power to launch a new clean energy program. This program aims to offer Rocky Mountain Power customers a choice to supplement their current energy mix with additional clean energy at a minimal cost increase.

The URC is soliciting clean energy resources that:

• can achieve commercial operation no later than Dec 31, 2029

• are located in Utah, Wyoming, or Idaho (with additional points possible for Utah projects)

• will interconnect directly with PacifiCorp transmission

• have received at least an interconnection study (good) or have a signed interconnection agreement (better)

• are between 2 and 300 Megawatts in size

Bid fees, payable to Millcreek, are:

• $15,000 for projects larger than 10 Megawatts, and

• $5,000 for projects 10 Megawatts and smaller

The required Base Bid must represent a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for generation only with a fixed price per Megawatt-hour over a term of 25 years. Bidders may additionally submit two optional add-ons (storage add-on and post-PPA sale add-on) and two optional variants (20-year bid variant and Build Transfer Agreement variant) with a single bid fee.

Bids are proposed to be evaluated in three phases:

• Phase 1: Interconnection and Project Readiness

• Phase 2: Initial Short List (cost and other factors)

• Phase 3: Final Short List (net-cost of energy, net-cost of contract, CO2 reductions, and other factors)

For bids to advance to Phase 3 scoring, PacifiCorp will require a bid analysis fee of $12,500 to determine the bid's financial benefit and estimated CO2 reductions. If an optional storage add-on also advances to Phase 3 evaluation, PacifiCorp will require two $12,500 bid analysis fees, one for the Base Bid and another for the optional storage add-on ($25,000 total).

This site has the following sections:

• Documents Library: This page contains links to the RFP main document and its appendices.

• RFP Calendar: This page shows the important dates for the RFP.

• Submit a Response: This page contains an encrypted form for submitting your response to the RFP.

• FAQ: This page contains a form for submitting questions to the RFP managers. This is the primary forum for contacting us and all FAQ submissions that are pertinent to the RFP will be published and viewable to the public.