PacifiCorp updates shortlist from 2020 All-Source RFP; DESRI pulls Steel Solar project off list
PacifiCorp is still in negotiations with short-list parties from its 2020 All-Source RFP and provided an updated list of projects being discussed.
PacifiCorp spokesman, David Eskelsen, said that executed agreements are anticipated to be completed by November 8.
In Oregon Public Utilities Commission (OPUC) staff comments on the Independent Evaluator’s report from August 19, the updated short-listed projects are as follows:
100.5 MW Anticline – Wind – NextEra – Wyoming
350.4 MW Cedar Springs IV – Wind – Next Era – Wyoming
190 MW Rock Creek 1 – Wind – Invenergy – Wyoming
400 MW Rock Creek II – Wind – Invenergy – Wyoming
320 MW Boswell Springs – Wind – Innergex – Wyoming
280 MW Two Rivers – Wind – BluEarth Renewables LLC & Clearway Energy Group – Wyoming
151 MW Cedar Creek – Wind – rPlus Energies – Idaho
45 MW Rocket Solar II – Solar/Storage – DESRI – Utah
99 MW Fremont – Solar/Storage – Longroad Energy – Utah
99 MW Rush Lake – Solar/Storage – Longroad Energy – Utah
58 MW Parowan – Solar/Storage – First Solar – Utah
100 MW Hornshadow I – Solar/Storage – enyo energy – Utah
200 MW Hornshadow II – Solar/Storage – enyo energy – Utah
400 MW Green River 1 & II – Solar/Storage – rPlus Energies – Utah
50 MW Hamaker – Solar/Storage – ecoplexus – Oregon
160 MW Hayden 2 – Solar/Storage – ecoplexus – Oregon
N/A MW Dominguez I – BESS – Able Grid – Utah
95 MW Glen Canyon – Solar – sPower (AES) – Utah
According to the document, DESRI withdrew its Steel Solar 1 & II project bid from the shortlist. This project was proposed to generate 147 MW.
As stated in the document, the Independent Evaluators (IE) advised that in future RFPs, PacifiCorp “could more clearly provide information on its capacity need, as well as solar/wind penetration levels.” This would help bidders formulate the best bids for PacifiCorp’s unique system need. The document added that staff supports this recommendation and request that PacifiCorp also add in future RFPs its most recently calculated capacity contribution values for various resources.
“Generally, staff and the IE are both concerned about the implications of the size, complexity, and compressed timeline of the 2020AS RFP,” the document read. “In its closing report, the IE notes: The diversity of technologies, variants, and counterparties represented a clear burden and stress on the RFP process.”
It emphasized that the number of bids that were evaluated, reconciled, sampled, and run through various forms of modelling tools “caused process delays and introduced a highly likelihood of error.”
Eskelsen told NPM in a previous interview that PacifiCorp’s 2020 All-Source RFP was the largest RFP to date, even compared to the upcoming 2022 All-Source RFP.
As for the 2020 All-Source RFP, Eskelsen said projects are expected to be online by the end of 2024.*
*This story was originally published exclusively for NPM subscribers earlier this month.