This is an example Request for Proposal document from Washington, DC for a technical consultant to support their procurement through a solicitation for a power purchase agreement. It can be utilized by cities looking to develop a similar Request for Proposal.
Request for Proposal Documents
This website hosts copies of Philadelphia’s Request for Proposal for large off-site power purchase agreement contracts, project term sheets, energy use data, standard contract provisions, and other documents.
Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement Guidebook For Corporate & Industrial Purchasers
This report provides an overview and detailed explanation of terms and topics that cities should consider when structuring renewable energy power purchase agreements.
Buying Clean Electricity: How Cities Benefit From Power Purchase Agreements
This brief provides an overview of power purchase agreements, introduces important considerations for cities, provides examples of power purchase agreements used by municipalities, and offers additional resource suggestions.
Renewable Energy Credits Guide
The EnergySage website provides basic introductory materials explaining renewable energy credits, also known as renewable energy certificates.
System Advisor Model (SAM)
The System Advisor Model (SAM) is a free techno-economic software model that facilitates decision-making for people in the renewable energy industry. Cities may want to utilize this tool as a check against proposed power purchase agreement prices and to generally better understand potential costs of renewable energy systems given certain inputs. Microsoft Excel-based versions of the model are also available.
Utility-Scale Solar Report
This annual report on the utility-scale solar industry contains aggregated, standardized pricing of existing power purchase agreements across different regions of the U.S.
RTO/ISO Energy Market Data
This website contains historical energy market data for six of the seven regional transmission organizations/independent system operators: CAISO, ERCOT, ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO, and PJM.
Status and Trends in the U.S. Voluntary Green Power Market (2017 Data)
This report summarizes the status and trends of seven ways that customers can obtain green power, including utility green pricing programs, utility renewable contracts, unbundled renewable energy credits, competitive suppliers, community choice aggregations, power purchase agreements, and community solar.
Renewable Energy Procurement: A Guide to Buying Off-Site Renewable Energy
This report describes how to get started on procuring off-site renewable energy, the associated opportunities, ways to make the business case, and planning the procurement process.