Background
Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”), acting as the Central Procurement Entity (“SCE CPE”) for its distribution service area, is launching the the 2026 Central Procurement Entity Local Resource Adequacy Request for Offers (“2026 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 24-12-003, 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, 2027 with a preference for delivery periods from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2029. All procurement conducted by SCE CPE is separate and distinct from procurement conducted by SCE for SCE’s bundled electric service customers.
| Compensated Products | Description |
|---|---|
| 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:
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| Self-Show Local RA Resource | LSEs 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 |
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| June 5, 2026 | RFO Launch |
| June 12, 2026 By 12:00 p.m. Noon PPT | SCE as the LSE Offer Submission Deadline Including compensated / non-compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources |
| June 15, 2026 By 12:00 p.m. Noon PPT | All Other Offer Submission Deadline Including compensated / non-compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources |
| June 17, 2026 – Mid-July 2026 | Selection Notification Period |
| No Later than August 18, 2026 | Execution Deadline |
Event Registration
To receive notices about this RFO please register for the SCE CPE distribution list here.
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 241625 or use the link below:
https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=241625&pubEvent=true
Contact Information
Any questions regarding this RFO may be directed to CPE@SCE.com. Please copy the Independent Evaluator, Accion Group, on all communications (Harry Judd, hjudd@acciongroup.com, and Hilary Judd, hrjudd@acciongroup.com). We look forward to your participation.