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2025 SCE CPE Local RA RFO
Background
Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”), acting as the Central Procurement Entity (“SCE CPE”) for its distribution service area, is launching the the 2025 Central Procurement Entity Local Resource Adequacy Request for Offers (“ 2025 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, 2026 with a preference for delivery periods from January 1, 2026 to December 31, 2028. All procurement conducted by SCE CPE is separate and distinct from procurement conducted by SCE for SCE’s bundled electric service customers.
Products Solicited by SCE CPE
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:
Gas Fired Generation (GFG)
In Front of the Meter Energy Storage (IFOM ES)
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
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
SCE as the LSE Offer Submission Deadline Including compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources
May 22, 2025, at 12:00 p.m. Noon PST
All Other Offer Submission Deadline Including compensated self-shown resources and compensated offered resources
May 24, 2025 – Mid-July 2025
Selection Notification Period
No Later than August 19, 2025
Execution Deadline
Event Registration
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 231768 or use the link below:
Any questions regarding this RFO may be directed to CPE@SCE.com. Please copy the Independent Evaluator, Alan.Taylor@SedwayConsulting.com at Sedway Consulting, on all communications. We look forward to your participation.
To receive notices about this RFO, please register for the SCE CPE distribution list here.
