Disadvantaged Communities (DAC) Green Tariff (DAC-GT) and Community Solar Green Tariff (CSGT) Request for Offers (RFO)

Regulatory Background

Assembly Bill (AB) 327 (Perea), Stats. 2013, ch. 611, directed the Commission to develop a successor to the then existing Net Energy Metering (NEM) tariff that included “promoting the installation of renewable generation among residential customers in disadvantaged communities (“DACs”).

To that end, on June 21, 2018, the Commission approved D.18-06-027, Alternate Decision Adopting Alternatives to Promote Solar Distributed Generation in Disadvantaged Communities (“DAC”), D.18-10-007, dated October 11, 2018, a decision-making corrections and clarifications to D.18-06-027, and Resolution E-4999 (together, the “DAC Decisions”) which together implement three new programs to promote solar energy in Disadvantaged Communities – the DAC–Single-family Affordable Solar Homes (“DAC-SASH”) program, the DAC-Community Solar Green Tariff (“DAC-CSGT”) program, and the DAC-Green Tariff (“DAC-GT”) program.

Summary of SCE’s DAC-GT and CSGT RFO Solicitation

SCE is soliciting energy from solar projects located in DACs (as specifically defined in the RFO instructions). Procurement for the DAC-GT and CSGT Programs will run simultaneously and be conducted through a competitive solicitation. Consistent with the DAC Resolution, each program will have separate capacity allocations and bid requirements. SCE will hold two RFOs each year until the program caps (DAC-GT 56.5MW and CSGT 14.63MW) have been met.

Summary of SCE’s CSGT RFI

The end goal of the CSGT RFI is to facilitate the development of projects by educating DAC communities and potential community sponsors, and then sharing any interest expressed by such communities and sponsors with those who seek to develop eligible project. SCE will also hold an RFI process to solicit information from SCE DAC communities to better understand community goals and available resources, which can inform future CSGT RFOs.

DAC-GT and CSGT RFO Timeline

Event	Date
DAC-GT and CSGT RFO Launch	February 27th, 2020
DAC-GT and CSGT Webinar Conference	March 5th, 2020
Offer Submittal Deadline	April 13th, 2020
Notification by SCE of any Offer non-conformances (“Request to Cure”)	April 16th, 2020
Offeror deadline to clear Offer non-conformances (“Cure Deadline”)	April 30th, 2020
SCE Notification of Award	July 2nd, 2020
Deadline for signed contracts from Sellers	July 27th, 2020
Advice Letter Filing for CPUC contract approval	August 27th, 2020

Offerors intending to submit Offers, but do not yet have an existing PowerAdvocate® account, must first register to create a username/password with PowerAdvocate® to receive access to the event (event code 94659 for DAC-GT RFO and 101183 for CSGT RFO). Users without an existing PowerAdvocate® account may register and request access here for DAC-GT RFO and here for CSGT RFO.

CSGT RFI Timeline

Event	Date
CSGT RFI Launch	February 27th, 2020
CSGT RFI Webinar Conference	March 5th, 2020
RFI Response Deadline via PowerAdvocate®	June 30th, 2020

Respondent intending to submit Responses, but do not yet have an existing PowerAdvocate® account, must first register to create a username/password with PowerAdvocate® to receive access to the event (event code 94679 for CSGT RFI). Users without an existing PowerAdvocate® account may register and request access here.

Webinar Conference

SCE will host three (3) back-to-back Bidder’s Conference Call on Thursday March 5th, 2020, 10am – 1pm PPT to discuss varying procurement events. Below are the specified webinar timeslots.:

10am to 11am – DAC-GT RFO
11am to noon – CSGT RFO
Noon to 1pm – CSGT RFI

Skype Link (NOTE: Please select “Do not join audio” as this link will be for the presentation only) –
https://meet.lync.com/edisonintl-sce/anne.gustafson/DCGT8DFN

Call-in Information (Participants MUST dial in to receive audio)

Number: 800-779-1698
Participant Passcode: 1152240

Following the Bidder’s Conference, copies of the presentations and an audio recording will be posted here along with a Bidder’s Conference Q&A and any PowerAdvocate Q&As that evolve during the 45-day bid window.

Bid Materials

All bid materials including RFO/RFI Instructions, Offer Workbook, etc. can be found below and in the PowerAdvocate® website under the respective event codes.