Announcements

Final FAQs have been posted to the FAQs section of the RFP website. No additional FAQs are expected to be posted for this July 2026 solicitation. The most recent FAQs are as below:

 

• FR-Contract-FAQ-30
• FR-Data-FAQ-34
• FR-Data-FAQ-33
• FR-Data-FAQ-32
• FR-Data-FAQ-31
• FR-Data-FAQ-30
• FR-Data-FAQ-29
• FR-Data-FAQ-28
• FR-Data-FAQ-27
• FR-Data-FAQ-26
• FR-Data-FAQ-25
• FR-Data-FAQ-24
• FR-Rules-FAQ-25
• FR-Rules-FAQ-24
• FR-Rules-FAQ-23

 

Please refer to the below FAQ highlighted for your information.

FR-Rules-FAQ-5. Can you please clarify what the Price (US$/MWh) within the Bid Proposal Spreadsheet indicates? How is the payment to a winning bidder calculated?

The “Price (US$/MWh)” column of the Bid Proposal Spreadsheet indicates the RFP Bidder’s price quote corresponding to the number of the Total Tranches Supplied in that row. An example is provided below for illustrative purposes only.

Total Tranches Supplied	Price (US$/MWh)
1	40.00
2	45.00
3	50.00
4	55.00
5	60.00
6	X
7	X
8	X

Bidder ABC has submitted a complete Bid Proposal Spreadsheet for Residential – 12 Month Product. Bidder ABC has bid for a Total of One (1) Tranche Supplied at US$40/MWh, a Total of Two (2) Tranches Supplied at US$45/MWh, a Total of Three (3) Tranches Supplied at US$50/MWh, a Total of Four (4) Tranches Supplied at US$55/MWh, and a Total of Five (5) Tranches Supplied at US$60/MWh. Bidder ABC has marked an “X” for Six (6) Total Tranches Supplied to Eight (8) Total Tranches Supplied to indicate that they do not wish to bid on more than Five (5) Total Tranches Supplied. CASE 1: Bidder ABC is awarded Two (2) Total Tranches Supplied. If Bidder ABC is awarded Two (2) Total Tranches Supplied for the Residential – 12 Month Product, Bidder ABC would be required to provide full requirements service to serve 5% (i.e., 2.5% * 2 Tranches) of Total Residential Default Service Load. Bidder ABC will be paid US$45 per MWh for each MWh of the hourly loss derated load associated with the supply. CASE 2: Bidder ABC is awarded Four (4) Total Tranches Supplied. If Bidder ABC is awarded Four (4) Total Tranches Supplied for the Residential – 12 Month Product, Bidder ABC would be required to provide full requirements service to serve 10% (i.e., 2.5% * 4 Tranches) of Total Residential Default Service Load. Bidder ABC will be paid US$55 per MWh for each MWh of the hourly loss derated load associated with the supply.

The latest data files have been updated and were posted on July 20, 2026. A summary document describing the data files is also available on the Data page of the RFP website.

 

IMPORTANT: The latest data files on the RFP website supersede any prior versions.