Open Solicitations
Request for Qualifications/Proposals (RFQ/RFP)

Response Deadline: May 30, 2025

Through this RFP, CEA is seeking proposals for long-term, California Renewable Portfolio Standard-eligible (“RPS”) non-solar renewable energy and low/no emissions supply and/or capacity from projects interconnected within the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”) balancing authority. CEA supplies annual retail energy requirements approximating 2,450GWh with a peak demand of approximately 500MW. CEA is not interested in solar generation offers or standalone storage offers under this solicitation, but welcomes offers for wind (including repowers), geothermal, carbon capture, and biogas/biomass projects.

Application Link Contact and Additional Attachments
2025 RFP – Long-Term Renewable and Low/No Emissions Energy & Capacity Procurement@thecleanenergyalliance.org

Attachment 1: Response Form

Attachment 2: RFP Term Sheet

Response Deadline: April 14, 2025

Through this RFP, CEA is seeking proposals for qualified organizations and business entities to implement programmatic deployment of a safe and affordable Commercial Solar Generation and Battery Storage program, including battery only systems in CEA’s Service Territory. The goal is to increase local resiliency and reliability, provide local clean energy generation, enhance CEA’s peak load management strategies, support CEA’s decarbonization strategies, and support statewide efforts to improve overall grid health.

Application Link Contact and Additional Attachments
2025 RFP – Behind the Meter Distributed Energy Program — Commercial Programs@thecleanenergyalliance.org

Attachment 1: Professional Services Agreement Template for Commercial Behind-the-Meter Distributed Energy Program

Attachment 2: Bid Evaluation Criteria

Attachment 3: Responses to Questions

Open Offers

In addition to specific solicitations, CEA welcomes submitted offers year-round through our Open Offers Form – further information on our Open Offers process can be found further below on this webpage. Access the form here.

Local Solar is Clean Energy Alliance’s (CEA) feed-in tariff (FIT) program for smaller-scale renewable energy projects. Energy produced by the sites would be sold to CEA and sent to the grid for community use.

To participate, interested organizations must apply through the process outlined on our Local Solar webpage; in the initial phase of this program, CEA will approve a maximum of four projects totaling up to 2MW of solar generating capacity. Learn more here.

Unsolicited Proposals

CEA encourages interested parties to submit proposals for programs and projects that contain novel, innovative or otherwise meritorious concepts, approaches or methods. Please review the CEA Unsolicited Proposals Policy here for criteria and procedures related to submitting an unsolicited proposal.

Join the RFP/RFQ Interest List

If prospective vendors would like to be notified when Clean Energy Alliance (CEA) posts new Requests for Quotes (RFQ), please subscribe to our interest list. Please be sure to provide your service category on the form e.g. Energy Supply, Resource Adequacy, Technical Consultant, Renewable Energy Development, Energy Efficiency Programs, Distributed Energy Programs, Other.

Supplier Diversity Program

Clean Energy Alliance works with a variety of service vendors and partners to accomplish our clean energy goals. CEA has adopted an Inclusive and Sustainable Workforce Policy and reports on Supplier Diversity to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) annually. We encourage all vendors interested in working with CEA to get certified through the CPUC Supplier Diversity program. Visit our Supplier Diversity page to learn more. Pursuant to Prop 209, CEA does not give preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.