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Request for Qualifications/Proposals/Information (RFQ/RFP/RFI)

Deadline to submit questions: August 31, 2026 by 5 p.m. PST

Response Deadline: September 25, 2026 by 5 p.m. PST

Through this Request for Proposal (“RFP”), CEA is seeking comprehensive professional proposals from qualifeid firms to provide the requested services to support several brad categories: secure data management, billing administration, customer call center activities, analytics, and reporting. The successful respondent will act as a core operational partner ensuring data continuity, revenue protection, and strategic technical support as CEA continues to manage and evolve its services footprint.

Respondents must demonstrate robust capabilities and successful past performance across four primary domains:

  • Data Management and Data Exchange Services: Managing all automated data exchanges, data clearinghouse activities, and complex transaction processing with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). This includes handling customer account enrollments, processing drop requests and ensuring the absolute integrity of billing meter data transfers.
  • Billing Administration: Supporting sophisticated billing scenarios and accurate calculation and timely execution of CEA’s rate structures against utility-provided usage data, including Net Energy Metering (NEM) tracking, specialized customer incentive programs, rate modeling, and automated data feeds to CEA’s third-party printng and mailing vendors.
  • Customer Contact Center: Operating a professional Customer Contact Center which reflects CEA’s commitment to its communities. The center must provide multi-lingual live-agent support, interactive self-service systems, high-quality script adherence, and robust case management tracking for telephone, web-portal, and electronic inquiries.
  • Data Governance, Analytics, and Reporting: Providing an intuitive, secure Customer Information System (CIS) that serves as the single source of truth for eligible and enrolled accounts within CEA service territory. The system must support real-time user access for CEA staff, track comprehensive customer histories, and maintain strict compliance with CPUC customer privacy mandates. Contractor will deliver data visualization tools, self-service analytical portals, standardized operational reporting, and automated financial data transfers (such as aging summaries) to protect CEA’s fiscal opera ons.
Application Link Contact Additional Attachments
2026 RFP – Qualified Firms for Data Manager and Customer Contact Center Programs@thecleanenergyalliance.org Attachment 1: Response Form

Attachment 2: Bid Evaluation Criteria Policy 

Response Deadline: August 14, 2026 by 5 p.m. PST

Through this Request for Information (“RFI”), CEA is requesting proposals from projects looking to participate in the California Independent System Operator (“CAISO”) Interconnection Process Queue Cluster 16 (“C16”) process. CEA is soliciting information on C16 projects in order to allocate CEA’s Commercial Interest Points (“CIP”) to one or multiple projects. CEA has received 179MW of Transmission Plan Deliverability (TPD) Allocation and 92MW of Energy-Only (EO) Allocation to allocate to projects this October.

Depending on the size and type of projects received in response to this RFI, as well as the points CEA is allocated, CEA may elect to allocate its points across multiple projects or entirely to a single project; with the single-project allocation increase, CEA can allocate 281MW of TPD Allocation if a single TPD project is selected. Please see Exclusivity Agreement and Bid Deposits below for additional information about CEA’s exclusivity structure for these projects.

Determining factors for CEA’s CIP allocations for C16, as described further in the solicitation, are (in no particular order):

  • Project location
  • Technology
  • Project viability and development risks
  • Respondent’s relevant experience
  • Portfolio fit for CEA
Application Link Contact Additional Attachments
2026 RFI – CAISO Cluster 16 (updated July 23, 2026) Procurement@thecleanenergyalliance.org Attachment 1: Response Form

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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.

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