Eight California Municipal Aggregations Seek Up To 500 MWs Of Long Duration Storage
October 19,2020
Eight California community choice aggregations (CCA) have jointly issued an RFO to acquire through one or more long duration energy storage ("LDS") projects up to 500 MWs of Capacity, Energy, and any associated Ancillary Products and Resource Adequacy ("Full Toll"), and/or simply Resource Adequacy ("RA Only"), with deliveries beginning no later than calendar year 2026
Central Coast Community Energy, CleanPowerSF, Marin Clean Energy, Peninsula Clean Energy, Redwood Coast Energy Authority, San Jose Clean Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy, and Sonoma Clean Power (collectively, the "Joint CCAs") are seeking to procure long duration energy storage ("LDS") to cost effectively enhance the integration of their respective renewable energy portfolios into the California Independent System Operator ("CAISO") grid and to aid in meeting California’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by 2030 as outlined in the California Public Utilities Commission’s ("CPUC") 2021-2030 Integrated Resource Plan Reference System Plan for the 38 and 46 million metric tonnes ("MMT") reduction targets