Los Angeles, California, May 20, 2025: Clean Power Alliance of Southern California (CPA), the fourth largest energy provider and largest Community Choice Aggregator in California, announces a request for offers to meet its energy portfolio needs and California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Procurement Orders and Resource Adequacy requirements.  

Through Ascend Analytics’ Power Procurement platform (APP), CPA aims to solicit and evaluate offers for renewable energy generation, energy storage, and thermal energy resources with reduced GHG emissions to meet CPA’s energy and Resource Adequacy procurement obligations and environmental objectives, as well as to offer customers cost-competitive, clean energy options. Similar to CPA’s 2024 Clean Energy and Reliability RFO, the 2025 Clean Energy and Reliability RFO will include product categories for Energy Only Resources as well as Thermal Energy Resources with cleaner operations. Additionally, CPA has implemented several changes to RFO eligibility requirements including a minimum Commercial Operation Date (COD) of 2029 across all product categories, restricting projects within CAISO to queue cluster 14 and earlier, and adding tariff price adjusters to address changes in tariff costs on primary equipment.  

Projects in the following categories must offer a generation size of 15 – 250 MW ¹.

1. Renewable Generation Only Contracts: (10 to 20 years Contract tenor) This category is for renewable generation projects offering Contracts that include all Attributes (Energy, RECs, RA)

• Mid-term Reliability (MTR) Eligible Baseload/Firm Renewable Energy: Zero emissions generation capacity or capacity that is eligible under the requirements of California’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) program and has an expected annual capacity factor of at least 80%. No storage projects shall qualify under this product category. Projects in this category should have a generation size of 5 MW to 250 MW and a COD between January 1, 2029, and June 1, 2031 ‍
• Regular RPS Resources: RPS-eligible generation from solar, wind, geothermal, or other renewable resources, offered as standalone generation projects.

2. Renewable Generation Plus Storage Contracts: (10 to 20 years Contract tenor) RPS-eligible generation paired with storage projects. The storage discharge duration must be at least 4 hours, and the capacity cannot exceed 100% of the generation nameplate capacity.

3. Standalone Storage Contracts: (10 to 20 years Contract tenor) Stand-alone storage projects with discharge duration for at least 4 hours.

4. RA Only Contracts: (5 to 15 years Contract tenor) RA-only projects from storage, thermals, or other qualifying resources.  

5. PCC1 Energy Only (fixed price or index plus) Contracts: (5 to 20 years Contract tenor) RPS-eligible generation (e.g. solar, wind, geothermal) offered as PCC1 Energy Only fixed price or index+ contracts.

Thermal energy resources (CC, CT, RICE, CHP, or ST) with cleaner operations must offer a generation size of at least 10 MW.

6. Dispatchable Thermal Energy with RA Contracts: (2 to 10 years Contract tenor)

• Existing Dispatchable Gas projects (with RA) paired with storage: These may include gas fired generation resources that are paired with storage (minimum 1 hour) to reduce greenhouse gas and emissions that impact local air quality.  
• Existing Dispatchable Gas projects (with RA) running on blended fuels: These may include gas fired generation resources that use a green hydrogen or renewable biogas blend that can demonstrate additional greenhouse gas emission reductions.  

Ascend Analytics, via the Ascend Power Procurement, administers the RFO process on behalf of CPA and assists in the evaluation process. The RFO team will host an informational webinar for interested respondents on June 3, 2025, at 11 am PT. Submissions are due June 30, 2025, at 5 pm PT. To participate, ask questions, and receive RFP updates and materials, respondents can register on the CPA RFO Website CPA Clean Energy and Reliability RFO 2025.  

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About Clean Power Alliance of Southern California (CPA)

Clean Power Alliance (CPA) is the nation’s leading green power provider and California’s largest community choice aggregator. Established in 2017, CPA is a Joint Powers Authority comprised of 38 local member agencies across Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. CPA is the fourth largest electricity provider in California and serves more than three million residents and businesses in the region. CPA was established to provide communities cost competitive electricity and a choice of clean energy options, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, stimulate renewable energy development and the growth of green jobs, implement distributed energy resources, and offer energy efficiency, demand reduction, and cost saving customer programs. CPA has an investment grade credit rating of A- from S&P Global Rankings.

About Ascend Analytics  

Ascend Analytics is the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy supply. The company’s offerings enable decision makers in power supply, procurement, and investment markets to plan, operate, monetize, and manage risk across any energy asset portfolio. From real-time to 30-year horizons, their forecasts and insights are at the foundation of over $50 billion in project financing assessments. Ascend provides energy market stakeholders with the clarity and confidence to successfully navigate the rapidly shifting energy landscape.

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Joseph Cabral, Clean Power Alliance
jcabral@cleanpoweralliance.org

Ascend Analytics is the leading provider of market intelligence and analytics solutions for the energy supply. The company’s offerings enable decision makers in power supply, procurement, and investment markets to plan, operate, monetize, and manage risk across any energy asset portfolio. From real-time to 30-year horizons, their forecasts and insights are at the foundation of over $50 billion in project financing assessments. Ascend provides energy market stakeholders with the clarity and confidence to successfully navigate the rapidly shifting energy landscape.