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Desired Contract Terms
| Milestone | Date |
| Notice to LPSC | May 6, 2025 |
| File Informational Filing Containing Draft 2025 RFP | July 3, 2025 |
| Technical and Bidders’ Conference | July 29, 2025 |
| Deadline for Comments, Q&A Period, and Objections to Draft RFP | August 18, 2025 |
| Issue Final Version of 2025 RFP | September 8, 2025 |
| Bidder Registration Period Begins | September 10, 2025 |
| Bidder Registration Period Ends and Notice of Intent Due by 5:00pm CPT | September 22, 2025 |
| Proposal Submission Period Opens | September 26, 2025 |
| Proposal Submission Period Closes – 5:00 p.m. CPT | October 6, 2025 |
| Proposal Submission Fee Payment Deadline – 5:00 p.m. CPT | October 6, 2025 |
| Proposal Screening and Analysis Period Begins | October 13, 2025 |
| Notice to Bidders of Preliminary Selection List (Short List)* | January 12, 2026* |
| Definitive Agreements Executed followed by LPSC Certification Process* | April 13, 2026* |
| Regulatory Approval Process Complete* | May 7, 2027* |
Relevant questions and responses related to the 1803 Electric Cooperative, Inc. 2025 Request for Proposals for Capacity and Energy Resources will be posted on this page.
Yes, as long as they are relevant to the RFP.
Responses to questions will be provided as soon as practical. Response times will vary depending upon the complexity of the question.
No, 1803 does not own any existing sites.
Yes, wind projects are eligible. All technologies are eligible for the 1803 Electric Cooperative, Inc. 2025 Request for Proposals for Capacity and Energy Resources.
1803 Electric Cooperative, Inc. will consider all long term offers that fit 1803’s needs. As noted in section 2.3.1, interconnection status must be submitted as part of the submission, and this should include both the timing and nature of any future planned, in-study, or completed, interconnection requests. Interconnection risk will be considered as part of other project risks in the proposal evaluations.
Yes, the proposal submission fee is required for solely demand-response based proposals.
Should a proposal(s) for distributed generation (DG) be selected from the RFP to move forward in negotiations, 1803 will work with the applicable Bidder.
Should a proposal(s) for distributed generation (DG) be selected from the RFP to move forward in negotiations, 1803 will work with the applicable Bidder. For clarity, this is an 1803 RFP and all questions and discussion shall be directed to 1803.
Interconnecting on a distribution circuit is possible and each proposal will be evaluated individually. Bidders of DG proposals should specify their assumptions with respect to conductor sizing for each proposal.
The minimum load of a station does not serve as a hard ceiling on DG project size.
This varies from 13.3kv to 34.5kv depending on location.
The requested information could be provided at the appropriate time for a proposal(s) selected from the RFP to move forward in negotiations.
In most cases, a load flow study of some degree will need to be performed when interconnecting DG projects. Determination of whether a load flow is required, and what depth of load flow is performed, will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Interconnection load flow studies will be billed to the developer.
No preferred sites have been identified at this time.
No sites for BESS have been identified at this time.
Per Section 2.5 of the RFP, Bidders shall submit the total Proposal Submission Fee due for each proposal by the Proposal Submission Fee Payment Deadline in full in accordance with the instructions provided by the RFP Administrator, which will be provided following submission of a proposal(s) and include the necessary banking information and instructions for payment.