Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCP) issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) on January 4, 2022, to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced individuals or firms (Proposer) to partner and implement enhancements to SCP’s demand response (DR) program. 

SCP now issues this Addendum to the RFP.

The RFP timeline remains the same with Proposal packages due February 16, 2022, by 5:00 PM PST.

More Information:

The RFP is posted on SCP’s Solicitations & Business Opportunities webpage.

Sonoma Clean Power Authority (SCP) issues this Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals from qualified and experienced individuals or firms (Proposer) to partner and implement enhancements to SCP’s demand response (DR) program. 

Minority-owned, women-owned, and locally-headquartered businesses are encouraged to respond to this RFP.

RFP Timeline- Events & Deadlines:

• RFP Published – January 4, 2022
• Deadline for written questions to be submitted – January 19, 2022
• Responses to questions to be posted on SCP website – January 27, 2022
•  Proposal packages due – February 16, 2022, by 5:00 PM PST
• RFP Submission review complete – February 28, 2022
• Target Date for Interviews –March 7- March 11, 2022

 Background:

SCP currently offers an automated demand response (ADR) program (named GridSavvy) to all customers with qualifying technology. Information regarding SCP’s GridSavvy program may be found at sonomacleanpower.org/programs/gridsavvy. GridSavvy has focused on enrolling and activating customers with program-installed electric vehicle charging equipment, program-installed smart thermostats, bring-your-own-device smart thermostats, and heat pump water heaters.

SCP’s goal is to cost-effectively scale the GridSavvy program to a minimum of 5 megawatts (MW) of demand response and load shifting capacity in SCP territory during the contract term, with the intent to continue scaled annual growth.

Notice:

This RFP does not commit SCP to enter into a contract, nor does it obligate SCP to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of a proposal or in anticipation of a contract.

Questions:

If you have any questions, please ensure to submit them by January 19, 2022, by emailing [email protected] with the subject line clearly marked “Demand Response Partner - RFP.”

Submittal Process: 

One copy of the submittal should be emailed to [email protected] with the subject line clearly marked “Demand Response Partner - RFP”. Upon submittal, you will receive a confirmation of receipt. Mailed, hand-delivered, or faxed submittals will not be accepted.

More Information:

The RFP is posted on SCP’s Solicitations & Business Opportunities webpage.

CLICK HERE to read the full RFP.

What is an Energy Efficiency Evaluation Analyst?

An Energy Efficiency Evaluation Analyst supports the New York Energy Efficiency programs available to our customers in the Mid-Hudson Valley region. Analysts are responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of energy efficiency and demand response programs including compilation and analysis of important program metrics and reporting to key stakeholders. Additionally, Analysts are responsible for energy savings calculations and other technical computations. Title/level is commensurate with experience.  

What does an Energy Efficiency Evaluation Analyst do?

• Analyzes data, assesses energy efficiency & demand response implementation processes, and oversees quality assurance protocols and procedures

• Researches new cost-effective measures and program enhancements to offer to customers and conducts cost-effectiveness analyses to assist in the planning of energy efficiency programs

• Performs energy computations including the ongoing evaluation of methodologies within the New York State Technical Resource Manual

• Oversees process, impact, baseline, potential, market saturation, and other related studies

• Tracks monthly expenditures and savings for all energy efficiency programs

• Forecasts and tracks Earnings Adjustment Mechanism potential

• Collaborates with the Joint Utilities and NYSERDA on statewide evaluations and benefit cost analyses

• Provides support to develop budgets for all proposed energy efficiency programs to ensure management has access to up to date and accurate information 

• Participates in measure reviews as an active member of the New York State Technical Resource Manual Management Committee

• Supports the day-to-day relationship with contract or external service providers including negotiation, interpretation, and application of established contractual agreements and/or service level agreements to ensure adherence to standards and best outcomes for Central Hudson

• Participates in regulatory efforts related to pre-approval filings, shareholder incentive filings, results reporting, etc. including participation in technical sessions, hearings, and preparing responses to information requests

• Develops regulatory filings such as the System Energy Efficiency Plan through interaction with program implementation group and represents the company's position throughout the regulatory process

• Assists with pre-approval filings, program design, implementation/operations, evaluation efforts, reporting, and regulatory oversight

• Represents Central Hudson at community events

• Supports storm/emergency restoration efforts
  
  

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Responsibilities

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DERMS, Customer Engagement, & Forecasting Suites Provide Unified, End-to-End DER Approach for Modern Utilities

Louisville, KY – Virtual Peaker, a cloud-based SaaS company that empowers modern utilities with the friendliest distributed energy platform on the planet, has expanded its platform to include Customer Engagement and Forecasting suites of products in addition to its leading DERMS suite. This suites-based approach allows utilities to customize and scale their SaaS solutions to gain greater value from distributed energy resources. 

Virtual Peaker is known as an international leader creating distributed energy resource management systems (DERMS) that help utilities seamlessly manage their distributed energy resources, including rooftop solar, wind, residential battery storage, and electric vehicles (EVs). As these renewable sources become more common, utilities are increasingly seeing the value of utilizing software that can manage and unify the end-to-end lifecycle of these DERs.  

“The energy industry is constantly changing and evolving, so utilities are searching for software options among a plethora of complex and disparate choices. Virtual Peaker’s new product suite approach highlights the surge we’re experiencing with utilities that see DERMS as critical to their success, but also understand that they need a scalable and unified solution to manage all aspects of DER program management,” said William (Bill) Burke, the founder, and CEO of Virtual Peaker. “We expect that the transition to suites will dramatically impact how our utility clients scale and manage their DER programs to deliver renewable energy that ultimately leads to a more sustainable planet.”

The three core suites are grouped thematically into independent stacks, each with a base set of functionality plus additional services loaded on top. This allows DERMS to be decoupled from the other functions and offers tiered levels (e.g., Basic, Professional, and Enterprise. Virtual Peaker’s three suites are:

• Shift, the DERMS Suite – Device Enrollment and Control, Baselining, Time-of-Use (TOU) Optimization (and coming soon!) virtual power plants (VPP)
• Relay, the Customer Engagement Suite – Seamless customer engagement features to drive program enrollment and adoption
• Envision, the Forecasting Suite – Load forecasting made easy with custom reporting, predictive, and real-time data.

Utilities including CoServ, the second-largest electric cooperative in Texas, already are gravitating to Virtual Peaker’s flexible, scalable suites-based approach.

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