September 23, 2019
SCE 2020-2024 Resource Adequacy e-Solicitation
Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”) is pleased to announce the launch of its 2020-2024 Resource Adequacy (“RA”) e-Solicitation where SCE is seeking offers for the sale (i.e., SCE buys), purchase (i.e., SCE sells), purchase/sell (i.e., simultaneous SCE buys/SCE sells) of the following eligible RA & Import Capability Transfer products with respect to the 2020 – 2024 delivery periods, as summarized below. Within this solicitation, SCE is also making available the RA from their respective TMNBC units pursuant to (D.)18-12-003 Ordering Paragraph (OP) 5.
Resource Adequacy Product Table
| PRODUCT | SCE SEEKING TO: | DELIVERY POINT | MINIMUM VOLUME | PRICING | CONTRACT DELIVERY PERIOD |
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| EARLIEST START DATE | LATEST END DATE | DELIVERY PERIOD | ||||||
| CAISO System & Local RA | Purchase | CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2024 | Monthly
Q3 Year-Round |
CAISO System
LAB Local BCV Local |
| CAISO System & Local RA * | Sell | CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly | CAISO System
LAB Local BCV Local |
| CAISO System & Local RA | Local for System RA Purchase/Sell
(i.e., SCE Sells Local RA and SCE purchases System RA) |
CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly
Q3 Year-Round |
SCE Purchases: CAISO System
SCE Sells: LAB Local BCV Local Bay Area Local Fresno Local Kern Local NCNB Local San Diego-IV Local Sierra Local Stockton Local |
| Local RA | Local for Local RA Purchase/Sell
(i.e., SCE Sells Local RA and SCE purchases LAB or BCV Local RA) |
CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly
Q3 Year-Round |
SCE Purchases:
LAB Local BCV Local
SCE Sells: Bay Area Local Fresno Local Kern Local NCNB Local San Diego-IV Local Sierra Local Stockton Local |
*Annual & Q3 Local RA sales require an equivalent MW volume exchange of System RA or Local LAB/BCV RA; bids should be reflective of the Local premium paid which may be in the form of a $/kw-mo premium or through a volumetric MW increase (volumetric MW increase preferred).
** SCE Sells, System for Local, and Local for Local products are only offered for years 2020-2022. SCE prefers to receive LA Basin & Big-Creek Ventura Local RA in swap transactions.
Import Capability Transfer Product Table
| PRODUCT | SCE SEEKING TO: | DELIVERY POINT | MINIMUM VOLUME | PRICING | CONTRACT DELIVERY PERIOD |
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| EARLIEST START DATE | LATEST END DATE | DELIVERY PERIOD | ||||||
| Eligible Import Capability Transfers i.e. Import Allocation Rights | Purchase | MALIN500 (COB)
NOB_ITC (NOB) PALOVRDE_ITC (PV) MEAD_ITC (MEAD) |
1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
07/01/2020 | 09/30/2020 | Q3 or Monthly for July, August, September | N/A |
| Eligible Import Capability Transfers i.e. Import Allocation Rights | Purchase | MALIN500 (COB)
NOB_ITC (NOB) PALOVRDE_ITC (PV) MEAD_ITC (MEAD) |
1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2020 | Q1, Q2, Q4 | N/A |
RA Capacity Sales from TMNBC Units (Background below)
| PRODUCT | SCE SEEKING TO: | DELIVERY POINT | MINIMUM VOLUME | PRICING | CONTRACT DELIVERY PERIOD |
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| EARLIEST START DATE | LATEST END DATE | DELIVERY PERIOD | ||||||
| Pacific Ultrapower Chinese Station | Sell | CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly | Stockton Local |
| Rio Bravo Rocklin | Sell | CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly | Fresno Local |
| Rio Bravo Fresno | Sell | CAISO | 1 MW | Fixed Price
($/kW-month) |
01/01/2020 | 12/31/2022 | Monthly | Sierra Local |
Background: As required by (D.)18-12-003 Ordering Paragraph (OP) 5 and pursuant to SCE’s approved Advice 3955-E establishing SCE’s RA Sales Framework for the TMNBC units, SCE shall make available the RA from their respective TMNBC units.
All proposals should be submitted to SCE via email to RFO@sce.com in the appropriate form no later than WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019 by 11:59 pm PST. SCE will notify participants by telephone and/or e-mail of transactions selected no later than TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2019. The 2020-2024 RA e-Solicitation timeline is referenced below.
| DATE | DAY OF WEEK | EVENT | |
| 09/25/2019 by 11:59PM PST | Wednesday | Offer Submission Deadline | |
| 10/01/2019 | Tuesday | Selection Notification Date | |
| 10/03/2019 | Thursday | Notification of Declined Offers | |
| 10/25/2019
(no later than date) |
Friday | Execution Deadline |
Respondents are encouraged to review the attached 2020-2024 RA e-Solicitation Instructions and documents for additional information. For questions or further information related to this solicitation, please send inquiries to RFO@sce.com, Justin.Dillon@sce.com, and Raafay.Ahmed@sce.com.

