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Ava Community Energy / San José Clean Energy 2026 RFO for Long Term Energy Resources

Webinar: Mon, June 8, 2026 at 10:00 AM PDT
Question submission deadline: Fri, June 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM PDT
Proposal submission deadline: Tue, July 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM PDT

Ava Community Energy (Ava) and San Jose Clean Energy (SJCE) are soliciting competitive proposals for the sale and purchase of renewable or low carbon energy and/or energy storage consistent with the terms and provisions in this Request for Offers (RFO).

Detailed Schedule:

  • 28-May-26: Ava/ San José issue RFO
  • 2-Jun-26, 2pm: Deadline to submit questions for Respondent Webinar
  • 8-Jun-26: Respondent Webinar for RFO at 10am (join the Zoom webinar here)
  • 12-Jun-26, 2pm: Final deadline to submit questions
  • 15-Jun-26: Ava/ San José to post Q&A document, inclusive of all questions
  • 17-Jun-26, 2pm: Final deadline to submit Notice of Intent to Offer
  • 14-Jul-26, 5pm: Offers due. Offers must be submitted via Dropbox, including all required files and related information
  • 24-Aug-26: Ava/ San José identify Respondents selected for LSE Interest Point allocation evaluation
  • 31-Aug-26: Tranche 2 Shortlisted Respondents required to sign exclusivity agreement and post shortlist deposit for Tranche 2 projects
  • 15-Sep-26: Ava/San José identify shortlisted Respondents and Offers for Tranche 1 projects
  • 22-Sep-26: Tranche 1 Shortlisted Respondents required to sign exclusivity agreement and post shortlist deposit for Tranche 1 projects
  • 30-Sep-26: Tranche 2 negotiations complete
  • 8-Oct-26: LSE Interest Point allocation notification
  • 10-Nov-26: Comprehensive redlines of pro forma agreements due for Tranche 1 shortlisted Respondents
  • Nov 2026 – Mar 2027: Negotiations
  • Dec 2026 – Apr 2027: Contract approvals by Ava Board of Directors and San José City Council

Documents

Webinar

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Other Details

Document Footnotes:
[1] Low and no Carbon products should revise RPS attribute to be a low or no carbon attribute for E.1, E.2, and E.4. Product 3 (Firm or Shaped RPS Product) should use E.1.[2] For Tranche 2 offers, bidders should use E.4 and adjust consistent with the appropriate product

 

Please Note:
Tranche 2 Offer Process: Respondents shall complete the narrative requests and Offer form as completely as possible. Respondent must state the CAISO TPD Zone in which the project is located. The Offer form must be filled out completely with the sole exception that the offer price and expected COD will be indicative only. SJCE/Ava understand that the price and COD for these projects is subject to change depending on the outcome of the interconnection process and other factors. An indicative generation profile is still required for Tranche 2 generation projects. Incomplete or lack of information will result in disqualification. Tranche 2 Projects will be evaluated and ranked based on information provided. Consistent with recommendations from CAISO’s IPE, Ava/SJCE will evaluate the Tranche 2 Projects based on Counterparty Execution Risk, Offer Competitiveness, and Development Status Risk. Projects with an executed IPE Offtake Agreement (IPE OA)(described below) will be offered Ava/SJCE’s IPE Commercial Interest Points.

 

RFO Provisions:
  • Ava & SJCE audited financials are available upon request.
  • Respondents who submit Offers agree to do so without legal recourse against Ava and SJCE, their Boards, officers, employees, agents, advisors or contractors for rejection of their Offer(s) or for failure to execute a transaction for any reason.
  • Respondent agrees that Ava & SJCE will not be liable to any Respondent or party at law or in equity for any reason whatsoever for any acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with this RFO.
  • By submitting its Offer, Respondent waives any right to challenge any valuation by Ava & SJCE of any Offer of any Respondent or any determination of Ava or SJCE to select or reject any Offer of any Respondent or take any action contemplated by this RFO, any other decision of Ava or SJCE contemplated by this RFO or any resulting transaction related to a selected Offer.
  • Each Respondent, in submitting its Offer(s), irrevocably agrees and acknowledges that it is making its Offer(s) subject to and in agreement with the terms of this RFO.
  • Ava & SJCE will only accept questions from Respondents through the appropriate communication channels and up to the deadline to submit questions noted in the RFO schedule. All answers will be compiled into a document and posted to the RFO website. Ava & SJCE reserves the right to combine, rephrase, or not respond to some questions.
  • All questions and materials received by Ava & SJCE are subject to the confidentiality provisions in the RFO.
Please direct any questions or comments to rfo@avaenergy.org.