2025 Oregon Small-Scale Renewable Request for Proposals

Background

The PacifiCorp 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) and PacifiCorp’s 2023 Clean Energy Plan (CEP) established an action item to conduct a small-scale renewable request for proposals to acquire by 2030 small-scale renewable resource capacity sufficient to meet requirements of Oregon House Bill 2021 (OR HB2021), Section 37. Based on current estimated projections, PacifiCorp is looking to procure as much as 320 megawatts of capacity from small-scale resources that meet the requirements set forth in OR HB2021. 

Accordingly, the 2025 Oregon Small-Scale Renewable RFP (2025 OR SSR RFP) will consider cost-competitive bids for resources with the following characteristics:

1. Nameplate capacity of 1 - 20 megawatts; and
2. Generate electricity from wind, photovoltaic (PV) solar, wave, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass or other sources of energy that would qualify for Renewable Portfolio Standards in Oregon and comply with the other requirements of this RFP. Biomass facilities must also generate thermal energy for a secondary purpose. Storage (e.g., battery) will only be considered when co-located with PV solar projects.
3. Have a guaranteed commercial operation date (COD) on or before December 31, 2029;
4. The resources are approved or certified by the Oregon Department of Energy as Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)-eligible generation resources (RPS Certification) within 90 days of COD, and will maintain RPS Certification throughout the duration of any agreement with PacifiCorp; 
5. The bids submitted reflect firm pricing at the time of bid and pricing is held firm through March 31, 2026; and
6. The bids meet the minimum eligibility requirements of this RFP listed in Section 3.H Minimum Eligibility Requirements for Bidder, and otherwise complies with the requirements of this RFP. 

The 2025 OR SSR RFP will accept and evaluate bids for small-scale resources with a guaranteed commercial operation date on or before December 31, 2029.  Review the RFP Main Document below for additional information. 

The following notices have been emailed to PacifiCorp’s 2025 OR SSR RFP email distribution list:

• April 23, 2025 – Notice of RFP Issuance
• April 28, 2025 – Bidder Workshop (see meeting presentation and recap below)

For questions or to be added to the list, please contact 2025SSR_RFP@pacificorp.com

2025 Oregon Small-Scale RFP Questions and Answers (Q&A)

An updated list of questions and answers posed by stakeholders to the 2025 OR SSR RFP email address, through May 16, 2025, are posted here: Questions and Answers.

2025 Oregon Small-Scale RFP Documents & Appendices

See the RFP main document and supporting appendices

PacifiCorp Transmission – Round 1 and Round 2 Study Results

When available, the Round 1 and Round 2 studies will be posted to the Open Access Same-time Information System (OASIS) in the Generation Interconnection folder within the Cluster Queues subfolder. 

Visit OASIS

Questions

Questions for PacifiCorp: Any questions or comments by interested parties regarding the 2025 OR SSR RFP can be sent via email to PacifiCorp’s 2025 SSR RFP at 2025SSR_RFP@pacificorp.com. 

Schedule

The proposed 2025 OR SSR RFP schedule is shown below and subject to change. PacifiCorp will provide further updates on the status and schedule of its 2025 OR SSR RFP (including webinar information for publicly available workshops) on this webpage as they become available.

Bidder Workshop

PacifiCorp hosted a workshop for interested stakeholders and bidders to discuss the 2025 OR SSR RFP via a webinar on May 6, 2025. The presentation and a recording of the workshop are below:

View the presentation

Watch the recording of the workshop

Questions

Any questions on the 2025 OR SSR RFP or related documents can be sent to 2025SSR_RFP@pacificorp.com.