2025 Oregon Small-Scale Renewable Request for Proposals (Reissuance)

Background

The PacifiCorp 2025 Integrated Resource Plan and PacifiCorp’s 2023 Clean Energy Plan 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. This RFP is also a first step in addressing a non-wire solution for grid needs per UM2005. 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. Minimum nameplate capacity of 100 kilowatts - 2 megawatts; and
2. Generate electricity from wind, photovoltaic (PV) solar, wave, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass or other sources 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. PacifiCorp Transmission Fast Track Process for interconnection only;
5. Must be located in Oregon;
6. 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; 
7. The bids submitted reflect firm pricing at the time of bid and pricing is held firm through June 30, 2026; and
8. 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:

• July 25, 2025 – Notice of RFP Reissuance
• July 30, 2025 – Bidder Workshop (see meeting details 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)

The Q&A period for the RFP is reopened. The last day for bidder questions to PacifiCorp is November 19, 2025. An updated list of questions and answers posed by stakeholders to the 2025 OR SSR RFP email address, through November 19, 2025, will be posted here.

Previous questions and answers through June 24, 2025, from the original issuance of the 2025 OR SSR RFP are posted here: Previous Questions and Answers

2025 Oregon Small-Scale RFP Documents & Appendices

See the RFP main document and supporting appendices

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 second bidder workshop for the reissuance of the 2025 SSR RFP on July 30, 2025. This workshop covered the RFP structure, deliverables, schedule, requirements and changes from the original issuance of the RFP. The presentation and a recording of the workshop are below:

View the presentation

Watch the meeting recording

Previous 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