2019 Request for Proposals for Renewable Energy for New Mexico
Compliance with New Mexico's Senate Bill 489 or the Energy Transition Act:
New Mexico Senate Bill 489 ("SB 489") which amends the New Mexico Renewable Energy Act.
SB 489 requires all utilities that provide electric service to New Mexico to supply 20% of their retail energy sales with renewable energy by 2020. In response to SB 489, El Paso Electric ("EPE") today released its 2019 Request for Proposal for Renewable Energy for New Mexico ("2019 RFP").
Through this 2019 RFP, EPE plans to obtain cost effective and reliable renewable electric resources to comply with the New Mexico Renewable Portfolio Standard requirements starting in 2020. Only proposals for renewable energy that is delivered to EPE and assigned to EPE's New Mexico retail customers are eligible for this 2019 RFP. This 2019 RFP is only open to renewable energy resources as defined by the SB 489. Click here to view the 2019 Request for Proposals
Any procurement resulting from this 2019 RFP is subject to approval by EPE's Board of Directors and the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission. There is a discrepancy between the date in Attachment 9.1 Notice of Intent to Bid and Sections 3.0 Schedule and 3.4 Notice of Intent to Bid Due Date in the RFP solicitation. The correct due date for submission of the Notice of Intent to Bid is Friday, June 28, 2019.
THREE KEY CHANGES TO RFP, FORMAT AND SCHEDULE, (as of July 11, 2019)
1. The Proposal Submittal deadline was extended.The new Proposal Submittal deadline is now Wednesday, August 28, 2019 by end of business, Mountain Daylight Time.Therefore, the RFP process, i.e., evaluation and selection, will now be based on a single-stage pricing process whereas, there will be NO opportunity to submit Best and Final bid(s).
2. The NOI deadline was extended. The new deadline to submit a NOI is now Monday, July 29, 2019 by midnight, Mountain Daylight Time.
3. The Notice of Conatract Award date was extended. The new Notice of Conatract Award date is nowWednesday, October 30, 2019.
Click here for: Amended RFP document (clean version)
Click here for: Amended RFP document (redline version)
AMENDED RFP SCHEDULE
| RFP Issuance Date | May 29, 2019 |
| Pre-bid Webcast Date | June 7, 2019 |
| Notice of Intent to Bid Due Date | July 29, 2019 |
| Final Submission of Questions Due Date | August 7, 2019 |
| Response to Questions Due Date | August 14, 2019 |
| Proposal and Proposal Fee Due Date | August 28, 2019 |
| Notice of Contract Award | October 30, 2019 |
Click here for: Q&A Document_(Last Update August 12)
Click here for: 2019 RFP Excel Input Templates
