The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC or “the Council”) is requesting proposals to develop a model that Council staff will use to develop Demand Response supply curves. The Council is seeking to use this model in the forthcoming Eighth Plan.
Scope of Work
The Council requests a Contractor to develop a model to estimate achievable technical demand response potential as a function of levelized cost for a variety of demand response products that could be implemented across the Pacific Northwest region[1] as well as for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) territory.[2] The model should allow for the assessment of both firm (i.e. dispatchable) and non-firm (i.e. tariff based) DR. This model will only consider electric DR (i.e. not natural gas or other fuels) and be limited to developing supply curves based on the cost of the resource and achievable technical potential. No cost-effectiveness assessment within the model is required. The Contractor will not be estimating the potential; rather, the Contractor is simply building a model that Council staff can use to make these estimates in a robust way.
[1] The region is defined by the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Western Montana. The Council will supply the selected Contractor the specific counties in Montana considered part of the region.
[2] BPA territory includes the area covered by all firm energy customers served by BPA.
Additional information and instructions are in the full RFP
Project Timeline
Release of RFP | April 18, 2018 |
Proposals Due | May 18, 2018 |
Decision | May 29, 2018 |
Work Begins | June 4, 2018 |
Draft Model Due | August 15, 2018 |
Final Model and Users Guide Due | September 28, 2018 |
Proposals must be delivered electronically, no later than 5:00 p.m. PDT on Friday, May 18, 2018, to:
Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Tina Jayaweera
Senior Energy Analyst
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