2020 Request for Proposals for the Sale of Energy or Renewable Energy Credits from Qualifying Renewable Resources 
      Tranche  1 Results
      On September 22, 2020, the Commission approved term sheets for  the following projects that had submitted proposals in Tranche 1. When issued,  the Order and individual term sheets will be available in the case  file.    (September 22, 2020) New
      
        
        
        
        
        
        
          | Category | Bidder | Project | Resource Type | Nameplate    Capacity (MW) | 
        
          | New | BNRG/BD    Solar Church Hill LLC | Church    Hill | Solar | 20 | 
        
          | New | BNRG/BD    Solar Eddington LLC | Eddington | Solar | 20 | 
        
          | Existing | Brookfield    White Pine Hydro LLC | Androscoggin    3 | Hydro | 4.5 | 
        
          | New | Freepoint    Solar LLC | Alfred    Solar | Solar | 50 | 
        
          | New | Glenvale/Emery    Meadow Solar Station LLC | Emery    Meadow Solar Station | Solar | 26.3 | 
        
          | New | Glenvale/Topsham Meadow Solar Station LLC | Tospham    Meadow Solar Station | Solar | 18 | 
        
          | New | Glenvale/West    Baldwin Solar Station LLC | West    Baldwin Solar Station | Solar | 16.2 | 
        
          | New | Granite    Apollo/Canton Solar Energy Center, LLC | Canton    Solar | Solar | 65 | 
        
          | New | Granite    Apollo/Roxbury Solar, LLC | Roxbury    Solar | Solar | 55 | 
        
          | Existing | ReEnergy    Livermore Falls LLC | Livermore    Falls | Biomass | 39 | 
        
          | New | SWEB    Silver Maple Wind, LLC | Silver    Maple | Wind | 20 | 
        
          | New | Swift    Current/Three Rivers Solar Power LLC | Three    Rivers Solar | Solar | 100 | 
        
          | New | Walden    Renewables/Fairly Solar, LLC | Fairly    Solar | Solar | 17 | 
        
          | New | Walden    Renewables/Mousam River Solar, LLC | Mousam    River Solar | Solar | 20 | 
        
          | New | Walden    Renewables/Walden Solar Maine III, LLC | Sweden    Solar | Solar | 35 | 
        
          | New | Walden    Renewables/Walden Solar Maine V, LLC | Leeds    Solar | Solar | 20 | 
        
          | New | Walden    Renewables/Walden Solar Maine VII, LLC | Madison    Solar | Solar | 20 | 
      
       
      
        
          
            | Notice to Bidders  May 26, 2020 | 
          
            | Thank you for your interest in the Commission's RFP for the sale of energy or RECs from qualifying renewable resources.Commission Staff is currently reviewing the proposals and will reach out to individual bidders as necessary with questions or requests for additional information.
 Staff anticipates that the schedule for completing its evaluations will allow the Commission to make final decisions and contract awards by late summer or early fall.
 Notice to Bidders Regarding Short List (June 24, 2020) | 
        
      
      
      
        
          
          
            | Date | Update | 
          
            | February 14, 2020 | RFP Issued | 
          
            | March 12, 2020 | Bidders Information Session | 
          
            | On or before May 11, 2020 | Proposals Due | 
          
            | Please note that the period for asking questions has closed. | 
        
   
      Pursuant to An Act To Reform Maine’s Renewable Portfolio Standard. P.L. 2019, Chapter 477, the Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) is seeking proposals from qualifying renewable generation resources for the sale of energy or renewable energy credits (RECs). To be a qualifying resource, a generation facility must meet the requirements for a Maine RPS Class 1A resource as specified in the Act and Chapter 311 of the Commission’s rules.  Bidders selected will enter into contract(s) with one or both of Maine’s investor-owned transmission and distribution utilities - Central Maine Power Company (CMP) and Emera Maine (EM) (T&D utilities).  Contract(s) will be for a term of 20 years, unless the Commission finds a contract for a longer term to be prudent.  Proposals will be evaluated based upon the requirements and objectives stated in the Act and the Request for Proposals (RFP). 
      
      The Commission will hold a bidders information session on  March 12, 2020 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in the Worster Room at the Commission’s  Offices at 101 Second Street in Hallowell. New
      All inquiries about the RFP should be directed to Faith  Huntington, the Commission’s Director of Electric and Gas Utility Industries,  at: faith.huntington@maine.gov. 
      If you are unable to reach her by  e-mail: Phone: (207) 287-1373 Fax: (207) 287-1039 
      
        - Request for Proposals (Updated 3/24/20 to grant extension to proposal due date to May 11, 2020)
- RPS Purchase and Sale Agreement (Updated 3/10/2020)
- Order Regarding Sale of Energy and RECs (Added April 13, 2020)
- Template for Affidavit (MS Word File)
- Instructions for Filing Bids (PDF File)
- Bidders Information Slide Deck from March 12, 2020 (PDF)
- Q and A for Bidders (March 13, 2020) (PDF)
- Q and A for Bidders (March 27, 2020) (PDF) (Added April 13, 2020)
- Additional Questions and Answers for Bidders (April 21, 2020) (PDF) (Added April 21, 2020)
- Additional Questions and Answers for Bidders (Second Set) (April 22, 2020) (PDF) (Added April 22, 2020)