2011 RFP: Renewable Energy Resources Or RECs

Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) issued a request for proposal (RFP) for renewable energy and accompanying renewable energy certificates (RECs) or RECs only on April 6, 2011.

PNM is seeking to purchase renewable energy and associated RECs or RECs only from one or more qualified respondents equivalent to a maximum 360,000 MWhs per year that were or will be generated after July 1, 2008. RECs can be from any source of renewable energy, as defined in the RFP.

PNM will consider offers for asset purchases, purchase power agreements, or joint ownership projects.

Complete RFP (.pdf)

Bid forms required for submission

REC only proposal requires the following forms:

RFP Cover Sheet - form 1 (.doc)
Proposal Price Sheet - form 2 (.doc)
RFP Additional Information Sheet - form 3 (.doc)

All other proposals require the following forms:

Respondent Information Form (.doc)
RFP bid forms package (forms A-G) (.xls)

Proposals due: June 10, 2011

Notice of Intent to Bid

Persons or entities interested in submitting an RFP must complete and submit a Notification of Intent to Bid.

Notification of Intent to Bid (.doc)

• E-mail completed and signed form to: RenewableRFP@pnmresources.com

Deadline to submit: 5 p.m. MDT, Friday, April 22, 2011.

Pre-Bid conference

PNM held a pre-bid conference on Monday, April 18, 2011

Pre-Bid conference presentation (.pdf)
Pre-Bid conference audio (99.3 MB .wmv)

Prospective bidders can submit a Notice of Intent to Bid, even if they did not attend the pre-bid conference.

Questions

All questions and other communications related to this RFP must be submitted in writing, by e-mail, to the RFP administrator.

• E-mail questions to: RenewableRFP@pnmresources.com