Procuring Clean Energy
We are seeking projects through a CBRE Request for Offer (RFO) that are:
Renewable: Small-scale (<20 MW in aggregate), interconnected to our transmission or distribution system.
Dispatchable Capacity: Paired with a dispatchable capacity product.
Community Benefit: Provides a direct benefit to a particular community.
Email CBRE@pgn.com with questions and requests to be added to an email list to receive updates on the CBRE RFO.
Documents
CBRE RFO Final Document
View full Request for Offer and supporting Appendices, including instructions on how to submit a bid, by downloading this PDF.
Calendar
RFO Kick-off Workshop
Friday, Nov. 22
10am – Noon
Meeting ID: 281 298 524 546
Passcode: KrvDxP
Dial in by phone +1 971-277-2317,,51525266#
Phone conference ID: 515 252 66#
Review Cycle 1
Dec. 6, 2024 – Bidders submit questions via email by 12:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Dec. 18, 2024 – PGE's responses to questions available to all Bidders via CBRE website by 5:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Jan. 31, 2025 – RFO responses for first review cycle due by 2:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Apr. 11, 2025 – Successful Bidder(s) notified. Bidder(s) eligible for Track 2 (defined below) notified of items needed to improve bid.
Q3 2025 — Anticipated commercial agreement(s) executed.
Review Cycle 2
Draft Activity Timeline, check CBRE website for updates to timeline and remaining capacity requested via RFO.
Apr. 18, 2025 – Bidders submit new questions via email by 12:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
May 2, 2025 – PGE's responses to new questions added to existing list and available to all Bidders via CBRE website by 5:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
May 9, 2025 – RFO Responses and/or Updated RFO Responses for second review cycle due by 2:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Jul. 25, 2025 – Successful Bidder(s) notified. Bidder(s) who have not been selected notified of items needed to improve bid for future Review Cycle consideration.
Q1 2026 — Anticipated commercial agreement(s) executed.
Review Cycle 3
Draft Activity Timeline, check CBRE website for updates to timeline and remaining capacity requested via RFO.
Aug. 15, 2025 – Bidders submit new questions via email by 12:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Aug. 29, 2025 – PGE's responses to new questions added to existing list and available to all Bidders via CBRE website by 5:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Sept. 5, 2025 – RFO Responses and/or Updated RFO Responses for third review cycle due by 2:00 PM, Pacific Prevailing Time.
Nov. 14, 2025 – All Bidder(s) notified about the success of their bid.
Q2 2026 — Anticipated commercial agreement(s) executed.
Networking opportunity
If you’d like to engage with others who may have or need expertise that could support bid development, let us know! The first list will be shared Dec. 9. New contacts will be added as received. Refreshed lists will be sent early in each review cycle or as requested.
Additional Resources
Community Benefits and Impacts Advisory Group (CBIAG)
To learn about the CBIAG, visit PortlandGeneral.com/CBIAG.
Community Benefit Indicators
Stakeholders in PGE's long-term planning process (Clean Energy Plan and Integrated Resource Plan, or CEP/IRP) provided a list of Community Benefit Indicators that they identified as preferred. Alignment with this list is not a requirement to submit a bid but is meant to serve as a guide for the types of metrics that have been suggested in the planning process.
Justice40
Find information and resources related to the Department of Energy’s implementation of the Federal Government’s environmental justice initiative, the Justice40 initiative here.
PGE's Distributed Generation Evaluation Map
This map can help to identify which feeder the location you’re considering is tied to and is a resource to pair with the PGE Distribution System data worksheet.
The map’s layers are controlled through the folder icon in the top right hand corner:
PGE Distribution System Data Worksheet
This worksheet can provide some idea of where there is capacity on PGE’s system. It was last updated in October, 2024 and does not reflect requests in queue since drafting. The most current version of this workbook is always found on OASIS in the following folder: Generation Interconnection > Oregon Small Generator Interconnection > Additional Information.