PRESIDIO SEEKING TO
PURCHASE RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2017
CONTACT: Sandee Peebles, peebles@wapa.gov, 916-353-4454
Lakewood, Colo. – The Presidio Trust is seeking to purchase
Renewable Energy Certificates to meet their renewable energy objectives through
a solicitation issued by Western Area Power Administration. Responses to the
Request for Proposal must be received via mail or fax before April 14 at 4:30
p.m. PDT.
WAPA will consider bids that meet Renewable Electric Energy
and REC definitions and qualifications. Using the flexibility allowed under
WAPA’s power marketing authority, the REC contract will be awarded for the best
overall value to Presidio while meeting the terms of the RFP. WAPA is encouraging
small and minority-owned businesses and Native American tribes to apply.
Instructions on how to submit a bid to the solicitation can
found in the Statement of Intent for Federal Agencies to Purchase Renewable
Resources available on the Renewable
Resources for Federal Agencies website. Fax the completed form to Public
Utilities Specialist Sandee Peebles at 916.985.1931 no later than April 14.
Proposals submitted in response to the RFP must be received via mail or fax on
or before April 14 at 4:30 p.m. PDT to be considered for evaluation. Emails
will not be considered.
About WAPA: Western Area Power Administration annually
markets and transmits more than 25,000 gigawatt hours of clean, renewable power
from 57 federal hydroelectric powerplants owned and operated by the Bureau of
Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and International Boundary and Water
Commission in 15 western and central states. It is part of the Department of
Energy. Follow us on Twitter @WesternAreaPowr or visit the website at
www.wapa.gov.
