2025 GHG-Free RFO

Pursuant to the California Public Utility Commission’s (“CPUC”) Decision 24-02-047 authorizing clean energy procurement to meet California’s targets for GHG emissions reductions as defined in SB 100 and SB 1020, San Diego Gas & Electric Company (“SDG&E”) is issuing its 2025 Greenhouse Gas-Free Request for Offers (“RFO”).

This RFO seeks offers from owners and operators for the purchase of up to 1,600 GWhs of bundled energy and Portfolio Content Category 1 renewable energy credits (“PCC1 RECs”) from clean generation resources that meet the California Renewables Portfolio Standard (“RPS”) requirements. 

SDG&E will also consider offers for RPS energy generation from co-located or hybrid with battery energy storage (“Paired Resources”) that include capacity attributes (“Resource Adequacy”).

To be eligible, resources must come online no later than December 31, 2033, and SDG&E contract terms of no more than 20 years but has a preference for terms less than 15 years.

SDG&E seeks products from both new construction resources and existing projects, as well as out-of-state projects that are or will be pseudo-tied or dynamically schedule into CAISO Balancing Authority Area (BAA).

This website provides an overview of the market solicitation. Respondents are strongly encouraged to download the RFO protocol and related documents pertaining to the resource type of interest, available below, to fully understand all aspects of this RFO.