Requests for Proposal

APS is seeking proposals from solar developers and installers to construct a 14 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility – financed by APS through the company's AZ Sun Program.  The RFP will open for bid submission March 15, 2012 and will close April 30, 2012.  Interested parties are encouraged to participate in a bidder's webinar on March 21, 2012.  Projects must employ commercially proven technology as identified in the RFP.  When completed in 2013, the new solar facility, as part of the AZ Sun Program, will be owned and operated by APS and is expected to provide electricity to more than 3,500 Arizona homes.

APS will use the PowerAdvocate platform for this RFP.  To register with PowerAdvocate, please visit http://www.poweradvocate.com/ and select "Register".  Select "I am registering as a supplier" and in the Referral Information section, enter that you were referred by Jessica Hernandez of APS and are requesting access to the 2012 AZ Sun RFP – Hyder II. Anyone with an existing PowerAdvocate account should email jessica.hernandez@aps.com with their account name and request it be added to the APS "2012 AZ Sun RFP- Hyder II".

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Bidder's Webinar Information

Topic: 2012 AZ Sun Hyder II RFP - Bidder's Webinar
Date: Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Time: 9:00 am, Mountain Time (Arizona)
Event Number / Access Code: 827 938 456 

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APS has opened a Request for Information (RFI) event seeking vendor proposals related to the future implementation of innovative early-commercial renewable technology projects to be located on APS customer sites and on the customers’ side of the electric meter. Technologies that will be considered include, but are not limited to, concentrating photovoltaics (PV), solar thermal systems, unique end-use tracking applications, building integrated products, pole-mounted photovoltaics, thermal storage and waste-to-energy. This RFI will be open to registered vendors on February 17, 2012 and proposals are due by April 20, 2012.

APS will use the PowerAdvocate platform for this RFP. To register with PowerAdvocate, please visit http://www.poweradvocate.com/ and select "Register". Select "I am registering as a supplier" and in the Referral Information section, enter that you were referred by Paul Baker of APS and are requesting access to the “RFI for Innovative Renewable Projects”. Anyone with an existing PowerAdvocate account should email paul.baker@aps.com with their account name and request it be added to the APS " RFI for Innovative Renewable Projects ".

Announcement Regarding the 2012 Renewable Small Generation RFP

• The APS 2012-2016 Renewable Energy Standard Implementation Plan was approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission on January 13, 2012.
• As approved, the Plan includes an expansion of distributed energy programs in 2012 that will contribute to APS’s overall renewable energy targets over the next several years.
• As a result of the expected increase in the amount of distributed energy in this time frame, APS has postponed the solicitation for small generation renewable resources previously planned for release in early 2012.
• We will continue to evaluate the levels of distributed energy deployment during 2012 to determine the timing and need of future small generation solicitations.

APS is seeking proposals from solar developers and installers to construct a 17 megawatt solar photovoltaic facility – financed by APS through the company’s AZ Sun Program. The RFP has been issued as of October 3, 2011 and will close November 30, 2011. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in a bidder's webinar that follows on October 12, 2011. Projects must employ commercially proven technology. When completed in 2013, the new solar facility, part of the AZ Sun Program, will be owned and operated by APS and is expected to provide electricity to more than 4,000 Arizona homes.

APS will use the PowerAdvocate platform for this RFP. To register with PowerAdvocate, please visit http://www.poweradvocate.com/ and select "Register". Select "I am registering as a supplier" and in the Referral Information section, enter that you were refferred by Jessica Hernandez of APS and are requesting access to the 2011 AZ Sun RFP. Anyone with an existing PowerAdvocate account should email jessica.hernandez@aps.com with their account name and request it be added to the APS "2011 AZ Sun RFP".

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Bidder's Webinar Information

Topic: 2011 AZ Sun Bidder's Webinar
Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Time: 9:00 am, Mountain Time (Arizona, GMT-07:00)
Meeting Number: 823 809 109

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APS launched their 2011 Solar for Schools and Government program on March 1, 2011. This program will include work to be performed by solar installer firms, who will do the actual construction of the host sites for the APS-owned solar electric systems. This RFP seeks to identify a pool of qualified solar installer firms who will be given the opportunity to bid on the numerous individual Schools and Government solar installation projects that will occur throughout the state of Arizona.   The RFP will be tentatively released around May 25, 2011 with an open window of two weeks.  

If you wish to register for this specific RFP, please contact Paul Baker at Paul.Baker@aps.com.