MVU Integrated Resource Plan

The City of Moreno Valley, Moreno Valley Utility (MVU) seeks responses from qualified firms with experience assisting municipal electric utilities in preparing long-term Integrated Resource Plans (IRP). Specifically, the City is requesting proposals from firms offering production cost modeling, consulting and related services to comply with Senate Bill ("SB") 350 and SB 100, California Energy Commission ("CEC") regulations on IRPs of publicly-owned utilities, California Independent System Operator ("CAISO") market rules, and other legal requirements. The resulting IRP is to reflect changes in load, energy efficiency targets, solar program, renewable energy procurement plan, and pertinent legislation and regulations. The IRP should include a detailed quantification of resource needs over the next 5 years and projections for the next 20 years. The IRP will provide prioritization of resource preferences, and guidance on the energy procurement process. The selected Consultant shall provide resource planning expertise and support to MVU to ensure an economically and environmentally sustainable comprehensive strategy for reliable service, competitive and stable rates, environmental goals, management of market and other risks, changing conditions (such as climate or market regulations), and new opportunities (such as breakthrough technologies). In its analyses, the IRP shall give appropriate consideration to stakeholder input, community concerns, infrastructure limitations, existing resource commitments, prudent utility policies and practices, energy cost and other risks, rate impacts, anticipated energy market conditions, and current and anticipated future local, state and federal legislation, policies, and regulations that may be applicable to the City policy, resource option, or program being analyzed or proposed.