Arizona Electric Power
Cooperative, Inc.
2014 RFI Bidders’ Conference
April 4, 2014
Tempe, Arizona
Agenda
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Introductions
AEPCO & SWTC
Burns & McDonnell
RFI Information
RFI Organization and Process
Questions
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Introductions
AEPCO 2014 RFI Project Team
• Dick Kurtz: AEPCO
• Barry Brown: AEPCO
• Shane Sanders: SWTC
• Matt Lind: Burns & McDonnell
• Jon Summerville: Burns & McDonnell
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AEPCO
AEPCO
• Rural generation and transmission cooperative
• Owns and operates the 605 MW Apache
Generating Station in Cochise, Arizona
• AEPCO serves six distribution cooperatives with
wholesale power, and provides additional
resources, scheduling, trading, and ancillary
services to other members and non-member
customers.
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Service Territory
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Burns & McDonnell
Burns & McDonnell
• Internationally recognized engineering and consulting
firm serving clients since 1898
• Over 4,300 employees & 100% employee-owned firm
• Proud to be #14 on FORTUNE’s 2014 List of 100 Best
Companies to Work For
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RFI Information
RFI Requirements
• Existing resources of up to 150 MWs beginning in
2015/2016
• Proposals must be for a minimum block of 50 MWs
• PPA and TA preferred contract terms are for a minimum
of 20 years; asset purchases must have a remaining
asset life of at least 20 years
• Coal facilities should have current pollution control
technology and meet or exceed all emission and other
environmental requirements
• AEPCO’s share of the resource must be dispatchable by
AEPCO
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RFI Information
RFI Requirements (continued)
• Capacity and energy must have firm transmission and
deliverability to the Palo Verde, Westwing, or Mead hubs
or to interconnections of these hubs, such as
Winchester, Topock, and Greenlee that have available
transmission capacity
• Proposals will be accepted for capacity and/or the
associated dispatchable energy
• Due to the fact that AEPCO does not have any retail
load any proposals for energy efficiency or demand side
management (DSM) will be deemed unresponsive and
will not be accepted
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RFI Information
AEPCO is primarily interested in purchasing
for ownership a portion of an efficient natural
gas-fired asset, but if no such product is
available AEPCO will also consider a
dispatchable call option PPA from:
(1) such an asset for a 20 year term,
(2) a coal asset for up to 10 years, or
(3) a tolling arrangement for a period up to 20 years.
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Organization and Process
AEPCO 2014 RFI Schedule
Event
Anticipated Date
Release of RFI
March 17, 2014
Bidder Conference
April 4, 2014
Notice of Intent to Respond
April 10, 2014
Proposal Submittal Deadline
April 21, 2014
Selection of Short List and Notification
June 30, 2014
Bidder Initial Contract Draft from Short List
July 15, 2014
Negotiated Terms and Conditions
End of 3rd Quarter 2014
AEPCO Member Approval
December 10, 2014
Contract Execution
December 18, 2014
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Organization and Process
Email address:
AEPCORFI@burnsmcd.com
Web site:
http://AEPCORFI.com/
Attachment A: Response Data
Attachment B: Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Notice of Intent to Respond – April 10, 2014
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Organization and Process
Proposal Outline
Executive Summary
Overview of the proposal and project
Proposal Limitations
Time limits proposal is valid
Technical Proposal & Cost
Detail provided in Section C: PPA or TA Term Sheet located in Attachment A:
Response Data.
Company Data
Experience and reference to web site for financials and reports
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Organization and Process
Respondents are asked to submit (via email) a Notice of Intent to Bid
by April 10, 2014.
Respondents are required to submit three (3) hard copies of each
proposal and a CD with the spreadsheets provided in Attachment A:
Response Data to the address below.
Burns & McDonnell
Attn: Jon Summerville
9400 Ward Parkway
Kansas City, MO 64114
All proposals submitted in response to this RFI must be received by
B&M no later than 5:00 PM EST April 21, 2014.
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Organization and Process
Reservation of Rights
• AEPCO may not select any proposals
• AEPCO may extend or terminate this RFI at any time
• All proposals submitted to AEPCO may be used for any
reasonable purpose by AEPCO.
• AEPCO and B&M shall consider materials provided by
respondent in response to this RFI to be confidential.
• Proposal may be subject to discovery and disclosure in
regulatory proceedings
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Questions?
Web:
Email:
www.aepcorfi.com
AEPCORFI@burnsmcd.com
Relevant questions from Bidders’ Conference will be transcribed
and posted to the website by Tuesday April 8th
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