Southern California Edison issues first RFO for energy storage

19 November 2013 Geoff Zeiss

In September, SCE issued a Request for Offer (RFO) for new electric power capacity, including 50 megawatts of energy storage. It is thought that the SCE RFO is the first formal recognition by a state of the value of energy storage.  Delivery of energy storage for certain substations could start as early as 2015. All projects must be delivered by 2021.

In accordance with California Public Utilities Commission (“CPUC”) Decision (“D.”) 13-02-015, Southern California Edison Company (“SCE”) issues this Local Capacity Requirements Request for Offers (“LCR RFO”) for incremental capacity in the West LA Basin and Moorpark Sub-Areas. Products solicited include:

    Gas Fired Generation
    Combined Heat and Power
    Demand Response
    Energy Efficiency
    Energy Storage
    Renewable
    Resource Adequacy
    Distributed Generation

The basic requirement for energy storage equipment is that it must be dispatchable, capable of providing full capacity when requested, typically at peak, for at least two hours.  In addition it must be able to provide a minimum of four hours of full power over three consecutive days. The California ISO market will actually determine when the battery power is actually used.  Each energy storage project must have a capacity of at least 0.5 megawatts.  Energy storage projects are to be interconnected similarly to generation resources with SCE in control of charge and discharge.

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss

Geoff Zeiss has more than 20 years experience in the geospatial software industry and 15 years experience developing enterprise geospatial solutions for the utilities, communications, and public works industries. His particular interests include the convergence of BIM, CAD, geospatial, and 3D. In recognition of his efforts to evangelize geospatial in vertical industries such as utilities and construction, Geoff received the Geospatial Ambassador Award at Geospatial World Forum 2014. Currently Geoff is Principal at Between the Poles, a thought leadership consulting firm. From 2001 to 2012 Geoff was Director of Utility Industry Program at Autodesk Inc, where he was responsible for thought leadership for the utility industry program. From 1999 to 2001 he was Director of Enterprise Software Development at Autodesk. He received one of ten annual global technology awards in 2004 from Oracle Corporation for technical innovation and leadership in the use of Oracle. Prior to Autodesk Geoff was Director of Product Development at VISION* Solutions. VISION* Solutions is credited with pioneering relational spatial data management, CAD/GIS integration, and long transactions (data versioning) in the utility, communications, and public works industries. Geoff is a frequent speaker at geospatial and utility events around the world including Geospatial World Forum, Where 2.0, MundoGeo Connect (Brazil), Middle East Spatial Geospatial Forum, India Geospatial Forum, Location Intelligence, Asia Geospatial Forum, and GITA events in US, Japan and Australia. Geoff received Speaker Excellence Awards at GITA 2007-2009.

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