Includes New Optional Community Benefit and Equity Metrics
POUR PUBLICATION IMMÉDIATE March 10, 2021
Contact presse MCE :
Jenna Famular, responsable du marketing et de la communication
(925) 378-6747 | jfamular@mcecleanenergy.org
SAN RAFAEL et CONCORD, Calif. — As part of MCE’s mission to reduce energy-related greenhouse gas emissions by offering customers renewable energy at competitive rates, MCE is pleased to announce our upcoming 2021 Open Season procurement process. MCE’s Open Season provides a competitive opportunity for qualified suppliers of energy and energy storage products to help further MCE’s clean power purchasing and community reinvestment goals.
For the first time, MCE’s Open Season solicitation will encourage suppliers to consider community benefits and equity metrics when submitting offers. While these optional elements are not required, MCE will prioritize offers that include them, consistent with MCE’s Sustainable Workforce and Diversity Policy adopted by MCE’s Board of Directors in 2018.
"MCE is excited to announce our 2021 Open Season, with a new focus on encouraging energy equity through our power purchasing,” said Vicken Kasarjian, MCE COO. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of MCE’s work. By including new optional elements in our 2021 solicitation, we are able to ask for a greater commitment from our energy suppliers as well.”
Some of the optional elements that MCE is soliciting in offers as part of this Open Season include:
- Support for educational programs, environmental justice initiatives, and workforce development and training initiatives;
- Participation of contractors, subcontractors, or businesses owned by Disabled Veterans, located in a designated Disadvantaged Community, or employing workers living in a designated Disadvantaged Community and;
- Utilisation de composants et de matériaux fabriqués ou assemblés aux États-Unis.
MCE will begin accepting offers for our 2021 Open Season solicitation on Friday, April 9, 2021. The following energy procurement products will be included in this solicitation: 1) Portfolio Content Category One (PCC1) Renewable Energy (Note: Solar resources must be paired with storage); 2) Front of the Meter, Stand-Alone Energy Storage.
All offers will be due on Friday, May 7, 2021 by 5:00 PM Pacific Standard Time. Instructions and documents for the 2021 Open Season Request for Offers will be available on MCE’s website at www.mceCleanEnergy.org/energy-procurement. Pour toute question concernant le processus, veuillez vous adresser à rfo@mceCleanEnergy.org.
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About MCE: En tant que premier programme d'agrégation de choix communautaire de Californie, MCE est une agence publique innovante à but non lucratif qui, depuis 2010, établit la norme en matière d'innovation énergétique dans nos communautés. MCE propose une énergie plus propre à des tarifs stables, ce qui réduit considérablement les émissions de gaz à effet de serre liées à l'énergie et permet de réinvestir des millions de dollars dans des programmes énergétiques locaux. MCE est une entité de desserte de la charge qui soutient une charge de pointe de 1 200 MW. MCE fournit de l'électricité à plus de 480 000 clients et à plus d'un million de résidents et d'entreprises dans 36 communautés membres réparties dans quatre comtés de la Bay Area : Contra Costa, Marin, Napa et Solano. Pour plus d'informations sur MCE, visitez le site mceCleanEnergy.orgou suivez-nous sur Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter et Instagram.
