Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), through this Cluster 16 Wind, Geothermal and Emerging Technologies Request for Information (“RFI”), intends to solicit information regarding wind, geothermal, and emerging technology projects in Cluster 16 and to provide those projects an opportunity to receive Commercial Interest points from SCP under the Interconnection Process Enhancements. SCP is formed under the authority of a Joint Power’s Agency and subject to legislative and regulatory requirements imposed on a load serving entity within the state of California.
Determining factors for SCP’s interest point allocations are, in no order:
Contact information for this RFI:
Zech Jones
Energy Markets Associate
procurement@sonomacleanpower.org
Please see the attachments below for additional information regarding this RFI.
Sonoma Clean Power is a member of California Community Power (CC Power). On October 20, 2025, CC Power issued a solicitation for clean generation and capacity resources for both projects with and without interconnection queue positions. On May 12, 2025 CC Power issued a solicitation for geothermal capacity resources. Sonoma Clean Power may award IPE Commercial Interest Points to Cluster 16 projects that submitted bids and entered into exclusivity arrangements with CC Power in accordance with the requirements of these CC Power solicitations. Sonoma Clean Power will determine whether to award IPE Commercial Interest Points to Cluster 16 projects bid into the CC Power solicitations using substantially similar consideration factors to those used to evaluate Cluster 16 projects in its own independent processes (as detailed here), while reserving the right to account for the unique strategic, portfolio, regulatory, and geographic benefits offered by CC Power joint procurements.
