BALTIMORE, Sept. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- The Potomac Edison Company d/b/a
Allegheny Power (AP), Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), Delmarva
Power & Light Company (Delmarva), and Potomac Electric Power Company
(Pepco) have issued Requests for Proposals (RFPs) for full-requirements,
wholesale electric power supply to meet their Standard Offer Service (SOS)
obligations in their Maryland service territories.
Each utility will provide market-based supply service to some or all of
its electric customers who do not take service from competitive retail
suppliers. The RFPs will consist of supply contracts ranging in term from
quarterly to twenty-nine months. For BGE, Delmarva, and Pepco, the bidding
for Residential contracts will occur in two procurements -- October 2008
and April 2009, and the contract term will be twenty-four months. For AP,
the bidding for Residential contracts will occur in four procurements --
October 2008, January, April, and June 2009, and the contract term will
range from five to twenty-nine months. The bidding for small commercial
Type I contracts will occur in two procurements -- October 2008 and April
2009, and the contract term will be 24 months. For BGE, Delmarva, and
Pepco, the October 2008 procurement will be for supply services to begin
June 1, 2009, and the April 2009 procurement will be for supply services to
begin October 1, 2009. AP will not be procuring for Type I during this
procurement cycle. The bidding for larger commercial Type II contracts will
be for three-month term contracts and will occur quarterly. The first
quarterly procurement in October 2008 will be for Type II supply services
to begin December 1, 2008. Further details regarding the procurement
schedule, including the bid due dates for this multi-procurement process,
can be found in the RFP documents. The four utilities will concurrently
conduct their bidding processes under uniform rules and timetables. The
utilities are requesting proposals totaling approximately 5,009 megawatts
(MW), including:
-- 918 MW for AP
-- 2,566 MW for BGE
-- 353 MW for Delmarva
-- 1,172 MW for Pepco
A joint-utility pre-bid conference will be held on September 24, 2008,
at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in downtown Baltimore. The conference will
review the general RFP structure and process, the specific utility bid
plans, and the power supply contract.
Additional details regarding the RFPs, the pre-bid conference and
utility contact information can be found by visiting any of the following
utility RFP websites:
AP http://www.alleghenypower.com/rfp
BGE rfp.bge.com
Delmarva http://www.delmarva.com/mdrfp
Pepco http://www.pepco.com/mdrfp
SOURCE Baltimore Gas and Electric Company
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Related links:
http://www.alleghenypower.com/rfp
http://rfp.bge.com http://www.delmarva.com/mdrfp
http://www.pepco.com/mdrfp
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CONTACT:
Allegheny Power, +1-888-233-3583; BGE,
+1-410-470-7433; Delmarva, +1-410-860-6203; or Pepco,
+1-202-872-2680
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