The city of Austin has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for a peak system load forecasting service to optimize demand response and demand-side management efforts for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid.
According to the RFP, “Austin Energy is the eighth-largest publicly owned utility in the United States with more than $3.5 billion in assets and more than $1 billion in annual revenue.” The utility serves a 437-square-mile territory, which includes approximately 530,000 electric customer accounts.
The requested load forecasting service will monitor the ERCOT grid in real time during the summer months — June, July, August and September — to determine the highest coincident peak day of each month.
Austin Energy expects the chosen vendor to provide email notifications of predicted ERCOT peaks the day ahead and day-of. Daily, monthly and end-of-year reports must include ERCOT load and peaks, comparisons of daily forecasts and the performance of the prediction service.
The RFP also requests customer service support on an as-needed basis, including a live assistance phone number.
More detailed information about RFP No. 1100 DCM3016, including all minimum requirements and requested services, can be found online. An online pre-proposal meeting has been scheduled for Jan. 11 at 1 p.m. The deadline for question submissions is Jan. 17 at 3 p.m. The deadline for proposal submissions is Jan. 25 at 2 p.m. Diana McIntosh is the point of contact for this RFP.
City of Austin Requests ERCOT Load Forecasting Services
The requested service will monitor the ERCOT grid in real time during the summer months to determine the highest coincident peak day of each month.
(Lynda M. Gonzalez/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
