If you are participating in the Full Requirements RFP, Block Supply RFP and the AEC RFP, are you required to provide three full sets of qualification documents or is one full set sufficient?

The three RFPs are separate but run concurrently. A supplier participating in more than one RFP is required to provide qualification materials for each RFP separately. The only exception to this is the Expression of Interest Form if it is completed online. As long as the check boxes for all the applicable RFPs have been elected, the bidder only need to fill this form out once, and it will be deemed acceptable for all the RFPs that have been elected on the web form. To access the expression of interest web form, please: click here.

A bidder qualifications checklist for each RFP is now available on the RFP Web site. The checklists are intended to aid in the submission of qualification materials and are not a required part of the bidder qualifications.

• Full Requirements RFP checklist: Click Here!
• Block Supply RFP checklist: Click Here!
• AEC RFP checklist: Click Here!

No. Apart from the expression of interest, which can be submitted online, all other qualification materials must be submitted in hard copy to the RFP Office at: 1835 Market Street, Suite 1205, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

Along with the credit application, a bidder will need to provide one (1) copy of any supporting documents, which includes (a) the most recent 2 years of financial statements audited by a firm of certified public accountants of national standing, and (b) documentation showing the name of the rating agency, the type of rating, and the rating of the Applicant from the rating agency’s web site. Hardcopies of these supporting documents are required.

Please note that we do not require a full agency rating review report. A print-out from the credit rating agency’s website showing the name of the rating agency, the type of rating, and the rating of the Applicant will suffice for this requirement. If you believe providing this information in hardcopy is against the agreement that you have with the rating agency, please state this in your cover letter to us explaining your situation.

Yes, should you not be able to provide the most recent 2 years of audited financial information and bid assurance collateral as required in the RFP Rules, you will not be able to participate in the RFP.

Updated Confidentiality Agreements (Appendix 3) to the Block Supply RFP and the AEC RFP have been posted to the RFP web site, and an announcement has been sent to all web site registrants on July 16, 2009.

• Revised Block Supply Confidentiality Agreement: Click Here!
• Revised AEC Confidentiality Agreement: Click Here!

The PPL Electric RFP Team will accept the Confidentiality Agreement for each RFP regardless of whether the original or the revised version is submitted. If an original agreement is submitted with an RFP Bidder’s Qualifications, PPL Electric will correct for this section error by hand when countersigning the agreements.

Updated Confidentiality Agreements (Appendix 3) to the Block Supply RFP and the AEC RFP have been posted to the RFP web site, and an announcement has been sent to all web site registrants on July 16, 2009.

• Revised Block Supply Confidentiality Agreement: Click Here!
• Revised AEC Confidentiality Agreement: Click Here!

The PPL Electric RFP Team will accept the Confidentiality Agreement for each RFP regardless of whether the original or the revised version is submitted. If an original agreement is submitted with an RFP Bidder’s Qualifications, PPL Electric will correct for this section error by hand when countersigning the agreements.

We are the RFP Manager for PPL Electric’s RFPs under their Default Service Procurement Plan, including the AEC RFP.  We can respond to questions regarding this RFP but cannot provide information or suggestions regarding your ability to enter into a contract for RECs outside of this RFP.

The AEC RFP does not offer an opportunity to sell RECs for a company in your circumstances. As stated in section 4.1.1 of the RFP Rules, “An applicant is qualified to bid in a given solicitation if, by the Cure Deficiency Deadline of that solicitation, it satisfactorily completes or updates the following: ... 3) demonstrates that its, or its guarantor's, unsecured senior long-term debt rating (or issuer rating, if the unsecured senior long-term debt rating is unavailable) is currently available from Standard & Poor's, Fitch Ratings or Moody's Investor Services.”

Currently, there are no provisions to accept alternative arrangements other than what is described above.

Please note that PPL Electric has filed a petition with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) to eliminate the requirement that an applicant demonstrate that its, or its guarantor’s, debt rating be available from S&P, Fitch, or Moody’s for the Alternative Energy Credits (“AEC”) RFP. This petition is applicable only to the AEC RFP.  PPL Electric has requested expedited treatment with regard to this petition so that this change may take effect in time for the upcoming AEC RFP bidder qualifications due date of January 5, 2010. The filing has been posted to the AEPS Supplier Documents page of the RFP Web site.