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 following the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission's ("PUC's") approval of PPL Electric's petition to eliminate the debt rating requirement for the Alternative Energy Credits ("AEC") RFP, requirement (b) above is optional to applicants to the AEC RFP.

Please note that for requirement (b) above, 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.

RFP Bidders may provide Bid Assurance Collateral either in the form of cash or in the form of bid assurance letter of credit. The schedule for when the Bid Assurance Collateral is due is provided in the RFP Addendum for this solicitation available on the RFP Schedule page of the Web site click here.

The RFP Manager will provide upon request (email to pplpolr@pplweb.com) wire transfer instructions to those RFP Bidders who intend to post cash for their Bid Assurance Collateral. Bidders who intend to post a letter of credit for Bid Assurance Collateral must send the bid assurance letter of credit ONLY to the PPL Electric RFP Manager Office at the following address:

Attn: NERA / PPL Electric RFP Manager
1835 Market Street, Suite 1205
Philadelphia, PA 19103

As provided in section 4.5.3 of the RFP Rules, PPL Electric may consider financial information of foreign applicants or foreign guarantors that are not denominated in U.S. Dollars or do not conform to GAAP in the United States. Such acceptability will be communicated to the applicant no later than forty-eight hours before the Cure Deficiency Deadline.

In addition, the RFP Manager and representatives from PPL Electric will perform a creditworthiness assessment for each RFP Bidder based on the credit and financial information provided and the creditworthiness standards of the SMA. The results of the creditworthiness assessment will be provided to the RFP Bidder in its Notification of Qualification, which will provide a preliminary indication of the unsecured credit limit that may be granted to the RFP Bidder during the term of the SMA.

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. The AEC RFP does not offer an opportunity to sell RECs for a company in your circumstances. While the credit rating requirement described below is now optional, bidders however are required to provide audited annual financial statements in the credit application. 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) submits the Credit Application and associated financial information requested in Article 4.5 (Credit Application and Financial Information)

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

Please note that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PUC") has approved PPL Electric's petition 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 and is effective for the upcoming AEC RFP Bidder Qualifications Due Date. The filing has been posted to the AEPS Supplier Documents page of the RFP Web site.

In order to qualify to participate in the current solicitation of the AEC RFP, all you will need is to submit bidder qualification materials to the RFP Manager by noon on Bidder Qualifications Due Date. A bidder qualifications checklist for the AEC RFP is available on the RFP Web site to aid in the submission of qualification materials and can be downloaded here: http://www.pplelectric.com/Business+Partners/polr-aeps/Supplier+Documents.htm

Please note that the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) has approved PPL Electric’s petition 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 ruling is applicable only to the AEC RFP and is effective for the upcoming AEC RFP Bidder Qualifications Due Date. The filing has been posted to the AEPS Supplier Documents page of the RFP Web site.