2026 Voluntary Utility Scale RFP

2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP

On February 5, 2026, Puget Sound Energy (“PSE”) filed with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (“WUTC” or “Commission”) a Voluntary RFP for Utility-Scale CETA-compliant Energy and Capacity Resources (the “2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP”). The 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP seeks bids from qualified respondents to supply CETA-compliant clean energy and winter peak capacity. PSE will consider any electric resource or energy storage resource that can meet all or part of the company’s resource deficit, consistent with the requirements described in the RFP.

PSE’s current capacity estimates, based on expected conditions pertaining to load and generation, indicate a deficit of 1,556 MW of winter peak and 59 MW of summer peak capacity in 2031. Current energy estimates, based on expected conditions pertaining to load and generation, indicate that PSE needs to acquire 2.9 TWh of CETA-compliant energy to be able to serve 80% of customer requirements with CETA-compliant energy in 2030. RCW 19.405.040(1)(b) allows an electric utility to satisfy up to 20% of its compliance obligation with an alternative compliance option, therefore, PSE anticipates acquiring sufficient renewable resources to serve at least 80% of its customer requirements during the CETA compliance period from 2030-2033.

PSE has hired Bates White Economic Consulting (“Bates White”) to provide independent evaluator (“IE”) services for this Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP. Information about PSE’s IE selection process can be found in PSE’s petition with the WUTC dated March 22, 2024. The petition was approved in Order 1 of docket UE-240191 on April 25, 2024. Information about the role and scope of the IE can be found in the RFP document below.

See also the Acquiring Energypage of PSE’s web site for a list of other current and recent RFPs, including Demand Response and Distributed Energy Resources RFPs.

SUBMIT 2026 VOLUNTARY UTILITY-SCALE RFP BID

To submit a bid for the 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP, qualified respondents must create and register an account at PSE’s RFP submission portal. The portal will begin to accept bids on Thursday, February 5, 2026.

RFP Schedule

2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP Schedule

The RFP schedule is subject to adjustment based on the actual pace of the evaluation process. See also the Acquiring Energy page of PSE’s web site for schedules associated with other current RFPs.

Date	Milestone
February 5, 2026	PSE issues Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP to Bidders *The RFP bid submission portal will begin to accept bids on February 5, 2026.
Q1 2026*	PSE hosts Bidders’ conference *Date TBD
March 18, 2026*	PSE participating resource offers due *The RFP bid submission portal will remain open until 11:59 PM PT on March 18, 2026.
April 10, 2026*	All other offers due *The RFP bid submission portal will remain open until 11:59 PM PT on April 10, 2026.
May 8, 2026	PSE posts compliance report consistent with the requirements of WAC 480-107-035(5)¹
March - May 2026	Phase 1: Screening process and selection of Phase 2 candidates
June - July 2026	Phase 2: Optimization analysis and due diligence, shortlist selection and negotiations
Q3-Q4 2026	Negotiations and contract executions, ongoing analysis and due diligence
To follow	PSE files with the WUTC and posts compliance report consistent with the requirements of WAC 480-107-145(2)²

_{1 Required to be posted on the company’s public web site within 30 days of the close of the bidding period.

2 Required to be filed with the Commission within 90 days of the conclusion of any RFP process.}

Updates and Notifications
PSE will update this section as the RFP process progresses and new information becomes available.

Q&A from Bidders

PSE will tabulate and post Q&A for the benefit of all interested parties. PSE will not include company names, project names, contact information or other identifying descriptors in the Q&A.

Questions about the RFP may be submitted to the AllSourceRFPmailbox@pse.com.

RFP Updates and Notifications

PSE will post general updates about the RFP, including process updates and press releases, as it makes sense. Updates to the schedule will be posted in the RFP Schedule section.

PSE issues 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP to bidders (see RFP Document and Bid Submission section below) and files the RFP with the WUTC. PSE will update this web site to include the WUTC docket number when available. (February 5, 2026)
Bidders' Conference

PSE will host a virtual bidders’ conference in Q1 2026 to provide information designed to help bidders prepare and submit their proposals. Conference materials, including the presentation and Q&A from the discussion, will be posted here after the conference for the benefit of all bidders.

More information about the conference will be posted here when available.
RFP Document and Submission

PSE issued a Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP on February 5, 2026. To submit a bid, qualified respondents must create an account on PSE’s RFP submission portal and complete the 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP Proposal Form. The RFP submission portal will begin to accept bids on February 5, 2026.

2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP:

Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP (PDF)

The Proposal Form is an electronic form available through the RFP submission portal. Bidders may download a copy of the form questions to use for reference while preparing their bids and a set of portal instructions for bid submittal.

Questions about the 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP may be submitted to AllSourceRFPmailbox@pse.com. Q&A will be anonymized and posted to the Updates and Notifications section above for the benefit of all interested parties.

Bid Fee Instructions

For a proposal to be considered complete and successfully accepted by PSE, the bidder must submit the proposal through the RFP submission portal and submit the appropriate bid fee by the proposal due date (see schedule above). Bidders may submit more than one proposal, but must submit a separate bid fee for each proposal.

For complete bid fee submission instructions, see Section 8.3 of the 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP. Bidders may pay the bid fee via certified check or ACH transfer only. Bidders must annotate on the payment the PROPOSAL ID number. A PROPOSAL ID is generated by the submission portal when a new proposal is initiated by the bidder. Annotating the PROPOSAL ID on the payment is the only way to ensure that a payment will be associated with the corresponding proposal. Failure to annotate a PROPOSAL ID on the method of payment may result in unnecessary delay and/or loss of the bid fee.
Public Participation

PSE filed a Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP with the WUTC on February 5, 2026. PSE will update this web site to include the WUTC docket number when available.

Consistent with the requirements of Washington Administrative Code 480-107-035(5), within thirty days after the close of the RFP bidding period, PSE will post a summary of each bid the utility has received. PSE will post any schedule updates in the RFP Schedule section above. Additional updates, including process updates and press releases, will be posted in the Updates and Notifications section.

Questions about the 2026 Voluntary Utility-Scale RFP and/or requests to be placed on PSE’s distribution list for this RFP may be directed to AllSourceRFPmailbox@pse.com.

Interested parties may also request to be placed on the Commission’s distribution list for utility RFPs by contacting the Commission’s Records Center.