Arizona Public Service Company

Arizona Public Service Company

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

Arizona Public Service Company

Proposal for Photovoltaic (PV) Generation Resources

PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN

February 15, 2010

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SECTION / TITLE PAGE

1.0General Information______2

2.0Proposal Team______3

3.0Proposal Schedule______3

4.0Proposal Assignments______4

1.0GENERAL INFORMATION

Proposal Name: Arizona Public Service Company (APS) for PV Generation Resources

Request for Proposal No.: N/A

Charge Number: N/A

1.1Delivery Information

Due: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, (NO TIME SPECIFIED ASSUMING COB)

Submit To:

1.2Submittal Requirements

• Intent to Bid Document – This is a non-binding document and must be posted to Power Advocate by March 24, 2010.
• Signed Confidentiality Agreement (CA) – Must be posted to Power Advocate by March 31, 2010.
• A non-refundable RFP submission fee of $5,000 per Respondent is required in order to qualify the Proposal(s) for consideration. Respondents may make up to 4 proposals for $5,000. Additional proposals will require an additional $5,000 fee. The fee must be received by the response date shown in Section 1.4 (April 7, 2010) and must be wired using the following information:

Company: Arizona Public Service Company

Bank: Wells Argo

ABA/Routing No:121000248

• Proposal and supporting documents submitted via Power Advocate -

1.3 Pre-Proposal Meeting

• BIDDER’S CONFERENCE – March 12, 2010

1.4Questions:

This is covered in section 1.5.2 of the RFP:

It is the Respondent’s responsibility to advise APS’s Official Contact of any conflicting requirements, omissions of information, or the need for clarification before Proposals are due. There is no specific date mentioned for questions to be in.

The Official Contact is Gordon Samuel – Address above – No email available. Since this goes through PowerAdvocate I assume his email is linked to the site.

1.5Evaluation Criteria

2.0PROPOSAL TEAM

2.1Team Organization

Prime:Pike Electric

Subcontractors: TBD

2.2Proposal Team Contact Information

3.0 PROPOSAL SCHEDULE

March 2010

April 2010

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4.0 PROPOSAL ASSIGNMENTS

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Title

Description

Lead Assigned to

Due Date

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Notes

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• Declarations & Signatures

• Dispute Disclosure

• Assumptions and Clarifications

Needs input from O2 Energies

• Notice of Negotiation Procedures

• PPA Developer General Information

• Copy of PPA Provider’s Business License

• Copy of PPA Provider’s Insurance Certificate

• Copy of NABCEP Certification

• Copy of Pike’s Virginia Electrical Contractors License

• Copy of Pike ’s Business License

• Copy of Pike’s Insurance Certificate

• Background Information for PPA Firm

• Proposed Pricing Schedule

• PPA firm audited financial statements/annual reports (3 yrs)

• References of current and/or recent power supply agreements with wholesale customers

• Background Information for Pike

• Pike’s audited financial statements/annual reports (3 yrs)

• Completed Technical Proposal

• Proposed project schedule

• Proposed conceptual design and site layout

Based on Kendrick Substation site

• One-line electrical schematic

• Proposed photovoltaic equipment, inverter and BOS specs

• Letter of Supply Confirmation from module and inverter suppliers

Not required but will enhance our proposal

• Proposed interconnection design

• Proposed siting & permitting approach

Summary of requirements and steps to address

• Org Chart

• Resumes of Key Project Personnel

• List proposed major subcontractors

• Plan for Local Green Job Creation

• MBE/WBE Statement

• Renewable Energy Project Generation Profile

• PVWATTS Data Simulation Results

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