09:48:20 From Avista to Everyone: Good morning, welcome to the Avista All-Source RFP Bidder's Conference. Please feel free to share your questions in the chat field. 10:00:34 From Fireflies.ai Notetaker David to Everyone: Talk to Fireflies: (Web-search enabled) • Say: Hey Fireflies how can you help? • Type: /ff help to get started. View real-time notes and transcription for this meeting here: https://app.fireflies.ai/live/01JWYN3YXEV9P2GDWFDPZ4BFX0?ref=live_chat 10:10:22 From Avista to Everyone: Avista IRP Website: Integrated Resource Planning | Avista 10:12:04 From Avista to Everyone: Avista All-Source RFP Website: 2025 All-Source RFP 10:14:08 From Angie to Everyone: When you say up to 200, is that a hard max? 10:15:24 From Sara Norris - EPE to Everyone: Are you looking for winter or summer DR or both? 10:15:25 From Angie to Everyone: thank you! 10:15:39 From Bill Cline with VoltaGrid to Everyone: So to understand, Renewables (Wind or Solar) are a requirement? 10:15:44 From Anna Kulow to Everyone: For DR, are you looking for proposals that include a single asset or multiple assets? 10:16:14 From Diego & Dan / Spryng Energy to Everyone: Is the 200 aMW part of the Summer/Winter capacity? 10:16:19 From Angie to Everyone: Is there a preference to meet your capacity needs, whether battery gas or something else? 10:16:59 From Derek Kou to Avista (direct message): could Avista confirm if the capacity resource is limited to gas? or battery as well 10:22:41 From Bill Cline with VoltaGrid to Everyone: For how long will you need the power? 10:23:11 From Diego & Dan / Spryng Energy to Everyone: Is there and assumed NDA for the details of the bids? How is information protected? 10:23:44 From Anna Laprise to Everyone: Where on the website will the summary be posted? On the RFP page? 10:23:48 From Linda to Everyone: Will u participate in CAISO EDAM? And, how r u coordinating transmission with PSE? 10:25:22 From Linda to Everyone: No thank u 10:29:20 From Lukas Tejada to Everyone: Projects not in the Cluster Study can participate in the RFP but have a valid IXN plan to reach the COD? 10:29:43 From John Jennings to Everyone: The 2025 all source references the 2025 interconnection cluster study, will that be available? 10:30:29 From Jeffrey Secrest - Pine Gate Renewables to Everyone: Sorry if you said this and I missed it. Is there a requirement for projects to have NRIS? Or will projects with ERIS also be considered? 10:34:14 From Jeffrey Secrest - Pine Gate Renewables to Everyone: Are all of these delivery points acceptable for bidders to propose in the RFP? Or is there a smaller list of required or preferred delivery points? 10:34:44 From Steve McKenery to Everyone: Will Avista be bidding in any self-build projects (solar or BESS) ? 10:37:16 From Avista to Derek Kou (direct message): capacity can come from any resource 10:37:22 From Jeffrey Secrest - Pine Gate Renewables to Everyone: Is there any availability for resources in OR to Avista? 10:39:23 From Steve McKenery to Everyone: Thank you. Who is the Avista contact we should discuss self-build with ? 10:43:02 From Bill Cline with VoltaGrid to Everyone: Do you have specific locations for the power, are those locations in the RFP? Will Avista be purchasing that location or locations and is that for the power supplier? 10:43:56 From Annette Brandon, Avista to Everyone: Replying to "Thank you. Who is the Avista contact we should dis...": Steve, if you send question or information to our RFP email, we will forward to appropriate Avista personnel. 10:46:28 From Julia W to Everyone: Will Avista provide responses to questions sent via email outside of this meeting? 10:46:34 From Steve McKenery to Everyone: Replying to "Thank you. Who is the Avista contact we should dis...": Thank you. 10:49:43 From Wyeth Atchison to Everyone: Exhibits C&D appear directed at supply side resouces. For DR does exhibit H replace exhibit C or is it in addition to 10:49:57 From Anna Laprise to Everyone: How is Avista analyzing price? Does Avista use outside sources to determine actionable in-market prices? 10:50:00 From Dave Drew to Everyone: Do vendors who are only bidding on DR have to pay a bid fee? 10:50:27 From Lukas Tejada to Everyone: Just to be clear, one bid fee covers a main bid + 2 options? 10:50:56 From Angie to Everyone: what is the time frame between invoices sent and due date? 10:51:09 From Nick Hieb to Everyone: What are the exemption conditions? 10:51:24 From Bill Cline with VoltaGrid to Everyone: Ryan, has Avista done one of these type of project before? If so, when and what type of power was chosen? 10:51:31 From Jake Crahan to Everyone: During the pricing refresh stage will there be an opportunity to update our Wind Turbine technology/Layout based on updated pricing we receive from manufacturers? 10:52:20 From Colin Nackerman to Everyone: Does bid fee still apply if only bidding Avista's self-build? 10:53:31 From Bob DiBella to Everyone: Would the commercial terms for the DR program be a power purchase agreement or something like a professional services contract? 10:55:10 From Bob DiBella to Everyone: Would the letter of credit and other contractual requirements outlined in the Proposal Outline (Exhibit B-1) apply to the DR program? 10:58:24 From Will McNulty to Everyone: Exhibit G is a standard PPA form, will Avista consider an agreement form specific to Energy Storage resources? 10:58:25 From Cory Fox to Everyone: When will this recording be able available? 10:59:16 From Avista to Everyone: Replying to "When will this recording be able available?": It could be up by this afternoon. At least by Monday. 2025 All-Source RFP 11:00:14 From Cory Fox to Everyone: Replying to "When will this recording be able available?": Thank you 11:04:51 From Dave Drew to Everyone: Can you provide zip codes of your service territory to help us size the market potential for DR? 11:05:57 From Sara Norris - EPE to Everyone: Is there an existing DERMS that AVISTA has? 11:06:55 From Linda to Everyone: What baselining methodologies will u use for DR? 11:07:21 From alex.sherman to Everyone: is there a preferred time window for demand response resources to be available? 11:10:58 From Curt to Everyone: Are there specific substations and feeders which the DR program should target and if so will you provide those. Zip code would be too coarse to maximize value. 11:11:17 From alex.sherman to Everyone: apologies, I meant - is there a time of day that you are looking for demand response resources to be called, generally 11:14:44 From Matt Rilling-Smith to Everyone: For Exhibit B1, can you state which items DR proposals need to respond to eg do we need to address “insurance section” 11:15:15 From Dave Drew to Everyone: Would it be ok if we provided a detailed proposal (Exhibit H) before 6/30…or do we have to wait until we’re shortlisted? 11:15:50 From Anna Kulow to Everyone: For clarity, Initial DR Proposals should include: Exhibits A, B-1, and B-2. Do we need to submit Exhibit F or G? 11:17:41 From Sara Norris - EPE to Everyone: Thank you all!