RICHMOND, Va., July 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Dominion
Virginia Power, a business unit of Dominion (NYSE: D), is seeking
bids for up to 20 megawatts of new solar capacity.
The company's Request for Proposals (RFP) seeks third party bids
for solar facilities between 1 and 20 megawatts of capacity that
would be on line in 2016 or 2017. The proposals can be for either
power purchase agreements for 1 to 20 megawatts, or for the
purchase of development projects between 10 and 20 megawatts. The
company will also consider proposals for greater than 20 megawatts
if the bidder can demonstrate the ability to complete the PJM
interconnection process on schedule to meet the 2016-2017
in-service date.
The projects must be in the portion of the PJM Dominion Zone
located in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Interested parties must submit a Notice of Intent to Bid by
August 5. The proposal(s) for 2016
projects must be submitted by August
24, and the proposal(s) for 2017 projects must be submitted
by September 8, 2015. The company
will announce the results in the fourth quarter of this year.
Bidders seeking more information on the competitive bidding
process and the RFP submittal documents should visit:
http://www.dom.com/2015SolarRFP
Dominion Virginia Power is a
subsidiary of Dominion (NYSE: D), one of the nation's largest
producers and transporters of energy with operations in 14 states.
Dominion has a portfolio of approximately 20,400 megawatts of
generation and 6,455 miles of electric transmission lines, and
operates one of the nation's largest natural gas storage systems
with 928 billion cubic feet of storage capacity and serves utility
and retail energy customers in 13 states. For more information
about Dominion, visit the company's website
at www.dom.com/.
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SOURCE Dominion Virginia Power