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Current Solicitations for the California Energy Commission's
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PIER - Administrative Services


Request For Proposals 500-11-504: Technical Assistance for the Research and Development Division

Notice of Proposed Award (NOPA)
Issued May 2, 2012



American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 Cost Share with PIER Program


Grant Solicitation PON-09-002: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 Cost Share

Due Dates: April 21, 2010, by 4:00 p.m. - Please see Table #1 in Addendum # 2 for due dates by FOA.



Buildings End-Use Energy Efficiency Research Area

Program area description.

No solicitations at this time.


Emerging Technology Demonstration Grant (ETDG) Program

Program Opportunity Notice PON-11-501: Emerging Technology Demonstration Program (ETDG II)

  • Application Manual. Revised October 20, 2011. (PDF file, 65 pages, 204 kb).
  • Files for Solicitation- (MS Word, PDF, Excel)
    Date Released: August 26, 2011.
  • Addendum 1
    Public Notice Rescheduling the Pre Bid Conference
    Date Released: September 12, 2011.
  • Addendum 2
    Notifies potential applicants of a temporary delay of the ETDG II Solicitation
    Date Released: September 26, 2011.
  • Addendum 3
    Notifies potential applicants of changes to the application manual since its original August release.
    Date Released: October 20, 2011.
  • Addendum 4
    Postpones the Abstract (Stage 1) due date to December 1, 2011 at 4 p.m.
    Date Released: November 16, 2011.
  • Addendum 5
    Notifies Stage 2 Applicants of requirement to submit the California Based Entity Form (Attachment J)
    Date Released: January 6, 2011.
  • Questions and Answers
    Date Released: November 18, 2011.
  • WebEx Recording of October 31, 2011 Proposal Workshop
     
  • 2011 Emerging Technology Demonstration Grant Program (ETDG II) - Presentation from Proposal Workshop.
  • Due dates for proposals:
    • Deadline to Submit 6 page Abstracts (Stage 1): November 21st, 2011 by 4 p.m. December 1, 2011 at 4 p.m.
    • Deadline to Submit Proposals (Stage 2): January 20th, 2012 by 4 p.m.

      Note that other deadlines apply.
  • Stage 1 Results
    Date Posted: December 16, 2011.


Energy Innovations Small Grant (EISG) Program



Renewable Energy and Advanced Generation Research

Program Opportunity Notice PON-11-507: Hybrid Generation and Fuel-flexible Distributed Generation/Combined Heat and Power/Combined Cooling, Heat and Power (DG/CH&P/CCH&P) Systems




Energy-Related Environmental Research Area

Program area description.

Program Opportunity Notice PON-11-502: Environmental Issues Related to Clean Energy Systems


Request For Proposals 500-10-502: Assessment of Natural Gas Combined Cycle Plants for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in a Gas-Dominated Electricity Market



Energy Systems Integration

No solicitations at this time.



Industrial/Agricultural/Water End-Use Energy Efficiency Research Area

Program area description



Renewable Energy Research Area

Request For Proposals 500-10-503: Research Needs for Utility-Scale Renewable Energy

There will be two Pre-Bid Conferences:

November 9, 2010, 10 a.m.

November 16, 2010, 1:30 p.m.

Deadline to Submit Proposals: December 21, 2010 by 3 p.m.



Transportation Research Area

Program area description.

Request For Proposals 500-11-503: Liquefied Natural Gas Vehicle Infrastructure Improvement Research and Development




PIER Contractors' General Information


PIER Project Report Style Manual

Please See Style Manual Page


PIER Program Sole / Single Source Contract Procedures

Please See Procedures Page


PIER Terms and Conditions

PIER Invoicing Files




If you are interested in the detailed Request For Proposals (RFP) or other solicitation documents, copies may be obtained by writing or calling:

Contracts Office, MS-18
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Telephone: 916-654-4392
FAX: 916-654-4423