Section 78.1 of the Ontario Energy Board Act, 1998, S.O. 1998, c. 15 Schedule B (OEB Act) and Ontario Regulation 53/05 under the OEB Act (O. Reg 53/05), set out the OEB’s authority to set payment amounts for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) nuclear facilities and certain hydroelectric facilities, including the form, methodology, assumptions and calculations used in setting payment amounts.
OPG is expected to file its 2022-2026 Payment Amounts application in late December 2020 (OPG Application). This application is expected to include a proposal with respect to a future production forecast for nuclear facilities. It is unknown, at this time, whether OPG will propose any changes to the methodology used in calculating its nuclear production forecast.
The OEB’s decision in OPG’s 2017-2021 Payment Amounts proceeding approved OPG’s nuclear production forecast as filed (EB-2016-0152, Decision and Order, p. 12).
This RFP is issued concurrently with three (3) other Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and one (1) Request for Services (RFS) for expert services related to the OPG Application. Vendors that bid in response to this RFP who also may be interested in submitting bids in response to the other RFPs should consider their capacity to provide services in response to this RFP as well as the other RFPs, taking into account the anticipated volume and pace of work. Vendors should be prepared to work in coordination with the other Vendor(s) selected to support OEB staff on the OPG Application and demonstrate previous successful experience of collaboration with other vendors or consultants.
Objectives
To retain a production forecast expert who will review OPG’s 2022-2026 Payment Amounts application, specifically regarding OPG’s nuclear production forecast.
