APS Seeks Additional Renewable Energy.Company Issues Request for Proposal (RFP (Request For Proposal) A document that invites a vendor to submit a bid for hardware, software and/or services. It may provide a general or very detailed specification of the system. 1. (business) RFP - Request for Proposal. 2. ) PHOENIX -- Arizona Public Service Arizona Public Service Company is the largest electric utility in Arizona and the principal subsidiary of publicly-traded S&P 500 member Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE: PNW), which in turn had been formerly named AZP Group (APS) is requesting proposals for new sources of renewable energy generation. The energy sought must provide at least 35,000 megawatthours and be available sometime between 2009 and 2013. The Request for Proposal (RFP) includes solar, wind, biogas, landfill gas, biomass, geothermal, hybrid wind and solar, renewable natural gas Renewable natural gas is a biogas which has been upgraded to a quality similar to natural gas. A biogas is a gas obtained from biomass. By upgrading the quality to that of natural gas, it becomes possible to distribute the gas to customers via the existing gas grid, and burned and hydropower technologies. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in a bidder's teleconference on Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Additional information about the teleconference and the RFP is available online at www.aps.com/rfp. The energy procured from this request will help APS meet its growing demand for energy. APS conducted a similar process in 2007 which resulted in several new renewable energy New renewable energy is a relatively new term that is not used uniformly. Most commonly it refers to non-traditional renewable energy technologies such as solar energy, wind energy, small hydro and biomass. contracts. The most notable is the 280-megawatt (MW) Solana Generating Station, which will be located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, near Gila Bend, Ariz. APS currently provides its customers with 131.5 MW of renewable energy, enough to power more than 37,000 homes. With the addition of Solana, APS will provide enough renewable energy to serve 100,000 homes. APS, Arizona's largest and longest-serving electricity utility, serves about 1.1 million customers in 11 of the state's 15 counties. With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the largest principal of Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PNW PNW Pacific Northwest PNW Palestinian Airlines (ICAO code) PNW Probes Northwest (Ford Probe owners club) PNW Prescott and Northwestern Railroad Company PNW Printer Not Working PNW Personal Netware ). |
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