The Puerto Rico Public-Private Partnerships Authority (PRPPA) in collaboration with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has issued an RFQ for a private partner to design, permit, finance, construct, manage, operate and maintain a generation facility.

The facility will be developed in northern Puerto Rico adjacent to the existing Palo Seco power plant and the chosen P3 partner will need to:

• provide generation capacity to assist in recovery efforts from Hurricanes Irma and Maria
• obtain flexibility in generation operation and rapid response to help manage the integration of renewable energy resources into the electrical grid
• bring operational expertise
• increase the reliability, resiliency and efficient operation of Puerto Rico’s generation system
• reduce the cost of power generation and meet customers’ electricity demand needs at the lowest achievable cost for customers
• incorporate industry best practices

At the time of publishing, the RFQ could be viewed here... 

The deadline to submit statements of qualification is 6 September (2019).