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The U.S. General Services Administration and the Department of Defense are seeking contractors that can provide federal facilities in several mid-Atlantic and Midwest states with 100% carbon emissions-free electricity by 2030.
The two parallel clean electricity procurements, slated for award later this year, would together constitute one of the federal government’s largest-ever clean electricity purchases.
The GSA Synopsis and DoD Synopsis were published July 15.
The procurements seek contractors who can provide carbon emissions-free electricity to federal civilian and defense agencies located in the territory where PJM Interconnection is the regional transmission operator.
GSA and DoD previously issued a joint Request for Information and hosted a combined GSA/DoD Industry Day. The agencies considered the input they received in response to the RFI and the information discussed at the Industry Day to shape their respective acquisition strategies and the solicitations.
PJM coordinates electricity transmission through an area of about 65 million people that includes all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Through these procurements, GSA and DoD anticipate seeking approximately 1.1 million and 2.4 million megawatt hours, respectively, of carbon emissions-free electricity and associated Energy Attribute Certificates per year, on average.
With more than 300,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles, the federal government is the nation’s largest energy consumer.
