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Responding to RFPs

UserGuide

LevelTen Energy Platform

Accessing RFPs 1

Starting Your Proposal 1

Submitting a Project 1

Attaching a project to an RFP 2

Adding an RFP Price Plan 2

Complete Your Submission 9

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RFP participation is easy on the LevelTen Platform. This guide will provide youinformation about submitting proposals into RFPs hosted on the Platform.

Accessing RFPs

Active and closed RFPs can be found in the “RFPs” tab on the User Interface.

1. Log in to LevelTen’s Platform.

2. Click on the “RFPs” tab on the top menu bar.

3. Open RFPs will be listed as “Accepting Proposals”. Click on the name of the RFP you

want to see in the list to view the RFP Summary, Requested Offer Types, and

Supporting Documents.

4. Carefully review the information and documents under the “Supporting

Documents & Files” section.

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Starting Your Proposal

To start your proposal, click “Start My Proposal” in the upper, right-hand corner of the RFP

Details section. You must complete this step first, before adding to a project any Pricing

Plan specific to the RFP. Note: if you do not start a proposal, the RFP will not be listed in

the audience dropdown in the RFP/Custom pricing form.

Submitting a Project

To be considered in an RFP, you must submit the following for each project you would like

to submit:

1. Complete your Project Profile by inputting the requested information on the

“Overview” tab, “Forecast 8760” tab, and “Development Maturity” tab. The

“Impact+ Score” tab is optional.

2. Submit at least one RFP price plan with the “Audience” of the RFP name (see more

information below).

3. Submit any additional bid criteria, exhibits, and/or materials requested in the RFP.

Note: The "Data Accuracy" tab is a summary of your project profile on LevelTen's

Marketplace. For RFPs, you must include a Project Overview (25%), upload an 8760

Forecast (25%), and have a Development maturity score (25%) for a Completeness Score

of 75%. However, a Standard Marketplace price is not required when submitting a

Proposal to an RFP.

Attaching a project to an RFP

After you start your proposal, you may attach a project or create a new project profile for

the project you intend to offer.

To attach an existing project:

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1. Go to the “My Projects” tab and select the project that you would like to include in

your RFP response.

2. Update the project information as needed in the “Overview”, “8670 Forecast”, and

“Development Maturity” tabs. The “Impact+ Score” tab is optional.

3. Go to the “Energy Pricing” tab and select “RFP & Custom Pricing” to input your PPA

offer price. Follow the instructions under the section below titled Adding an RFP

Price Plan.

To attach a new project:

1. Create a new project by following the steps under the “Uploading New Projects”

and “Project Submission” sections of the user guide.

2. Complete all information required in the “Overview”, “8670 Forecast”, and

“Development Maturity” tabs. The “Impact+ Score” tab is optional.

3. Go to the “Energy Pricing” tab and select “RFP & Custom Pricing” to input your PPA

offer price. Follow the instructions under the section below titled: Adding an RFP

Price Plan.

Adding an RFP Price Plan

1. Select the project you would like to include in the RFP.

2. Go to the “Energy Pricing” tab, select “RFP & Custom Pricing”, and click on the blue

button “Add New Pricing Plan.”

3. Select the Audience: When entering a custom price, you must choose the

applicable audience with whom to share your pricing. Select ‘Marketplace’ for the

price offer to be visible to 200+ buyers in the LevelTen Marketplace. Only RFPs

that you have started a proposal for will be listed in the Audience dropdown.

Ensure that the name of the RFP is selected from the “Audience” dropdown menu

in the RFP/Custom pricing form.

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4. Viewing requested Offer Types: Once you select an RFP from the dropdown, you

will see a list of the requested Offer Types by the Buyer for that particular RFP. The

Buyer may request Respondents to submit pricing for up to four Offer Types with

each representing a different product configuration (e.g. Offer Type A may require

a product with project RECsand Offer Type B may require a product with swapped

RECs. The Buyer may require that you submit pricing for one or more Offer Types

for your proposal to be considered conforming to the RFP specifications.

Once you select an Offer Type, the Buyer’s request is indicated by a green star

and a summary box that appears on the right-hand side of your screen with details

surrounding the Buyer’s expected responses to each field. The summary table will

not show fields that the Buyer has not defined a response for and therefore, will

not appear in the summary box. This indicates the Buyer’s flexibility on the term

and allows you to submit your preferred response. For example, the Buyer may not

have a preference for Day Ahead vs. Real Time settlement in which case this term

will not show in the summary table and a green star will not indicate a preference

for this term.

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5. Responding to an Offer Type: Once you select an Offer Type, you can start your

response. You may respond with multiple price offers for each Offer Type (e.g. you

may submit two or more versions of Offer Type A). You may also submit a

non-conforming price offer by selecting the “Non-conforming” Offer Type. Please

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note that the Buyer may choose to eliminate any non-conforming price offers

submitted.

All pricing inputs should follow the project specifications and criteria as defined in

the requested Offer Type. If no preference is specified, you may submit your

preferred response.

● Plan Name: If the RFP Specifications Sheet does not specify a naming

convention, you may enter any name for your price plan.

● Offering Portfolios: If you are submitting a project as part of a portfolio of

projects with one or more other projects, use the Plan Name field to clearly

designate that the projects are part of the same portfolio. Example:

Portfolio with Projects A and B.

● Annual MWh/yr: The Annual MWh should correspond to volume specified

by the Offer Type requirements. Should you submit a volume greater than

the required volume for the location of your project, you will be asked

whether the Price offered would be the same for the required volume. If

“No,” please explain why a non-conforming volume is being submitted.

E.g. offer A:100,000 MWh/yr in ERCOT or 10,000-50,000 MWh/yr in

CAISO

If you are responding to Offer A for a project located in CAISO and enter a

volume of 75,000 MWh/yr, since that is greater than the requested volume

of 10,000-50,000 MWh/yr in ERCOT, you will be asked whether you can

hold price at the requested volume.

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● Contract Start Date: The date on which the settlement of the contracted

products will begin. The Contract Start Date typically aligns with the

Commercial Operation Date (COD) of a new-build project. If you submit a

price offer for a project that has a contract start date that is later than the

buyer’s preference, your price offer will be flagged as non-conforming.

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● Settlement Location: Select the appropriate Settlement Location by clicking

“Choose” and selecting from the dropdown menu the correct market and/or

settlement point for the project contract settlement.

● RECs will be CRS-listed: This field indicates if the RECs (project or swapped)

are generated by a facility that will be CRS-listed. A CRS-listed renewable

electricity generation facility is registered in an approved electronic

tracking system and Tracking Attestations have been submitted to the

Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). However, CRS does not certify any

generation facility, and therefore supply from these facilities is subject to

further verification during the annual Green-e® Verification Audit process.

As with other fields, the buyer’s preference will be indicated by a green star

. Note: this only applies to projects in North America.

● Does this plan come with a condition(s) precedent? A condition precedent

is an act or event that must occur before the terms of a contract must be

upheld. Before a condition precedent is met, parties are not required to post

assurances. If your offer requires condition(s) precedent, please explain. For

example: “The project must receive the results of all interconnection studies

before posting Seller’s Security” or “At least 80% of the project capacity

must be under contract.”

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Once you have entered all fields, click “Save.” If your price offer does not match the

Buyer’s requirements for the select Offer Type, you will have the option to

continue submitting a non-conforming price offer or go back to edit your responses

to match the Buyer’s requirements. Selections that are non-conforming to the

Buyer’s expectations will be indicated with a red square.

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Complete Your Submission

1. Return to “My Proposal” under the “RFPs” tab and ensure your projects are listed

under “My Projects.” Review the proposal for completeness.

2. Confirm that all projects you intend to offer into the RFP have been successfully

attached and are listed under the “Projects” section of your “My Proposal” page.

Note: by submitting your proposal you are accepting that you can hold the price

included in your proposal for 90 days from date of submission.

3. Click “Submit My Proposal.” Your proposal will show as “Submitted.” You will notreceive a confirmation email. Note: if you do not submit your proposal before the

due date it will not be seen by the buyer.

4. Once you submit your proposal, it will be available for the buyer to review.

We hope this user guide on how to access and respond to RFPs has been useful to you.

Please contact DeveloperServices@LevelTenEnergy.com, if you have any questions.