ALBANY, N.Y. — The New York Power Authority (NYPA) on Thursday issued its first solicitations as part of a new initiative to develop 1 gigawatt (GW) of advanced nuclear energy.
The two solicitations include a request for information (RFI) for upstate New York communities interested in hosting a NYPA-developed advanced nuclear project, and an RFI seeking information from potential development partners with experience developing, constructing, operating, or servicing nuclear-power projects, NYPA said in its Thursday announcement.
The Power Authority will hold an informational webinar on Nov. 6 at 10 a.m. for communities interested in responding to the RFI. Registration for the webinar is available online.
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In June, Gov. Kathy Hochul called on NYPA to develop at least 1 GW of advanced nuclear capacity in upstate New York to address growing reliability, affordability, and clean-energy capacity concerns.
The authority says it then started pre-feasibility efforts and began discussions with a range of stakeholders, including labor organizations on workforce-development needs for the initiative.
NYPA contends that its nuclear initiative is intended to deliver “firm, zero-emission power that complements renewable generation, strengthens grid reliability, prioritizes affordability and advances an energy policy of abundance that prioritizes energy independence and supply chain security.”
“At the Power Authority, we recognize that the success of this transformative advanced nuclear initiative hinges on our ability to collaborate with communities, governmental agencies at the state and federal level, and the private sector” Justin Driscoll, president and CEO of the New York Power Authority, said in the announcement. “Through these Requests for Information, we aim to gather input from developers and communities across Upstate New York to shape our approach to site selection and partnerships that provide the greatest value for New York. Together, we can achieve an abundant power supply that supports New York’s economy, fosters job creation, and furthers the clean energy transition.”
Both RFIs and related materials can be found online at: https://nypa.gov/Procurement.
NYPA says the RFIs are neither contract offers nor requests for proposals and do not commit NYPA to award a contract or pay any costs incurred by a party in the preparation of a response to the RFI.
The RFIs are not a procurement action and will not result in a pre-qualification of bidders for a future procurement action. Failure to submit a response will not impact a respondent’s ability to participate in or respond to any future competitive solicitation process for projects.
Technical questions can be submitted through the NYPA procurement portals for each RFI, the Authority noted.
