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DOER Submits Updated Round V RFP
Category: Massachusetts
DOER submitted 83C Round V RFP update letter to DPU.
Drafting parties indicated that they “do not anticipate submitting a draft 83C Round V RFP until at least 2026” . . . “given “the ongoing Section 83C Round IV contract negotiations, coupled with uncertainty from the federal government pertaining to offshore wind permitting and generally.”
DOER published additional 83E Storage Procurement’s Bidder’s Conference details.
Next Steps:
- 83C Clean Energy and Offshore Wind RFP
Awaiting conclusion of Round IV contract negotiations. - Round V RFP not expected before 2026.
- 83E Long-Term ESS Contracts RFP
Bidders conference scheduled for 1:00 p.m. ET on 8/14/25 (registration link); questions due by 8/21/25. - Confidential and public proposals due by 12:00 p.m., noon, ET on 9/10/25; selection of contracts expected 12/9/25.

