2026 Utility RFP Practices Study

How utilities run power supply RFPs, and the tools behind them.

Utility Tech Lab studies how investor-owned and public power utilities manage their power supply solicitations, from bid intake through evaluation and award.

Take part in the study

What the study covers

Solicitations keep getting bigger: more bids, more resource types, more scrutiny on how an award was reached. We're mapping how teams handle that today and which tools they rely on at each stage.

01
Bid intakeHow bids are received, tracked and checked for completeness.
02
EvaluationHow evaluators score bids and record their reasoning against the rubric.
03
AwardHow the award decision is documented for the board or regulator.

Who we're speaking with

We're looking for the people closest to the process at each utility:

  • Resource planning and power supply teams who run solicitations
  • Procurement teams who manage the bid process
  • IT and systems teams who own the tools behind it

Participation is a short conversation or a few written answers. Everyone who takes part receives a copy of the findings. Results are reported in aggregate, and no utility is named without its permission.

Get in touch

If you work on power supply solicitations, or know who owns the tools behind them at your utility, we'd be glad to hear from you.