Notice of Intent to Respond to RFI

All potential respondents are strongly encouraged to provide a Notice of Intent to Respond to RFI to the Collaborative by 5 pm, Eastern Time on August 17, 2009. Such notice should contain the name, address, and phone number of the proposed respondent and a contact name, address, phone number, and e-mail address. This notice can be submitted via e-mail to admin@linycoffshorewind-rfp.com. Potential respondents can also submit this notice via the web site discussed below as a question in the Q&A section. While submittal of a Notice of Intent to Respond to RFI is strongly encouraged, such a notice is not a prerequisite to submitting a Response to this RFI.

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Please be advised that the Deadline for Questions on the RFI has passed. The Collaborative will not be responding to any questions received after the deadline, August 3, 2009.

Purpose

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit information from the wind power industry and other interested parties, including community groups, to support the development of a Request for Proposal (RFP) through which the Collaborative will pursue a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) that would support the installation of up to 700 MW of offshore wind generation by one or more private developers. The RFP will contain appropriate terms, conditions and other information to encourage the submission of high quality proposals from capable wind power developers. The Collaborative intends to issue the RFP by the end of 2009. This RFI is for information and planning purposes only and should not be construed as a solicitation or obligation on the part of the Collaborative.

Schedule

Preliminary Project Schedule
Activity	Date
Issuance of RFI	June 30, 2009
Deadline for Questions on RFI	August 3, 2009
Deadline for Notice of Intent to Respond	August 17, 2009
Due Date for RFI Response	August 31, 2009
Issue RFP	December 31, 2009

Documents

A copy of the RFI document can be downloaded:

RFI Document

Communications

Respondents are invited to pose questions to the Collaborative regarding this RFI until August 3, 2009. The Collaborative will target posting all responses to questions prior to August 10, 2009. The Collaborative reserves the right to, at its discretion, not answer some questions. The Collaborative is not bound to the responses to the questions it does answer. Posted responses will be available to all respondents via the "respondents only" portion of the web site. Respondents seeking access to this portion of the site need to obtain a user name and password as described below.

RFI Website Access

The Long Island – New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative has established this website to facilitate communications and ensure that all Respondents have access to the same information. Respondents need to register on this website and obtain a password. To register and obtain a username and password, send an email request to admin@linycoffshorewind-rfp.com, or via the submission form (click the "Site Registration" button below). Please include the following information:

· Full Name
· Title
· Company Name
· Company Address
· Phone
· Fax
· Email address

The Collaborative will issue a username and password via email.