Provider of Choice        (Post-2028)

Following are the final contract templates: 

• Master Template
• Slice Template
• Block Template
• Load Following Template

For information on clean-up edits made to these templates since the June 2025 release, see the edit summary document. 

The Contract High Water Mark (CHWM) Implementation Policy provides the implementation details that supplement Section 2.4 of the Provider of Choice Policy and processes referred to in the Provider of Choice contracts, which BPA is statutorily required to offer under section 5(b) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. The CHWM Implementation Policy describes how BPA will conduct the FY 2026 CHWM Calculation Process and describes the Above-CHWM Load Process, which replaces the Rate Period High Water Mark process performed under the Regional Dialogue contracts. 

The CHWM Implementation Policy Record of Decision addresses issues raised during the public comment periods (Oct 24 - Nov. 13, 2024 and March 4 - March 18, 2025) on the Provider of Choice CHWM Contracts.

• CHWM Calculation Model, Oct. 2025
• CHWM Implementation Policy, Aug.14, 2025
• CHWM Implementation Policy Record of Decision, Aug. 14, 2025
• CHWM Calculation Model, Aug. 2025
• CHWM Implementation Policy New Public/Tribal Adjustments Phase-in Calculation

Investor-owned utilities (IOUs) have the right to requests a section 5(b) requirements power sales contract pursuant to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. The New Resource Rate Block Policy (NR Block Policy) establishes how and when BPA will develop contracts if requested by IOUs. The NR Block Policy establishes the process to develop a contract offering as well as the key provisions of the NR Block product to be offered.

The NR Block Policy close-out is included in Section 26 of the Provider of Choice Contract Record of Decision.  

• NR Block Policy, Aug. 14, 2025 
• Provider of Choice Contract Record of Decision

BPA released the Provider of Choice Policy and its associated Record of Decision on March 21, 2024. In April 2024, BPA began a public process to determine how to implement the policy through Provider of Choice contracts and other associated policy and rate methodology processes,

• Provider of Choice Policy, March 2024
• Provider of Choice Policy Record of Decision, March 2024
  April 17, 2024 version: Appendix D – ROD Revision History added. This appendix identifies minor edits after the ROD was published on March 21, 2024.
• Letter from the Administrator, March 2024

The Provider of Choice Contract Record of Decision addresses issues raised during the public comment periods on the Provider of Choice Contract High Water Mark (POC CHWM) Contracts held between (1) March 12, 2025 and April 9, 2025 and (2) May 23, 2025 and June 6, 2025. BPA is statutorily obligated to offer regional public power utilities and IOUs power sales contracts when requested as directed by Section 5(b) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act. The POC CHWM Contracts are BPA’s offering to regional public power utilities for power deliveries between Oct. 1, 2028 and Sept. 30, 2044. 

The ROD also closes out the New Resource Rate Block Policy, which establishes the process to develop a contract offering for IOUs, if requested, as well as the key provisions of the product to be offered.

• Provider of Choice Contract Record of Decision, Aug.14, 2025