Franchise for Electricity Delivery

The City of Chicago (“City”), through its Department of Assets, Information and Services (“AIS”), invites interested parties to respond to this Request for Information (“RFI”) regarding the City’s Franchise for Electricity Delivery. 

This RFI is intended to:

1. Solicit information, ideas, and expressions of interest to inform the City’s planning and determinations regarding future electricity delivery franchises for the nation’s third largest city and largest urban center between America’s coasts;
2. Explore new and innovative ways to reliably, equitably, affordably and sustainably strengthen, maintain and operate the electricity grid within the City of Chicago;
3. Allow the City to gauge interest from both the incumbent franchisee and others regarding new or renewed electric franchise(s); and
4. Ensure the City receives informed input from a diverse set of interested entities and organizations responding to the RFI.

• REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: RFI City of Chicago Franchise of Electricity Delivery 

• ADDENDUM No. 1 to the RFI: Addendum No 1

• ADDENDUM No. 2 to the RFI: Addendum No 2

• Submissions to the RFI must be sent to ElectricityFranchise@cityofchicago.org no later than 4PM CST, September 30, 2021.

• Questions concerning the RFI should be sent to ElectricityFranchise@cityofchicago.org.