San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) seeks to procure in front of the meter Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to avoid or defer utility distribution investments, in compliance with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Decision 21-02-006. The SOC Pilot is a DER distribution deferral tariff pilot which involves selecting lowest cost offers from providers of in front of the meter DERs through a simple auction pricing mechanism to defer planned distribution infrastructure. Selected offers will be dispatched to defer planned distribution infrastructure in accordance with contractual obligations set forth in the Commission-approved, non-modifiable Technology-Neutral Pro Forma (TNPF) contract. SDG&E seeks to procure incremental in front of the meter DERs to defer planned distribution projects that meet needs more than two years in the future. The planned distribution upgrade for year 1 SOC Pilot is for thermal need identified as GNA_2021_0002 and DDOR_2021_0002 for year 2025. The thermal need is for 0.86 MW during hours-ending 14-22 in the months of June through October in the year 2025 with no associated back-tie need. Behind-The-Meter (BTM) resources may not be used to support offers in the SOC pilot. SDG&E prefers to meet the entire need from a single offeror but will consider contracting with more than one offeror if it provides ratepayer savings. Entities will submit offers in quantities (MW) at specified percentages of the offer price cap. The offer price cap is the one-year deferral value of the planned distribution upgrade, specified in $/kW-month. Payments will be made on an equal basis after the end of each of the five need months. An entity may submit multiple offers at various percentages of the offer price cap (up to and including 100%). SDG&E may select any or all offers submitted by an entity, and the entity must perform on all selected offers. If the cumulative quantity of offers submitted is at least 90% of the need, SDG&E will tender the TNPF contract to selected offers for signature. SDG&E will provide two weeks for entities to return the signed TNPF contract and provide required information. Selected offers will be paid for quantities indicated at the percentages of the offer cap submitted. If signed contracts cumulate to less than 100% of the thermal need, SDG&E will initiate contingency plans to ensure grid reliability is maintained.