The California ISO assigns import capability to load serving entities through their respective scheduling coordinators for compliance with resource adequacy (RA) requirements for 2021 through a multi-step process under ISO Tariff Section 40.4.6.2.1. The ISO has completed Steps 6 and 7.
Step 6 Requirement
The ISO has posted the document, Step 6 - 2021 Assigned and Unassigned RA Import Capability on Branch Groups, to its website at http://www.caiso.com/planning/Pages/ReliabilityRequirements/Default.aspx, under "2021 Import allocations" heading, containing the following information:
- Total import capability
- Quantity in MW of existing contracts and transmission ownership rights assigned to each branch group
- Aggregate quantity in MW of pre-resource adequacy import commitments assigned to each branch group and the holders of such pre-resource adequacy import commitments
- Aggregate quantity in MW of available import capability by branch group after accounting for existing contracts, transmission ownership rights and pre-resource adequacy Import Commitments
Step 7 Requirement
The ISO has sent the following information to each load serving entity through its respective scheduling coordinator on July 9, 2020:
- Load serving entity's import capability load share
- Load serving entity's load share quantity
- Amount of, and branch group on which, the load serving entity's existing contract import capability and pre-resource adequacy import commitment capability, as applicable, has been assigned
- Load serving entity's remaining import capability
