As an outcome of the 2018 - 2019 Transmission Planning Process, the California ISO selected LS Power Grid California, LLC as the approved project sponsor to finance, construct, own, operate and maintain the Gates 500kV Dynamic Reactive Support transmission solution. LS Power Grid California, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of LS Power Associates, L.P.
The ISO conducted a comparative analysis of four qualified project sponsors and their ten applications. The analysis included assessing the degree that each project sponsor met the selection factors under ISO tariff section 24.5.4 and the qualification criteria under the ISO tariff section 24.5.3.1.
The selection report concluding the competitive solicitation process for this project is available on the ISO website at http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Gates500kVDynamicReactiveSupport-ProjectSponsorSelectionReport.pdf.
More information on the 2018 - 2019 transmission planning process for this project is available at
http://www.caiso.com/planning/Pages/TransmissionPlanning/2018-2019TransmissionPlanningProcess.aspx.