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February 12, 2024
Inside the California ISO,
Operations
An Energy Matters Conversation on Control Center improvementsStrategic Objective 1 in the California ISO’s 2022-2026 Strategic Plan is to “Reliably and efficiently integrate new resources by proactively ...
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January 18, 2024
Inside the California ISO,
Leadership,
Operations
The great transformation: Designing the grid of the futureCalifornia ISO executives and staff members are frequently asked to address energy conferences across the U.S. and ...
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November 21, 2023
Operations,
Inside the California ISO
Inside the October eclipse: Listen to the experts discuss its impact on the gridEver wonder how a solar eclipse affects the electrical grid now that California uses so much solar energy to power the system?
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October 10, 2023
Leadership,
Markets,
Operations,
Transmission
Working with stakeholders toward a “significantly reformed interconnection process”Since working with stakeholders to identify the best ways to address overheated interconnection queues in 2022 and 2023, the ...
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September 28, 2023
Operations,
Inside the California ISO
October 14 eclipse: what we’re doing to prepareRapid growth in grid-scale and distributed energy resources have transformed the Western electricity market in recent years.
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July 12, 2023
Operations,
Summer conditions
Storage surpasses 5,000 MW on the CAISO gridCalifornia has ambitious climate targets in an effort to decarbonize its electric grid and combat climate change. To help reach these …
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May 4, 2023
Inside the California ISO,
Operations
Control Center improvement & modernization are well underwayAs the complexity of the electrical grid continues to increase with a rapidly changing resource mix …
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April 13, 2023
Inside the California ISO,
Operations
ISO forecasters honored for work on probabilistic solar forecastingTwo California ISO forecasters, Amber Motley and Rebecca Webb, have won a 2022 EPRI Technology Transfer Award ...
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December 21, 2022
Markets,
Operations
Storage initiative will improve reliability After nearly two years of work by many people at the California ISO and constructive input from stakeholders …
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December 9, 2022
Inside the California ISO,
Operations
CAISO joins cross-collaborative initiative to strengthen power sector’s approach to...I am very excited that the California Independent System Operator (ISO) will be participating in a new, three-year global research initiative ...
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December 1, 2022
Operations,
Transmission
A conversation about transmission“If you like [renewable] generation, you need to love transmission.” Joanne Serina ...
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June 14, 2022
Operations
“A golden age of energy storage”Just a few years ago, the notion that battery storage would play a key role in California’s energy future was seen by many as ...
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June 7, 2022
Operations,
Summer conditions
Improved clarity on available capacity On a hot summer day in California, the system operators in the California ISO control room were preparing and reviewing …
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June 2, 2022
Inside the California ISO,
Operations,
Summer conditions
Reliability and the growing importance of forecasting When we say forecasting is an important part of our work at the California Independent System Operator, that is just one ...
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May 5, 2022
Operations
Background on new grid emergency notificationsSeamless and clear communications are never more important than during an emergency and the California Independent System ...
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April 4, 2022
Operations
Heather Zichal of American Clean Power Association discusses grid resiliency ...Recently, Heather Zichal, CEO of the American Clean Power Association (ACP), had an informal discussion with Quentin Foster, Director ...
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March 16, 2022
Operations
Our evolving grid It has been talked about so long that it’s sometimes easy to forget California’s transition to a carbon-free electric grid is still ...
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March 4, 2022
Operations
New video on historic growth of battery storage ...Battery storage played an important role in helping to enhance grid resiliency during the summer of 2021, and the California ISO has ...
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September 21, 2021
Operations,
Markets
Making it easier to track capacity
In a long-awaited breakthrough for our customers and stakeholders, the California ISO is now publicly posting a set of new graphs ...
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September 14, 2021
Operations,
Summer conditions
Storage: An intersection between reliability today and climate goals of tomorrow Summer months are particularly challenging for electrical grid operators in the West. Climate change ...
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September 10, 2021
Operations,
Summer conditions
The reasons for Flex AlertsWhen the California ISO notifies the public that it plans to call a Flex Alert, it is signaling an operational call for assistance because ...
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August 23, 2021
Leadership,
Operations
Vision and tradition at new storage siteOne of the more exciting recent energy related developments in California has been the addition of so much battery storage ...
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June 25, 2021
Operations,
Regulatory
ISO statement on important FERC decisionToday (Friday, June 25) the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the ISO’s modification to its load, exports, and wheeling-through priorities.
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