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Featured | Operations

RC West – Reliability Coordinator for much of the West
By: Tim Beach

The California ISO wears several hats in the electrical power industry - market operator, reliability coordinator, and balancing authority. In this blog, I wanted to talk about the role of the NERC Reliability Coordinator (RC) that the California ISO performs as RC West. It’s a role I’m not sure many people outside the electricity industry and related government agencies know we play.

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Story | Operations
RC West – Reliability Coordinator for much of the West
By: Tim Beach
Story | Summer Conditions
An Energy Matters Conversation on Resource Adequacy and our 2024 Summer Loads and Resources Assessment
Story | Western Energy Imbalance Market
Western Energy Imbalance Market Governing Body adopts new name to reflect evolving role
By: Robert Kondziolka
Story | Summer Conditions
Managing the July 2024 heat wave with our partners in California and the West
By: Dede Subakti
News Release | Summer Conditions
Californians urged to prepare for continued high heat
News Release | Western Energy Imbalance Market
California ISO Secures Portland General Electric’s Formal Commitment to Join the Extended Day-Ahead Market
News Release | Western Energy Imbalance Market
WEIM Governing Body reappoints Kondziolka & Wagner
News Release
Interconnection Process Enhancements Approved by ISO Board of Governors
Story | Transmission
GridTECH Connect Forum brings together interconnection experts
By: Jill Powers
News Release
NV Energy Signals Intent to Join California ISO’s EDAM
Story | Reports
New renewables records – what they mean for the grid and its carbon-free future
By: Amber Motley
News Release | Inside the California ISO
California ISO unveils new website
News Release | Transmission
Board votes advance transmission projects for California and the region
Story | Inside the California ISO
Welcome to the new CAISO.com
By: Gina Engman
Story | Summer Conditions
Summer Assessment shows continued improvement for resource availability
By: Aditya Jayam Prabhakar
News Release | Western Energy Imbalance Market
WEIM participants realize $436 million in first quarter benefits
News Release
PacifiCorp formally commits to California ISO’s EDAM
Story | Transmission
Taking the Long View: The ISO’s Collaborative Approach to Transmission Planning & Coordination
By: ISO Staff
Story | Inside the California ISO
Working groups playing key role in policy development
By: Anna McKenna , Joanne Serina
Story | Transmission
Offshore wind big part of ISO’s 2023-2024 Transmission Plan
By: ISO Staff
Story | Operations
An Energy Matters Conversation on Control Center improvements
By: ISO Staff
Story | Leadership
Board Chair Jan Schori talks about her career; sees path to clean grid
By: Anne Gonzales
News Release | Western Energy Imbalance Market
WEIM benefits report shows another historic milestone
Story | Leadership
The great transformation: Designing the grid of the future
By: Mark Rothleder
Story | Leadership
WEIM Governing Body has two positions to fill in 2024
By: Nicole Hughes
Story | Leadership
California ISO 2023 Year in Review
By: Elliot Mainzer
Story | Markets
Enhancing resource adequacy
By: Partha Malvadkar
Story | Operations
Inside the October eclipse: Listen to the experts discuss its impact on the grid
By: ISO Staff
Story | Transmission
Working with stakeholders toward a “significantly reformed interconnection process”
By: Danielle Osborn Mills
Story | Operations
October 14 eclipse: what we’re doing to prepare
By: John Rudolph , Jessica Stewart
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