Shaping a renewed future
The ISO operates a robust and reliable wholesale power system that balances the need for higher transmission reliability with the need for lower costs, and acts as a key platform to achieve California’s clean energy goals.
The ISO operates a robust and reliable wholesale power system that balances the need for higher transmission reliability with the need for lower costs, and acts as a key platform to achieve California’s clean energy goals.
Publications
Competitive electricity markets produce reliability and economic benefits. Here are the publications that prove it.
As a nonprofit public benefit corporation, the ISO emphasizes good business practices in all procurement activities.
ISO Market Participants
The below lists contain all market participants, including a Scheduling Coordinator, who either participates in the California ISO Markets through the buying, selling, transmission, or distribution of Energy, Capacity, or Ancillary Services into, out of, or through the California ISO Controlled Grid, is a Congestion Revenue Rights (CRR) Holder or Candidate CRR Holder, or is a Convergence Bidding Entity.
Tours of the ISO Folsom control room are available Monday through Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. by approval only. Groups are limited to 30 attendees and must be requested at least two weeks in advance.
ISO Incorporation and Policies
The ISO is a nonprofit public benefit corporation operating under these bylaws, incorporation documents and enabling legislation. Our employees and the Board of Governors are subject to clear and well defined codes of conduct and policies.
/Documents/ElectricalEmergencyComm4420-20110713FINAL.pdf The California ISO provides early warnings of possible electricity outages, which allow the public to better prepare for service interruptions and encourages energy conservation that may help prevent blackouts from occurring.