California ISO

Alert, Warning and Emergency Notices

Emergency notices are issued when operating reserves or transmission capacity limitations threaten the ability of the California ISO to safely and reliably operate the grid.

All notices should be confirmed with the appropriate operating personnel prior to taking any action.

Current Active Notice(s)

CAISO Grid Restricted Maintenance Operations [201001860] The California ISO is declaring CAISO Grid RESTRICTED MAINTENANCE OPERATION for the period from 07/31/2010 00:03 through 07/31/2010 23:59. Reason: due to the fires in the Path 26 area Restricted Maintenance Operations, as detailed in ISO Operating Procedure E-509, will be in effect. Market Participants are cautioned to avoid actions, which may jeopardize generator and/or transmission availability. Notice issued at: 07/31/2010 00:05 ---------------------------------- DISCLAIMER -------------------------------------- This CAISO notice is based on the current conditions of the transmission grid system. While this CAISO notice reflects the most current information available to the CAISO, because transmission grid system conditions are subject to sudden and rapid change without warning, the accuracy of this notice cannot be assured. This CAISO notice is provided solely for informational purposes. Reliance by any party on the contents of this CAISO notice, regardless of any errors, omissions, inaccuracies, and/or subsequent changed conditions shall not be made the basis for any claim, demand or cause for action against the CAISO. Any recipient's decisions or actions that may be based in any way whatsoever on the contents of this CAISO notice shall be the sole responsibility of the recipient. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Pending Notices

Notice Log
     History of Notices Issued

AWE Reference Material
     Compilation of No Touch, Alert, Warning, Emergency, and Power Watch declarations since 1998
     History - Compilation of the California ISO Notices of load shedding detail by date, time and utility.
Alerts, Warnings, and Emergency -- White Paper
A white paper describing ISO Alerts, Warnings and Emergency procedures.
Emergency Operations Procedures
This page contains the relevant ISO Operating procedures. Restricted Maintenance Operations days are covered in ISO Procedure E-509. Alerts, Warnings, Emergencies and the Electrical Emergency Plan are covered by procedure E-508.
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