Release planning analyzes the impact of initiatives

The release planning process assesses market initiative implementation impacts to determine target timeframes, project milestones and other resource considerations. It is a collaborative process between the ISO and market participants to optimize the costs and benefits of the implementation approach prior to committing resources.

Plans and schedules

System Interface Change Summary3/26/2019 08:56
Release Schedule5/20/2019 09:49

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ISO program and project management processes
- Annual Functional Release Lifecycle2/08/2017 13:04
- California ISO Program Lifecycle Methodology Version 1.75/20/2016 08:40

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Meetings

Market performance and planning forum

Release user group web conferences

2019 releases

Starting with the fall 2019 release, all technical specifications and artifacts are available on the ISO Developer site. Login permission is required to access the site.

Independent 2019

Congestion revenue rights auction efficiency 1B - implementation
CMRI technical specifications
Reliability coordinator
Metered subsystem load-following
Energy imbalance market resource sufficiency enhancements
FERC Order No. 844
Generator contingency and remedial action scheme modeling - implementation
OASIS technical specifications

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Fall 2019

Starting with the fall 2019 release, all technical specifications and artifacts are available on the ISO Developer site. Login permission is required to access the site.

Master file documents
Commitment costs and default energy bid enhancements - implementation
Draft settlements technical documentation
Local market power mitigation enhancements - implementation
Energy imbalance market enhancements 2019
Energy storage and distributed energy resources phase 3 - implementation
Reliability must-run and capacity procurement mechanism enhancements - implementation