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Category: Leadership

  
  February 5, 2024
Leadership

Board Chair Jan Schori talks about her career; ...

When Jan Schori brings down the gavel at her first meeting as Chair of the California ISO Board of Governors this week, ...

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  January 18, 2024
Inside the California ISO, Leadership, Operations

The great transformation: Designing the grid of ...

California ISO executives and staff members are frequently asked to address energy conferences across the U.S. and ...

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  December 18, 2023
Leadership, Western EIM

WEIM Governing Body has two positions to fill ...

In 2024, the Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM) Nominating Committee will reconvene and lead the stakeholder effort to …

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  December 11, 2023
Leadership

California ISO 2023 Year in Review

Last year, following extensive engagement with our partners and stakeholders, the California ISO published its 2022-2026 Strategic …

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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 25, 2023
Markets, Leadership

Evolution of the WEIM

At the ISO’s August 30 forum on an Extended-Day Ahead Market, Elliot Mainzer, the California …

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Convo   September 21, 2023
Leadership, Summer conditions, Transmission

Debut of Energy Matters Conversations, a new ISO communications vehicle

When we launched the California Independent System Operator’sISO’s Energy Matters Blog in June of 2021, we wanted to provide new ...

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  February 23, 2023
Transmission, Leadership, Regulatory

An agreement regarding transmission and resource planning and implementation

Alice Reynolds, president of the California Public Utilities Commission; David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission …

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  February 9, 2023
Leadership

Ashutosh Bhagwat: An Appreciation

The ISO’s Board of Governors and WEIM Governing Body meetings last week presented …

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  December 14, 2022
Leadership, Inside the California ISO

Reflections on a collaborative and productive year

The past year was another fast-paced, productive time for all of us at the California Independent System Operator.

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  November 17, 2022
Leadership, Inside the California ISO

ISO’s 2022 Stakeholder Symposium showcases the interconnected West

The ISO’s 2022 Stakeholder Symposium held November 9-10 in downtown Sacramento got off to an inspired start with remarks ...

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  September 29, 2022
Leadership

California ISO Stakeholder Symposium is fast approaching

The California ISO Stakeholder Symposium is fast approaching and is set for Nov. 9 and 10

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  August 22, 2022
Leadership

Reliability and California’s clean energy future

Mark Rothleder, the ISO’s chief operating officer, participated virtually on August 9 in the state Senate’s Energy, Utilities and ...

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  July 11, 2022
Leadership, Markets

Next phase in EDAM stakeholder initiative

Working with hundreds of stakeholders in California and across the West, our Extended Day-Ahead Market (EDAM) team has made ...

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  May 16, 2022
Leadership

Our roadmap for the next five years - The ISO’s new Strategic Plan

The most effective organizations have clear, easy to understand strategic plans articulating what they hope to achieve ...

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  January 6, 2022
Leadership

The CAISO in 2022: Perspectives from a Long Board Tenure

Hello. My name is Ash Bhagwat, and on January 1, I became the new Chair of the California Independent System Operator’s ...

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  December 15, 2021
Leadership

A look back and ahead - ISO CEO Report for ...

For my end-of-the-year CEO Report to the California ISO Board and the Western Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) Governing ...

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  December 15, 2021
Leadership

ISO return to building now set for mid-March

After careful consideration, the California ISO has decided to push back its plans for employees to return to work in ISO ...

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  November 18, 2021
Leadership, Markets

Next steps on EDAM

With momentum building across the West for greater regional coordination, it was exciting to formally begin our ...

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  November 1, 2021
Leadership

CAISO President to speak at international climate change conference

The California Independent System Operator (ISO) will be represented at the United Nations Climate Change Conference that began ...

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  September 16, 2021
Leadership

Women in Leadership speaker series is a hit

When we began to think about scheduling the first monthly California ISO “Women in Leadership” speaker series” for our employees ...

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  September 15, 2021
Leadership

Joanne Serina moves into new VP position for Stakeholder Engagement and Customer ...

Joanne Serina, who has served as the California Independent System Operator’s executive director of Customer Service and ...

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  August 27, 2021
Leadership

Grid update at Capitol includes sharp focus on transmission

California ISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer testified on Wednesday Aug. 25, 2021 at the Oversight hearing of the ...

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  August 23, 2021
Leadership, Operations

Vision and tradition at new storage site

One of the more exciting recent energy related developments in California has been the addition of so much battery storage ...

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  August 3, 2021
Summer conditions, Leadership

Changing conditions require extraordinary action

ISO President and CEO Elliot Mainzer participated in a media availability on Friday, July 30 to discuss Governor Newsom’s ...

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  July 22, 2021
Transmission, Leadership

Stakeholder call on 20-Year Transmission Outlook set for Tuesday, July 27

When the ISO kicked off its new 20-Year Transmission Outlook planning process in May it signaled a growing recognition ...

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  June 2021
Leadership

Early heat shows we need to be prepared for ... 

Triple-digit heat across California and much of the West last week underscored the new volatility and uncertainty we are facing when ...

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June 2021
Leadership

Welcome to New ISO Blog

With summer almost here, it is my pleasure to welcome you to our new blog, Energy Matters, which debuts in this space today. ...

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