2022 Summer readiness

This page is dedicated to providing easy access to reports, news releases, briefings, and initiatives related to grid operations in the summer of 2022 – including challenges, solutions, and areas for improvement – as we work with partners and stakeholders to ensure reliability in the summers ahead.

• Sep 9 - California ISO extends Flex Alert for today, 4-9 p.m.
• Sep 8 - Energy Emergency Alert 2 declared to protect grid
• Sep 8 - California ISO extends Flex Alert to today from 3-10 p.m
• Sep 7 - Energy Emergency Alert 2 declared to protect grid
• Sep 6 - Rotating power outages are now possible to protect grid
• Sep 6 - Consumers advised to be prepared for possible outages
• Sep 5 - Conditions on the grid becoming more strained as heat wave intensifies
• Sep 4 - California faces worsening grid challenges on Monday and Tuesday
• Sep 3 - Flex Alert extended to Sunday, Sept. 4 due to high heat
• Sep 2 - Flex Alert Issued for Tomorrow, Saturday, September 3
• Sep 2 - California faces several more days of heat and grid stress
• Sep 1 - Intensifying heat leads to another conservation call
• Sep 1 - Conservation helped reliability; another Flex Alert today
• Aug 31 - California ISO extends Flex Alert to Thursday, Sept. 1

• Sep 9 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 9 - Media briefing
• Sep 8 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 8 - Media briefing
• Sep 7 - Media briefing
• Sep 7 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 6 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 5 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 4 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 3 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 2 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Sep 1 - Grid update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President
• Aug 31 - Flex Alert media statement from ​Mark Rothleder, COO & Senior Vice President
• Aug 30 - Labor Day weekend heat wave update from Elliot Mainzer, CEO & President

• California ISO adopts new grid emergency notifications
• Emergency notifications fact sheet
• Emergency notifications informational video
• CAISO AWE to NERC EEA training video

• Summer Market Performance Report for September 2022 - Heat Wave Analysis
• Summer Market Performance Report for August 2022
• Summer Market Performance Report for July 2022
• Summer Market Performance Report for June 2022
• Outage reports
• 2022 Summer Loads and Resources Assessment

• Reliability demand response resource bidding enhancements
• Adjustments to intertie constraint penalty prices
• WEIM resource sufficiency evaluation enhancements
• Transmission service and market scheduling priorities

Department of Energy issues order to access generation during electricity emergencies

California Energy Commission - Summer Reliability Media Briefings
   - June 9 Recording
   - May 6  Recording | Presentation