Day-Ahead System Summary
Hour DA
Forecast
DA
Net Load Forecast1
DA
Forecast plus Reserves2
RUC Forecast
Adjustment3
RUC Shortfall
with Forecast Adjust4
RUC Shortfall5 RUC Self-Sched (PTK)
Export Reduction6
1 31,381 28,901 33,297 0 0 0 0
2 29,616 27,218 31,414 0 0 0 0
3 28,245 26,009 29,954 0 0 0 0
4 27,377 25,306 29,021 0 0 0 0
5 27,093 25,128 28,718 0 0 0 0
6 27,825 25,971 29,492 0 0 0 0
7 28,812 25,425 30,541 1,514 0 0 0
8 29,635 19,483 31,412 2,419 0 0 0
9 29,759 15,290 31,551 1,273 0 0 0
10 29,944 13,853 31,748 0 0 0 0
11 30,588 13,769 32,430 0 0 0 0
12 31,924 14,801 33,851 0 0 0 0
13 33,778 16,519 35,817 0 0 0 0
14 35,968 18,625 38,146 0 0 0 0
15 38,103 20,816 40,416 0 0 0 0
16 40,214 22,884 42,663 0 0 0 0
17 41,588 25,006 44,137 0 0 0 0
18 43,012 28,061 45,657 1,136 0 0 0
19 43,596 34,110 46,287 2,268 0 0 0
20 43,223 38,906 45,892 1,066 0 0 0
21 41,849 38,532 44,431 500 0 0 0
22 40,172 36,756 42,647 0 0 0 0
23 36,923 33,469 39,194 0 0 0 0
24 33,747 30,298 35,817 0 0 0 0

1 Day-Ahead CAISO Demand forecast minus solar and wind forecast

2 Day-Ahead CAISO Demand forecast plus hourly operating reserve requirements

3 Adjustment applied to the Day-Ahead load forecast

4 RUC Shortfall that includes any operator adjustment to RUC forecast

5 The RUC Under-supply infeasibility discounting the adjustment to Day-Ahead forecast

6 Difference between RUC schedule and IFM schedules for export schedules supported by non-RA resources

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