California Energy Commission demand response data request

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has requested confidential demand response (DR) data to support its work related to supply side demand response (DR). Specifically, the data supports: (1) testing use case of CEC in measurement and verification of supply-side DR, (2) calculating incentives under the Demand Side Grid Support (DSGS) program Option 2 incentive for market-integrated DR, and (3) implementing a comparison group-based load impact measurement methodology.

This data request includes confidential demand response bid, schedule, and settlement data for proxy demand response and reliability demand response resources:

• Bids - Day-ahead and real-time economic bids and self-schedules for demand response resources.
• Schedules and settlements by interval (T+70B settlement amounts):
  • Day-ahead scheduled quantity
  • Hourly Day-ahead energy payment
  • Hourly Fifteen-minute market instructed imbalance energy
  • Fifteen-minute market instructed imbalance energy payment or charge
  • Five-minute market instructed imbalance energy
  • Five-minute market instructed imbalance energy payment or charge
  • Standard ramping energy
  • Total expected energy
  • Uninstructed energy
  • Uninstructed energy payment or charge
  • Metered energy
  • Settlement data
• Demand response registration information:
  • DR Registration ID
  • Resource ID
  • DR Provider ID
  • Scheduling Coordinator ID
  • UDC
  • LSE
  • Sub-LAP
  • DR Registration Start Date/Time
  • DR Registration End Date/Time
  • Registration Status
  • Location ID
  • Service Account Number
  • Location Status
  • Address
  • City
  • ZIP Code
  • Device Type

As set forth in California Code of Regulations, title 20, section 2505(b) and Government Code section 7921.505(c)(5) and (10), data submitted to the CEC from the California ISO (ISO) and designated as confidential will be maintained by the CEC as confidential. The due date for any objections to the release of this data is noon on Sep. 21, 2026.

Any market participant that objects to the ISO providing the requested information to the CEC must submit its objection to the ISO by noon on Sep. 21, 2026, along with a court order or other appropriate order that prohibits disclosure. Unless the ISO receives such an order by the listed due date, the ISO will transmit this information to the CEC pursuant to protection of confidential information under California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Section 2505(b).

Please direct any such order, questions or comments to ISO Lead Counsel John Spomer at jspomer@caiso.com and to ISO Manager, Paralegal and Office Administration Patricia Sotelo at PSOTELO@caiso.com.