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10/09/2025

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Cluster 15 Cluster Study Reports expected to be published on 10/29/25; User Guide updated

Cluster 15 Cluster Study Reports are expected to be published Oct. 29, 2025, and will be available in GRIP.  The user guide has been updated to provide instructions to view the report and provide next steps.  This information can be viewed starting on page 41. 

Cluster Study Report Meetings are scheduled as follows; all times are Pacific Time

PTO/Study Area

DATE

TIME

PG&E 

 

 

NGBA

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

9:00-11:00

Kern

Thursday, November 6, 2025

1:30-3:30

GBA

Monday, November 10, 2025

1:30-3:30

Fresno/LSPC/WAPA

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

1:30-3:30

SCE

 

 

NOL

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

1:30-3:30

Eastern/DCRT

Thursday, November 13, 2025

9:00-11:00

EOP/GLW/VEA

Thursday, November 6, 2025

9:00-11:00

Northern

Monday, November 10, 2025

9:00-11:00

Metro

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

9:00-11:00

SDGE

 

 

SDGE

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

9:00-11:00

Pre-registration is required and will close 3BD before the meeting date. Register by following the link sent via GRIP for the study area(s) associated with your project(s).  If you do not receive an email containing a link via GRIP by 10/10, please email irinfo@caiso.com with your name, project name, and queue number. 

  1. Entities need to have a Transmission Planning (TP) NDA on file, with Exhibit As for all participants.  If you attended a C15 scoping meeting earlier this year, your entity’s TP NDA is on file; please do not submit another.  However, please verify that all employees planning to participate in the C15 study meetings have provided individual Exhibit As.
  2. Consultants engaged since the scoping meetings earlier this year also need to have their entity TP NDA on file (or provide the complete TP NDA packet if they do not already have one on file), including Exhibit As for their participating personnel, and Exhibit Cs reflecting any newly engaged client entities.
  3. TP NDAs (and individual Exhibit As) will be verified 3BD before the meetings.  Only those C15 entities with Transmission Planning NDAs on file (including signed Exhibit As for all participating personnel) will be allowed to attend the upcoming C15 Zonal meetings.
  4. Any new TP NDA documentation must be submitted by Oct. 22, 2025, to allow time for processing.  Registrants without valid TP NDAs and individual Exhibit As will be removed from the meeting list.
  5. Link to the TP NDA template: To add personnel to your existing TP NDA, please provide just an Exhibit A for each person (extract from the template).
  6. Submit TP NDA documentation, or direct any questions about the status of your (or your consultants') TP NDA documentation, directly to caisonda@caiso.com

The following is the agenda for the Cluster Study Report meeting:   

Topic                                                                   

Key Participants

Welcome

Interconnection Specialist

Statement of Confidentiality

Interconnection Specialist

Introduction of ISO and PTO Participants

ISO and PTO

Report and Cluster Overview

  • Reliability
  • Deliverability
  • IC Questions
  • Environmental Service Assumptions (SCE Only)

 

PTO and ISO

Upcoming Milestones 

  • Withdraw penalties up to commencement of Reassessment/Restudy:
    • $5,000 Application fee and
    • Greater of Study Deposit or 2x actual allocated study costs and
  • Withdrawal any time after commencement of Reassessment/Restudy is subject to penalties outlined in Tariff Appendix KK 3.8.1.1

     

Interconnection Specialist

Next Steps

  • October 30 – December 3, 2025 – IC to increase Commercial Readiness Deposit to 5% of identified NU costs and demonstrate continued Site Control
  • Reassessment/Cluster Restudy Begins no later than December 14, 2025
  • May 12, 2026 – Reassessment/Cluster Restudy Report Issued
  • May 13 – May 27, 2026 – Reassessment/Cluster Restudy Report Meetings
  • June 3 – July 2, 2026 – IC to increase Commercial Readiness Deposit to 10% of identified NU costs and Interconnection Facilities Study Agreement and Appendix B 

     

Interconnection Specialist

Contact information

Please contact irinfo@caiso.com with any questions.

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