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California Independent System Operator

Type	Non-profit: Independent System Operator; Regional Transmission Organization
Headquarters	Folsom, California

California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is a non-profit public-benefit corporation founded in April 1998 to manage the electrical grid in the state of California.

CAISO is the core institution that governs the operation of the transmission system of the state and the system's use a platform for wholesale and retail electricity. Although founded under Californian state laws, the company is subject to regulation by FERC.

Steve Berberich, President and CEO.

Mission Critical Wing

• In 2011 CAISO’s Mission Critical Wing was brought on line. Folsom

partner Google

Director of Communications Stephanie McCorkle: "The backbone to our new nodal market."

real-time visualizations that use synchrophasor technology tied into GPS systems to allow a snapshot of electricity supply, demand and pricing at 3,000 points (nodes) along the lines every 33 milliseconds.

• The California Independent System Operator Headquarters in Folsom opened ahead of schedule and under budget. Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects. 277,000 square-foot LEED Platinum building, $128 million cost.

The mission-critical wing takes care of grid support functions with a 40,000-square-foot data center full of state of the art high-efficiency equipment.

• May 2013. Board of Governors approved a market design change on that fosters renewable development on the grid. Generators will now have the option to schedule power in 15-minute intervals that allows variable resources to better forecast and schedule their green energy. meets Order No. 764 issued last year by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to facilitate more efficient exchanges of power at the interconnections between power grids.

• The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) reports a new record was set when turbines spinning within the ISO power grid combined to produce a new record of 4,196 megawatts (MW) at 6:44 p.m. on Sunday. The ISO is the main operator for the state’s high voltage network, serving about 80 percent of the Golden State. "With these impressive wind production levels, California is well positioned to meet the 33 percent by 2020 green power goal" On Friday, total wind levels surpassed the 4,000 MW milestone when 4,095 MW helped to power California. Previously, the all-time record peak output for wind energy was 3,944 MW on March 3, 2013. "With these impressive wind production levels, California is well positioned to meet the 33 percent by 2020 green power goal," said ISO President and CEO Steve Berberich. "Our control center operators are tracking a steady increase in renewable energy and we are leveraging the latest forecasting technology as well as complementary flexible resources to capture and optimize this carbon-free power supply." There is a total of 5,899 megawatts of wind plant capacity installed within the ISO grid. Not all of the wind power was available yesterday as a result of routine generation and transmission outages. California is now the second largest producer of wind power next to Texas. The independent system operator ERCOT, which serves about 80 percent of the Lone Star State, reports 10,407 MW of wind generation installed and achieved a record peak of 9,481 MW on February 9, 2013.

Sources

• O’Donnell, Arthur (2003). Soul of the Grid: A Cultural Biography of the California Independent System Operator. iUniverse, Inc. ISBN 0-595-29348-4.

• Peltzman, Sam; Winston, Clifford (2000). Deregulation of Network Industries: What's Next?. Brookings Institution Press. ISBN 9780815713418.

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Category:Electric power transmission system operators in the United States