Reliability requirements

The reliability requirements and resource adequacy programs provide deliverability criteria that each load serving entity must meet, and provide rules for counting resources that must be made available to the ISO. The ISO reliability requirements program is intended to complement the state's efforts to implement resource adequacy programs.

Process and requirements

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• Resource adequacy templates
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    Wheel Through Priority Request Template1/22/2024 16:06
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    CAISO Load Serving Entity Non-RA Import Contracts Submission Template1/26/2024 11:16
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    2023 Pre-Resource Adequacy Import Commitment Data Templates5/09/2022 13:32
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    2023 New Use Import Commitment Data Templates5/09/2022 13:32
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    Effective Flexible Capacity Category Attestation5/09/2019 15:43
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    Flexible Capacity Category ULR Combination Request Template9/17/2014 16:14
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    Import Allocation Request Template7/17/2014 14:48
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    M2M - Second Substitution Request Form3/21/2014 16:59
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    Modified Reserve Sharing Load Serving Entities Demand Forecast Template10/22/2014 08:42
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    Net Qualifying Capacity Request Form11/28/2018 11:55
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    Registration and Use Plan Template for Use-Limited Resources10/24/2017 13:44
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    Resource Adequacy Plan Template3/26/2021 08:58
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    Supply Plan Template4/02/2021 08:20
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    Local Regulatory Authority System Credits Template11/14/2019 08:22
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    Local Regulatory Authority Local Credits Template11/14/2019 08:22
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    Mapping for Load Serving Entities ID in CIRA and Masterfile4/01/2021 11:03

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Import Allocations

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• 2024 Import allocations
• 2023 Import allocations
• 2022 Import allocations
• Advisory estimates of future resource adequacy import capability

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• Wheeling and resource adequacy imports aggregate data
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    2024 Monthly Wheeling Through Priority Request Due Dates4/16/2024 08:21
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    Available Transfer Capability (ATC) for Wheeling Through Priority Reservations3/18/2024 12:11
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    Historical Resource Adequacy Aggregate Data1/12/2024 09:44
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    Priority Wheeling Through Transactions Data3/06/2024 14:43

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• Net qualifying capacity (NQC) and effective flexible capacity (EFC)
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report For Compliance Year 20244/16/2024 08:21
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List For Compliance Year 20244/16/2024 08:21
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List for Compliance Year 202311/16/2023 09:04
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report for Compliance Year 202311/16/2023 09:04
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List for Compliance Year 202211/02/2022 08:22
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report for Compliance Year 202211/02/2022 08:22
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List for Compliance Year 202111/12/2021 13:39
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report for Compliance Year 202111/12/2021 13:39
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report for Compliance Year 202012/15/2020 10:35
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List for Compliance Year 20209/02/2020 13:20
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    Final Net Qualifying Capacity Report for Compliance Year 201912/12/2019 14:01
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    Final Effective Flexible Capacity List for Compliance Year 20198/09/2019 11:30

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Retiring and mothballed resources

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  Announced Retirement and Mothball List9/19/2023 14:28
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  Affidavit Sample - Notice of Generating Unit Retirement or Mothball10/28/2019 13:05
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  Notice of Generating Unit Retirement or Mothball11/01/2019 12:43

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• Resource adequacy
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    2024 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates9/29/2023 09:53
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    2023 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates6/10/2022 08:46
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    2022 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates8/11/2021 08:35
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    2021 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates8/11/2021 08:35
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    2020 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates8/19/2019 16:32
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    2019 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates5/13/2019 10:50
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    2018 Resource Adequacy and Competitive Solicitation Process Due Dates4/09/2018 13:08
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    CIRA User Guide for Market Participants4/29/2024 13:25
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    Substitution Rules Matrix for Generic and Flexible Resource Adequacy - Effective When RSI 1B/2 Goes Live2/15/2018 09:19

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• Resource Adequacy Availability Incentive Mechanism (RAAIM) annual report
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    2022 RAAIM Annual Report5/24/2023 13:42
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    2021 RAAIM Annual Report5/04/2022 13:27
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    2020 RAAIM Annual Report5/28/2021 09:20
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    2019 RAAIM Annual Report8/06/2020 10:22
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    2018 RAAIM Annual Report6/27/2019 15:25
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    2017 RAAIM Annual Report6/25/2018 15:57

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Local capacity requirements

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• Local capacity technical analysis
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    Final 2023 Local Capacity Technical Report5/16/2022 08:25
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    Final 2022 Local Capacity Technical Report5/16/2022 08:25

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Historical hourly load data from EMS

Historical hourly load data by transmission access charge area from the energy management system (EMS) for calculating coincident peaks.  Prior month’s historical data will be available towards the end of each month.

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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for December 20232/09/2024 08:26
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for November 202312/19/2023 08:27
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for October 202311/30/2023 08:24
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for September 202311/30/2023 08:24
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for August 202311/30/2023 08:24
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for July 20239/19/2023 11:40
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for June 20239/19/2023 11:41
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for May 20236/29/2023 09:58
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for April 20235/12/2023 11:55
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for March 20234/26/2023 08:13
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for February 20233/17/2023 10:15
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for January 20232/22/2023 08:10
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for 20221/23/2023 11:45
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for 20214/15/2022 13:24
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for 20202/01/2021 09:21
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  Historical EMS Hourly Load for 201910/08/2020 14:19

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Reliability requirements deliverability studies

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• Deliverability assessment methodologies
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    On-Peak Deliverability Assessment Methodology4/11/2024 14:11
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    Off-Peak Deliverability Assessment Methodology6/11/2020 10:16

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