CAISO Website
The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) operates a competitive wholesale electricity market and manages the reliability of its transmission grid. CAISO provides open access to the transmission and performs long-term planning. In managing the grid, CAISO centrally dispatches generation and coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in California and a portion of Nevada. CAISOs markets include energy (day-ahead and real-time), ancillary services, and congestion revenue rights. CAISO also operates an Energy Imbalance Market (EIM), which currently includes CAISO and other balancing authority areas in the western United States.
CAISO was founded in 1998 and became a fully functioning ISO in 2008. The Energy Imbalance Market launched in 2014 with PacifiCorp as the first member or EIM Entity. The EIM serves parts of Arizona, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, California, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.
List of Orders
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Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER24-2042-000
05/15/2025
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance
ER25-526-000
03/20/2025
California Independent System Operator Corporation
OALJ Certification of Uncontested Settlement
ER25-437-000
02/20/2025
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Accepting Tariff Revisions
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER24-155-000
07/25/2024
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance Filing
ER24-494-000
02/15/2024
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Granting Request for Petition
ER24-355-000
02/15/2024
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Granting Petition
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
EL22-62-000
09/21/2023
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Show Cause Proceeding
ER21-2455-003
05/18/2023
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance Filing
ER22-2362-000
04/20/2023
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order On Compliance Filing
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER22-2730-000
12/15/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Granting Petition
ER21-2455-002
10/20/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing and Granting Clarification
EL22-62-000
07/28/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Proposed Revisions to Credit Practices in Organized Wholesale Electric Markets
ER21-2455-000
06/17/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance Filing
ER22-1246-000
05/20/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Accepting Tariff Revisions
ER20-1075-002
04/21/22
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Remand
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
EL21-70-000
11/18/21
Luna Valley Solar I, LLC v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company and California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Complaint
EL21-74-000
07/15/21
Nevada Power Company and Sierra Pacific Power Company v. California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Dismissing Complaint
ER04-835-014
06/17/21
California Independent System Operator Corporation Rehearing Work Item 1 of 1
Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing
EL20-69-001
06/17/21
CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, et al. v. California Independent System Operator Corporation, et al. EL20-69-001. Rehearing 1 of 1
Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing
EL00-95-291
05/20/21
San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services
Order Accepting Settlement Overlay Compliance Filing
EL00-95-310
05/20/21
San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services
Order Addressing Arguments Raised On Rehearing
EL00-95-301
05/20/21
San Diego Gas & Electric Company v. Sellers of Energy and Ancillary Services
Order Addressing Arguments Raised on Rehearing
ER21-395-000
04/15/21
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Dismissing Waiver Requests
EL20-69-000
03/18/21
CAlifornians for Renewable Energy, et al. v. California Independent System Operator Corporation, et al.
Order Denying Complaint and Notice of Intent Not to Act
2020
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER20-2890-000
11/19/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Accepting Tariff Revisions
ER20-2604-000
10/15/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation.
Letter Order Granting Distribution of Interconnection Study Proceeds
ER20-1890-000
09/17/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Accepting Tariff Revisions Subject to Condition
EL14-37-000
07/16/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance
ER19-468-002
07/16/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance Filing
ER19-2347-001
06/18/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Rehearing and Granting Clarification
ER19-538-001
02/20/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Rehearing
ER19-1950-000
02/20/20
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Compliance
2019
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER19-468-000
11/21/19
California Independent System Operator Corp
Order on Compliance Filing
EL18-177-001
10/17/19
CXA La Paloma, LLC v. California Indep. Sys. Operator Corp.,
Order Denying Rehearing
EL19-81-000
10/17/19
Nevada Hydro Company, Inc. v. California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Complaint
ER18-1169-002
02/21/19
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Rehearing
ER19-308-000
02/21/19
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Granting Petition
ER19-538-000
02/21/19
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Tariff Revisions
2017
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER17-411-000
01/19/17
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Accepting, Subject to Condition, CAISO’s Agreement to Procure Transferred Frequency Response From The City of Seattle, By and Through Its City Light Department
ER17-408-000
01/19/17
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Letter Order Accepting, Subject to Condition, CAISO’s Agreement to Procure Transferred Frequency Response From Bonneville Power Administration
2016
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
ER04-835-000, EL04-103-000, EL14-67-000, ER04-835-007, ER04-835-009, EL04-103-000, & EL04-103-004
10/20/16
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
v.
California Independent System Operator Corporation
The Alliance for Retail Energy Markets
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.
v.
California Independent System Operator Corporation
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
v.
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order on Informational Refund Report, Complaint, And Informational Filing
ER16-1649-004, -005
10/20/16
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Granting Petition for Extension Of Limited Waiver and Dismissing Motion for Clarification
ER16-1649-000
06/01/16
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Accepting Tariff Revisions, Subject To Condition, and Establishing A Technical Conference
ER15-1825-001
03/17/16
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order On Rehearing
ER15-1783-001
01/21/16
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Granting Clarification
2015
Docket No.
Date Issued
Company
Title
EL15-94-000
12/17/15
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.
v.
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Complaint And Granting Waiver
EL14-22-000
12/17/15
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order On Compliance Filing
ER15-861-006
12/17/15
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order On Compliance Filing
ER15-2588-000
11/19/15
Eastside Power Authority
Order Denying Waiver
ER15-2550-000
11/19/15
Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility
Order Denying Waiver
EL15-47-001
11/19/15
NextEra Desert Center Blythe, LLC
v.
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Denying Rehearing
ER15-861-004
11/19/15
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order On Compliance Filing
ER15-2281-000, ER15-2282-001, and ER15-2283-000
11/19/15
Nevada Power Company
Sierra Pacific Power Company
PacifiCorp
Order On Proposed Market-Based Rate Tariff Changes
ER15-2272-000
11/19/15
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Authorizing Mitigation At Energy Imbalance Market Interties
ER14-2017-001
11/19/15
California Independent System Operator Corporation
Order Accepting Compliance Filing
ER15-2623-000 and ER15-2625-000
11/19/15
Nevada Power Company
Order Rejecting Proposed Agreements