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2021-2022 Transmission planning process

Started: Feb 18, 2021

Leads
Jeff Billinton

The California ISO 2021-2022 transmission planning cycle involves key stakeholder activities from 2021 through early 2022. Each year, the ISO conducts its transmission planning process to identify potential system limitations as well as opportunities for system reinforcements that improve reliability and efficiency. The transmission planning process core product is the ISO Transmission Plan, which provides an evaluation of the ISO control grid, examines conventional grid reliability requirements and projects, summarizes key collaborative activities and provides details on key study areas and associated findings.

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Status

Development Decision Implementation Completed/Closed
Phase 2:
Dec 02, 2021 Comments due

Phase 1:
Mar 31, 2021 Final study plan posted

Activities

Web meeting

Agenda - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Nov 18, 2021 11/16/2021

Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Nov 18, 2021 11/16/2021

Submit comments Due: Dec 02, 05:00 pm

Phase 2 - conduct technical studies and develop comprehensive plan

The ISO performs technical studies, and with stakeholders develops an annual comprehensive transmission plan that examines the ISO controlled grid and reliability requirements and identifies mitigation solutions. Transmission mitigation solutions may meet reliability, economic or public policy-driven needs that support state, federal, municipal and county policy requirements and directives.

Web meeting

Day 2 Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

PG&E Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

SCE Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

SDGE Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

GLW Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

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Web meeting

Agenda - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

Day 1 Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 27-28, 2021 09/23/2021

Reliability assessment

2021-2022 Final Reliability Assessment Results 10/29/2021

2021-2022 Preliminary Reliability Assessment Results 08/13/2021

Web meeting

Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Jul 27, 2021 07/23/2021

White Paper - 2021 Transmission Capability Estimates for use in the CPUC's Resource Planning Process 07/20/2021

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Web meeting

Special study

Presentation - 20-Year Transmission Outlook - May 14, 2021 05/14/2021
This presentation includes information on the 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process Out of State Wind Sensitivity Study.

Phase 1 - develop study plan

In collaboration with stakeholders, the ISO develops and finalizes a study plan that consists of a common set of assumptions for reliability and other planning studies the ISO will perform in Phase 2. The development of a conceptual statewide transmission plan begins in this phase and may be completed during Phase 1 or Phase 2. Stakeholders may also request economic planning studies to assess potential economic benefits (such as congestion relief) in specific areas of the grid.

Final study plan

Final 2021-2022 Study Plan 03/31/2021

Web meeting

ISO Responses to Comments - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Feb 25, 2021 07/27/2021

Draft 2021-2022 Study Plan 02/18/2021

Agenda - 2021-2022 Transmission planning Process - Feb 25, 2021 02/25/2021

Presentation - 2021-2022 Transmission Planning Process - Feb 25, 2021 02/25/2021