INITIATIVE:
Interconnection process enhancements 2021

Started: Sep 30, 2021

Leads
Bob Emmert
Steve Rutty
Debi Le Vine

The Interconnection Process Enhancements (IPE) Initiative is the ISO’s ongoing commitment to improve its Generator Interconnection and Deliverability Allocation Procedures (GIDAP) and make process enhancements as resource interconnection needs evolve. The 2021 IPE initiative will discuss and address issues the CAISO and stakeholders have identified given current circumstances, and will seek to resolve concerns that have surfaced since the 2018 IPE initiative. This initiative will also consider long-term interconnection process adjustments and refinements as necessary.

Outcome: The California ISO IPE Phase 1 Tariff amendments were effective as of Sep. 01, 2022 and Business Practice Manuals (BPM) changes were published. IPE1 benefits market participants by improving the generator interconnection process, by providing greater visibility and transparency to stakeholders, eliminating manual workarounds, and providing a single source of data.

Status

Proposal Development Decision Implementation Completed/Closed
Phase 2
Dec 20, 2022 Draft tariff revisions posted
Sep 20, 2022 Final proposal posted
Mar 27, 2023 FERC approval (ER23-941)
Jan 26, 2023 Tariff amendment (ER23-941)
Oct 25-26, 2022 Board of Governors approval
Completed
Phase 1
Apr 21, 2022 Final proposal posted
Aug 31, 2022 FERC approval (ER22-2018)
Jun 02, 2022 Tariff amendment filing (ER22-2018)
May 12, 2022 Board of Governors approval
Deliverability: Sep 01, 2022
Implementation milestones
Completed

Phase 2

Completed

Filing


http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Mar27-2023-LetterOrderAcceptingInterconnectionProcessEnhancements-Phase2-ER23-941.pdf http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Jan26-2023-TariffAmendment-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements-Phase2-ER23-941.pdf

Web meeting


https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Draft-Tariff-Revisions-Interconnection-Process-Enhancements-Phase-2-Dec-20, 2022.docx

Draft Tariff Revisions - Interconnection Process Enhancements - Phase 2 - Dec 20, 2022

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Final-Tariff-Revisions-Interconnection-Process-Enhancements-Phase-2-Dec-20, 2022.docx

Final Tariff Revisions - Interconnection Process Enhancements - Phase 2 - Dec 20, 2022

https://youtu.be/7Pa1arXJ4Co
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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/pfRiqJhqRJA https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/FinalProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2.pdf

Final Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Phase 2

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2-Sep20-2022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Phase 2 - Sep 20, 2022

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https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/DraftFinalProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2.pdf

Draft Final Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 2
Update: includes redlined edits on pages 25 and 26.

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2-Aug022022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 2 - Aug 2, 2022

https://youtu.be/cx4udsP_g5k
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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/hj5iyFK2srs https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/RevisedStrawProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2.pdf

Revised Straw Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 2

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase2RevisedStrawProposal-Jun142022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 2 Revised Straw Proposal - Jun 14, 2022

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https://stakeholdercenterpub.oa.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-DataTransparencyMatrix.xlsx https://stakeholdercenterpub.oa.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/ISOResponse-DataTransparencyMatrix-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

Web meeting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVtYNCWonwQ https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021DataTransparency-May312022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Data Transparency - May 31, 2022

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/ISOResponse-DataTransparencyMatrix-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

ISO Response to Data Transparency Matrix - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021

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Phase 1

Completed

Outcome: The phase 1 tariff amendments were effective as of Sep. 01, 2022 and Business Practice Manuals (BPM) changes were published. Phase 1 benefits market participants by improving the generator interconnection process, by providing greater visibility and transparency to stakeholders, eliminating manual workarounds, and providing a single source of data.

Filing


http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Jun2-2022-TariffAmendment-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements-ER22-2018.pdf


https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/RevisedDraftTariffLanguage-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1.docx

Revised Draft Tariff Language - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1


https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/NoticeofDecisionalClassification-InterconnectionProcessEnhancementsPhase1.pdf

Notice of Decisional Classification - Interconnection Process Enhancements Phase 1

Web meeting


https://youtu.be/VrYVuEw7E10 https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1DraftTariffLanguage-FinalProposal-Apr282022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase1 Draft Tariff Language and Final Proposal - Apr 28, 2022

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/DraftTariffLanguage-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1.docx

Draft Tariff Language - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/FinalProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1.pdf

Final Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/FinalProposalAttachment1-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1.xlsx

Final Proposal Attachment 1 - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1

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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/kNb748M782k https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1DataTransparency-Apr052022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1 Data Transparency - Apr 5, 2022

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-DataTransparencyMatrix.xlsx

Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Data Transparency Matrix

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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/NdBCj6dvAh8 https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/DraftFinalProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

Draft Final Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021Phase1DraftFinalProposal-Mar222022.pptx.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 Phase 1 Draft Final Proposal - Mar 24, 2022

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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/cmJ1uPkQBSA https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/RevisedStrawProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

Revised Straw Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancementsRevisedStraw Proposal-Feb012022.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements Revised Straw Proposal - Feb 1, 2022

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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/pSTnwv2hHdk https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-Dec13-2021.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Dec 13, 2021
Written comments deadline extended to Jan. 5, 2022

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/IssuePaper-StrawProposal-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

Issue Paper and Straw Proposal - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021
Reposted to correct minor error on footnote 13

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/ResolvingInterconnectionQueueLogjamsFinalReport.pdf

Resolving Interconnection Queue Logjams Final Report

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Web meeting


https://youtu.be/ArnQKVhsviw https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/Presentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-Oct19-2021Workshop.pdf

Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Oct 19, 2021 Workshop

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/SCEPresentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-Oct19-2021.pdf

SCE Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Oct 19, 2021 Workshop

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/GridwellPresentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-Oct19-2021.pdf

Gridwell Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Oct 19, 2021 Workshop

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/LSA_SEIAPresentation-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021-Oct19-2021.pdf

LSA/SEIA Presentation - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021 - Oct 19, 2021 Workshop

https://stakeholdercenter.caiso.com/InitiativeDocuments/PreliminaryIssuePaper-InterconnectionProcessEnhancements2021.pdf

Preliminary Issue Paper - Interconnection Process Enhancements 2021

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