2024-2025 Transmission planning process

Started: Dec 28, 2023

Leads
Jeff Billinton

The California ISO 2024-2025 transmission planning cycle involves key stakeholder activities from 2024 through early 2025. 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.

Status

Development Decision Implementation Completed/Closed
Mar 31, 2025* Draft transmission plan posting
Apr 15, 2025* Meeting
May 2025* Board of Governors meeting
May 30, 2025* Final board-approved transmission plan posting

Activities

Web meeting


Presentation - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Long-term LCR - Dec 09, 2024

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Web meeting


Presentation - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process - Nov 13, 2024

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Final Reliability Assessment Results

High Voltage 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

HUMBOLDT 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

KERN 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

NCNB 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

NVLY 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

SCE BC 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

SCE MAIN 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

SDGE 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

VEA 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

BULK PG&E 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

BULK SOUTHERN 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

CCLP 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

CVLY 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

FRESNO 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

GBA 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

NOL 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

SCE Eastern 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Final Reliability Assessment Results

Web meeting


Presentation - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 24, 2024

VEA - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Presentation - Sep 24, 2024

SDGE - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Presentation - Sep 24, 2024

SCE - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Presentation - Sep 24, 2024

PG&E - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Presentation - Sep 24, 2024

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Web meeting


Presentation - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process - Sep 23, 2024



Preliminary Reliability Assessment Results

VEA - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Teh Big Creek 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Southern Bulk 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

SDGE 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

SCE Main 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

SCE Eastern 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

North Valley 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Northern Bulk 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

NOL 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

NCNB 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Kern 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Humboldt 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

High Voltage 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Greater Bay 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Fresno 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

Central Valley 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results

CCLP 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process Preliminary Assessment Results


Final Study Plan - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process

Web meeting


Presentation - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process - Feb 28, 2024

ISO Response to Comments - 20 Year Transmission Outlook - Feb 28, 2024

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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.


Draft Study Plan - 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process


Stakeholder comment period for 2024-2025 unified planning assumptions and study plan is Dec 28, 2023 through Jan 29, 2024. See the notice for more information.

Letter - Data Request and Invitation to the CAISO 2024-2025 Transmission Planning Process - Dec 28, 2023