California Independent System Operator
Balancing Authority Summary Information
California Independent System Operator is ranked #7 out of 64 balancing authorities in terms of total annual electricity generation.
| Balancing Authority | California Independent System Operator |
|---|---|
| States | Arizona California Nevada New Mexico |
| Last Update | Oct 2026 |
| Annual Generation | 168.7 TWh |
| Power Plants | 2,170 |
| Utilities | 1,001 |
| Ranked #7 out of 64 in terms of net annual generation | |
| Ranked #14 out of 53 in terms of annual generation from natural gas | |
| Power Plant Types | Natural Gas | 32% Solar | 30.9% Water | 12.2% Wind | 11.8% Nuclear | 11.2% Coal | 0% |
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Daily Net Generation for California Independent System Operator for the past 3 Years
| Plant Name | Utility | Location | Annual Generation | Plant Date | Last Update | Fuel Types |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Solar B2 | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 3 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Summer Solar C2 | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 3 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Cloverdale Solar I | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Cloverdale, CA | 1 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Division 1 | Tesla Inc. | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Division 2 | Tesla Inc. | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Division 3 | Tesla Inc. | Lancaster, CA | 1 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Kettering Solar 1 | Tesla Inc. | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | May 2014 | Nov 2025 | Solar |
| Kettering Solar 2 | Tesla Inc. | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | May 2014 | Nov 2025 | Solar |
| Enerparc CA1 LLC | CleanCapital Holdings | Hollister, CA | 3 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| San Francisco Bay Coffee | JBR, Inc. | Lincoln, CA | 1 GWh | May 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Summer Solar D2 | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | Jun 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Farmersville | Arevon Energy, Inc. | Farmersville, CA | 6 GWh | Jun 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Porterville 6 and 7 | Arevon Energy, Inc. | Porterville, CA | 4 GWh | Jun 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Golden Acorn Casino | Foundation HA Energy Generation, LLC | Campo, CA | 4 GWh | Jun 2014 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| DSH (CA) - Coalinga State Hospital | Team-Solar, Inc. | Coalinga, CA | 4 GWh | Jun 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| CDCR (CA) - Pleasant Valley State Prison | Team-Solar, Inc. | Coalinga, CA | 3 GWh | Jun 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| AV Solar Ranch One | AV Solar Ranch 1 LLC | Lancaster, CA | 555 GWh | Jul 2014 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Sunshine Gas Producers | Sunshine Gas Producers LLC | Sylmar, CA | 132 GWh | Jul 2014 | Jul 2026 | Landfill Gas |
| Hesperia | SunEdison LLC | Hesperia, CA | 3 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| California PV Energy at ISD WWTP | California PV Energy LLC | Oakley, CA | 2 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Hanford 1 and 2 | Arevon Energy, Inc. | Hanford, CA | 5 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Anaheim Solar Energy Plant | Anaheim Public Utilities | Anaheim, CA | 2 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Maxim | Bloom Energy | San Jose, CA | 7 GWh | Jul 2014 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| White River Solar 2 | RWE Clean Energy | Alpaugh, CA | 49 GWh | Aug 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Broadway 2 - UC Riverside | MN8 Energy LLC | Riverside, CA | 4 GWh | Aug 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| SCE-Snowline-Duncan Road (North) | SunEdison LLC | Phelan, CA | 3 GWh | Sep 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| SCE-Snowline-Duncan Road (South) | SunEdison LLC | Phelan, CA | 2 GWh | Sep 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Regulus Solar Project | Regulus Solar, LLC | Bakersfield, CA | 150 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Desert Green Solar Farm LLC | Invenergy Services LLC | Boulevard, CA | 10 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Solar Gen 2 Solar Facility | Southern Power Co | Calipatria, CA | 377 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Western Antelope Blue Sky Ranch A | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 43 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lancaster Dry Farm Ranch B | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 10 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Expressway Solar C2 | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lancaster Solar 1 | Boralex US Operations LLC | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lancaster Solar 2 | Boralex US Operations LLC | Lancaster, CA | 2 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Mesa Linda B2 | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Mesa Linda C2 | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Mesa Linda D2 | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Mesa Linda E2 | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| City of Soledad Water Reclamation | Foundation HA Energy Generation, LLC | Soledad, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Taylor Farms | Foundation HA Energy Generation, LLC | Gonzales, CA | 4 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Anheuser-Busch #2 | Foundation HA Energy Generation, LLC | Fairfield, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Jul 2026 | Wind |
| SCE-Snowline-White Road (South) | SunEdison LLC | Phelan, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| SCE-Snowline-White Road (North) | SunEdison LLC | Phelan, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| SCE-Snowline-White Rd (Central) | SunEdison LLC | Phelan, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Baker Creek Hydroelectric | Baker Station Associates, LP | Bridgeville, CA | 3 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Water |
| TA-Acacia, LLC | Onward Energy | Lancaster, CA | 48 GWh | Oct 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Mojave Solar Project | Mojave Solar LLC | Hinkley, CA | 588 GWh | Nov 2014 | Jul 2026 | Solar |
| Lone Valley Solar Park I LLC | Lone Valley Solar Park I LLC | Lucerne Valley, CA | 24 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Garnet Solar Generation Station I LLC | Garnet Solar Generation Station I LLC | Palm Springs, CA | 9 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2024 | Solar |
| Summer North Solar | AES Distributed Energy | Lancaster, CA | 13 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Camelot LLC | Onward Energy | Mojave, CA | 121 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Adams East, LLC | Onward Energy | Fresno, CA | 41 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Kansas Solar, LLC | Onward Energy | Lemoore, CA | 24 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Old River One, LLC | Onward Energy | Bakersfield, CA | 38 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Columbia Two, LLC | Onward Energy | Mojave, CA | 41 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| RE Kent South, LLC | Onward Energy | Lemoore, CA | 36 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| CID Solar, LLC | Onward Energy | Corcoran, CA | 41 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lone Valley Solar Park II LLC | Lone Valley Solar Park II LLC | Lucerne Valley, CA | 53 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Lancaster Little Rock | AES Distributed Energy | Landers, CA | 3 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Merced Solar LLC | Ecos Energy LLC | Merced, CA | 4 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Mission Solar LLC | Ecos Energy LLC | Merced, CA | 4 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Hollister Solar LLC | Ecos Energy LLC | Hollister, CA | 4 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Madelyn Solar, LLC | CD US Solar PO 3, LLC | Silver Lake, CA | 2 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Rudy Solar, LLC | CD US Solar PO 3, LLC | Silver Lake, CA | 3 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Mitchell Solar, LLC | CD US Solar PO 3, LLC | Silver Lake, CA | 4 GWh | Nov 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| SCV Water - Gladbach Water Treatment Plant Phases I and II | SCV Water | Santa Clara, CA | 858 MWh | Nov 2014 | Oct 2025 | Solar |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm | Rising Tree Wind Farm LLC | Mojave, CA | 250 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Rising Tree Wind Farm II | Rising Tree Wind Farm II LLC | Mojave, CA | 54 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Wind |
| Pumpjack Solar I | Deriva Energy | McKittrick, CA | 51 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Diamond Valley Solar Project | Ecos Energy LLC | Winchester, CA | 2 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Coronus Adelanto West 1 | Clean Focus Yield, LLC | Adelanto, CA | 3 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Coronus Adelanto West 2 | Clean Focus Yield, LLC | Adelanto, CA | 3 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Intel Santa Clara | Bloom Energy | Santa Clara, CA | 7 GWh | Dec 2014 | Dec 2025 | Natural Gas |
| Wildwood Solar I, LLC | Deriva Energy | Wasco, CA | 48 GWh | Jan 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Zero Waste Energy Development Co LLC | Zero Waste Energy Development Company LLC | San Jose, CA | 224 MWh | Jan 2015 | Dec 2025 | Other Biomass Gas |
| Santa Fe Springs Rooftop Solar BLDG M | Golden Springs Development Company LLC | Santa Fe Springs, CA | 3 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Santa Fe Springs Rooftop Solar BLDG H | Golden Springs Development Company LLC | Santa Fe Springs, CA | 2 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Park Meridian #1 | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Riverside, CA | 3 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Terra Francesco | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Ontario, CA | 2 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Vega Solar | Vega Solar, LLC | Los Banos, CA | 49 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| UC Davis South Campus | Solar Star California XXXII, LLC | Davis, CA | 12 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Silicon Valley Clean Water | Silicon Valley Clean Water | Redwood City, CA | 8 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Other Biomass Gas : 95.0% Natural Gas : 5.0% |
| Firebaugh-CCS-PV-1 | Mike Woolf Farming | Firebaugh, CA | 2 GWh | Feb 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Venable Solar 1 | Madison Energy Investments LLC | Blythe, CA | 4 GWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Venable Solar 2 | Madison Energy Investments LLC | Blythe, CA | 3 GWh | Mar 2015 | Sep 2025 | Solar |
| Lost Hills/Blackwell | Southern Power Co | Lost Hills, CA | 59 GWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Rancho Cucamonga Dist #1 | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Rancho Cucamonga, CA | 3 GWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Colton Solar Two, LLC | Colton Solar Two, LLC | Colton, CA | 789 MWh | Mar 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Cottonwood Solar, LLC (Goose Lake) | Onward Energy | Lost Hills, CA | 30 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Cottonwood Solar, LLC (City of Corcoran) | Onward Energy | Corcoran, CA | 21 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Shafter Solar LLC | Shafter Solar LLC | Bakersfield, CA | 41 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Algonquin SKIC20 Solar LLC | Algonquin Power Co | Taft, CA | 41 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Corcoran Solar 2 | RWE Clean Energy | Corcoran, CA | 47 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Atwell Island West Solar | RWE Clean Energy | Alpaugh, CA | 52 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Alamo Solar | Onward Energy | Oro Grande, CA | 49 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Coronal Lost Hills | Arevon Energy, Inc. | Lost Hills, CA | 35 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Sun Harvest Solar NDP1 | Altus Power America Management, LLC | Dos Palos, CA | 3 GWh | Apr 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Dry Farm Ranch A | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 10 GWh | May 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
| Victor Dry Farm Ranch B | AES Distributed Energy | Victorville, CA | 10 GWh | May 2015 | Dec 2025 | Solar |
Surrounding Balancing Authorities
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #25 | Arizona Public Service Company | 25.8 TWh | 102 |
| #55 | Arlington Valley, LLC | 3.2 TWh | 1 |
| #38 | Balancing Authority of Northern California | 13.9 TWh | 91 |
| #49 | Imperial Irrigation District | 6.2 TWh | 66 |
| #29 | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power | 19.3 TWh | 132 |
| #22 | Nevada Power Company | 38.6 TWh | 143 |
| #51 | PUD No. 1 of Douglas County | 4.4 TWh | 5 |
| #19 | Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District | 60.5 TWh | 51 |
| #57 | Turlock Irrigation District | 1.9 TWh | 11 |
| #39 | Western Area Power Administration - Desert Southwest Region | 10.6 TWh | 36 |
Balancing Authorities with Similar Net Generation
| Rank | Balancing Authority | Annual Net Generation | # Power Plants |
|---|---|---|---|
| #3 | Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. | 506.3 TWh | 1,487 |
| #5 | Southwest Power Pool | 314.5 TWh | 876 |
| #6 | Southern Company Services, Inc. - Trans | 259.3 TWh | 423 |
| #7 | California Independent System Operator | 168.7 TWh | 2,170 |
| #9 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 166.2 TWh | 209 |
| #10 | Florida Power & Light Co. | 153.0 TWh | 188 |
| #12 | New York Independent System Operator | 134.1 TWh | 1,334 |
| #13 | Duke Energy Carolinas | 113.4 TWh | 578 |
| #15 | ISO New England | 112.2 TWh | 1,667 |
| #16 | Bonneville Power Administration | 91.1 TWh | 170 |