Recognizing the importance of the global climate challenge, the ISO is at the forefront of integrating renewable power and advanced technologies that will help provide a sustainable energy future efficiently and cleanly. It provides comprehensive grid planning, open and nondiscriminatory access to one of the largest networks of high-voltage transmission power lines in the world, and operates a $9 billion competitive electricity market. The California Independent System Operator (ISO) is a nonprofit public benefit corporation dedicated, with its partners, to continuous improvement and secure operation of a reliable grid operated for the benefit of consumers. Alex Padilla and an overview of summer readiness.Ī link to the new blog is available on the homepage and News section along with a link to subscribe to receive notifications when new content is available. Initial posts include a message from Elliot Mainzer, the ISO's president and chief executive officer a feature on Flex Alerts a post about the recent visit from U.S.
Replacing the Energy Matters newsletter, the blog of the same name will also provide a place to feature ISO employees making significant contributions to managing energy markets, moving electricity over 26,000 miles of high-voltage transmission lines, and providing exceptional service to hundreds of stakeholders and customers throughout the West. "I look forward to being able to use this tool to help us tell this important story to the public and our partners throughout the West." "This is another step in our effort to clearly communicate how energy markets and the electric grid operate, while also offering a platform to highlight the grid's progress on delivering clean energy reliably," said the ISO's Vice President of External and Customer Affairs Stacey Crowley.
To provide timely information on issues affecting the California Independent System Operator (ISO) and the electric industry, as well as insight into grid operations and activities, the ISO launched a new blog available now on its website.