EIA: Renewable Curtailments Rising Steadily in CAISO

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Batteries, New Transmission, Coordinated Planning Key to Reducing Curtailments

CAISO's renewable curtailments have steadily increased as California brings on more solar resources. | EIA

Oct 31, 2023 | Elaine Goodman

CAISO’s curtailment of solar and wind power is on the rise, and about three-quarters of curtailments so far this year have been from transmission congestion.

CAISO/WEIM Onshore Wind Transmission Planning Utility-scale Solar

KeywordsCalifornia Independent System Operator (CAISO)Energy Information Administration (EIA)generation curtailment Independent Energy Producers Association (IEPA)Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)Western Energy Imbalance Market (WEIM)

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