December 17, 2020
CAISO focuses on summer 2021 as final analysis of August blackouts nears completion
California’s energy agencies will soon release a final root cause analysis of the rolling blackouts that affected the state this past August, and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has focused its efforts on preparing for summer 2021, according to executives. The final analysis is expected to point to three contributing factors — the climate-change induced heat storm in the Western U.S., changing supply and demand patterns, as well as market practices that exacerbated the problem, CAISO’s new Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President Mark Rothleder said
