Release planning analyzes the impact of initiatives

The release planning process assesses market initiative implementation impacts to determine target timeframes, project milestones and other resource considerations. It is a collaborative process between the ISO and market participants to optimize the costs and benefits of the implementation approach prior to committing resources.

Plans and schedules

Market Simulation Plan - Fall 2019 Release9/17/2019 07:53
System Interface Change Summary3/26/2019 08:56
Release Schedule8/09/2019 15:02

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ISO program and project management processes
- Annual Functional Release Lifecycle2/08/2017 13:04
- California ISO Program Lifecycle Methodology Version 1.75/20/2016 08:40

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Meetings

Market performance and planning forum

Release user group web conferences

RC West settlements working group meetings

2019 releases

Starting with the fall 2019 release, all technical specifications and artifacts are available on the ISO Developer site. Login permission is required to access the site.

Independent 2019

Metered subsystem load-following

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Fall 2019

Starting with the fall 2019 release, all technical specifications and artifacts are available on the ISO Developer site. Login permission is required to access the site.

Fall 2019 release market simulation communications
Commitment costs and default energy bid enhancements - implementation
Draft settlements technical documentation
Energy imbalance market enhancements 2019
Energy storage and distributed energy resources phase 3 - implementation
Local market power mitigation enhancements - implementation
Master file documents
FERC order 841- energy storage resources
Real time market neutrality settlement - implementation
Reliability must-run and capacity procurement mechanism enhancements - implementation