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Regional Energy Markets & California’s Green Goals
Mark RothlederVP for Renewable Integration and Market Quality
Assembly Utilities & Energy Committee Informational HearingMarch 14, 2018
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The balancing of supply and demand
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Major progress on meeting CA’s renewable goals
• Currently Installed:
– 21,000 MW of large-scale renewables
– 6,000 MW of rooftop solar
• Additional renewables:
– 3,300 MW for 50% RPS by 2030*– 11,400 MW of consumer rooftop
solar by 2030**
* 2018 CPUC IRP**2017 CEC IEPR
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Actual net-load and 3-hour ramps are about four years ahead of ISO’s original estimate
Typical Spring Day
Net Load of 7,149 MW on February 18, 2018
Actual 3-hour rampof 14,777 MW on
March 4, 2018Deeper Belly
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Generation Breakdown --- 02/18/2018
Nuclear Geothermal/Biomass/Biogas Thermal HydroNet Interchange Wind Solar CurtailmentTotal CAISO Load CAISO Net Load
Net Load = Load -Wind -SolarRenewablesCurtailment
On Sunday, February 18, 2018 the CAISO experienced a minimum net-load of 7,149 MW @ 14:06 3-hr, 13,597 MW ramp met by:
- Import ~ 62%- Gas – 28%- Hydro – 10%
70.6% of the load served by Renewable Resources
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Generation Breakdown --- 03/04/2018
Nuclear Geothermal/Biomass/Biogas Thermal HydroNet Interchange Wind Solar CurtailmentTotal CAISO Load CAISO Net Load
Net Load = Load -Wind -SolarRenewablesCurtailment
On Sunday, March 4, 2018 the maximum 3-hour upward ramp was 14,777 MW 3-hr, 14,777MW ramp met by:
- Import ~ 36%- Gas – 49%- Hydro – 15%
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Generation Breakdown --- 09/01/2017
Nuclear Geothermal/Biomass/BiogasThermal HydroNet Interchange WindSolar CurtailmentTotal CAISO Load CAISO Net Load
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In 2017, the CAISO peak load was 50,116 MW and occurred at 15:58:24 on Friday, September 1, 2017
15:58 to 18:44
• Net Load peaked 2 hours and 46 minutes after peak demand
• Peak load decreased by 2,148 MW
• Solar production decreased by 7,199 MW
• Net Load increased by 5,258 MW
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Questions
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PacifiCorp GHG emissions reduced 14% since 2014
EIM Started November 2014
Source: PacifiCorp
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Increasing trend of renewable curtailment varies with seasonal and hydro conditions
2017 Curtailment Percentage of Potential Production
Solar: 2.8%Wind: 1.3%
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The 1-Hour upward ramps are more than 50% of the three hour ramps, which indicates the need for faster ramping resources
2/18/2018 3/4/2018 3/5/2018Max 3-Hr UP Ramp 13,597 14,777 13,740Max 1-Hr Up Ramp 7,101 7,545 7,537
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Percentage of load served by wind/solar, total RPS and non-Carbon resources (1-minute average)
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Percentage of daily load served by wind/solar, total RPS and non-Carbon resources
10.2
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