California Grid Operator Eyes $9.3 Billion of New Transmission

April 12, 2023--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) (Folsom, California), the state's grid operator, on April 3 issued a draft 10-year transmission plan that recommended building 46 transmission projects, mostly inside the state, at an estimated cost of $9.3 billion. The projects will improve the state's reliability and help achieve the state's public policy goals of decarbonizing the state's electricity supply by 2045.