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    California Electric Balancing Authority Areas (Retired)

    Metadata Updated: July 24, 2025

    A balancing authority is responsible for operating a transmission control area. It matches generation with load and maintains consistent electric frequency of the grid, even during extreme weather conditions or natural disasters. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) is the largest of about 38 balancing authorities in the western interconnection coordinating council (WECC), handling an estimated 35 percent of the electric load in the west. CAISO manages 80 percent of the load in California and a small portion of Nevada.The main balancing authorities in California are:CAISO - California Independent System OperatorBANC - Balancing Authority of Northern CaliforniaLADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water & PowerIID - Imperial Irrigation DistrictTID - Turlock Irrigation DistrictWALC - Western Area Power Administration, Lower ColoradoPacifiCorp WestNV Energy

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    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025

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    Harvested from State of California

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date July 24, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date July 24, 2025
    Publisher California Energy Commission
    Maintainer
    Identifier 4f60fc1d-3e3e-415f-ac82-401640c1459a
    Data First Published 2017-09-28T17:51:36.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2021-08-03T18:38:35.937Z
    Category Natural Resources
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Datagov Dedupe Retained 20250724151128
    Harvest Object Id b225d629-b927-4852-af1a-5c300e7f1a70
    Harvest Source Id 3ba8a0c1-5dc2-4897-940f-81922d3cf8bc
    Harvest Source Title State of California
    License http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 92a4a20b414e98a80c7b203eea6e4fcee3939141dbf71eaf067f391c132d0781
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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