About this Dataset

California Electric Balancing Authority Areas (Retired)

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 Operator
BANC - Balancing Authority of Northern California
LADWP - Los Angeles Department of Water & Power
IID - Imperial Irrigation District
TID - Turlock Irrigation District
WALC - Western Area Power Administration, Lower Colorado
PacifiCorp West
NV Energy
Organization: State of California
Last updated: 2025-07-24T00:29:12.557372
Tags: balancing-authority, banc, caiso, california-energy-commission, california-natural-resources-agency, caopendata, electric, iid, ladwp, nv-energy, pacificcorp-west, tid, transmission-line, walc

Tables

Table 1

@usgov.ca_gov_california_electric_balancing_authority_areas_retired.table_1

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9 rows
4 columns

CREATE TABLE table_1 (
  "objectid" BIGINT,
  "name" VARCHAR,
  "shape_area" DOUBLE  -- Shape, Area,
  "shape_length" DOUBLE  -- Shape, Length
);