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Imperial Irrigation District Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against CAISO (IID - News Release)

By using the concepts of resource adequacy and maximum import capability interchangeably, CAISO has blocked access to renewable energy projects interconnecting to IID’s transmission grid. 

The IID service area includes several geothermal fields including the Salton Sea

The Imperial Irrigation District filed civil litigation in U.S. District Court, Southern District of California, against the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) Corp. for its deliberate and systematic marginalization of IID, its ratepayers and all renewable energy generators seeking to develop projects in the district’s service area.

Through its actions over many years, CAISO has exercised its monopoly power to manipulate the import capability values, or deliverability, it assigns to IID to stifle competition, create uncertainty in the marketplace and effectively take over IID’s energy balancing authority area.

"The abundance of renewable energy resources found only in this region will go untapped," said IID General Manager Kevin Kelley, "if CAISO continues to manipulate the deliverability it assigns to IID."

• IID Summary of Civil Action Against CAISO 7-16-2015 [PDF]
• Full Complaint With Exhibits 7-16-2015 [PDF]

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