I would check either an annual report, or a report from the spring, when most 
of the curtailments occur. I don’t know the details…

- Mark

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> On Sep 1, 2021, at 3:40 PM, Haudy Kazemi via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Here is the daily CAISO report.
> 
> http://www.caiso.com/PublishedDocuments/WindSolarCurtailmentReport.pdf
> 
> It shows that the vast majority of curtailment events is due to local
> system congestion, and not because of demand.
> 
> I expect that remotely-positioned MW-scale solar farms are much more
> susceptible to congestion issues than rooftop solar. I'm also not sure that
> rooftop-scale solar supports curtailment.
> 
> On-site production allows for on-site self consumption, without tieing up a
> capacity on the local/regional grid. On-site production with storage
> further increases the time period where a site can operate without
> depending on the local/regional grid.
> 
> Energy storage at the production sites would improve the match between
> production supply and transmission capacity.
> 
> Energy storage near customers would improve the match between distribution
> capacity and customer demand.
> 
> 
> 
>> On Wed, Sep 1, 2021, 12:41 Mark Abramowitz via EV <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> Southern California commonly sends its excess to Arizona - sometimes we
>> have to pay them to take it. Every year we curtail lots of renewables.
>> CaISO tracks how much.
>> 
>> - Mark
>> 
>> Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone
>> 
>>> On Sep 1, 2021, at 10:15 AM, Jan Steinman via EV <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> From: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
>>>> 
>>>> If, for example, southern cali has excess
>>>> PV generation, it will need to ship that energy somewhere pretty far
>>>> away, say oregon or washington. That would require a pretty substantial
>>>> transmission line. I don't think the existing lines are sufficient.
>>> 
>>> The Pacific Intertie is a 600,000 volt DC line that stretches from
>> Washingon to SoCal. I think it can handle enough power for a minor city.
>>> 
>>> Jan
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