CAISO node intelligence

LERDO

KERN (CA) · PGAE · node key LERDO · CAISO run date 2026-10-12

Seven questions a developer, lender or counsel asks before filing here. Every figure is a CAISO row; Not public marks what the public files cannot answer and where to get it. Definitions: methodology.

Can you get in?

No official Cluster 16 availability statement names this POI. Absence of a statement is not availability.

Not public: per-constraint transmission headroom at this POI — CAISO's cluster study reports (RIMS login).
Not on this site yet: the zonal transmission-capability table CAISO publishes for cluster scoring — public; the join is planned.

Who is ahead of you?

0 MW (n=0)
queued ahead of a new request (legacy + C15)
0 MW (n=0)
with an executed interconnection agreement · public report; C15 has no IA yet
0 MW (n=0)
operating at this node
0 MW
Cluster 15 requests seeking full capacity
Already operating within 5 km (EIA-860): 4 plants; 13 MW nameplate; oldest unit 2020; 6 MW proposed. Technology: Solar Photovoltaic 13. Operators: County of Kern - (CA); JKB Energy; Madison Energy Investments LLC. Owners: Sun Pacific Shippers LP. Joined by distance to this node's mapped position, not by point of interconnection: a plant on a long gen-tie lands on the nearest substation. Corporate names from a federal filing.
Not public: who the interconnection customers are (the queue) — CAISO's public files carry project names only; the projects table below is the full public record. EIA-860 names the owners of what already operates nearby, not of what is queued.

Do projects leave after seeing the costs?

0 MW (n=0)
received Phase II / Facilities Study results here · any sheet, public report
0 MW (n=0)
of that, withdrew with results in hand
n/a (n=0)
Phase II attrition (MW share)
Not public: the network upgrade cost allocated to a project here — Phase I / Phase II study reports, served through RIMS. Ask the incumbent developer or request the report; nothing public reconstructs it.

Will you be deliverable?

0 MW (n=0)
2025 TPD requested at this node
0 MW
allocated
0 MW
refused at 0 % — contracted / shortlisted (groups A+B)
0 MW
refused at 0 % — no PPA (group D)
0 / 0
2024 cycle: projects given full / partial capacity

No request from this node appears in the 2025 allocation results.

A 0 % in group D is the expected result for an uncontracted project; a 0 % in group A or B is a contracted project that did not get deliverability. Rows are joined through all three sheets, so a request whose project has since withdrawn still appears. CAISO states no reason.

Will the power be worth anything here?

The Local Capacity Technical Report does not name this substation on any area boundary: not encoded, which is not the same as outside every area.

Not on this site yet: day-ahead price history at this POI — CAISO OASIS publishes it; it is shown only for a pricing node confirmed by hand in data/poi_pnodes.csv, and this one is not confirmed yet.

Will the land pass intake?

Intake scoring under the 2023 IPE rewards site control, permitting progress and system need before study begins. Parcel, zoning, Williamson Act and CEC exclusion screens run for Kings and Kern counties (caiso-siting parcels, layers screen); results are in outputs/parcels_*.md for the nodes they were run on and are not yet rendered per node here.

Not public: landowner willingness and option terms — county assessor parcels give ownership class, not intent; owner names are withheld on purpose.

How long, and who gave up?

0 MW (n=0)
withdrawn since 2022 (both reports)
0 MW
of that, storage
n/a (n=0)
storage churn · withdrawn storage ÷ queued + operating storage
n/a (n=0)
Cluster 15 survival · active ÷ (active + withdrawn)
50 MW (n=1)
all-time withdrawn since 2006 · mostly wind/solar-era; colour, not signal
none active
current on-line dates of active projects

Cluster-level time-to-withdrawal curves are on the Survival page; they compare process regimes, not only nodes.

Projects at this node (1)

Both reports. cod = current on-line date (public report) or proposed on-line date (Cluster 15). ia_status exists only in the public report. Cluster 15 deliverability is requested, not allocated.

project_namequeue_positionsheet_statusclusternet_mwstorage_mwdeliverabilityia_statuscodwithdrawn_date
LERDO SOLAR943WITHDRAWNC06500FULL CAPACITY2015-12-012014-03-04

WDAT requests at this substation (35)

WDAT = distribution-level queue at the same substation, PG&E file today; not CAISO deliverability. WDAT requests connect below CAISO's transmission grid; they carry no CAISO deliverability unless separately studied.

queue_positionstatus_rawprocessgen_typenet_mwrequest_receivedcurrent_codia_statusft_over_cap
4426-WDActiveClusterSolar PV182025-10-01
3223-RDActiveDetailed StudySolar PV32022-11-17Executed
2901-RDActiveDetailed StudySolar PV22021-08-252024-06-04Executed
3887-RDActiveFast TrackStorage22024-02-27Executed
3683-RDActiveFast TrackSolar PV22023-09-05Executed
4631-RDActiveFast TrackSolar PV22026-06-03Tendered
3220-RDActiveDGSPSolar PV22022-11-17Executed
3792-RDActiveFast TrackSolar PV22024-01-08Executed
4257-RDActiveDetailed StudyStorage22025-04-22Executed
3219-RDActiveDetailed StudySolar PV12022-11-17Executed
3237-RDActiveDetailed StudySolar PV12022-11-17Executed
3357-RDActiveFast TrackSolar PV12023-03-292025-03-24Executed
1798-RDIn ServiceDetailed StudySolar PV32017-12-222021-06-09Executed
2028-RDIn ServiceDGSPSolar PV32018-07-262020-07-31Executed
1771-RDIn ServiceDetailed StudySolar PV22017-12-222021-11-22Executed
3050-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV+Synchronous382022-02-23Withdrawn
3378-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV, Storage102023-03-31Withdrawn
3380-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV, Storage102023-03-31Withdrawn
3381-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV, Storage102023-03-31Withdrawn
3734-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudyStorage52023-11-15Withdrawn
3735-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudyStorage52023-11-15Withdrawn
3736-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudyStorage52023-11-15Withdrawn
3940-WDWithdrawnClusterSolar PV52024-03-01Withdrawn
3942-WDWithdrawnClusterSolar PV52024-03-01Withdrawn
3810-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV52024-01-22Withdrawn
3950-WDWithdrawnClusterSolar PV52024-03-01Withdrawn
3319-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV, Storage42023-03-20Withdrawn
3136-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV32022-07-22Withdrawn
3072-RDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV32022-03-21Withdrawn
3601-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV32023-09-07Withdrawn
2071-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV22018-09-05Withdrawn
2060-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12018-09-05Withdrawn
0607-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV02012-07-30Withdrawn
0837-RDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV02013-09-05Withdrawn
0478-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV02011-12-12Withdrawn

Geocode provenance

geo_method
exact
geo_score
1.00
osm_name
Lerdo Sub
lat, lon
35.50024, -119.15196

All metrics

metricvaluedefinition
legacy_active_mw0active MW in the public report (C14 and earlier)
c15_active_mw0active MW in the Cluster 15 report
operating_mw0completed MW in the public report
pipeline_storage_mw0storage MW inside legacy_active_mw + c15_active_mw
operating_storage_mw0storage MW inside operating_mw (completed, public report)
wd_recent_mw0withdrawn in the last 5 years (both reports)
wd_recent_storage_mw0storage MW of those rows — each project's storage components capped at its net-to-grid figure; a handful of filings report net-to-grid as 0 and keep the component MW, so this can exceed the row above at 3 nodes.
wd_post_phase2_mw0withdrew AFTER Phase II / Facilities Study results (public report only)
p2_reached_mw0MW of projects that received Phase II / Facilities Study results here (public report, any sheet)
p2_withdrawn_mw0of those, MW that then withdrew (== wd_post_phase2_mw)
p2_attritionn/ap2_withdrawn_mw / p2_reached_mw — share of studied MW that left with results in hand
committed_mw0ACTIVE MW holding an executed interconnection agreement (public report)
churn_n0projects behind storage_churn (withdrawn recent + queued + operating)
c15_n0projects behind c15_survival
p2_n0projects behind p2_attrition
eia_plants4operable EIA-860 plants within 5 km of the node's mapped position (positioned nodes only)
eia_nameplate_mw13their nameplate MW, all technologies (EIA-860 Generator file, Operable sheet)
eia_storage_mwh0battery energy capacity among them (EIA-860 Energy Storage file), as reported
eia_storage_1h_mw0storage MW at units whose reported MWh is no more than their MW (one hour or less); shown with 'duration not established' because the value may reflect how the form was filled
eia_proposed_mw6nameplate MW in EIA-860's Proposed sheet within the same radius (planned / under construction)
wd_alltime_mw50every withdrawn MW since 2006 (includes dead wind/solar-era projects)
storage_churnn/awd_recent_storage_mw / (active + operating storage MW) — the one to quote
churn_alltimen/awd_alltime_mw / (pipeline + operating MW) — historical color only
c15_survivaln/ac15_active / (c15_active + c15_withdrawn)
c15_fcds_req_mw0C15 active MW that requested Full Capacity Deliverability Status (requested, not allocated)
tpd25_projects0projects at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
tpd25_req_mw0MW at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
tpd25_alloc_mw0MW allocated in that cycle (requested × allocation %)
tpd25_denied_mw0MW requested by rows that received 0 %
tpd25_unalloc_mw0requested minus allocated: MW refused outright PLUS the remainder left by partial allocations — quote this for 'what the developer did not get'
tpd25_unknown_mw0MW requested by rows with no allocation percentage in the file; 0 today
tpd25_req_A_mw0of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group A: executed PPA (or LSE own load)
tpd25_req_B_mw0of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group B: shortlisted / negotiating a PPA
tpd25_req_C_mw0of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group C: already in commercial operation
tpd25_req_D_mw0of tpd25_req_mw, requested in allocation group D: no PPA, Section 8.9.2.3 path
tpd25_denied_A_mw0of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group A
tpd25_denied_B_mw0of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group B
tpd25_denied_C_mw0of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group C
tpd25_denied_D_mw0of tpd25_denied_mw, refused at 0 % in group D
tpd25_denied_ppa_mw0refused MW in groups A + B: contracted or shortlisted projects that did not get deliverability; the refusal that matters
tpd24_fcdsa_projects0projects at the node allocated Full Capacity in the 2024 cycle
lcr_statusCAISO Local Capacity Area (Resource Adequacy geography): 'in <area>' or 'outside <area>' as the LCT report's boundary lists state it; blank = not encoded, never 'outside every area'
lcr_sub_areasub-area / load pocket within that area, when the LCT report delineates it
wdat_active_projects12active WDAT requests at the same substation (WDAT = distribution-level queue at the same substation, PG&E file today; not CAISO deliverability)
wdat_active_mw40MW of active WDAT (distribution-level) requests at the same substation (PG&E file today)
wdat_active_storage_mw4storage MW attributed from wdat_active_mw — an assumption: the PG&E file publishes one MW figure per request, so storage-only requests count in full and solar+storage requests count at half (160 of 1,011 active requests carry storage; 362 of their 479 MW is attributed as storage).
wdat_inservice_mw8WDAT MW already in service at that substation
wdat_withdrawn_mw119WDAT MW withdrawn at that substation (all-time in the file)
wdat_ft_over_cap_n0active Fast Track requests above the 5 MW Fast Track ceiling — held out of wdat_active_*
wdat_ft_over_cap_mw0MW of those held-out rows, as posted; cause not established

No figure on this site states a cause. CAISO files carry no withdrawal reason beyond "IC Request".

Screening tool, not engineering advice. Built from public filings by an engineer who is not a licensed PE. Verify every figure against the source filing named in its row before you rely on it for any decision. No warranty of any kind. Not affiliated with CAISO, EIA, or any utility. No engineering services are offered.