CAISO node intelligence

RED BLUFF SUBSTATION

RIVERSIDE (CA) · SCE · node key RED BLUFF · 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?

3,592 MW (n=12)
queued ahead of a new request (legacy + C15)
2,867 MW (n=8)
with an executed interconnection agreement · public report; C15 has no IA yet
1,620 MW (n=7)
operating at this node
0 MW
Cluster 15 requests seeking full capacity
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?

7,938 MW (n=21)
received Phase II / Facilities Study results here · any sheet, public report
3,452 MW (n=6)
of that, withdrew with results in hand
0.43 (n=21)
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?

470 MW (n=4)
2025 TPD requested at this node
73 MW
allocated
0 MW
refused at 0 % — contracted / shortlisted (groups A+B)
0 MW
refused at 0 % — no PPA (group D)
4 / 3
2024 cycle: projects given full / partial capacity

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 Rows are joined through all three sheets, so a request whose project has since withdrawn still appears.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?

Outside LA Basin local area boundary — Red Bluff is out of the LA Basin (Devers is in) Final 2027 LCT Report [2026-04-29]
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?

3,025 MW (n=3)
withdrawn since 2022 (both reports)
3,025 MW
of that, storage
0.84 (n=22)
storage churn · withdrawn storage ÷ queued + operating storage
1.00 (n=4)
Cluster 15 survival · active ÷ (active + withdrawn)
10,482 MW (n=16)
all-time withdrawn since 2006 · mostly wind/solar-era; colour, not signal
2026-04-15 to 2034-12-31
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 (35)

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
EASLEY2042ACTIVEC14650650FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED2028-03-06
OBERON1642ACTIVEC12500500PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED2026-04-15
ATHOS POWER PLANT1405ACTIVEC10450450FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED2027-05-17
LYCAN SOLAR1643ACTIVEC12400400FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED2032-10-31
Bajada2305ACTIVEC153500ENERGY ONLY (REQ)2030-06-01
REDONDA2036ACTIVEC14250250FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED2031-01-01
SANDRIFT STORAGE 12039ACTIVEC14250250PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED2030-12-26
SANDRIFT STORAGE 22041ACTIVEC14250250PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED2031-03-01
Lycan Solar 22288ACTIVEC151900ENERGY ONLY (REQ)2028-10-01
Reflex2232ACTIVEC151250ENERGY ONLY (REQ)2029-01-01
SAPPHIRE SOLAR1764ACTIVEC13117117FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED2034-12-31
Box2265ACTIVEC15600ENERGY ONLY (REQ)2029-01-01
ALMASOL365COMPLETEDTC45750FULL CAPACITYEXECUTED
DESERT SUNLIGHT PV II147COMPLETEDSERIAL LGIP300230PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
DESERT SUNLIGHT PV I146COMPLETEDSERIAL LGIP250230PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
SOL CATCHER BESS1302COMPLETEDC09214121PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
VICTORY PASS SOLAR1200COMPLETEDC0820050PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
DESERT HARVEST 643AECOMPLETEDC0315035PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
SLOTH421COMPLETEDTC5015PARTIAL CAPACITYEXECUTED
EAGLE MOUNTAIN PUMP STORAGE #41193WITHDRAWNC081,4081,408FULL CAPACITY2022-01-012016-02-12
EAGLE MOUNTAIN PUMP STORAGE #2567WITHDRAWNC021,4000FULL CAPACITY2016-06-012010-12-22
EAGLE MOUNTAIN PUMP STORAGE #3697WITHDRAWNC041,4000FULL CAPACITY2017-07-012012-01-13
IRON HILLS PUMPED STORAGE1525WITHDRAWNC111,4001,400FULL CAPACITY2025-04-102019-03-08
ETERNAL PUMPED STORAGE1759WITHDRAWNC131,4001,400ENERGY ONLY2026-12-012023-12-21
ETERNAL 22050WITHDRAWNC141,4001,400ENERGY ONLY2031-11-262025-08-14
DESERT SUNLIGHT PV III210WITHDRAWNSERIAL LGIP50002016-12-012009-12-08
PALO VERDE ENERGY STORAGE1197WITHDRAWNC08400400FULL CAPACITY2020-03-012017-12-29
RE OASIS754WITHDRAWNC043000FULL CAPACITY2014-12-312011-06-27
JUPITER SOLAR1070WITHDRAWNC072500FULL CAPACITY2018-12-012016-06-03
LONGMEADOW HYBRID SOLAR2047WITHDRAWNC14225225FULL CAPACITY2024-12-152022-11-02
LOMA VERDE SOLAR ENERGY PARK643AHWITHDRAWNC031700FULL CAPACITY2014-01-012010-09-09
SIDEWINDER SOLAR1301WITHDRAWNC091180FULL CAPACITY2020-12-312017-04-17
SIDEWINDER SOLAR1199WITHDRAWNC081090ENERGY ONLY2019-12-312015-07-24
NRG RED BLUFF SOLAR 1 (FKA NRG BLYTHE SOLAR 2)588WITHDRAWNC0210FULL CAPACITY2017-11-012015-08-19
HOLLY RANCH797WITHDRAWNC0400FULL CAPACITY2014-12-312014-04-14

TPD allocation requests at this node (11)

CAISO Transmission Plan Deliverability allocation results, joined on queue position through all three sheets of the public report (a request whose project has since withdrawn still appears). 2024 rows carry no MW. Groups: A = executed power purchase agreement requiring FCDS, or an LSE serving its own load; B = shortlisted for, or actively negotiating, a power purchase agreement; C = already in commercial operation for the capacity seeking TP deliverability; D = no PPA; electing the Section 8.9.2.3 (financial-security) path.

tpd_yearqueue_idproject_nameallocation_groupmw_requestedallocation_pctmw_allocatedstatus
20251642OBERONA20036%73PCDSA
20251200VICTORY PASS SOLARC2000%0NONE
20251302SOL CATCHER BESSC200%0NONE
2025421SLOTHC500%0NONE
20241405ATHOS POWER PLANTA100%FCDSA
20241764SAPPHIRE SOLARA100%FCDSA
20242036REDONDAA100%FCDSA
20242039SANDRIFT STORAGE 1A88%PCDSA
20242041SANDRIFT STORAGE 2A88%PCDSA
20242042EASLEYA69%PCDSA
20241643LYCAN SOLARB100%FCDSA

WDAT requests at this substation (17)

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
3490-WDActiveIndependent StudySolar PV, Storage32023-05-17Executed
0358-WDIn ServiceFast TrackSolar PV02011-07-022013-10-02Executed
1686-RDIn ServiceFast TrackStorage02017-10-112018-01-08Executed
3300-WDWithdrawnIndependent StudySolar PV52023-03-03Withdrawn
3738-RDWithdrawnDGSPSolar PV52023-11-29Withdrawn
0505-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV22012-01-13Withdrawn
0855-RDWithdrawnFast TrackOther22013-10-08Withdrawn
0555-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12012-04-11Withdrawn
0373-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12011-07-19Withdrawn
0449-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12011-11-15Withdrawn
0858-RDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12013-09-09Withdrawn
3109-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV12022-05-20Withdrawn
0954-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV12014-05-02Withdrawn
1171-RDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV,Storage12015-03-06Withdrawn
0463-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV02011-11-16Withdrawn
0871-WDWithdrawnFast TrackSolar PV02013-10-15Withdrawn
0955-RDWithdrawnDetailed StudySolar PV02014-05-02Withdrawn

Geocode provenance

Position is approximate or unknown (ambiguous): several OSM features share this name more than 50 km apart — the position may be the wrong one.

geo_method
ambiguous
geo_score
0.50
osm_name
Red Bluff Substation
lat, lon
33.69883, -115.31288

All metrics

metricvaluedefinition
legacy_active_mw2,867active MW in the public report (C14 and earlier)
c15_active_mw725active MW in the Cluster 15 report
operating_mw1,620completed MW in the public report
pipeline_storage_mw2,867storage MW inside legacy_active_mw + c15_active_mw
operating_storage_mw731storage MW inside operating_mw (completed, public report)
wd_recent_mw3,025withdrawn in the last 5 years (both reports)
wd_recent_storage_mw3,025storage 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_mw3,452withdrew AFTER Phase II / Facilities Study results (public report only)
p2_reached_mw7,938MW of projects that received Phase II / Facilities Study results here (public report, any sheet)
p2_withdrawn_mw3,452of those, MW that then withdrew (== wd_post_phase2_mw)
p2_attrition0.43p2_withdrawn_mw / p2_reached_mw — share of studied MW that left with results in hand
committed_mw2,867ACTIVE MW holding an executed interconnection agreement (public report)
churn_n22projects behind storage_churn (withdrawn recent + queued + operating)
c15_n4projects behind c15_survival
p2_n21projects behind p2_attrition
eia_plants0operable EIA-860 plants within 5 km of the node's mapped position (positioned nodes only)
eia_nameplate_mw0their 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_mwstorage 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_mw0nameplate MW in EIA-860's Proposed sheet within the same radius (planned / under construction)
wd_alltime_mw10,482every withdrawn MW since 2006 (includes dead wind/solar-era projects)
storage_churn0.84wd_recent_storage_mw / (active + operating storage MW) — the one to quote
churn_alltime2.01wd_alltime_mw / (pipeline + operating MW) — historical color only
c15_survival1.00c15_active / (c15_active + c15_withdrawn)
c15_fcds_req_mw0C15 active MW that requested Full Capacity Deliverability Status (requested, not allocated)
tpd25_projects4projects at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
tpd25_req_mw470MW at the node that sought TPD in CAISO's 2025 allocation cycle
tpd25_alloc_mw73MW allocated in that cycle (requested × allocation %)
tpd25_denied_mw270MW requested by rows that received 0 %
tpd25_unalloc_mw396requested 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_mw200of 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_mw270of 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_mw270of 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_projects4projects at the node allocated Full Capacity in the 2024 cycle
lcr_statusoutside LA BasinCAISO 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_projects1active WDAT requests at the same substation (WDAT = distribution-level queue at the same substation, PG&E file today; not CAISO deliverability)
wdat_active_mw3MW of active WDAT (distribution-level) requests at the same substation (PG&E file today)
wdat_active_storage_mw2storage 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_mw0WDAT MW already in service at that substation
wdat_withdrawn_mw22WDAT 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".

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