The Southern California
Public Power Authority (SCPPA), an organisation comprising the municipal utilities of 10 cities and one
irrigation district, has ordered a potential 1MW of ice battery storage systems from Ice Energy.
CAISO late last year said two major California
public power systems — the Balancing Authority of Northern California (which includes the Modesto Irrigation District, City of Redding, City of Roseville, Sacramento Municipal Utility District [SMUD], City of Shasta Lake, and Trinity Public Utilities District) and SMUD itself — had agreed to join the imbalance m
public power systems — the Balancing Authority of Northern California (which includes the Modesto
Irrigation District, City of Redding, City of Roseville, Sacramento Municipal Utility
District [SMUD], City of Shasta Lake, and Trinity
Public Utilities District) and SMUD itself — had agreed to join the imbalance m
Public Utilities
District) and SMUD itself — had agreed to join the imbalance market.
In California, the Imperial
Irrigation District (IID), a
public power utility managing water and electricity in the Southern California desert with 150,000 electric customers, opposes a regional ISO.