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Mead 230 kV

CAISO ↔ Lower Colorado · Intertie scheduling point

CAISO’s MEAD230 intertie scheduling point. Its reading nets published import and export schedules across the balancing-area pairs using this point. The marker is at the named Mead substation.

Scheduled now
248 MWLower Colorado → CAISO
CAISO · as of Oct 15, 12:10 PM PDT
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Scheduled transfers

Compare each operator’s reading at its stated time. Scheduled transfers and metered physical flow measure different things.

As CAISO reports it · scheduled
248 MW · Lower Colorado → CAISO

as of Oct 15, 12:10 PM PDT

Last 30 days

Hourly readings, signed so that up is power leaving the market. Each series identifies whether it measures flow or a transfer schedule.

As CAISO reports it · scheduled-83MW
715101-514Sep 15, 12 PMOct 15, 12 PM

Above zero: CAISO → Lower Colorado. Below: the reverse.

Usual direction
CAISO → Lower Colorado in 67% of hours

67% out, 23% in, 10% idle across 721 hours

Average
71 MW · CAISO → Lower Colorado
When busy
317 MW

95th percentile of hourly scheduled transfers either way

Peak CAISO → Lower Colorado
631 MW
Peak Lower Colorado → CAISO
429 MW
Direction changes
77
The average day
0:006:0012:0018:0023:00
Mean reading by the market's local hour. Up: CAISO → Lower Colorado. Down: Lower Colorado → CAISO.

Hardware

Its terminals, placed from named HIFLD substations or other cited geospatial sources where available.

Substation
Mead, NV

35.9278, -114.8347 · 500 kV

Sources and method

Schedules come from CAISO interface readings. Each value is shown with its operator and source time; direction is normalized from that operator’s sign convention toward or away from CAISO. A rating describes the equipment; an operator’s posted directional limit, when available, is a separate operating value. The map point identifies a sourced terminal or crossing where available, or a representative connection point; it does not trace the full route.

How intertie coverage is assembled