Pacific DC Intertie
BPA ↔ California · HVDC line (line-commutated)
An HVDC line from the Celilo converter at The Dalles, Oregon to Sylmar in Los Angeles, the longest direct link between the Northwest and Southern California.
Now
2,330 MWBPA → California
BPA · as of Sep 26, 12:00 AM PDT
What it is carrying
Each operator's own reading, turned into a direction. Where both markets publish the tie, the two should agree.
- As BPA reports it
- 2,330 MW · BPA → California
limit this way 3,210 MW · as of Sep 26, 12:00 AM PDT
Price across the seamReal-time · PDT
Reading prices…
Last 30 days
Hourly flow, signed so that up is power leaving the market.
As BPA reports it2,330MW
Above zero: BPA → California. Below: the reverse.
Hardware
Its terminals. US terminals are placed on the substation HIFLD's national dataset names for them.
- Converter
- Celilo converter, OR
45.5946, -121.1131 · 1000 kV
- Converter
- Sylmar converter, CA
34.3125, -118.4811 · 230 kV