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CAISO forecasts

Every forecast CAISO publishes that we plot — demand, wind, solar, prices, and reserves — with the issue time, horizon, and source stated on every page.

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Curated grid forecasts for CAISO
Forecast	Horizon	Shape	Peak	Across window
CAISOCAISO price forecastCalifornia power prices across the three trading hubs — SP15, NP15, and ZP26 — with the settled real-time price plotted against what the day-ahead market cleared for the same hours.	24h · 15-min		—	—

CAISOCAISO net load forecastWhat CAISO's dispatchable fleet is actually asked to serve: the published demand forecast with the published wind and solar forecasts subtracted, hour by hour, with all three plotted so the arithmetic can be checked.	overlap · hourly		—	—

CAISOCAISO solar forecastCAISO's own solar generation forecast plotted against actual output — the largest solar fleet on any US grid, and the supply side of the duck curve, scored against delivery.	2d · hourly		—	—

CAISOCAISO wind forecastCAISO's own wind generation forecast plotted against actual output — the Tehachapi and Solano passes' contribution to the California evening, scored against what the fleet delivered.	2d · hourly		—	—