{"id":"14bdbab8-69b3-4560-979f-4d8b8b537bca","task":"Download and parse the CAISO interconnection queue report from the CAISO OASIS API to identify active DER projects and their hosting constraints","domain":"caiso.com","steps":["Fetch the interconnection queue report from CAISO OASIS: GET https://oasis.caiso.com/oasisapi/SingleZip?queryname=IQM_QUEUE&version=1&resultformat=6 and decompress the returned ZIP containing the CSV data file","Parse the CSV columns: QueueNumber, ApplicationDate, ResourceName, FuelType, CapacityMW, POI_Name, County, Status, and StudyGroup to identify active storage and hybrid DER projects","Filter for Status = 'Active' and FuelType containing 'Storage' or 'Photovoltaic' to identify DER candidates; note that as of June 2025 CAISO's interconnection prioritization process introduced a new queue ordering methodology","Cross-reference POI substations against the SCE or PG&E Integration Capacity Analysis (ICA) hosting capacity map API: GET the GeoJSON layer from the respective ICA portal to retrieve available capacity in MW at each substation","Identify projects at POIs with negative ICA headroom (overloaded) versus positive headroom as a proxy for likely upgrade costs","Export results to a structured dataframe keyed by QueueNumber for use in project development screening"],"gotchas":["CAISO OASIS ZIP responses contain multiple files including metadata and data CSVs; the actual data file has a name matching the query pattern — do not attempt to parse the metadata file as data","ICA map data from PG&E and SCE uses different coordinate reference systems for polygon boundaries; SCE publishes GeoJSON in WGS84 while older PG&E data may use a California State Plane projection","CAISO's new 2025 Interconnection Prioritization Process (effective June 25, 2025) changed queue ordering for new projects but does not retroactively re-rank projects already in study; segregate pre- and post-June 2025 applications when interpreting study timelines"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T14:24:27.564Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:15.651Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/14bdbab8-69b3-4560-979f-4d8b8b537bca"}