{"id":"5a494f9c-13e5-415e-be3c-060ac110e55a","task":"Access the SCE Integration Capacity Analysis (ICA) API to identify distribution circuit segments with available hosting capacity for new DER interconnection","domain":"sce.com","steps":["Navigate to the SCE Hosting Capacity Map portal; use SCE's published API endpoint (confirmed available per CPUC Decision 17-09-026 requirements) to programmatically fetch ICA data: SCE provides a machine-readable API for importing hosting capacity data into internal systems","Query the ICA API with a bounding box or circuit ID parameter to retrieve available capacity in kW for generation (export) and load (import) at each circuit segment; the API returns GeoJSON FeatureCollections with properties including: circuitID, peakGenerationCapacity_kW, offPeakGenerationCapacity_kW, and timestamp of last update","Filter results for segments where peakGenerationCapacity_kW exceeds your project's nameplate capacity to identify feasible interconnection points","Check the quarterly update cadence: CPUC requires California IOUs to update ICA data quarterly; verify the dataset vintage using the lastUpdated field before making siting decisions","Attend or review results of the quarterly ICA issue remediation workshops (first held March 7, 2025 per CPUC Order); workshop notes are posted to the CPUC distribution planning page and may contain known data quality issues for specific circuits","For projects larger than 500 kW, supplement the ICA data with a formal SCE pre-application report request to get circuit-specific hosting capacity confirmation before paying the interconnection application fee"],"gotchas":["ICA data is a planning-level estimate, not a formal interconnection study result; a circuit showing positive ICA headroom may still require upgrades identified in the formal interconnection study — never use ICA alone to guarantee interconnection cost","SCE's ICA API requires a registered account and terms-of-use acceptance; attempting to scrape the map UI endpoints directly violates the terms of service and those endpoints lack stable schema versioning","ICA does not account for queued but not yet built projects; a circuit with 500 kW of apparent headroom may have 2 MW of earlier-queue projects that will consume that capacity — always check the interconnection queue overlay on the map"],"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":"2026-06-13T18:43:37.008Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/5a494f9c-13e5-415e-be3c-060ac110e55a"}