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California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

CAISO is a public sector improvement organization based in Folsom, CA that was founded in 1997. As of 2019 they had $228 million in revenue and $763 million in assets.

The California ISO is a nonprofit public benefit corporation that operates the state's wholesale transmission grid, providing the least cost to the benefit of consumers.

Previous legal names or variations of their name include: California Independent System Operator Corporation; and California Iso.

EIN:

94-3274043

City:

Folsom

State:

California

Metro:

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Website:

caiso.com

Phone:

916-351-4400

Facebook:

facebook.com/CaliforniaISO

Twitter:

@california_iso

Founded:

1997

Type:

501(c)(3)

NTEE:

W20: Public sector reform and improvement organizations

Revenue:

$228,194,347

Assets:

$763,020,969

Employees:

733

Fiscal year end:

December

Revenue trends:

Asset trends:

Program areas at CAISO

The organization serves as the System Operator of an integrated statewide electricity transmission grid.

Form 990s for CAISO

Fiscal year ending	Date received by IRS	Form	PDF link
2018-12	Jan 17, 2020	990	View PDF
2017-12	Feb 21, 2019	990	View PDF
2016-12	Jan 18, 2018	990	View PDF
2015-12	Mar 30, 2017	990	View PDF
2014-12	Jan 21, 2016	990	View PDF
...and five more Form 990 PDFs

Financials for CAISO

Field	2018	2017
Federated campaigns	$0	$0
Membership dues	$0	$0
Fundraising event contributions	$0	$0
Related organizations	$0	$0
Government grants (contributions)	$0	$0
Normal grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
<em>Non-cash contributions included in above</em>	$0	$0
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Total grants, contributions, etc.	$0	$0
Program services	$223,887,912	$220,605,050	1.5%
Investment income and dividends	$3,699,450	$2,826,137	30.9%
Tax-exempt bond proceeds	$0	$0
Royalty revenue	$0	$0
Net rental income	$0	$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets	$577,089	$548,896	5.1%
Net income from fundraising events	$0	$0
Net income from gaming activities	$0	$0
Net income from sales of inventory	$0	$0
Miscellaneous revenues	$29,896	$55,440	-46.1%
Total revenues	$228,194,347	$224,035,523	1.9%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Grants to govts. and orgs. in USA	$0	$0
Grants to individuals in USA	$0	$0
Grants to govts., orgs., and individuals outside USA	$0	$0
Benefits paid to or for members	$0	$0
Compensation of current officers, etc.	$9,707,774	$8,844,639	9.8%
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons	$0	$0
Non-officer salaries and wages	$94,753,842	$82,653,172	14.6%
Pension/retirement accruals and contributions	$10,760,934	$10,352,625	3.9%
Other employee benefits	$6,685,391	$10,714,307	-37.6%
Payroll taxes	$6,422,380	$6,244,321	2.9%
Management fees	$0	$0
Legal fees	$1,751,072	$1,385,706	26.4%
Accounting fees	$1,018,448	$921,051	10.6%
Lobbying fees	$202,176	$102,799	96.7%
Pro. fundraising fees	$0	$0
Investment mgmt fees	$0	$0
Other fee-for-service	$21,640,446	$21,641,140	-0.0%
Advertising and promotion	$41,884	$40,927	2.3%
Office expenses	$4,509,924	$4,169,346	8.2%
Information tech. expenses	$13,274,798	$13,190,092	0.6%
Royalty expenses	$0	$0
Occupancy	$2,384,482	$2,236,329	6.6%
Travel	$1,369,622	$1,388,510	-1.4%
Public official travel and entertainment	$0	$0
Conferences, meetings, etc.	$1,196,858	$847,585	41.2%
Interest	$8,249,481	$8,310,398	-0.7%
Payments to affiliates	$0	$0
Depreciation, amortization, etc.	$35,337,967	$27,765,081	27.3%
Insurance	$1,914,232	$1,985,511	-3.6%
All other expenses	$772,157	$578,406	33.5%
Total expenses	$221,993,868	$203,371,945	9.2%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Cash (non-interest-bearing)	$0	$0
Savings, short-term investments, etc.	$394,828,587	$381,816,953	3.4%
Pledges and grants receivable	$0	$0
Accounts receivable	$23,732,996	$17,678,823	34.2%
Loans receivable from officers, directors, etc.	$0	$0
Loans receivable from other disqualified persons	$0	$0
Notes and loans receivable	$0	$0
Inventories for use	$0	$0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges	$6,624,466	$6,713,211	-1.3%
Buildings, equipment, etc. post-depreciation	$167,079,753	$178,897,713	-6.6%
Investments, publicly traded securities	$117,274,906	$99,400,517	18.0%
Investments, other securities	$0	$0
Investments, program-related	$41,736,968	$43,880,728	-4.9%
Intangible assets	$0	$0
Other assets	$11,743,293	$12,299,619	-4.5%
Total assets	$763,020,969	$740,687,564	3.0%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	$46,987,060	$42,886,355	9.6%
Grants payable	$0	$0
Deferred revenue	$0	$0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities	$180,758,251	$186,137,004	-2.9%
Escrow or custodial account liability	$0	$0
Loans payable to officers and disqualified persons	$0	$0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties	$0	$0
Other liabilities	$368,968,190	$349,766,421	5.5%
Total liabilities	$596,713,501	$578,789,780	3.1%

Field	2018	2017	% Change
Unrestricted net assets	$154,623,355	$138,071,097	12.0%
Temporarily restricted net assets	$0	$0
Permanently restricted net assets	$11,684,113	$23,826,687	-51.0%

Vendors for CAISO

Vendor	Services	Amount paid	Date
Moss Adams LLP	Audit accounting		2019-12-31
███████ ██████ ███ ████ ████	Securities brokerage	$30,718	2019-12-31
███████ ██████ ███ ███ ████ ███ █████	Investment management		2019-12-31
████████ ████████ ██████ ███	Investment management	$26,000	2019-12-31
██████ ██████████ ████ ████████████	Recordkeeping and information management (computing, tabulating, data processing, etc.), Investment advisory (participants)	$9,686	2019-12-31
██████ ██████ ███████████ ███	Investment advisory (participants)	$23,665	2019-12-31
███████ █████ ███████████ ███	Investment advisory (participants)	$6,064	2019-12-31
██████ ███████ ██████████ ███	Investment advisory (participants)	$11,493	2019-12-31
...and 14 more vendors

Personnel at CAISO

Name	Title	Compensation	Most recent data
Ryan Seghesio	Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer	$366,668	Feb. 13, 2019
Eric Schmitt	Vice President , Operations	$659,017	May 14, 2018
█████ ██ █████	Vice President, Market and Infrastructure Development	$733,243	May 14, 2018
████ █████████	Vice President, Market Quality and Renewable Integration	$694,149	May 14, 2018
█████ ██████████	Vice President , Technology	$680,095	May 14, 2018
██████ ███████	Vice President, Regional and Federal Affairs	$475,213	May 19, 2018
████ █████████	Vice President , Human Resources	$278,806	May 19, 2018
████ ██████	Executive Director , Infrastructure Development	$357,905	Dec. 31, 2017
████ █████	Director , It Infra Engr and NTWK Operations	$250,538	Dec. 31, 2017
█████ ██ █████████	Vice President, General Counsel	$668,425	May 14, 2018
...and six more key personnel

Peer public sector reform and improvement organizations

	Name	Type	Revenue	Location
1	International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)	501(c)(3)	$60 million	Arlington, VA
2	ISO New England (ISO-NE)	501(c)(3)	$194 million	Holyoke, MA
3	Internet Corporation for Assigned NAMES and NUMBERS (ICANN)	501(c)(3)	$161 million	Los Angeles, CA
4	Institute for Building Technology and Safety	501(c)(3)	$70 million	Ashburn, VA
5	Northbay Healthcare Corporation	501(c)(3)	$74 million	Fairfield, CA
6	Special Service for Groups (SSG)	501(c)(3)	$84 million	Los Angeles, CA
7	Planned Parenthood Mar Monte (PPMM)	501(c)(3)	$103 million	San Jose, CA
8	San Ysidro Health (SYHC)	501(c)(3)	$200 million	San Diego, CA
9	Planned Parenthood Los Angeles	501(c)(3)	$67 million	Los Angeles, CA
10	BloodSource	501(c)(3)	$138 million	Mather, CA
11	Santa Rosa Community Health Centers (SRCHC)	501(c)(3)	$80 million	Santa Rosa, CA
12	Clinicas Del Camino Real	501(c)(3)	$111 million	Ventura, CA
13	North County Health Services (NCHS)	501(c)(3)	$85 million	San Marcos, CA
14	Wellspace Health	501(c)(3)	$66 million	Sacramento, CA
15	Heluna Health Phfe (PHFE)	501(c)(3)	$129 million	City of Industry, CA
16	Omni Family Health	501(c)(3)	$100 million	Bakersfield, CA
17	Northeast Valley Health Corporation (NEVHC)	501(c)(3)	$98 million	San Fernando, CA
18	Asian Health Services (AHS)	501(c)(3)	$61 million	Oakland, CA
19	United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley	501(c)(3)	$86 million	Parlier, CA
20	Pacific Clinics	501(c)(3)	$104 million	Arcadia, CA
21	Neighborhood House Association (NHA)	501(c)(3)	$98 million	San Diego, CA
22	Clinica Sierra Vista	501(c)(3)	$141 million	Bakersfield, CA
23	Los Angeles LGBT Center	501(c)(3)	$119 million	Los Angeles, CA
24	Community Research Foundation (CRF)	501(c)(3)	$68 million	San Diego, CA
25	Faculty Physicians and Surgeons of LLUSM	501(c)(3)	$492 million	Loma Linda, CA

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California Independent System Operator (CAISO)

Program areas at CAISO

Form 990s for CAISO

Financials for CAISO

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