outages as confidential information

Last summer, some folks may remember I commented on the practice of CAISO not saying which plant tripped off-line leading to various stages of emergency during the summer. Several folks replied it was competitve information, and it would be illegal to release the information. The State of California has now ordered the California ISO to post daily lists, including the names, of power plants off-line for scheduled or unscheduled outages. Further the Governer has ordered utlities to provide advance notice to CAISO of future scheduled power plant shutdowns.