diff --git a/pyiso/base.py b/pyiso/base.py
index bf754d5..a1c9738 100644
--- a/pyiso/base.py
+++ b/pyiso/base.py
@@ -351,7 +351,12 @@ def slice_times(self, df, options=None):
             except KeyError:
                 raise ValueError('Slicing by time requires start_at and end_at')
 
-        return df.truncate(before=start_at, after=end_at)
+        # sort before truncate eliminates DST KeyError
+        sorteddf = df.sort()
+        sliced = sorteddf.truncate(before=start_at, after=end_at)
+
+        # return
+        return sliced
 
     def unpivot(self, df):
         return df.stack().reset_index(level=1)
diff --git a/pyiso/bpa.py b/pyiso/bpa.py
index c40fc97..b456e27 100644
--- a/pyiso/bpa.py
+++ b/pyiso/bpa.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 import pytz
+from dateutil.parser import parse as dateutil_parse
 import pandas as pd
 from pyiso.base import BaseClient
 
@@ -70,10 +71,19 @@ def fetch_recent(self):
 
         # parse like tsv
         df = self.parse_to_df(response.text, skiprows=6, header=0, delimiter='\t',
-                            index_col=0, parse_dates=True, usecols=cols)
+                            index_col=0, parse_dates=True, usecols=cols,
+                            date_parser=self.date_parser)
 
         return df
 
+    def date_parser(self, ts_str):
+        TZINFOS = {
+            'PDT': pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles'),
+            'PST': pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles'),
+        }
+
+        return dateutil_parse(ts_str, tzinfos=TZINFOS)
+
     def fetcher(self):
         """Choose the correct fetcher method for this request"""
         # get mode from options
diff --git a/pyiso/caiso.py b/pyiso/caiso.py
index 6f63dfe..4890e67 100644
--- a/pyiso/caiso.py
+++ b/pyiso/caiso.py
@@ -216,10 +216,10 @@ def _generation_historical(self):
                 continue
 
             # process both halves of page
-            for header in [1, 29]:
+            for header in [0, 0]:
                 df = self.parse_to_df(response.text,
                                     skiprows=header, nrows=24, header=header,
-                                    delimiter='\t+')
+                                    delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
 
                 # combine date with hours to index
                 indexed = self.set_dt_index(df, this_date, df['Hour'])
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 33923b9..2e0c4a7 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Sphinx==1.2.2
 beautifulsoup4==4.3.2
 nose==1.3.1
-pandas==0.13.1
+pandas==0.14.1
 python-dateutil==2.2
-pytz==2014.2
+pytz
 requests==2.2.1
 xlrd==0.9.2
 celery>=3.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 0010f08..c024bc2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def find_version(*file_paths):
     test_suite = 'nose.collector',
     install_requires=[
         'beautifulsoup4',
-        'pandas>=0.12',
+        'pandas==0.14.1',
         'python-dateutil',
         'pytz',
         'requests',
diff --git a/tests/test_caiso.py b/tests/test_caiso.py
index ea16d9d..5fe85e6 100644
--- a/tests/test_caiso.py
+++ b/tests/test_caiso.py
@@ -332,15 +332,15 @@ def test_parse_ren_report_both(self):
 
         # top half
         top_df = c.parse_to_df(self.ren_report_tsv,
-                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=1,
-                            delimiter='\t+')
+                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=0,
+                            delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
         self.assertEqual(list(top_df.columns), ['Hour', 'GEOTHERMAL', 'BIOMASS', 'BIOGAS', 'SMALL HYDRO', 'WIND TOTAL', 'SOLAR PV', 'SOLAR THERMAL'])
         self.assertEqual(len(top_df), 24)
 
         # bottom half
         bot_df = c.parse_to_df(self.ren_report_tsv,
-                            skiprows=3, nrows=24, header=3,
-                            delimiter='\t+')
+                            skiprows=3, nrows=24, header=0,
+                            delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
         self.assertEqual(list(bot_df.columns), ['Hour', 'RENEWABLES', 'NUCLEAR', 'THERMAL', 'IMPORTS', 'HYDRO'])
         self.assertEqual(len(bot_df), 24)
 
@@ -349,16 +349,16 @@ def test_parse_ren_report_bot(self):
 
         # bottom half
         bot_df = c.parse_to_df(self.ren_report_tsv,
-                            skiprows=29, nrows=24, header=29,
-                            delimiter='\t+')
+                            skiprows=29, nrows=24, header=0,
+                            delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
         self.assertEqual(list(bot_df.columns), ['Hour', 'RENEWABLES', 'NUCLEAR', 'THERMAL', 'IMPORTS', 'HYDRO'])
         self.assertEqual(len(bot_df), 24)
 
     def test_dt_index(self):
         c = self.create_client('CAISO')
         df = c.parse_to_df(self.ren_report_tsv,
-                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=1,
-                            delimiter='\t+')
+                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=0,
+                            delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
         indexed = c.set_dt_index(df, date(2014, 3, 12), df['Hour'])
         self.assertEqual(type(indexed.index), pd.tseries.index.DatetimeIndex)
         self.assertEqual(indexed.index[0].hour, 7)
@@ -366,8 +366,8 @@ def test_dt_index(self):
     def test_pivot(self):
         c = self.create_client('CAISO')
         df = c.parse_to_df(self.ren_report_tsv,
-                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=1,
-                            delimiter='\t+')
+                            skiprows=1, nrows=24, header=0,
+                            delimiter='\t+', engine='python')
         indexed = c.set_dt_index(df, date(2014, 3, 12), df['Hour'])
         indexed.pop('Hour')
         pivoted = c.unpivot(indexed)