September 29, 2024

Reliability

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NERC Chief: ‘Longer, Deeper, Broader’ Weather Presents New Reliability Challenges
Extreme weather events have brought “extraordinary clarity” about reliability risks posed by climate change, NERC CEO Jim Robb told an EPSA conference.
ISO-NE
NEPOOL Transmission Committee Briefs: March 23, 2022
ISO-NE updated NEPOOL on its proposal to change the interconnection jurisdiction for DERs and compliance with FERC Order 881.
EBA
Midwest Experts Say Tx, Market Changes Key to Reliability
Transmission construction & MISO market facelifts can help the Midwest reliably adjust to a new resource reality, panelists said during an EBA teleconference.
Texas Tribune
Texas PUC Pushed on Reliability Charges
ERCOT’s conservative use of reliability unit commitments to procure standby reserves since last year’s winter storm is under question.
NRC
NRC Cites Ohio’s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission cited the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio for improper maintenance of its very large emergency diesel generators.
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As Climate Changes, Weather Becomes Obsession for New England Grid, State Officials
Last year's events in Texas, and the growth of renewables on New England's grid, have ISO-NE and states looking at weather more closely than ever.
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Overheard at Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit 2022
Texas PUC Chair Peter Lake addressed the “ambiguity” over the second round of changes at ERCOT addressing shortfalls in the grid’s performance.
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FERC: PJM Right to Block Gen Stability Limit Payments
FERC ruled that PJM is within its rights to refuse lost opportunity cost payments to generators that must rein in output to avoid damage to themselves.
David Muehlenthal
ERCOT Breezes Through Latest Winter Storm
ERCOT, as well as SPP and MISO, comfortably met demand during last week’s latest round of winter weather, a welcome change from last February’s disaster.
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Van Welie Calls on FERC to Coordinate NE Winter Reliability Conversations
Multiple cold weather close calls in January highlighted what ISO-NE says are vulnerabilities in the region's grid.

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