October 1, 2024

Reliability

NEPOOL Reliability Committee Briefs: Nov. 19, 2019
The NEPOOL Reliability Committee voted to recommend or approve several transmission projects, generation facilities and ISO-NE governing document revisions.
CAISO Tx Planners Look at Reliability, Capacity Reqs
CAISO engineers examined options for transmission upgrades to resolve reliability concerns and reduce natural gas' role in meeting capacity requirements.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Nov. 14, 2019
PJM wants to sunset the Distributed Energy Resources Ride Through Task Force after saying its work considering a default standard is done.
Water Scarcity No Threat to Footprint, MISO Finds
MISO’s grid will be only minimally susceptible to the impacts of possible water scarcity in the future, in part because of increased adoption of renewables.
CAISO Black Start Project Must Divulge Cost Info
FERC accepted an agreement between CAISO and a Calpine plant to provide black start service, but agreed that more cost information was needed.
Stakeholders Say Critical Tx Planning PJM’s Responsibility
Stakeholders tell PJM's Board of Managers a proposed Tariff attachment from incumbent transmission owners would violate the RTO’s governing documents.
MISO Taking Pains to Prepare for Moderate Winter
MISO is preparing for emergency conditions this winter despite projecting 40 GW of excess capacity to meet the forecasted peak in January.
Magness, Walker to Explain ERCOT Reliability to NERC
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness and Texas PUC Chair DeAnn Walker will attend NERC’s Board of Trustees meeting to discuss the grid operator’s slender reserve margins.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Oct. 8, 2019
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness briefed the Board of Directors on an upcoming trip to NERC and the work of the Battery Energy Storage Task Force.
PG&E Restores Power amid Backlash
PG&E restored power to 738,000 customers after its public safety power shutoffs prompted a backlash from the public, state regulators and elected officials.

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