October 3, 2024

Reliability

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MISO Informational Forum Briefs: Jan. 23, 2018
Stakeholders will participate in a broad discussion of what constitutes resilience during MISO Board of Directors Week in late March.
CAISO
CAISO Floats Reliability Programs Revamp
CAISO has kicked off an effort to implement major changes in the way it procures backstop generation needed to maintain grid reliability.
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FERC, RTOs: Grid Performed Better in Jan. Cold Snap vs. 2014
Generators fared better during the early January cold snap than in the 2014 polar vortex, officials told Congress, but New England needs to take urgent preventative action.
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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee Briefs: Jan. 16-17, 2018
SPP’s Markets and Operations Policy Committee unanimously approved adding a major maintenance cost in mitigated start-up and no-load offers.
Entergy
Louisiana Regulators Question MISO South Max Gen Event
Louisiana regulators are questioning why MISO issued instructions for conservative operations in its South region during an extreme cold snap.
FERC Backs NERC Supply Chain Standards
FERC on proposed to adopt several reliability standards intended to mitigate cybersecurity risks posed by the global supply chain of grid operation tools.
‘Horse is out of the Barn’ for CAISO RC Effort
CAISO has been studying its recent move to become a reliability coordinator (RC) since early last year, and ISO officials have extensively reviewed the proposal, it said.
DOE NOPR Rejected, ‘Resilience’ Debate Turns to RTOs, States
FERC and grid operators will explore "resilience" following the commission’s rejection of Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s proposed rulemaking.
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CPUC Retires Diablo Canyon, Replaces Calpine RMRs
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued several decisions that will affect the state’s energy resource mix and markets.
PJM
Coal, Oil Use Surges, Gas Prices Spike in Week-Long Arctic Blast
Grid operators turned to coal- and oil-fired generation as Arctic air sent temperatures plunging to record lows from the Great Plains to the Deep South.

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