October 5, 2024

Reliability

NERC: Tepid Demand, DR Growth Ensure Winter Readiness
The nation’s power system is in good shape heading into the winter, NERC said in its Winter Reliability Assessment.
New Generation Boosts ERCOT’s Reserve Margins Through 2025
ERCOT will add about 9,300 MW of additional capacity by 2019, relieving concerns that the grid’s reserve margins would drop as load continued to grow.
Transportation Bill Includes Grid Security Measures
The bill includes includes provisions intended to protect the grid from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.
FirstEnergy, PUCO Staff Reach Settlement on PPA for Ohio Merchant Plants
By Ted Caddell FirstEnergy said Tuesday it has reached a proposed settlement with Public Utilities Commission of Ohio staff that would provide guaranteed in...
FERC Questions Fairness of Artificial Island Cost Allocation
FERC ruled that PJM's cost allocations for the Artificial Island and PSE&G transmission projects may not be just and reasonable, ordering a technical conference.
FERC Briefs
A collection of news from FERC's open meeting, including this year's annual report and new NERC reliability rules.
FERC Denies Consumer Reps’ Complaint, Upholds PJM’s Load Forecasting
FERC rejected a request by consumer advocates that it force PJM to update its 2015 peak load forecast using recent modeling enhancements to prevent over-procurement of resources in this year’s capacity auctions.
PJM Markets and Reliability Committee Briefs
A summary of measures approved by the PJM Markets and Reliability Committee on Nov. 19, 2015
PJM Generator Risk Proposal Faces Resistance
An initiative that would allow generators to avoid underperformance penalties in PJM's capacity performance product was met by pushback from members who said it was premature.
Two-Day GridEx III Tests Vulnerability to Terrorist Attacks
Amid increasing concern over threats to the nation’s power grid, NERC ran GridEx III, a rigorous, two-day drill that simulated terrorist attacks.

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