Resource Adequacy
Resource adequacy is the ability of electric grid operators to supply enough electricity at the right locations, using current capacity and reserves, to meet demand. It is expressed as the probability of an outage due to insufficient capacity.
The Texas Public Utility Commission approved a plan that allows ERCOT to authorize the region’s first extra-high-voltage transmission lines and meet the petroleum-rich Permian Basin’s rapidly growing power needs.
Stakeholders urged FERC to consider reliability and consumer costs when weighing approaches to co-located large loads.
SPP staff have opened a discussion with stakeholders into affordability and the grid operator’s proposed region-wide approach to improve decision-making and keep affordability as a key focus.
NextEra Energy posted solid first-quarter financials and said its renewables portfolio continued to grow even as President Trump began implementing pro-fossil fuel policies.
SPP's Markets and Operations Policy Committee has endorsed the last of 21 recommendations made by a task force that reviewed the RTO's transmission and market operations last decade.
SPP stakeholders approved a tariff revision that creates a one-time study outside the grid operator’s normal planning process, helping load-responsible entities meet their resource adequacy requirement.
Rapid demand growth within ERCOT was a major point of discussion at the Gulf Coast Power Association's recent Spring Conference.
Two power industry CEOs at the Gulf Coast Power Association’s spring conference offered two different takes on ERCOT load growth over the rest of the decade — and how the sector should deal with a potential doubling of peak demand by 2031.
FERC heard details about recent reliability incidents caused by data centers tripping offline in Virginia and Texas and NERC's efforts to address them.
NYISO said it is no longer concerned about a violation of reliability criteria in New York City in 2033 and has canceled its search for a solution.
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