January 22, 2025

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.
RTO Resilience Filings Seek Time, More Gas Coordination
RTO officials asked FERC to allow their stakeholder processes time to develop additional resilience measures and to require more gas-electric coordination.
Outages Small Risk for MISO Spring Operations
MISO detailed its spring readiness and said there’s a small possibility of emergency conditions.
PJM Report Highlights Struggle to Replace Infrastructure
PJM is experiencing an “unprecedented” switch from coal- to gas-fired generation while also managing the replacement of aging transmission infrastructure.
WEPCo
FERC Approves MISO Presque Isle Refund Calculation
FERC accepted MISO’s plan to refund Michigan ratepayers $24.6 million in overcharges stemming from SSR agreements imposed on Presque Isle.
Overheard at the Infocast ERCOT Market Summit
Infocast’s annual ERCOT Market Summit once again featured panel discussions on market reform, grid resiliency and resource adequacy.
MISO
FERC Vacates, Upholds MISO Resource Adequacy Rules
FERC both vacated and reinstated MISO’s entire resource adequacy construct, ultimately leaving the RTO’s current capacity auction format undisturbed.
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ERCOT: Tight Summer Margins No Cause for Alarm
ERCOT said it expects the recent retirement of coal-fired and aging units to result in tight operating reserves this summer .
ISO-NE
Van Welie: ISO-NE in ‘Race’ to Replace Retirements
ISO-NE is racing to relieve natural gas pipelines constraints and interconnect new resources, CEO Gordon van Welie said.
FERC Endorses Previously OK’d PJM Aggregation Rules
FERC has given an unconditional thumbs-up to resource-aggregation rules for PJM that staff conditionally approved last year when the commission lacked a quorum.
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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Feb. 20, 2018
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness had to revise a slide of his Feb. 20 report to the ISO’s Board of Directors on the fly with the latest record for wind production.

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