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.
ERCOT’s latest seasonal assessment of resource adequacy indicates more than 82 GW of generation for an expected spring peak demand of 58 GW.
MISO is looking to improve its annual resource adequacy survey by expanding the scope of potential projects included.
Participants in the Energy Imbalance Market (EIM) should not rely on it to reduce their capacity requirements, CAISO cautioned.
FERC approved the Atlantic Bridge pipeline project, which will expand natural gas delivery capacity in New York and New England.
SPP stakeholders approved a 12% planning reserve margin, a new demand curve and 10 revision requests at the Markets and Operations Policy Committee meeting.
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MISO’s Resource Adequacy Subcommittee will make discussion of gas-electric coordination a priority throughout the first quarter of the year.
MISO has come up with two possible responses to its IMM’s suggestion to apply its physical withholding threshold to affiliated participants collectively.
MISO will have a 15.8% planning reserve margin for the 2017/18 planning year, up slightly from last year, according to the RTO’s loss-of-load-expectation study.
MISO will continue its current treatment of sub-regional transfer limits in the Planning Resource Auction, both in the initial limit and transmission reservations.
The latest ERCOT seasonal forecasts indicate the ISO will continue to have more than enough generation capacity to meet demand into next summer.
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