November 5, 2024

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.
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MISO Stakeholders Debate Capacity Accreditation, RA
MISO’s attempt to justify a new resource accreditation process gave way to heated debate over how to best alleviate the footprint’s reliability challenges.
MISO
MISO Foresees Uneventful Spring Operations
MISO said a spring under typical demand and generation outages shouldn’t prove much trouble.
PG&E
NRC OKs Exemption to Keep Diablo Canyon Running During License Renewal
Citing reliability concerns, the NRC OK'd a request to keep Diablo Canyon Power Plant's two reactors running past their license expirations in 2024 and 2025.
Cleco
FERC Denies Exemption Requests from MISO Accreditation Rule
FERC shut down a pair of requests for exemptions from a resource availability cutoff under MISO’s new availability-based accreditation method.
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Texas PUC’s Market Redesign Dominates ERCOT Market Summit
Texas regulators' recommended ERCOT market redesign was the primary topic of conversation during Infocast’s 11th ERCOT Market Summit.
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PJM Board Initiates Fast-track Process to Address Reliability
PJM’s Board of Managers is opening an accelerated stakeholder process to address rising reliability concerns about the RTO’s capacity market.
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California PUC Orders 4 GW of New Resources for Reliability
The California PUC ordered utilities to procure an additional 4 GW of clean-energy resources by 2027 and said the state needs 85 GW of new resources by 2035.
PJM
PJM Whitepaper to Highlight Future RA Concerns
New capacity being installed on PJM’s grid may not keep pace with rate of retirements and accelerating load growth, according to a pending PJM whitepaper.
MISO
MISO Data Show Steep Gas-fired Outages During Winter Storm
MISO issued a breakdown of unplanned generation outages during Winter Storm Elliott, showing substantial unavailability across natural gas generation.
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NYISO Operating Committee Briefs: Feb. 13, 2023
NYISO on Monday updated the Operating Committee on January operations performance and how the early-February cold snap event impacted the grid.

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