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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NYISO Recounts Challenges During January
The NYISO Operating Committee discussed the challenges it faced while successfully navigating through several events in January, including a major winter storm.
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MISO’s Draft MTEP 26 Nears $9B
MISO unveiled its $8.8 billion 2026 Transmission Expansion Plan, once again made pricier by load growth.
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NARUC Focuses on Large Loads’ Impact on Reliability and Affordability
NARUC’s Winter Policy Summit focused on the main issue facing the power industry — how to reliably and affordably interconnect new large load customers.
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N.Y. Pursues Large Load Interconnection Reform
New York is trying to strike a balance between economic development, grid stability and affordability as potential new large load customers look for electricity.
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EMPOWER Keynoter Jenkins Stresses Regulatory Framework to Handle Data Center Demand
Energy industry analyst Jesse Jenkins stressed that data center developers must match their demand with new clean supply to prevent negative consequences for other consumers and the climate.
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Imports ‘Key Vulnerability’ to California Energy Security, CEC Report Says
California’s reliance on a large amount of imported electricity and fossil fuels is a potential weakness in the state’s energy security portfolio, a California Energy Commission staff report finds.
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SPP Demand Forecast, DR Policies Leave No One Happy
SPP's Board of Directors approved a framework for demand response and peak demand assessments despite opposition from members and stakeholders.
Invenergy
NERC to OMS: Long-term Assessment not a Predictor of Risk
NERC officials appeared before an Organization of MISO States board meeting in an attempt to quell regulators’ discontent with MISO’s “high-risk” label in the 2025 Long-Term Reliability Assessment.
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PJM: Lower Load than Expected During Winter Storm
While PJM experienced some of its highest peak loads ever during the late January winter storm, it overestimated load, with relatively high load forecasting errors, RTO officials told the Operating Committee.
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States Consider Tapping MISO for Analyses in Path to Potential New RA Standard
MISO state regulators are considering asking the RTO to keep tabs on resource adequacy risk indicators as they contemplate crafting a replacement standard in the footprint.

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