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 Organization of MISO States emphasized the footprint’s deteriorating resource adequacy during its annual meeting.
SPP and stakeholders agreed on the need for better gas-electric coordination as they begin to address the causes of load shedding during February’s storm.
Texas regulators accelerate their efforts to redesign the ERCOT market with a strawman proposal as they rush to meet a self-imposed December deadline.
PJM stakeholders at the MRC meeting rejected two different proposals to change the undefined regulation mileage ratio calculation.
There’s a growing consensus in the West that green hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing the region’s energy system, but questions still loom around exactly how the fuel will be used in that effort.
Texas regulators reacted to another potential conservation call by ERCOT by assuring residents the grid operator is using other tools in its toolbox.
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a series of temporary manual changes regarding minimum fuel requirements during emergency operations.
FERC commissioners told an audience of Western stakeholders and regulators that they back the formation of a Western RTO; California can't go it alone.
SPP is searching for ways to advocate change in the natural gas industry following the latter's role in February’s disastrous winter storm outages.
Increased discussion of a Western RTO is being driven by clean-energy mandates and state laws requiring transmission owners to join an organized market.
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