March 10, 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.
Advanced Solar Products
PJM PC/RMC Briefs: Dec. 14, 2021
Members praised work done by PJM in the stakeholder process in the development of new rules for the interconnection process.
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Jones Working to Restore Confidence in ERCOT
Interim CEO Brad Jones is working hard to restore confidence in ERCOT following February's winter storm with a cross-state listening tour.
California Department of Water Resources
FERC Ups Hydro Dam Inspection and Safety Requirements
FERC approved a rule to improve hydro dam safety by instituting a program of two-tier inspections performed by teams with site-specific expertise.
Xcel Energy
FERC Grants Comment Extension for MISO Capacity Filing
Stakeholders have extra time to register critiques of MISO’s plan to redefine its capacity market in the 2023-24 planning year.
Entergy
ERCOT Generators Near 100% Winter Readiness Compliance
ERCOT says it has received all but one winter readiness report from system generating resources as part of the state’s new winter readiness requirements.
Implementation Underway for NWPP’s Western RA Market
NWPP took its first steps implementing its Western Resource Adequacy Program, allowing participants to submit resource data for a “nonbinding” phase.
Consumers Energy
MISO Members Weigh Potentially Rough Winter
Stakeholders at MISO Board Week offered a few tips on how the footprint can weather a tough winter, a day after the RTO elevated wintertime risk levels.
Kerrville PUB
Texas PUC Chair Lake: ‘The Lights Will Stay On’
Texas PUC Chair Peter Lake said "the lights will stay on" this winter, based on the commission's new weatherization rules and market changes.
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MISO Sounds Alarm on Potential Winter Fuel Scarcity
MISO raised alarm bells about soaring forced outages should a severe arctic blast descend on the footprint this winter.
Missouri State Representative Jim Murphy
MISO Raises ORDC’s Lowest Level to $1,100/MWh
MISO will jettison the most inexpensive step of its operating reserve demand curve, explaining that $200/MWh pricing is too low during shortage conditions.

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