October 3, 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.
Report: Half of Coal Fleet Could Safely Retire by 2025
More than half of the U.S. coal fleet could be retired by 2025 to reduce emissions and generating costs, with no harm to reliability, according to RMI.
CAISO MSC Weighs Summer Market Changes
CAISO’s Market Surveillance Committee has endorsed a set of rule changes designed to avoid shortfalls this summer.
RA at Risk in NWPP-Central, WECC Finds
WECC found the southern portion of the Northwest Power Pool region could fail to meet resource adequacy requirements for 3 hours this year.
CAISO Readies RA Enhancements for Summer
A stakeholder initiative to help ensure resource adequacy and avoid energy emergencies this summer is headed to the CAISO Board of Governors.
MISO Begins Cold Snap Examination
MISO is still collecting data and reviewing the actions it took during a massive cold spell that gripped most of the U.S. in mid-February.
ERCOT Provides ‘Explanations, not Excuses’
ERCOT CEO Bill Magness detailed for the Board of Directors the events that led up to last week’s near collapse of the grid during a severe winter storm.
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CAISO Speeds Rule Changes to Avoid Shortfalls
CAISO issued a draft final proposal for its summer readiness market enhancements initiative just three weeks after presenting a straw proposal.
With Crisis Behind it, ERCOT Now Faces the Music
With the ERCOT system back to normal operations, Texas politicians and regulators are taking initial steps to ensure a similar crisis doesn’t happen again.
Southern Calif. Could Fail RA Test, WECC Says
The California-Mexico subregion cannot maintain resource adequacy without imports, and the greatest risk of shortages is in Southern California, WECC said.
UPDATED: ERCOT System Returns to Normal Operations
ERCOT said reserves had been restored and declared a return to normal conditions, ending an emergency that had left more than 4 million without power.

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