January 16, 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.
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FERC OKs CAISO Wheel-through Restrictions
FERC approved CAISO's controversial rule changes on wheel-throughs, intended to ensure the ISO has adequate capacity this summer.
City of Spokane
Avista Orders Blackouts as Temperatures Soar
Thousands of customers of Avista Utilities lost power during a record-smashing heat wave when the utility ordered rolling blackouts in Spokane, Wash.
Western ‘Megadrought’ Curtails Hydropower
A drought in the West is cutting into hydropower supplies needed for summer reliability, especially in California, panelists in a USEA briefing said.
LCRA
ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: June 23, 2021
ERCOT stakeholders have endorsed the first system changes addressing system changes stemming from the winter weather that almost shut down the Texas grid.
California Energy Commission
California PUC Orders Additional 11.5 GW but No Gas
The California PUC ordered an additional 11.5 GW of procurement by mid-decade but backpedaled on a plan to include up to 1,500 MW of fossil fuel generation in the mix.
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Nevada PUC Calls for Organized Market in West
The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada said a Western market would help alleviate supply shortfalls like those that occurred last August.
NextEra Energy
MISO Leadership Says Transmission Expansion, Market Redefinition ‘not Optional’
MISO execs say long-term transmission and a capacity market redesign are a must in response to rising climate risks and fleet change.
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Fixing the Texas Grid – Maybe
ERCOT insiders at ACORE's Finance Forum spoke candidly on the causes and lessons learned from Texas' February outages.
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Generation Outages Force ERCOT Conservation Alert
ERCOT asked for conservation measures through Friday as summer heat and 12.2 GW of forced outages erased whatever slim reserve margin it had.
OMS and MISO
2021 OMS-MISO Resource Adequacy Survey Shows Less Cause for Concern
MISO and the Organization of MISO States said things are looking up in their annual resource adequacy assessment.

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