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.
BYD
MISO Market Subcommittee Briefs: June 10, 2021
The MISO Market Subcommittee meeting ran the gamut of storage participation, discovery of a longstanding energy pricing error and FTR underfunding.
Entergy
MISO: Wintry Weather Vindicates RA Changes
MISO concluded that its current suite of resource adequacy tools, and the in-progress projects it is working on, enable it to cope with extreme cold snaps.
Duke Energy
FERC Tackles Grid Planning for an Unpredictable Climate
Panelists told FERC at a virtual technical conference that considering how climate change may affect the future grid is especially challenging.
Texas RE Gives Sunny Summer Outlook
The Texas Reliability Entity’s director of reliability services said that renewable energy will be crucial if the state is to survive another brutal summer.
CAISO Summer Measures Get FERC Approval
FERC OK'd CAISO tariff revisions intended to prevent the kind of supply shortages that triggered rolling blackouts in California last summer.
ISO-NE: Resources in Place to Meet Summer Demand
ISO-NE said it should have the resources necessary this summer to meet demand during average and above-average temperatures.
Regulators, ISO-NE Discuss Market Changes at FERC Tech Conference
A FERC technical conference brought together a group of New England regulators, ISO-NE executives and the chair of the NEPOOL Participants Committee.
MISO Softens Capacity Accreditation Proposal
MISO has expanded its availability-based capacity accreditation proposal for generation resources by including hours that aren’t so risky.
CPUC Proposes Adding 11.5 GW of New Resources
The CPUC proposed requiring electric providers to procure 11.5 GW of new resources between 2023 and 2026 to meet the state’s reliability needs.
FERC Summer Assessment Spotlights Western Drought Risks
Extreme heat and drought conditions are a major cause for concern in the Western Interconnection, according to FERC’s summer assessment.

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