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.
CPower
CPower’s 2025 VPP Dispatches Already More Than Double 2024 Levels
CPower saw its customers dispatched for a total of 38 GWh through the third quarter, beating all of last year's total dispatches of 16 GWh handily.
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NYISO Management Committee Passes Comprehensive Reliability Plan
The NYISO Management Committee voted to approve the ISO’s 2025-2034 Comprehensive Reliability Plan, though stakeholders and the Market Monitoring Unit again voiced concerns with how it is structuring its planning.
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N.J. Forum Explores Solutions to Looming Energy Shortfall
Speakers at a New Jersey energy conference discussed how to confront the energy shortfall and get more power online.
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Now a Mature Industry, Batteries Face a More Certain Future
Reports of the energy storage industry’s demise are greatly exaggerated, experts said during the American Clean Power Association’s annual Energy Storage Summit.
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CAISO Board Approves 2 Key RA Program Proposals
CAISO’s Board of Governors approved two proposals intended to improve how the ISO calculates resource adequacy values and tracks RA supply.
Dominion Energy
Dominion Reports on CVOW Progress, Data Center Growth in Q3 Earnings
Dominion Energy reported $1 billion in net income in the third quarter, which saw it remain on track with its offshore wind project while its pipeline of data center customers grew yet again.
Seattle City Light
WRAP Wins Commitments from 16 Entities

Sixteen entities have committed to participating in the Western Resource Adequacy Program’s first financially “binding” season covering winter 2027/28, the Western Power Pool said.

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PacifiCorp Next to Leave WRAP After Raising Concerns
PacifiCorp joins other utilities leaving the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program just before the deadline to commit to the program’s first binding phase.
Portland General Electric
PGE to Explore Alternatives After Withdrawing from WRAP
PGE is exploring an alternative to the Western Power Pool’s Western Resource Adequacy Program that better suits its upcoming participation in CAISO’s Extended Day-Ahead Market, the utility told Oregon regulators.
Nvidia
Nvidia, Emerald AI, EPRI and PJM Announce Flexible Data Center Project
The artificial intelligence industry and power industry are working together to develop the first “power-flexible AI factory” at a 96-MW facility in Manassas, Va.

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