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.
ERCOT has issued several notices and advisories as it prepares for expected record electric usage into early next week.
The California PUC approved a massive increase to its resource-needs projections, which CAISO will use in its transmission planning process for 2021/22.
Eight of California’s community choice aggregators said they will join forces to create one of the state’s largest procurement entities.
MISO said it is close to completing a proposal to create a four-season capacity market after floating a rudimentary plan with skeptical stakeholders.
WECC's Desert Southwest region is at risk of failing to meet loads during its peak hour even under the most optimistic assumptions according to a new report
CAISO introduced a straw proposal that aims to attract supply this summer and head off shortfalls like those that led to rolling blackouts last year.
The Northwest Power Pool is moving to wrap up the design phase of its regional resource adequacy program, stakeholders heard.
Legislators in Sacramento introduced bills to ban natural gas from new construction, promote hydrogen as a fuel source and increase DR to head off blackouts
ISO-NE said stakeholders’ proposed schedule for the Phase 1 reliability and market analyses in the Future Grid Initiative is "aggressive but achievable."
The Western EIM Governing Body discussed CAISO’s summer energy shortfalls, pondering how the EIM could better serve participants during system stress.
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