January 18, 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.
PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Nov. 4, 2020
PJM stakeholders heard a first read of the RTO’s packages for mitigating and avoiding critical infrastructure under NERC rules.
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NEPOOL Participants Committee Briefs: Nov. 5, 2020
The NEPOOL Participants Committee acted on consent agenda items and discussed ISO-NE's "vision for the future" and winter readiness.
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Nov. 6, 2020
PJM stakeholders unanimously endorsed proposed changes to the 2021 day-ahead scheduling reserve requirement and winter weekly reserve target.
Group Hopes West Can be Wired for Grid Collaboration
Advisers to Western state governors briefed stakeholders on the Western Interconnection Regional Electricity Dialogue (WIRED) initiative.
ERCOT: Record 5 GW of Installed Wind Capacity
ERCOT said it will have enough installed capacity to meet demand this winter and spring thanks to a record of new installed wind capacity.
NYISO
NYISO Reviews Fuel Security, Mitigation Project
NYISO is pausing its Comprehensive Mitigation Review project until it receives further clarity from FERC, the ISO told stakeholders.
MISO: Winter Could Get Tricky Despite Forecast
MISO should have adequate capacity to navigate winter but could still face abnormal weather-related outages or a load-shedding event.
MISO Symposium Tackles Data Analytics
Officials from CAISO, NYISO and France's RTE joined MISO on the final day of its Market Symposium to discuss data analytics.
WECC Examining August Heat Wave with West-wide Lens
WECC will take an interconnection-wide approach as it analyzes the events from an August heat wave that prompted CAISO to initiate rolling blackouts.
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Oct. 13, 2020
ERCOT staff promised to reduce price corrections before asking the Board of Directors to approve a pair of them for two unrelated events.

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