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.
MISO’s recent resource adequacy filings with FERC will affect the timeline of an otherwise unremarkable capacity auction in terms of load forecasts.
MISO managed its eighth maximum generation event in six years last month despite the difficulty of pulling together the forecast leading up to the episode.
ISO-NE concluded Forward Capacity Auction 13, the 1st run under the CASPR rules, at the lowest clearing price in six years.
MISO has issued a cold weather alert for several balancing authorities in its North and Central regions for Jan. 29 through Feb. 1.
With spring season approaching, MISO is encouraging stakeholders to offer ideas to address the growing divide between resource availability and need.
MISO posted draft 2019/20 Planning Resource Auction data that are virtually unchanged from last year’s early predictions.
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FERC's Bernard McNamee informed Democrats that ethics advisers said he was not required to recuse himself from the commission’s resilience inquiry.
Until MISO files changes to implement stricter requirements for planned outage notification, stakeholders offered alternatives softening the proposal.
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ERCOT is preparing to take on the Texas heat again in 2019 with reserve margins that have shrunk even further than last summer's.
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MISO will spend much of 2019 working on how it can prevent the increasingly frequent emergency conditions it experienced in 2018.
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