November 23, 2024

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.
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Talen Energy Deal with Data Center Leads to Cost Shifting Debate at FERC
Talen Energy’s deal to carve out capacity from its Susquehanna Nuclear Plant to serve a growing data center on its site drew protests at FERC from other parties who argued the deal and others like it could shift costs and threaten reliability. 
NYSRC
NYISO Studying How to Update IRM Calculation to Account for Offshore Wind
The New York State Reliability Council’s mathematical model for calculating the state’s installed reserve margin every year will need to be updated as more offshore wind and major transmission lines come online, NYISO told stakeholders. 
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MISO Leadership Issues Urgent Call for In-Service Dates
MISO’s system is at the mercy of faster interconnections of new resources and retirement delays, executives said in a quarterly address to the board and stakeholders.
Potomac Economics
NEPOOL Holds Summer PC Meeting amid New England Heat Wave, Climate Protests
NEPOOL held its annual summer Participants Committee meeting in New Hampshire during a multiday stretch of extreme heat and high demand on the New England grid.
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MISO Members Stress Need for Speed to Manage Load Growth, EPA Carbon Rule
Members of MISO’s Advisory Committee emphasized that all players in the footprint need to act swiftly to position themselves for “hyperscale” load growth and the EPA’s new carbon rule.
Western Power Trading Forum
Stakeholders Call on CAISO to Take Larger Role in Reliability Planning
OMS and MISO
OMS-MISO RA Survey: Potential 14-GW Capacity Deficit by Summer 2029
A relatively low turnout of constructed capacity in recent years could deepen a potential 2.7-GW capacity deficit in summer 2025 to more than 14 GW by summer 2029, MISO and OMS revealed in a five-year projection.
Aurora Energy Research
Report Shows Wide Range of Data Center Demand Scenarios for Virginia
Growing demand from Northern Virginia’s Data Center Alley could outpace the power industry’s ability to keep up, according to a new report by Aurora Energy Research.
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NYISO: Prepared for Heat Dome Scorching New York
NYISO said it is prepared to meet demand during an extreme kind of heat wave called a heat dome that is already spiking temperatures to near 100 degrees Fahrenheit in western New York.
SPP
SPP’s REAL Team Approves Base PRMs, Sufficiency Value Curve
SPP’s REAL Team approved base planning reserve margins and a sufficiency valuation curve, codifying months of work.

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