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October 7, 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.
MISO
MISO Capacity Easily Exceeds Predicted Winter Peak
MISO said it expects to have plenty of reserve capacity to cover upcoming winter operations, even as it announced a review of an emergency declaration.
Kern County Public Health Services Department
CAISO Participants Question Retirement Program
CAISO is facing stakeholder criticism over fundamental aspects of an initiative designed to keep needed generating resources from retiring prematurely.
Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth
ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee Briefs: Sept. 28, 2017
ISO-NE’s Planning Advisory Committee hashed over technical details from stakeholder comments regarding the grid operator’s draft 2016 Scenario Analysis.
Perry Orders FERC Rescue of Nukes, Coal
Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Friday ordered FERC to rescue at-risk nuclear and coal generation by ensuring they receive “full recovery” of their costs.
California Energy Commission
Metcalf Reliability-Must-Run Draws Scrutiny
CAISO will gather feedback on its proposal for reliability payments to keep Calpine’s Metcalf gas-fired plant from retiring.
ISO-NE Forecast Sees Flat Loads, More Solar, No Congestion
ISO-NE expects growing energy efficiency and behind-the-meter solar generation to more than cancel out load growth over the next 10 years.
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PJM PC/TEAC Briefs: Sept. 14, 2017
PJM has reduced its installed reserve margin, largely because of a drop in the equivalent forced outage rate.
Consumers Energy
Michigan PSC Orders 4-Year Capacity Look-Ahead
Michigan regulators issued an order outlining how electricity providers must demonstrate they have enough capacity to serve their customers for four years.
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MISO Postpones External Zones Until 2019 Auction
MISO has decided to delay the formation of external resource zones and seasonal capacity.
ERCOT Briefs
ERCOT’s latest resource adequacy forecasts project the Texas grid will have sufficient installed generating capacity this fall and winter.

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