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January 12, 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.
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Former Regulators: Demand Response Key to Midwest Capacity Crisis
Two former FERC chairmen are pessimistic that MISO will be able to reign in shortages or high capacity prices anytime soon.
Troutman Pepper
NY TOs Seek Clarification on ROFR for Upgrades
New York TOs proposed tariff amendments that would clarify their ability to exercise a ROFR for public policy transmission network upgrade facility upgrades.
PG&E
DOE Grants PG&E $1B for Diablo Canyon Extension
The Energy Department awarded PG&E more than $1 billion to keep California's last nuclear plant operating beyond its planned retirement for grid reliability.
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Governance, Resource Adequacy Key to SPP’s Markets+
The proposed governance structure for SPP's Markets+ service offering and resource adequacy are two key differences with CAISO's RTO proposal.
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NARUC Annual Meeting Taps Into Winter Unease, Rate Design, Storage
The annual NARUC meeting covered ground on rate design, energy storage and reliability while the energy portfolio undergoes renovation.
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CAISO Symposium Talks Western Transmission
CAISO held its Stakeholder Symposium for the first time since 2018 and weighed the transmission needs of the West to deliver renewable resources.
FERC
FERC Panelists Talk Cyber, Grid Transformation Challenges
At FERC’s annual reliability technical conference, commissioners focused on work needed to prepare the bulk power system for rapidly developing challenges.
PJM
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: Nov. 3, 2022
The PJM Operating Committee has endorsed the winter weekly reserve target values, which are used to coordinate planned outages scheduled during winter.
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PJM General Session Focuses on Clean Energy Transition
PJM’s biannual General Session last week focused on how to ensure both reliability and equity during the transition to a clean energy-based generation mix.
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Texas PUC’s Proposed ERCOT Market Design to be Released Soon
Keynoting the Energy Bar Association Texas Chapter’s Energy Symposium, Lori Cobos said ERCOT stakeholders will soon get a look at the market’s redesign.

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