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November 26, 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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SPP Continues to Build on Markets+ Offering
SPP and Western entities interested in the RTO’s Markets+ “RTO light” offering continued to inch toward each other during another development session.
PG&E
Diablo Canyon Extension Effort Gears up
The movement to keep PG&E's Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open 10 years past its planned retirement date in 2025 has gained momentum and essential support.
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OMS RA Summit Confronts Midwestern Supply Squeeze
State regulatory staff and MISO executives found no easy answers to solve a burgeoning reliability crisis after converging for a resource adequacy summit.
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New England’s Reliability During Heat Wave Came with Emissions Spike
ISO-NE fossil fuel generators burned 6 million gallons of oil during the recent heat wave, resulting in a 50% emissions spike over the same period in 2021.
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ERCOT Briefs: Week of Aug. 1, 2022
ERCOT has set 38 various peak-demand records this summer while continuing to handle load despite the extreme heat.
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Share Winter Data, States Urge ISO-NE
NESCOE urged ISO-NE to share confidential data about fuel supply and grid reliability with FERC ahead of the upcoming winter.
Constellation Energy
New England Governors Ask Feds for Help with Winter Reliability
New England governors asked Secretary Granholm to consider waiving the Jones Act for LNG imports and tapping the Northeast oil reserve for heat this winter.
SPP
SPP Monitor: Impacts of WEIS in Year 1 ‘Limited’
SPP’s Western Energy Imbalance Service market saw “very limited growth” in its first 13 months, SPP’s MMU said in its first annual report on the market.
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California Sees First V2G Reliability Project
San Diego Gas & Electric and its partners launched the first interconnected vehicle-to-grid project to offer support during energy emergencies.
SPP
SPP Board of Directors/Members Committee Briefs: July 26, 2022
SPP’s Board of Directors approved stakeholders’ recommendation to issue a notification to construct a 345-kV double-circuit transmission project in New Mexico.

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