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.
Continued record electric demand, 13 GW of thermal outages and reduced renewable production forced ERCOT to again issue a conservation appeal.
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ISO-NE is not going to try for an out-of-market solution to New England's winter reliability woes this year.
SPP set a new mark for peak demand July 11, wiping out a record that was less than a week old when the system met load of 51.4 GW.
ERCOT flirted with potential disaster July 11 after saying it was short on capacity, but system demand was reduced enough to keep the lights on.
PG&E and Tesla have asked owners of Powerwall batteries to be part of an aggregated storage program to help California meet its reliability challenges.
SPP has set a new record by meeting 51.1 GW of demand amid extreme heat and weather advisories in its Great Plains footprint.
MISO hopes to fold its stakeholder group dedicated to loss of load estimates into its resource adequacy subcommittee by year’s end, but stakeholders disapprove.
SPP has issued another conservative operations advisory for its entire 14-state Eastern Interconnection footprint, effective Wednesday through Friday evening.
Gov. Gavin Newsom was expected to sign legislation that would expedite permitting for new generation storage and possibly extend the life of aging gas plants.
The California PUC approved changes to the state’s resource adequacy requirements meant to bolster its ability to withstand extreme weather.
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