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.
Energy sector leaders in New England are already warning of a grim possible scenario for next winter.
PJM highlighted the release of the second phase of its multiyear study to examine the impacts of a system with more renewable energy at its Annual Meeting.
Extreme weather, wildfires and supply-chain problems could make CAISO’s grid vulnerable to shortfalls of up to 10 GW through 2025, experts said.
FERC commissioners expressed alarm over forecasts of potential supply shortfalls this summer in the West, ERCOT, MISO and SPP.
Texas grid leaders met with reporters to once again allay concerns about ERCOT’s management of the state’s electric supply.
Drought, wildfires, plant retirements and transmission outages have elevated the risk of supply shortfalls in the West, Texas, MISO and SPP, NERC said.
A month after its capacity auction revealed a Midwestern supply scarcity, MISO’s Independent Market Monitor and a MISO vice president debated the path forward.
PJM expects to have enough power supply to meet its summer electricity needs, according to the RTO's own analysis.
SPP expects to have enough generating capacity to meet regional demand this summer, but it has already issued the season's first resource advisory.
The heat, both weather-related and political, continues to build on ERCOT following another stress test this weekend.
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