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January 16, 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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OMS Registers its Concern over Supply Insecurity
The Organization of MISO States emphasized the footprint’s deteriorating resource adequacy during its annual meeting.
SPP
SPP, Members Begin Response to February’s Winter Storm
SPP and stakeholders agreed on the need for better gas-electric coordination as they begin to address the causes of load shedding during February’s storm.
Texas PUC
Texas PUC Nears Market Redesign’s Finish Line
Texas regulators accelerate their efforts to redesign the ERCOT market with a strawman proposal as they rush to meet a self-imposed December deadline.
SOO Green
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Oct. 20, 2021
PJM stakeholders at the MRC meeting rejected two different proposals to change the undefined regulation mileage ratio calculation.
Green Hydrogen Coalition
West Ponders Roles for Green Hydrogen
There’s a growing consensus in the West that green hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing the region’s energy system, but questions still loom around exactly how the fuel will be used in that effort.
ERCOT
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Oct. 22, 2021
Texas regulators reacted to another potential conservation call by ERCOT by assuring residents the grid operator is using other tools in its toolbox.
PSEG
Global Fuel Supply Prompts PJM Manual Changes
The PJM Markets and Reliability Committee endorsed a series of temporary manual changes regarding minimum fuel requirements during emergency operations.
Utah Office of Energy Development and S&P Global Market Intelligence
FERC Commissioners Opine on Western RTO
FERC commissioners told an audience of Western stakeholders and regulators that they back the formation of a Western RTO; California can't go it alone.
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SPP Markets and Operations Policy Committee: Oct. 11-12, 2021
SPP is searching for ways to advocate change in the natural gas industry following the latter's role in February’s disastrous winter storm outages.
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Talk of Western RTO Intensifies
Increased discussion of a Western RTO is being driven by clean-energy mandates and state laws requiring transmission owners to join an organized market.

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