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April 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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As Climate Changes, Weather Becomes Obsession for New England Grid, State Officials
Last year's events in Texas, and the growth of renewables on New England's grid, have ISO-NE and states looking at weather more closely than ever.
NYISO
NYISO Launches 2022 Grid Planning Study
NYISO presented stakeholders with a plan to clarify by year-end what increasing amounts of renewable energy mean for the grid over the next decades.
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Overheard at Infocast’s ERCOT Market Summit 2022
Texas PUC Chair Peter Lake addressed the “ambiguity” over the second round of changes at ERCOT addressing shortfalls in the grid’s performance.
Talen Energy
PJM MRC/MC Briefs: Feb. 24, 2022
Stakeholders expressed concerns over a PJM plan to address the extension of a temporary change made last year to maximum emergency status.
CAISO
Changing Grid, State Policies Favor Western RTO
CAISO, SPP and the Western Power Pool are all maneuvering to organize the Western electricity sector, and conditions finally seem ripe for change.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: Feb. 23, 2022
ERCOT stakeholders have tabled for a month a discussion on a proposal that would reduce the offer floor for RUCs and remove opt-out provisions.
NWPP
NWPP Rebrands as Western Power Pool
In a move that signifies its expanding reach across the Western Interconnection, the Northwest Power Pool has rebranded itself as the Western Power Pool.
NARUC
NARUC Panel: Plan for Climate Change
A year after Winter Storm Uri, panelists at the NARUC Winter Policy Summit talked about how to prevent climate change from setting off future mass blackouts.
ISO-NE
NEPOOL Markets Committee Briefs: Feb. 8, 2022
The NEPOOL Markets Committee considered changes to ISO-NE's retirement and financial assurance rules.
David Muehlenthal
ERCOT Breezes Through Latest Winter Storm
ERCOT, as well as SPP and MISO, comfortably met demand during last week’s latest round of winter weather, a welcome change from last February’s disaster.

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