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October 6, 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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ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: April 10, 2018
The ERCOT Board of Directors rejected an appeal by small public power distributors seeking a proposed change to the definition of transmission owners.
FERC Rejects CAISO CPM Proposal
FERC rejected the proposed CAISO Capacity Procurement Mechanism Risk-of-Retirement (CPM ROR) program.
MISO Resource Adequacy Subcommittee Briefs: April 11, 2018
MISO is switching gears on a previous proposal to discontinue its practice of forecasting long-term capacity import and export limits.
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: April 3, 2018
With the exception of three nor’easters, system operations in March were relatively uneventful, PJM told Operating Committee meeting attendees.
MISO Looks to Address Changing Resource Availability
The MISO Reliability Subcommittee (RSC) discussed a recent RTO white paper on resource availability, including the increasing frequency of max gen events.
ISO-NE Moves to Keep Exelon’s Mystic Running
Citing reliability concerns, ISO-NE will ask FERC for a Tariff waiver to allow Exelon's 1,998-MW Mystic Generating Station to continue running.
MISO Markets Committee Talks Winter, Spring — and Beyond
A seasonal post-mortem at this month's MISO Board Week provided stakeholders with insight into the RTO’s market performance recently, in the near future and the long term.
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FERC ALJ Certifies Calpine RMR Settlements
CAISO, Pacific Gas and Electric and Calpine have settled their differences over the terms of the reliability-must-run (RMR) agreements.
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ERCOT Technical Advisory Committee Briefs: March 22, 2018
ERCOT’s Technical Advisory Committee approved staff’s recommendation to remove reliability unit commitment capacity from the grid operator’s ORDC.
Duke Seeks Tech Advances to Phase out Coal
Duke Energy released a carbon-reduction plan that anticipates relying on natural gas and technology advancements to phase out coal-fired generation by 2050.

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