summer peak
New England is not facing the same warnings as other regions this summer, but severe heat could still force ISO-NE into emergency actions, the RTO said.
Drought, wildfires, plant retirements and transmission outages have elevated the risk of supply shortfalls in the West, Texas, MISO and SPP, NERC said.
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.
Hot weather that one weatherman called “categorically insane” has settled over Texas and led ERCOT to call on generators to postpone planned outages.
NPCC predicted adequate resources to meet the needs of customers this summer, despite drops in capacity and a rise in expected demand since 2021.
MISO warned that even a normal amount of demand and generation outages will likely send it into emergency procedures this summer.
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.
ERCOT's final resource adequacy assessment for the fall indicates it has sufficient installed generating capacity to meet peak demand under extreme conditions.
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