Reliability
A roundup of news from the PJM Planning and Transmission Expansion Advisory committees on Nov. 5, 2015.
ERCOT released its final winter assessment, indicating it has more than sufficient generation to meet an anticipated peak demand of 57,400 MW.
FERC had approved NERC's Reliability Assurance Initiative in February, saying it would allow regulators to focus resources on the most serious issues.
A summary of issues discussed by the SPP Board of Directors and Members Committee at their quarterly and annual meetings, including the 2017 ITP10 and the enhanced combined-cycle project.
NYISO gave NRG Energy a green light to shut down two coal plants in western New York, saying reliability will be maintained through transmission.
Entergy said Monday it will close the 838-MW James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant by early 2017 due to declining revenues and high operational costs.
MISO has notified FERC that it intends to terminate its system support resource agreement with Illinois Power’s Edwards unit 1 generator.
MISO is cool and collected heading into the winter, staff told the Markets Committee of the Board of Directors.
The R.E. Ginna nuclear plant and Rochester Gas & Electric have reached an agreement to provide a financial lifeline for the plant through March 2017, 18 months earlier than originally proposed.
ERCOT released an updated analysis of the Clean Power Plan’s impacts on the Texas grid’s reliability, saying the rule could result in the retirement of at least 4,000 MW of coal-fired generation.
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