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December 6, 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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SPP Embraces Need for Speed to Meet Change Head-on

SPP has dumped its “evolutionary, not revolutionary” value principle and is working to make things happen quickly in order to meet the pace of industry change.

BPA
Trump Directs Feds to Withdraw from Deal on Snake River Dams

President Trump issued a memo directing the federal government to withdraw from a deal with four tribes and two states that considered the future operation of four dams on the Lower Snake River and eventually could have led to their breach.

CAISO
CAISO Proposes Alternative Approach for Calculating RA Resources During Peak Times

CAISO is proposing a new method for verifying how much energy thermal resources can provide during peak conditions on California’s grid for resource adequacy purposes.

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MISO Says Public Communication Needs Work After NOLA Load Shed

MISO conceded to its Board of Directors that it should have done more to convey the danger it perceived ahead of the late spring load-shedding event in Greater New Orleans.

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ERCOT TAC Approves Tabled Curtailable Load NPRR

ERCOT stakeholders approved a protocol change that would register loads that can be curtailed under certain system conditions.

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MISO IMM Blasts NERC Long-term Assessment, Says RTO in Good RA Spot
MISO Monitor David Patton called NERC’s Long-Term Reliability Assessment inaccurate for labeling the RTO a high-risk area.
House Energy and Commerce Committee
Wright Addresses Recent Orders Keeping Power Plants Open at Hearing

Energy Secretary Chris Wright talked about the process behind two recent orders mandating power plants that had planned to retire to keep running this summer at a House hearing that was focused on DOE's budget.

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PJM Board Initiates CIFP Process for Eddystone Compensation

PJM’s Board of Managers initiated a critical issue fast path process to determine how to compensate Constellation Energy for continuing to run two gas-fired units at the utility’s Eddystone plant under a DOE emergency order.

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Limited Demand for Large-scale Data Centers in New England

New England is unlikely to see the development of large-scale data centers in the next 10 years but likely will see smaller-scale developments, industry experts said at the New England Energy Conference and Exposition.

Astoria Generating Company
NYISO Makes Case for Repowering in Latest ‘Power Trends’ Report

Amid increasing demand and dwindling supply, repowering aging fossil plants would help maintain reliability while still lowering emissions in line with New York’s climate change policy goals, NYISO argues in its annual “Power Trends” report.


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