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December 7, 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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New Technology Requires Innovative Regulations, WCPSC Panelists Say

Panelists at the annual meeting of the Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners emphasized the need for innovative regulatory frameworks in order to keep up with new technology seeking interconnection.

NERC
FERC Focuses on Midwest, Northeast in Day 2 of RA Tech Conference

FERC’s resource adequacy technical conference zoomed out on the second day, June 5, with several panels examining ISO-NE, MISO and NYISO.

MISO
MISO, OMS Report Stronger Possibility for Spare Capacity in Annual RA Survey

The Organization of MISO States and MISO are confident the footprint will be resource-sufficient in the 2026/27 planning year but said anything from an 11.4-GW surplus to a 14.1-GW deficit could be in store by the 2030/31 planning year.

Yes Energy
FERC Dives into Thorny Resource Adequacy Issues at Tech Conference

FERC spent June 4-5 looking into resource adequacy across the markets it regulates. 

New Orleans City Council
NOLA City Council Puts Entergy, MISO in Hot Seat over Outages

Called to the podium by the New Orleans City Council, MISO and Entergy leadership agreed a perfect storm of factors merged to cause the Memorial Day weekend power outages.

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Industry Needs ‘New Planning Paradigm,’ BPA Chief Tells Regulators

BPA CEO John Hairston’s keynote at the annual meeting of the WCPSC spotlighted a theme that would dominate discussion at the event: the looming prospect of overwhelming growth in electricity demand in the West and across the U.S.

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Interregional Transmission Would Improve Resource Adequacy, ACEG Report Argues

A new ACEG report says interregional transmission offers resource adequacy benefits and highlights how regions can take advantage of that.

Forward Market Design LLC
FERC Resource Adequacy Conference Comes with Markets at a Crossroads

FERC will hold a two-day technical conference June 4-5, where it will look at resource adequacy issues in the ISO/RTO markets, with most of the focus on those with capacity markets.

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Growing Clean Energy Sector in Texas May Avoid Damaging Legislation

ERCOT's blossoming clean energy sector has been threatened by bills that would dampen its growth and future investment, but many of those laws appear to have fallen by the wayside in the Texas legislature's closing days.

Convergent Energy and Power
N.J. BPU Backs New Grid Modernization Rules
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved new grid modernization rules the agency says will make the process of launching new distributed sources easier and faster.

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