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July 9, 2025

winter readiness

PJM
PJM Operating Committee Briefs: June 3, 2025
The month of May saw one spin event to PJM, a shared reserve event, three high-system-voltage actions and 24 post-contingency local load relief warnings, according to the RTO’s monthly operating metrics.
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Deadline Approaching for ERO Cold Weather Reports
Registered entities have until May 15 to submit required information about their generating units' cold weather performance.
NOAA
FERC, NERC Say Grid Winter Recommendations Working
FERC and NERC's report on the January winter storms indicated the gas and electric industries are improving their communication and coordination, staff said at the commission's April meeting.
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MISO: Better Preparations Clinched Winter Storm Operations
MISO emerged from winter 2024/25 without turning to emergency procedures despite wide-ranging winter storms Jan. 6-9 and again Jan. 20-22.
PJM
PJM OC Briefs: Feb. 6, 2025
PJM credited emergency procedures with improving generator performance during a pair of winter storms in January, including a new all-time winter peak of 145,060 MW.
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NERC Board Invokes Section 321 Authority for Cold Weather Standard
Citing a looming FERC deadline, NERC's Board of Trustees voted once again to sidestep the normal standards development process to accelerate development of the ERO's cold weather standard.
ERCOT
ERCOT Board of Directors Briefs: Dec. 2-3, 2024
ERCOT’s Board of Directors signed off on staff’s recommendation to move forward with executing an RMR contract for CPS Energy’s Braunig Unit 3, deferring a decision on the gas plant’s other two smaller units.
NOAA
FERC Outlines Reliability Impacts from Colder Winter
A colder winter is likely to bring higher electricity demand and drive up natural gas prices, FERC staff said in the commission's annual winter energy market assessment.
MISO
MISO Says Comfortable Wintertime Margins Likely in Store
MISO doesn’t foresee a scenario where it comes close to risky operations in the upcoming winter.
NYISO
NYISO: No Worries Ahead of This Winter
NYISO expects it will be able to operate reliably, according to the Winter 2024 Operating Study.

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