Resource Adequacy: Planning for the Hardest Grid Hours

Mon, 11 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Resource adequacy is the part of grid planning that asks a blunt question: when the system is under real stress, will there be enough usable capacity to keep serving customers? It is not the same as asking whether a region produces enough electricity over a year. A grid can have plenty of annual energy and still struggle during a windless evening, a deep cold snap, a heat wave after sunset, a transmission outage, or a week when several large generators are unavailable. Adequacy lives in those hard hours.

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Resource Adequacy: Planning for the Hardest Grid Hours