Sarah Edmonds, Crystal Ball, Ahlmahz Negash, PhD, and Paul Dockery discuss a how resource adequacy design theory applies to resource adequacy program design, why FERC asked questions about market based rate authority, what it means for a program to be interoperable, and where inter-regional transmission is coming from. 06:08 - Reminder for friends and fans of Therese Hampton to RSVP for her Celebration of Life and information about the Therese Hampton Endowed Scholarship for Economics and Business1at Portland State University.09:53 - translating theory into a program, debriefing from the interview with Prof. Jacob Mays23:55 - Market Based Rate Authority and the status at FERC
FERC Wants More Western Resource Adequacy Program Information
Western Power Pool’s response to FERC’s deficiency letter
35:45 - Interoperability of a resource adequacy program with multiple marketsWestern US regional grid, reliability efforts reach crossroads in 202347:57 - Interregional transmission and the West
FERC Staff-Led Workshop on Establishing Interregional Transfer Capability Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation Requirements
FERC urged to set interregional transfer capacity requirements to boost reliability, lower costs
Inter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather
1:05:55 - Short to Ground; where we TL;DR our way through the rest of the news
BLM Proposes Solar Plan Expansion to Include 11 Western States
Harris Attends Ten West Line Groundbreaking
NRC Certifies First U.S. Small Modular Reactor Design
Federal Government Says 'Not So Fast' on Diablo Canyon Extension
Billions in federal dollars could make the Pacific Northwest a hub for renewable hydrogen
Day-Ahead Market Enhancements decision to be deferred
Spot Market Power
La Nina
NOAA Climate Forecasts
WY2023 Water Supply Forecast
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