Following discussions at FERC’s 2024 Reliability conference, EPSA underscores importance of market support for needed dispatchable resources to accommodate rapidly increasing load growth and transition of power supply resource mix.
Venue: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Docket No: FERC Reliability Technical Conference, AD24-10-000
Summary: On November 26, the Electric Power Supply Association filed post-conference comments following FERC’s 2024 annual Reliability Technical Conference held on October 16. As noted by FERC Chairman Willie Phillips, the Bulk Power System faces the challenge of generation retirements outpacing the addition of new resources while the resource mix changes and demand growth expectations are rapidly increasing.
Given these challenges, it is critical that competitive power markets be supported in a manner that allows needed resources to continue operating or be added to the system.
Additionally, the Commission should ensure that planning parameters are adequately assessing the risks posed to the system and encourage non-discriminatory measures to optimize interconnection queues.
