The 2024-2025 winter reliability assessment report was recently released by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC). NERC looks at every power market across the United States to determine available generation resources and load levels so they can ensure there is enough generation to serve the load. The winter report identifies and assesses reliability concerns for the months of December, January, and February.
“Some of the key findings that we saw in the Winter Reliability Assessment report are that under normal conditions the markets expect to have sufficient reserves,” Val Weigel, vice president of Energy Markets, said. “It's when we start to see worsening weather conditions drive loads up and at the same time experience decreasing availability in generation that we start to see issues.”
Regarding reliability and the impacts of the results of the report, one of the things that Basin Electric has always had a key focus on is the reliability of its generation. “The operations team does a really good job to ensure, as best they can, that the dispatchable resources are available when we experience periods of uncertainty,” Weigel said.
As Basin Electric’s renewable portfolio continues to grow, monitoring the appropriate ratio of dispatchable generation to peak load ensures that members are being served as reliably and affordably as possible.
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