EPRI study to rethink resource adequacy amid changing power mix, extreme weather

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The Electric Power Research Institute is conducting a studyon how to overhaul the resource adequacy process to accountfor the changing resource mix and extreme weather, afterfinding that the current metrics fall short, an EPRI official saidMarch 28.EPRI started discussing the idea after the load shed inCalifornia in the summer of 2020, and then started work onthe study after the outages in the February 2021 storm, DanielBrooks, vice president of integrated grid and energy systems atEPRI told a Southwest Power Pool group.