What Others Are Saying
"When you do the math — when you look at the rate of retirements, you look at the rate of growth, and you add in the current rate of throughput for our queue — we are headed for some [resource adequacy problems]. And that trouble is likely to find us later in this decade."
Manu Asthana
CEO, PJM Interconnection (RTO Insider | March 27, 2023)"We’re either replacing plants with less capacity, no capacity, or replacing them with renewables that are intermittent and not always available."
Jim Matheson
CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA | March 14, 2023)"Fleet change is not the only challenge we face. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. Electric vehicles and electric heating in homes and businesses are also poised to grow, which could exert new pressures on the grid in hours of the day and seasons of the year that rarely posed risks in the past.”
John Bear
CEO, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (The Timberjay | February 22, 2023)"The gas industry is like zero for two in winter performance."
Clair Moeller
President and COO, Midcontinent Independent System Operator (Politico Pro | March 14, 2023)"The goal of the electric system is to strike a balance between reliability and security, access and affordability, safety and the environment.”
Jim Robb
President and CEO, North American Electric Reliability Corporation (Daily Energy Insider | January 31, 2023)"In some cases, generational retirements are outpacing new installations, and this is resulting in reduced reserve margins."
Diane Holder
Vice President Entity Engagement and Corporate Services, Reliability First (WAND | April 13, 2023)"When you do the math — when you look at the rate of retirements, you look at the rate of growth, and you add in the current rate of throughput for our queue — we are headed for some trouble. And that trouble is likely to find us later in this decade."
Manu Asthana
CEO, PJM Interconnection"We’re either replacing plants with less capacity, no capacity, or replacing them with renewables that are intermittent and not always available."
Jim Matheson
CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association"The gas industry is like zero for two in winter performance."
Clair Moeller
President and COO, MISO"Fleet change is not the only challenge we face. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and severe. Electric vehicles and electric heating in homes and businesses are also poised to grow, which could exert new pressures on the grid in hours of the day and seasons of the year that rarely posed risks in the past.”
John Bear
CEO, MISO"The goal of the electric system is to strike a balance between reliability and security, access and affordability, safety and the environment.”