US West faces power reliability issues from growing use of renewables
Reuters - Yesterday 2:08 PM
(Reuters) - A group responsible for power market reliability in Western North America said the growing use of renewable generation will require the region to boost planning reserves in coming years to help maintain grid reliability.
The Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) said in a recent reliability assessment that planning reserve margins for 2023 rose from 16.9% in 2021 to 18.3% in 2022 due in part to the increase in variable resources, like wind and solar, that only produce power when the wind blows or the sun shines.
That means electric companies will have to hold more resources to account for that increased variability to maintain system reliability.
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