Resource Adequacy

Knowledge Articles

• Demand Response (DR) Testing Requirements 1

  Keywords: LMR, Load Modifying Resource, Behind the Meter, Demand Resource, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Module E, Module E-1

  
  

  emand Response (DR) Testing Requirements

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Equivalent Forced Outage Rate Demand (XEFORd) in Generator Availability Data System (GADS)

  Keywords: XEFORd, GADS, Generator Data, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Forced Outage,

  
  

  Defines and describes XEFORd (Equivalent Forced Outage Rate Demand)

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Executing Zonal Resource Credit (ZRC) Transactions

  Keywords: ZRC, Zonal Resource Credit, Resource Adequacy, Transfer, Exchange, Resource Adequacy

  
  

  Zonal Resource Credit (ZRC) transactions allow two Market Participants to exchange Zonal Resource Credits (ZRCs).

  
  

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  Dec 4, 2024

• Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP)

  Keywords: Fixed Resource Adequacy, Plan, Planning, FRAP, Resource Adequacy, Planning Reserve Margin, Local Clearing, Local Resource, Submit

  
  

  Describes the Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan requirements.

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan (FRAP) Zonal Resource Credits (ZRCs)

  Keywords: Fixed Resource, FRAP, Zonal Resource Credit, ZRC, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Reserve Margin, Local Clearing, Local Resource

  
  

  Describes the Fixed Resource Adequacy Plan

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Generator Availability Data System (GADS)

  Keywords: GADS, Generator Availability Data, Import, PowerGADS, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  Types of data imported to MISO PowerGads system.

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Generator Availability Data System (GADS) Adding New Unit

  Keywords: GADS, Generator Availability, Add, PowerGADS, GVTC, Capacity, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  Generation Resources greater than or equal to 10 MW (based on Generation Verification Tested Capacity (GVTC)) must submit their Generator Availability Data

  
  

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  Feb 6, 2025

• Generator Availability Data System (GADS) Reporting Timeline

  Keywords: GADS, Generator Availability, Reporting, Timeline, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  GADS data must be submitted on a quarterly basis.

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• Generator Availability Data System (GADS) Unlock Units

  Keywords: GADS, Generator Availability Data, PowerGADS, Unlock, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Capacity

  
  

  PowerGADS data entry is locked after the submission deadline has passed.

  
  

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  Jul 11, 2025

• Generator Verification Test Capacity (GVTC) Corrections by Unit Type

  Keywords: GVTC, Generator Verification Test, Correction, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  Corrections for Air Temperature, Relative Humidity and Cooling Water Temperature are applied based on unit type.

  
  

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  Dec 4, 2024

• Generator Verification Test Capacity (GVTC) Peak Date and Times

  Keywords: GVTC, Generator, Verification, Test, Capacity, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Summer, Peak, Planning

  
  

  Brief description of GVTC value and location of summer peak date and time.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• How is Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (PRMR) calculated

  Keywords: PRMR, Calculated, Calculation, Planning Reserve Margin, Local Resource Zone, Planning, Resource Adequacy

  
  

  Planning Resources are maintained for each Local Resource Zone (LRZ) to meet the MISO footprint’s Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (PRMR).

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• ICAP Deferral Credit Expiration (Installed Capacity)

  Keywords: ICAP, Defer, Deferral, Credit Requirement, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Auction, Request

  
  

  MISO will adjust the Market Participant’s credit requirements within ten (10) Business Days of the full ICAP being met and validated by MISO.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Installed Capacity (ICAP) Deferral Purpose

  Keywords: ICAP, Installed Capacity, Defer, Deferral, Planning Resource Auction, Zonal Resource Credit, Resource Adequacy

  
  

  ICAP Deferrals allow Market Participants (MPs) to participate in the Planning Resource Auction (PRA) using Zonal Resource Credits (ZRCs) that meet defined

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Local Clearing Requirement (LCR)

  Keywords: LCR, Local Clearing, Local Resource Zone, LRZ, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  MISO will determine the import and export limits for each Local Resource Zone (LRZ) by performing a transfer analysis study.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Local Resource Zones (LRZ)

  Keywords: LRZ, Local Resource Zone, Planning, Demand, Loss of Load, Resource Adequacy

  
  

  Describes LRZ purpose, how they are determined and details.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• LSE’s Local Clearing Requirement for LSE’s Using a FRAP

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, Planning Resources, Local Clearing Requirement, Local Resource Zone, LRZ, LSE, Planning Reserve Margin Requirement, PRMR

  
  

  A sufficient volume of Planning Resources must be located in the same LRZ as the LSE's PRMR to meet the LRZ's LCR

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (PRMR)

  Keywords: Planning Reserve Margin Requirement, PRMR, Zonal Resource Credit, Resource Adequacy, Planning

  
  

  Each Load Serving Entity’s (LSE’s) total obligation will be referred to as the Planning Reserve Margin Requirement (PRMR).

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Planning Resource Auction (PRA)

  Keywords: PRA, RA, Planning, Auction, LRZ, Load Reserve Zone

  
  

  MISO’s PRA mechanics provide LSEs in MISO an option to procure Planning Resources through an annual auction process known as the Planning Resource Auction

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Submit Non-Coincidental Peak Load Forecasts

  Keywords: Non-Coincident Peak, Submit, Load Forecast, Resource Adequacy, Planning, Summer, Winter, Seasonal

  
  

  Market Participants serving load within MISO must submit a Non-Coincident Peak Load forecast(s) each year by midnight November 1st.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Submitting Energy for Load Forecasts

  Keywords: Submit, Energy, Load Forecast, Resource Adequacy, Planning Year, Peak Load, Seasonal, MECT, Module E

  
  

  Market Participants serving load within MISO must submit an Energy For Load forecast(s) each year by midnight November 1.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Submitting Peak Load Forecast

  Keywords: Peak, Load Forecast, Submit, Resource Adequacy, Coincident Peak, Planning Year

  
  

  Market Participants serving load within MISO must submit a Coincident Peak Load forecast(s) each year by midnight November 1

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• Zonal Deliverability Benefit (ZDB)

  Keywords: Zonal, Deliverability, ZDB, Resource Adequacy, Local Resource, LRZ, External Resource, ERZ, Sub-Regional, SRRZ, Planning, Auction

  
  

  Price separation between Local Resource Zones (LRZs), External Resource Zones (ERZs), or groupings of LRZs, including Sub-Regional Resource Zone (SRRZs)

  
  

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  May 6, 2025

• Timeline to Participate in the PRA

  Keywords: PRA, Steps, Resource, Participate

  
  

  An overview of steps required for a resource to participate in an upcoming PRA

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• CCE Seasonal Accredited Capacity Main Display

  Keywords: Seasonal Accredited Capacity, Resource Adequacy, MECT, Module E Capacity Tracking, CCE, SAC

  
  

  Screen shots and steps to access the CCE Seasonal Accredited Capacity main display

  
  

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  Jun 16, 2025

• Non-MISO Transaction Bulletin Board

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, PRA, Capacity, Market, ZRC, Zonal Resource Credit, Reserves, Energy, Contracts, Bilateral, Replacement

  
  

  Accessing the Non-MISO Transaction Bulletin Board

  
  

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  Dec 20, 2024

• Electric Storage Resources FAQ

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, ESR, Electric Storage Resource, electric storage, battery, battery storage

  
  

  FAQs for Electric Storage Resource implementation

  
  

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  May 29, 2025

• Electric Storage Resources: Getting Started

  Keywords: ESR, Resource Adequacy, Electric Storage Resource

  
  

  Information on how to get started with providing Electric Storage Resource(ESR) in the market.

  
  

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  Mar 25, 2025

• Seasonal MISO Net Capacity Verification Test or Generation Verification Test Capacity (GVTC) Tips

  Keywords: PowerGADS, GVTC, Net Capacity

  
  

  Tips for Seasonal MISO Net Capacity Verification Test or GVTC

  
  

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  Jun 2, 2025

• Accessing PowerGADS CCE Environment

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, PowerGADS, GADs, GVTC, CCE, SAC, RAN

  
  

  How to access the CCE Environment for PowerGADS

  
  

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  Jan 10, 2025

• How to Access MECT in the Customer Connectivity Environment (CCE)

  Keywords: MECT, SAC, CCE, RA, Resource Adequacy

  
  

  Instructions for access MECT in the CCE

  
  

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  Oct 28, 2024

• How to Access and Use PowerGADS

  Keywords: PowerGADS, GVTC, Net Capacity, Generator Availability Test Data

  
  

  How to Access and Use PowerGADS

  
  

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  Nov 12, 2024

• Resource Adequacy FAQ

  Keywords: RAN, RA, Resource Adequacy, RA Hours, ISAC, SAC, Schedule 53, PRA Timeline, LOLE, FAQ

  
  

  Frequently Asked Questions

  
  

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  Sep 10, 2025

• How to Access Seasonal Accredited Capacity (SAC) Data

  Keywords: SAC, MECT, RA, DATA

  
  

  Instructions on how to get your Seasonal Accredited Data that was used to calculate unit SAC values.

  
  

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  Dec 2, 2024

• What happens when Schedule 53 Seasonal Accredited Capacity (SAC) is greater than ICAP?

  Keywords: SAC, RAN. RA, ICAP, Schedule 53 Resources

  
  

  Two scenarios of what happens when Schedule 53 Resources SAC is greater than ICAP.

  
  

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  Jul 1, 2025

• How to Convert Seasonal Accredited Capacity (SAC) associated with Energy Resource Service (ERIS) into Zonal Resource Credits (ZRC)

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, SAC, ERIS, ZRC

  
  

  How to Convert Seasonal Accredited Capacity (SAC) associated with Energy Resource Service (ERIS) into Zonal Resource Credits (ZRC)

  
  

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  Jan 2, 2025

• What's New for OMS-MISO Survey

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, OMS, OMS Survey, MECT

  
  

  New functionalities available.

  
  

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  Feb 10, 2025

• How to Submit the MISO-OMS Survey

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, OMS, OMS Survey,

  
  

  How to Submit the MISO-OMS Survey

  
  

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  Feb 10, 2025

• Where Do You Find MISO's Emergency Notification and Load Shedding Protocol?

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, Emergency Notification, Load Shedding

  
  

  Location of emergency notification and load shedding protocol

  
  

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  May 2, 2025

• Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charge (CRNCC) & CROW Outages

  Keywords: Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charge, CRNCC, CROW, Outages, derates, ZRCs,

  
  

  This knowledge article answers frequent questions regarding Capacity Replacement Non-Compliance Charge, CROW tickets and Derates.

  
  

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  Aug 28, 2025

• Historical Unit Consideration (HUC) FAQ & Scenarios

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, Hedge, HUC, Historical, Price Separation, Financial Hedge, ZDB, Zonal Deliverability Benefit, Resource Zone, FAQ, Scenario

  
  

  Additional information around HUC and how they work within a Planning Resource Auction.

  
  

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  Jul 7, 2025

• PowerGADs Upgrade to PowerGADS 4.0

  Keywords: Resource Adequacy, PowerGADs, GADS, Upgrade, CCE

  
  

  Information about upgraded PowerGADS 4.0 in the CCE Environment.

  
  

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  Jul 28, 2025