Sarah Edmonds, Crystal Ball, Ahlmahz Negash, PhD, and Paul Dockery discuss a how resource adequacy design theory applies to resource adequacy program design, why FERC asked questions about market based rate authority, what it means for a program to be interoperable, and where inter-regional transmission is coming from. 

06:08 - Reminder for friends and fans of Therese Hampton to RSVP for her Celebration of Life and information about the Therese Hampton Endowed Scholarship for Economics and Business1at Portland State University.

09:53 - translating theory into a program, debriefing from the interview with Prof. Jacob Mays

23:55 - Market Based Rate Authority and the status at FERC

FERC Wants More Western Resource Adequacy Program InformationWestern Power Pool’s response to FERC’s deficiency letter

35:45 - Interoperability of a resource adequacy program with multiple markets

Western US regional grid, reliability efforts reach crossroads in 2023

47:57 - Interregional transmission and the West

FERC Staff-Led Workshop on Establishing Interregional Transfer Capability Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation RequirementsFERC urged to set interregional transfer capacity requirements to boost reliability, lower costsInter-regional planning and transmission could help keep the lights on during extreme weather

1:05:55 - Short to Ground; where we TL;DR our way through the rest of the news

BLM Proposes Solar Plan Expansion to Include 11 Western StatesHarris Attends Ten West Line GroundbreakingNRC Certifies First U.S. Small Modular Reactor DesignFederal Government Says 'Not So Fast' on Diablo Canyon ExtensionBillions in federal dollars could make the Pacific Northwest a hub for renewable hydrogenDay-Ahead Market Enhancements decision to be deferredSpot Market PowerLa NinaNOAA Climate ForecastsWY2023 Water Supply Forecast

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