WASHINGTON, D.C. – NERC President and CEO Jim Robb spoke on the opening panel of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) technical conference, Meeting the Challenge of Resource Adequacy in Regional Transmission Organization and Independent System Operator Regions. The two-day conference is taking place June 4–5, 2025, at FERC’s headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Panel 1: The Resource Adequacy Challenge in RTOs/ISOs featured the following industry leaders:
- Manu Asthana, PJM, President and CEO
- Rich Dewey, NYISO, President and CEO
- Elliott Mainzer, CAISO, President and CEO
- Lanny Nickell, SPP, President and CEO
- Todd Ramey, MISO, Senior Vice President of Markets and Digital Strategy
- Jim Robb, NERC, President and CEO
- Gordon van Welie, ISO-NE, President and CEO
Mounting resource adequacy challenges are elevating the risk profile across a broad swath of North America, leaving few areas untouched. Robb discussed the shifting landscape of resource adequacy, including resource retirements outpacing replacements, the need to modernize adequacy approaches, and NERC’s commitment to working with industry and FERC to develop standardized adequacy criteria to help ensure grid reliability.
Day 1 Webcast | Day 2 Webcast | NERC Pre-Conference Comments | Jim Robb Opening Comments
