Planning a new electric generating facility requires balancing project costs with expected revenues, including how much power the resource is accredited to sell during a capacity auction, i.e., Effective Load Carrying Capability (ELCC). In our latest blog post, United’s Doug Pietrucha introduces a new white paper, developed by Ascend Analytics, that discusses how the grid operator PJM Interconnection calculates ELCC for advanced energy technologies under different scenarios, highlighting how these resources benefit one another, and how PJM accredits them for market participation.
