Platts launches new Renewable Penetration Indices

To compliment the recently created Renewable Curtailment Index, S&P Global Platts has launched Renewable Penetration Indices (RPI) to demonstrate and track the penetration of solar and wind energy into the overall generation stack, effective Dec. 8.

The RPI will provide transparency on how significant solar and wind energy are for each hour of each region. Initially they will cover the following regions: California Independent System Operator, Southwest Power Pool, Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Midcontinent Independent System Operator, PJM Interconnection and New York Independent System Operator.

RPIs for Cal-ISO, SPP, ERCOT, MISO, PJM and NYISO will be published in both Megawatt Daily and Energy Trader by calculating daily wind and solar shares against reported total generation data, in percentages.

Solar indices for MISO and NYISO may contain small fractions of other non-wind renewable sources.

Platts will publish the following daily indices:

California ISO RPI Solar Peak: RPCSP00 in category ES

California ISO RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPCSO00 in category ES

California ISO RPI Wind Peak: RPCWP00 in category ES

California ISO RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPCWO00 in category ES

California ISO RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPCSA(01-24)

California ISO RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPCWA(01-24)

Southwest Power Pool RPI Solar Peak: RPSSP00 in category ES

Southwest Power Pool RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPSSO00 in category ES

Southwest Power Pool RPI Wind Peak: RPSWP00 in category ES

Southwest Power Pool RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPSWO00 in category ES

Southwest Power Pool RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPSSA(01-24) in category ES

Southwest Power Pool RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPSWA(01-24) in category ES

ERCOT RPI Solar Peak: RPESP00 in category ES

ERCOT RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPESO00 in category ES

ERCOT RPI Wind Peak: RPEWP00 in category ES

ERCOT RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPEWO00 in category ES

ERCOT RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPESA(01-24) in category ES

ERCOT RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPEWA(01-24) in category ES

MISO RPI Solar Peak: RPMSP00 in category ES

MISO RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPMSO00 in category ES

MISO RPI Wind Peak: RPMWP00 in category ES

MISO RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPMWO00 in category ES

MISO RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPMSA(01-24) in category ES

MISO RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPMWA(01-24) in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Solar Peak: RPPSP00 in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPPSO00 in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Wind Peak: RPPWP00 in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPPWO00 in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPPSA(01-24) in category ES

PJM Interconnection RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPPWA(01-24) in category ES

NYISO RPI Solar Peak: RPNSP00 in category ES

NYISO RPI Solar Off-Peak: RPNSO00 in category ES

NYISO RPI Wind Peak: RPNWP00 in category ES

NYISO RPI Wind Off-Peak: RPNWO00 in category ES

NYISO RPI Solar Hr (1-24): RPNSA(01-24) in category ES

NYISO RPI Wind Hr (1-24): RPNWA(01-24) in category ES

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