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BOLTON LANDING, N.Y. — NYISO said Tuesday that it declared a major emergency on May 21 during the hour beginning 5 p.m. after the loss of 1,000 MW of generation in ISO-NE caused the Central East interface flow to exceed its voltage collapse limit. It was the second major emergency...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO and adjacent grids will likely be able to serve load throughout summer based on historical performance of generation and transmission infrastructure, the ISO reported last week. However, an unlikely scenario of extreme heat could pose challenges for system capacity reserves, if not the system itself, according...

Staff of the New York Public Service Commission said Thursday that the state’s utilities have 41 GW of capacity for the summer, more than enough to meet a projected summer peak of 33.2 GW. | NY Dept. of Public Service 2017 Summer Preparedness Report; May 18, 2017 “We have plenty...

By Michael Kuser NYISO’s Power Trends 2017 report shows an electric system of flat peak demand adapting under pressure from both public policy requirements and changes in consumption patterns. However, stark regional differences make the ISO “a tale of two grids,” CEO Brad Jones said in a media briefing on...

By Michael Kuser RENSSELAER, N.Y. — Significant natural gas price spreads between Western and Eastern New York in 2016 led to New York City generation being “more economic than in recent years,” Pallas LeeVanSchaick of Potomac Economics, director of NYISO’s Market Monitoring Unit, told the ISO’s Business Issues Committee on...

RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO reported Wednesday that natural gas prices rose 73% in April year-on-year but were still “historically low.” Natural gas (Transco Z6 NY) in April cost $2.81/MMBtu, down from $3.49/MMBtu in March. In his Market Operations Report to the Business Issues Committee, Rana Mukerji, senior vice president for...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ALBANY, N.Y. — At FERC’s technical conference May 1 and 2, several commenters observed that it is easier to coordinate state policy with wholesale markets when the market is a single state, as in NYISO. But there was no groupthink on display at the Independent Power...

ALBANY, N.Y. — About 200 industry stakeholders and state and NYISO officials discussed carbon policy, zero-emission credits, and other pressing and contentious issues at the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 31st Annual Spring Conference last week. Here’s some of what we heard. The Independent Power Producers of New York’s...

By Rich Heidorn Jr. ALBANY, N.Y. — NYISO’s plan to integrate carbon into its markets will test the independence of FERC under President Trump, speakers told the Independent Power Producers of New York’s 31st Annual Spring Conference last week. The IPPNY gathering came one week after a FERC technical conference...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo has nominated John Rhodes, CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, to chair the Public Service Commission, NYSERDA Chairman Richard Kauffman said Wednesday. Rhodes | NYSERDA “John represents continuity,” Kauffman told several hundred attendees at the Independent Power Producers of...