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By William Opalka After more than two contentious years of ordering ISO-NE and the New England Power Pool to design sloped zonal demand curves for its constrained zones, FERC last week accepted a compliance filing that does that and also modifies the systemwide demand curve. The changes will be effective...

Govs. Speak Against Artificial Island Cost Allocation Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell stepped up their complaints that the cost allocation for New Jersey’s Artificial Island nuclear project disproportionately affects customers in their states. The two held a news conference at a waterfront restaurant on their states’ border,...

By William Opalka NEW YORK — Whether the view is from PJM, which sits atop the Utica and Marcellus shale gas formations, or ISO-NE, at the “end of the pipeline,” the so-called “dash to gas” shows no sign of abating, speakers said Friday at the Energy Bar Association Northeast Chapter’s...

NEW YORK — Scott Weiner, the New York Public Service Commission’s deputy for markets and innovation, discussed the state’s Reforming the Energy Vision initiative. Weiner © RTO Insider “REV distinguishes itself not by its specific proposals but by its comprehensiveness. If you take a look at the specific components of...

By William Opalka Two generation owners on Friday petitioned FERC to block New England states’ efforts to have electric ratepayers underwrite the cost of expanded natural gas pipelines (EL16-93). NextEra Energy and Public Service Enterprise Group said the proposals by state regulators to release natural gas capacity to electric distribution...

By William Opalka FERC accepted the results of ISO-NE’s 10th Forward Capacity Auction last week, again rejecting allegations of market manipulation and concluding that the prices were just and reasonable (ER16-1041). Brayton Point Wikipedia The auction, covering the 2019/20 commitment period, saw prices drop to $7.03/kW-month from last year’s $9.55/kW-month.

Del Mar Releases Climate Action Plan Del Mar became the second city in San Diego County — after San Diego — to announce an objective of moving to 100% renewable energy by 2035. That goal is part of a larger climate action plan to reduce the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The...

By William Opalka A long-awaited bill introduced in the Massachusetts House of Representatives last week that would ease the path for Canadian hydropower and offshore wind into the state and New England electricity markets was criticized by both clean energy advocates and power generators. Daniel-Johnson Dam and Manic Generating Station...

By William Opalka RENSSELAER, N.Y. — NYISO’s Market Monitoring Unit is recommending changes to the capacity market and planning processes in import-constrained zones as a result of a New York generating plant’s successful offers into the last two ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auctions. Pallas LeeVanSchaick of Potomac Economics outlined the recommendations...

The average real-time price of wholesale power in New England fell by more than a third last year, according to the 2015 Annual Markets Report by the Internal Market Monitor of ISO-NE. Prices dropped more than $22/MWh to $41, as the average price of natural gas fell 41% to $4.73/MMBtu...