Capacity Auction Reforms (CAR)
Just a few weeks after taking over as CEO of ISO-NE, Vamsi Chadalavada faced a trial-by-fire introduction to the job.
ISO-NE updated stakeholders on its methods for assessing the impacts of its proposed capacity market overhaul as it prepares to release the initial results of the long-awaited analysis.
FERC partially granted a complaint by the New England Power Generators Association about the design of ISO-NE's Pay-for-Performance mechanism.
ISO-NE is reforming its approach to acquiring sufficient capacity, which has shaken things up considerably, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
ISO-NE outlined its methodology for analyzing potential effects of its capacity auction reform project, detailing inputs for the near- and longer-term base cases and potential factors to be considered in sensitivity analyses.
Heading into 2026, New England is counting on an increasingly collaborative approach to energy policy as federal opposition to renewable energy development threatens affordability, reliability, and decarbonization objectives in the region.
ISO-NE continued work on the second phase of its Capacity Auction Reform project, discussing modeling of the region’s gas constraints, seasonal auction design and its approach to evaluating the impacts of the auction changes.
FERC Commissioner David Rosner was supportive of the Department of Energy’s request that the commission assert authority over the interconnection of large loads while emphasizing the importance of collaboration and consensus-building in response to concerns raised by state regulators.
The NEPOOL Participants Committee voted nearly unanimously to support the first phase of ISO-NE’s capacity auction reform project.
An increasing political anxiety around energy affordability permeated debates about wholesale market changes, federal policy and demand growth at the annual New England Energy Summit.
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