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December 5, 2025

Forward Capacity Auction (FCA)

Prices Down 26% in ISO-NE Capacity Auction
Prices dropped 26% in ISO-NE’s 10th Forward Capacity Auction as new resources more than made up for retiring generation.
FERC Orders Sloped Zonal Curves for FCA 11
FERC ruled that the ISO-NE Tariff is unjust and unreasonable because it uses vertical demand curves in constrained zones.
Infrastructure Moves to Forefront in New England
Infrastructure expansion has been the dominant theme in New England in recent years, and 2016 appears to be no different.
FERC Again Rebuffs Brayton Point Union
FERC denied rehearing of its June decision certifying the ninth Forward Capacity Auction results in ISO-NE.
FERC Again Dismisses Challenge to 2014 ISO-NE Capacity Auction
FERC has again denied a rehearing request by Public Citizen over the results of ISO-NE’s eighth Forward Capacity Auction.
New England Generators: State Interventions Risk Market Development
New England politicians' urge to “do something” to combat high winter power prices risks undermining ISO-NE’s power market just as it has begun adding new generation, the head of NEPGA said.
ISO-NE Sees Flat Load Growth, More Solar and Wind
ISO-NE's draft Regional System Plan also predicts challenges from generation retirements and integration of variable resources.
FERC Overrides ISO-NE, Grants Waiver for Late Capacity Payment
FERC granted a waiver to a New England power generator that missed the deadline for a payment to increase the plant’s offer for the next Forward Capacity Auction.
ISO-NE: Use New Curve in Reconfiguration Auctions
ISO-NE and the NEPOOL Participants Committee want to begin using the RTO’s system-wide sloped demand curve in their Annual Reconfiguration Auctions.
Fourth Time the Charm? Brayton Point Union Again Challenges ISO-NE Auction
The union representing workers at a Massachusetts power plant slated for closure is again asking federal regulators to reconsider its protest of ISO-NE capacity auction results.

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