ISO-NE analysis suggests that summer demand from June 1 to July 11 was consistent with the 2020 CELT forecast despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The New England Power Pool Reliability Committee narrowly approved changes to ISO-NE’s gross load forecast reconstitution methodology.

PJM is looking to select a new load model for the 2020 reserve requirement study focused on the 2024/25 delivery year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has added complexity to near-term electricity demand forecasting, but long-term impacts remain unclear, FERC commissioners heard.

ISO-NE presented the NEPOOL Reliability Committee with a proposal to improve how it measures the impact of passive demand resources participating in its capacity auctions.

ERCOT approved suspension-of-operations requests from Austin Energy, saying both units are not required to support the system.

PJM weekday load peaks have come in 10.4% less than than projected before the coronavirus pandemic, the Planning Committee learned.

Unseasonably warm weather has nudged MISO load a little closer to normal this week, though demand is still being compressed by pandemic safety measures.

MISO is calling on expertise from its local balancing authorities to help improve load forecasting, RTO engineers told stakeholders.

ISO-NE presented the preliminary results of economic studies conducted for NESCOE and Anbaric.