While the high load and generation outages followed the pattern of the polar vortex, MISO managed to keep prices stable and maintain better reliability.

Grid operators turned to coal- and oil-fired generation as Arctic air sent temperatures plunging to record lows from the Great Plains to the Deep South.

NYISO year-to-date monthly energy prices averaged $34.72/MWh in November, a 5% increase from a year earlier.

NYISO third-quarter energy prices fell 16 to 30% versus a year ago due to falling electricity demand and lower natural gas costs according to the ISO’s MMU.

At a conference to analyze Pennsylvania’s electricity markets, Christina Simeone unveiled her study on price impacts from the expansion in shale gas.

A decade of shale gas production has had a major impact, panelists said during a power industry seminar focusing on the Marcellus shale.

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) enacted consumer protection standards for distributed energy resource (DER) suppliers.

NYISO year-to-date monthly energy prices averaged $35.34/MWh in September, a 3% increase from a year earlier.

There is wide disagreement over how much natural gas the U.S. even has, and even more disagreement on when it will run out.

The U.S. is becoming a net exporter of natural gas for the first time since 1958, a boon to the nation but a source of concern for gas customers.