NYISO experienced six days with peak loads of more than 31,000 MW this summer, compared with last summer’s actual peak of 29,677 MW.

A systemwide emergency, market innovations and the relatively calm summer topped the discussions at MISO’s Board of Directors meetings.

MISO declared a maximum generation alert Sept. 17 because of tight reserve levels amid forced outages and hotter-than-expected temperatures.

MISO has sufficient resources available to cope with warm conditions this fall, although there is a risk it may be forced to order emergency procedures.

Hot and humid weather and several unplanned generator outages sent ISO-NE power prices soaring Monday and led the RTO to purchase emergency energy.

MISO issued two maximum generation alerts and conservative operations declarations because of severe weather in June and a heatwave in July.

NYISO experienced a peak load of 31,293 MW on July 2, the highest demand so far this summer but falling far short of the all-time peak of 33,956 MW.

A high-pressure system that has swamped much of Texas with triple-digit temperatures has led to all-time systemwide peak records in ERCOT.

ERCOT set new all-time systemwide peak demand records July 18, reaching 72.2 GW between 4 and 5 p.m.

The bulk power system showed improved ability to rebound from severe storms last year while continuing to improve on most other reliability metrics.