Power Advisory undertook an analysis to better understand the implications of the new two-settlement system for merchant wind facilities in Ontario.
Read Full ReportOn June 12, 2025 the Government of Ontario published Energy for Generations. The document represents the province’s first steps in initiating a regular five-year cycle of developing comprehensive, co-ordinated, economy-wide integrated energy plans (IEP) that cover electricity, natural gas, hydrogen, biofuels, and emerging fuels.
Read Full ReportThe most notable change in the renewed market last week occurred in the West zone. Last week, the Northwest, Northeast, and West zones experienced the most congestion during the day-ahead timeframe.
Read Full ReportThe summer peak demand season has arrived – and peak prices along with it. There were 20 real-time Ontario Zonal Price (OZP) spikes greater than $200/MWh, with the highest price hitting $1,229.23/MWh.
Read Full ReportOn June 24th, ISO-New England (ISO-NE) hit a peak load of 26,024 MW at 7pm, the highest load experienced since 2013. With load marginally higher than forecast and a spike in outages (primarily natural gas units), real-time locational marginal prices (LMPs) were over $1,000/MWh, over twice the day-ahead market (DAM) price.
Read Full ReportThe most notable change in the renewed market last week occurred in the West zone. In contrast to most weeks since the renewed market was launched, the West zone experienced high levels of negative congestion in the day-ahead market – even greater than in other typically congested zones such as the Northwest and Northeast.
Read Full ReportNet metering in Pennsylvania continues to be a trending topic with regulatory and legislative movement that could drastically change the current compensation for excess generation.
Read Full ReportPower Advisory is moving forward with its weekly renewed market reviews based on feedback from a number of clients. The weekly timeframe has slightly adjusted and is now from Saturday to Sunday. This report adds a few days to cover a few days included in the transition from the previous weekly schedule to the new format (note that the old weekly schedule was based on MRP launching on a Thursday and went from Thursday to Wednesday).
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