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MRP Week 2 Review: Volatility Sticks Around

May 16, 2025
By 
Brady Yauch & Brendan Callery & Tyama Lyall

The second full week of the post-Market Renewal Program (MRP) has passed and a number of trends from the first week remained in place.

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MRP Market Review: Week 1

May 9, 2025
By 
Brady Yauch & Brendan Callery & Tyama Lyall

The IESO’s Market Renewal Program (MRP) has officially launched and completed its first week. According to the IESO’s MRP implementation plan, the full transition to MRP is now complete.

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Impact of Tariffs on Electricity Exports from Canada to the United States

March 4, 2025
By 
Brady Yauch

On March 4, 2025 the United States imposed a 25% tariff on a range of goods exported from Canada into the United States. While the import tariff included in the Executive Order signed by US. President Donald Trump provides for a lower 10% tariff on energy resources – including electricity – the threat of higher reciprocal tariffs may be applied in addition to the current exemption for electricity.

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Pennsylvania’s Lucrative, Yet Risky, Energy Resource: Solar Net Metering

February 13, 2025
By 
Andrew Kinross & Andrew Bracken

A new lucrative energy resource is emerging in the state of Pennsylvania: compensation through net metering for customer-generators of alternative energy systems provides rewarding rates for electricity delivered to the grid. Solar systems up to 3 megawatts (3 MWAC) are eligible to participate in this net metering framework.‍

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Maine’s Community Solar program becomes second largest in the country amid lucrative rates‍

February 7, 2025
By 
Andrew Kinross

Despite being the 43rd ranked state by population, Maine’s Community Solar market had the second largest volume of installations in the country in 2024, behind only New York. Through December 16, 2024, some 278.7 MWAC of community solar had been installed in Maine (Figure 1). That followed a similar amount for 2023 of 283 MWAC. By contrast, SEIA reported that New York installed about 430 MWDC (~310 MWAC) of community solar in 2024 and Illinois was third with 250 MWDC (~180 MWAC).‍

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Transmission in the US Northeast

January 11, 2025
By 
John Dalton

Could 2025 be the year of transmission in the US Northeast (i.e., ISO New England Inc. and NYISO)? First and foremost, in March ISO-New England is anticipated to issue its first regional solicitation under the longer-term transmission planning (LTTP) process focused on projects that enable connection of 1.2 GW of onshore wind in Maine and address constraints to the flow of power from northern to southern New England.

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Adrienne Downey Joins Power Advisory

January 7, 2025
By 
Power Advisory

Power Advisory is excited to announce that Adrienne Downey is joining the team to enhance the firm’s growing portfolio in the United States and Canada, with a focus on offshore wind. Adrienne will leverage her extensive experience in project development and policy engagement to assist clients with market analysis, project design, and development strategies.

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A Tipping Point? The Minister’s 2024 Letter of Direction to the OEB

January 6, 2025
By 
Roy Hrab

On December 19, 2024, Ontario’s Minister of Energy and Electrification delivered the Ontario Energy Board (OEB) a renewed Letter of Direction (LoD), setting out his expectations for the OEB and the energy sector for the 2025-2028 business planning period.

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The Right Stuff? The Role of the OEB in Ontario’s Energy Transition‍

December 19, 2024
By 
Roy Hrab

The Ontario Energy Board’s (OEB) Energy [X] Change Committee is an advisory committee (established in 2021) of rate regulated utilities, non-utility providers and consumer stakeholders.

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From Small to Mighty:  Unlocking DERs to Meet Ontario’s Electricity Needs

December 12, 2024
By 
Sarah Simmons & Roy Hrab

The recently released report by Power Advisory, titled "From Small To Mighty: Unlocking DERs to Meet Ontario’s Electricity Needs," provides a vision for integrating Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) to help meet Ontario’s growing electricity needs.

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