Power Advisory has undertaken a review of energy prices in July 2025 compared to the same month last year to better understand if pricing outcomes in the renewed market broadly align with the legacy market.
Read Full ReportBoth the Day-Ahead (DA) and Real-Time (RT) zonal prices increased compared to the previous week. DA zonal prices ranged from $60/MWh (Northwest) to $91/MWh (Ottawa), while RT zonal prices ranged between $14/MWh (Northwest) and $89/MWh (Ottawa). In both the Northeast and Northwest zones, congestion and losses increased in RT as compared to DA.
Read Full ReportThe IESO has published the Dispatch Deviation Report for June 2025, which indicates the highest number of monthly market interventions by the IESO since March 2022.
Read Full ReportOntario’s June 2025 Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) Energy for Generations, builds extensively on the ideas laid out in the government’s 2024 energy policy vision document, Ontario’s Affordable Energy Future: The Pressing Case for More Power.
Read Full ReportPower 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.
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