MISO’s weekday loads are looking more like weekends as social distancing measures to lessen COVID-19 cases take hold in more states in the footprint.

PJM’s Reliability Pricing Model is acquiring more capacity than needed, leading to dirtier, less efficient generation and excessive costs for consumers.

MISO predicts energy usage this spring will peak at 100 GW in May, with about 134 GW of total capacity available.

CAISO’s load conformance practices do not inappropriately deny generators shortage pricing, FERC said in response to a challenge by NRG.

PJM under-forecasted the peak hour load on three days in January, the Operating Committee heard.

PJM staff told the Operating Committee questions still remain about why its load forecast veered so far off course during a hot spell in early October.

An unprecedented spell of hot weather across PJM left stakeholders questioning whether the RTO’s operational decisions produced unusual price signals.

ISO-NE provided the NEPOOL Reliability Committee with more details on the forecasting changes that impacted the ICR in the CELT summer demand forecast.

ISO-NE COO Vamsi Chadalavada’s operations report to the NEPOOL Participants Committee showed LMPs and natural gas prices down in August.

MISO doesn’t expect any challenges meeting demand this fall, announcing that its supply should outpace its relatively tame probable load by about 36 GW.