Patrick McGarry discusses how COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders have provided insight into a potentially permanent change in electricity demand.

The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying recession will significantly reduce electricity demand in California through 2023.

Economy-wide carbon dioxide emissions in New England fell by 28 to 34% between March and June versus a year earlier.

The PJM Operating Committee endorsed changes to Manual 1 to expand the use of synchrophasors and make them a requirement for certain projects under the RTEP.

PJM's Planning Committee endorsed the use of a 13-year load model with data from 2002-2014 for the 2020 reserve requirement study.

MISO said it will begin hunting for solutions to mitigate the gap between LMRs that clear capacity auctions and what actually happens in emergencies.

ISO-NE analysis suggests that summer demand from June 1 to July 11 was consistent with the 2020 CELT forecast despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The New England Power Pool Reliability Committee narrowly approved changes to ISO-NE’s gross load forecast reconstitution methodology.

PJM is looking to select a new load model for the 2020 reserve requirement study focused on the 2024/25 delivery year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has added complexity to near-term electricity demand forecasting, but long-term impacts remain unclear, FERC commissioners heard.