New York officials forecast that utilities will have sufficient electric and natural gas capacity for the coming winter, though bills will likely be higher.

New York approved a three-year rate plan for National Grid’s downstate gas companies with provisions for electrification to reduce natural gas demand.

The Texas PUC has ordered ERCOT to waive its protocols and disclose generator-outage data three days after an outage, rather than the standard 60 days.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee approved the membership application of the New England Power Generators Association at its monthly meeting.

ISO-NE briefed the NEPOOL Participants Committee on a project to address the removal of the minimum offer price rule from the capacity market.

ISO-NE officials briefed the NEPOOL Participants Committee on nominations to the RTO’s Board of Directors and operations during last winter.

NYISO locational-based marginal prices averaged $63.70/MWh in February, more than triple the $21.11/MWh average in February 2020.

With four vacancies coming in the next two years, ISO-NE board Chair Kathleen Abernathy briefed NEPOOL on the RTO’s “roadmap” for future appointments.

FERC proposed revisions to its policy statement on natural gas price indices to improve the participation in and formation of the indices.

The NYISO Management Committee endorsed a technical fix to the 2017-2021 capacity demand curve reset.