NYISO stakeholders heard about the tension between public policy pushes for zero-emission generation, the aging grid, increasing customer costs and concerns about winter peaking.

NYISO unexpectedly pulled a vote on modeling improvements for capacity accreditation from the Management Committee’s agenda, delaying further discussion until April 9.

FERC was flooded with comments on a wide-ranging complaint filed by electricity consumers seeking increased oversight of local transmission planning.

While NYISO operated reliably last winter, the season provided “continued examples of limited flexibility on the gas system,” ISO staff told the Operating Committee.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved, in concept, implementation of the ISO’s new firm fuel election process and requirements as part of its changes to capacity accreditation.

FERC approved including additional expense accounts in New York Transco’s new company-wide formula rate over the protests of the Public Service Commission and New York City.

NYISO and its stakeholders continued their review of the capacity market’s structure with at-times philosophical debate on the market’s purpose in New York

NYISO presented its assumptions for the economic and electrification trends that would drive load growth through the 2040s based on Moody’s Analytics data, which show statewide population to “significantly” decline.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the province will enact retaliatory 25% tariffs on its electricity transports to the U.S. or even halt exports if President Donald Trump doesn’t stand down in a burgeoning trade war.

A Brattle Group study found that New York could achieve 8.5 GW in “grid flexibility” measures by 2040, saving consumers more than $2 billion a year.