ISO-NE Monitor David Patton presented his 2019 assessment of the RTO, comparing its markets with others in the East and making several recommendations.

MISO’s Monitor issued five new recommendations in its annual State of the Market report, focusing on seams and efficient use of the transmission system.

Potomac Economics’ 2019 State of the Market Report for NYISO adds five recommendations while concluding the ISO’s markets “performed competitively” in 2019.

PJM’s first-quarter energy prices fell to their lowest level since the RTO was created in 1999, according to the Monitor’s State of the Market report.

SPP’s Market Monitoring Unit released the final version of its 2019 State of the Market report and a study on improving issues across the MISO seam.

ISO-NE’s wholesale market costs last fall declined 38% year over year to $1.5 billion, with both energy and capacity market costs decreasing significantly.

Lower natural gas prices and increased renewable penetration pushed wholesale power prices down sharply in most of the country last year.

The average load-weighted, real-time LMP in PJM was $27.32/MWh last year, a 28.6% decrease from 2018 and the lowest in the RTO’s 21-year history.

SPP’s Marketing Monitoring Unit has scheduled a pair of webinars over the next two weeks to discuss reports it has recently released.

CAISO reported lower wholesale electricity prices during the third quarter, driven by lower natural gas costs and fewer transmission constraints.