NYISO locational-based marginal prices averaged $40.31/MWh in Dec., down by about 7% from Nov. and slightly more than 30% from the same month a year ago.

NYISO experienced six days with peak loads of more than 31,000 MW this summer, compared with last summer’s actual peak of 29,677 MW.

FERC granted NYISO a temporary Tariff waiver to allow it to reserve 256 MW of transmission congestion contracts for load-serving entities (LSEs).

The NYISO Business Issues Committee recommended approving extensions of historic fixed-price transmission congestion contracts.