RTO INSIDER | NYISO Looks to Enhance ICAP Market Design
March 1, 2021 | NYISO would like to align studies for setting the statewide installed reserve margin with those for establishing locational minimum installed capacity requirements.
Media Coverage
POLITICO | Transmission poised to address reliability issues from New York City peaker retirements
February 25, 2021 | The closure of high-emitting power plants in New York City because of state regulations can likely be addressed with transmission investments and operational changes, according to the state’s independent grid operator.
RTO INSIDER | NYISO Proposes ‘Grid in Transition’ Metrics
February 14, 2021 | NYISO proposed a three-tier approach for working on projects in its Grid in Transition initiative and how to measure their effects.
GREENTECH MEDIA | How US Grid Operators Plan To Tackle Energy Storage at Gigawatt Scale
February 11, 2021 | How can U.S. transmission grids and wholesale energy markets adapt to the gigawatts of energy storage coming online over the next decade?
RTO INSIDER | RTOs Planning to Ride Energy Storage Wave
February 7, 2021 | Faced with varying waves of energy storage resources, grid operators are taking steps to accommodate devices that are sitting in their interconnection queues.
S&P GLOBAL | Grid operators detail opportunities, challenges presented by hybrid resources
February 5, 2021 | The status of hybrid energy resource participation in wholesale power markets largely dominated a Feb. 4 policy discussion among representatives of the nation's regional grid operators.
POLITICO | Con Edison pitches transmission investments to address peaker retirements, boost renewables
February 2, 2021 | Con Edison pitches transmission investments to address peaker retirements, boost renewables
POWER MARKETS TODAY | NYISO wants storage to share interconnection requests
February 1, 2021 | CSR request would change energy, ancillary markets -- NYISO asked FERC Friday to approve changes to its rules to let energy storage located next to wind or solar generator . . .
SYRACUSE POST STANDARD | OpEd: Union Leader: Let carbon pricing move NY toward renewable energy goals
December 15, 2020 | Ted Skerpon is president and business manager of IBEW Local Union 97, in Syracuse.
S&P GLOBAL | FEATURE: NYISO looks to market rules, transmission planning in 2021
December 14, 2020 | The New York Independent System Operator will work with federal and state regulators on buyer-side mitigation rules, energy storage rules, transmission development and its Comprehensive Reliability Plan in 2021 as the state pushes ahead with energy transition initiatives, NYISO President and CEO Rich Dewey recently told S&P Global Platts.
POWER MARKETS TODAY | NYISO seeks change credit calculations for TCCs
November 30, 2020 | November 30, 2020 -- NYISO last week asked FERC to change its credit requirement calculations for some transmission congestion contracts (TCC) to better align requirements with the risks . . .
WETM | New York electrical grid ready to meet upcoming winter demand
November 24, 2020 | The statewide electrical grid has announced their preparedness efforts to meet demands for the upcoming winter season.
ALBANY TIMES UNION | Electricity supply more than adequate this winter, NYISO says
November 23, 2020 | The New York Independent System Operator said Monday that the state has more than enough electric generating capacity to meet peak demand this winter.
POLITICO | NYISO to mull more capacity market revisions to integrate renewables, storage
October 28, 2020 | See link
RTO INSIDER | FERC: Send Us Your Carbon Pricing Plans
October 16, 2020 | FERC invited states to introduce carbon pricing in wholesale markets but said it had no authority to initiate such programs itself.
ALBANY TIMES UNION | Commentary: Protect jobs, cut carbon emissions to improve New York
October 9, 2020 | Nobody multi-tasks like New Yorkers. From the gleaming asphalt of the “City that Never Sleeps” to the well-tilled earth upstate, Empire Staters never waste a minute. So when it comes to protecting jobs and cutting carbon emissions, why not do both?
RTO INSIDER | Update: FERC Urged to Embrace Carbon Pricing
October 5, 2020 | Most panelists urged FERC to support state and RTO efforts to introduce carbon pricing during a daylong technical conference.
UTILITY DIVE | FERC has legal authority to implement a carbon price, experts tell commissioners
October 2, 2020 | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does have the legal authority to implement a carbon price, legal experts agreed during a Wednesday technical conference on carbon pricing.
UTILITY DIVE | NYISO hightlights case for carbon pricing days before hightly-anticipated FERC conference
September 29, 2020 | New York's grid operator is hoping a highly-anticipated carbon pricing conference will convince federal regulators that carbon pricing is the most efficient way for the wholesale power markets to support state decarbonization goals.
ALBANY TIMES UNION | New Yorkers back carbon pricing for electricity, poll finds
September 28, 2020 | Siena College and the New York Independent System Operator released a new poll on Monday that found a majority of New Yorkers approve of factoring the social and environmental cost of carbon into the price of wholesale electricity.