March 13, 2023
The ISO New England Forward Capacity Market (FCA 17) for the 2026-27 term cleared at a preliminary price of $2.590 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) in all zones and import interfaces except the New Brunswick interface, which cleared at $2.551 per kW-month.
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December 12, 2022
Utility Had Sought To Pass-Through Costs, With Estimates Used In Rate Setting (With Reconciliation Nonbypassable)
The Massachusetts DPU denied a petition from National Grid which had sought to exclude the responsibility for costs resulting from the ISO New England Mystic Cost of Service Agreement from electricity basic service (default service) bids, with bidders instead passing through to National Grid their…
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November 23, 2022
The New Hampshire PUC denied a request from Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) to modify PSNH's default service process to provide that PSNH may self-supply, through ISO-NE market purchases, any unfilled default service tranches to the extent an RFP fails, and denied PSNH's…
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November 21, 2022
EDC Seeks Confidential Technical Session With PUC, Consumer Advocate To Review RFP Results Versus Alternatives
Public Service Company of New Hampshire (Eversource) has petitioned the New Hampshire PUC to modify the current default energy service framework to allow the potential for PSNH to self-supply default service based on ISO-NE market procurements, and to provide for a confidential technical session…
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November 17, 2022
Utility Says Action Would Lower SOS Rates In Time Of Rising Prices
National Grid has filed a petition at the Massachusetts DPU to exclude the responsibility for costs resulting from the ISO New England Mystic Cost of Service Agreement from electricity basic service (default service) bids, with bidders instead passing through to National Grid their actual costs…
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September 26, 2022
National Grid in Massachusetts has filed with the DPU a proposed alternative basic service procurement plan for its large industrial customer group (General Service – Demand G-2 customers, and General Service – Time-of-Use G-3 customers), after it did not award any supply for the industrial customer…
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March 10, 2022
ISO New England released preliminary clearing prices for its Forward Capacity Market (FCA 16) for the 2025-26 term.
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January 27, 2022
Sunwave Gas & Power has informed customers in New England that Sunwave will no longer be serving customers in the ISO-NE market
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February 12, 2021
ISO New England released preliminary clearing prices for its Forward Capacity Market (FCA 15) for the 2024-25 term.
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January 11, 2021
FERC, in a 2-1 vote, approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and NRG Power Marketing LLC (collectively, the Parties) to resolve Enforcement’s investigation into whether NRG Power Marketing LLC violated the ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE)…
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November 25, 2020
FERC approved a Stipulation and Consent Agreement (Agreement) between its Office of Enforcement (Enforcement) and Richard Silkman (Silkman) and Competitive Energy Services, LLC (CES) (together, Respondents) (Enforcement and Respondents collectively, the Parties) which resolves (a) the Commission's…
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October 15, 2020
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont, Maine Governor Janet Mills, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo, and Vermont Governor Phil Scott are calling for reform of the regional electricity market design, transmission planning process, and the governance of the ISO-New…
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October 2, 2020
Bill Also Requires Study Of Wholesale Market, RTO Membership; Conflict With State Environmental Goals
The Connecticut House and Senate have passed H.B. No. 7006 which empowers the Connecticut PURA to order retail electric suppliers to pay restitution to customers or to pay a combination of a fine and restitution
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July 16, 2020
FERC denied a complaint filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC (Liberty) against Eversource Energy Company (Eversource) and ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) in which Liberty alleged that ISO-NE inappropriately refused to correct a billing error that arose from Eversource’s reporting to ISO-NE load…
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March 23, 2020
ISO New England filed an answer at FERC opposing a petition filed by Liberty Power Holdings LLC in which Liberty is seeking a billing adjustment related to a utility billing error, as the ISO said that, "Liberty had numerous occasions to detect the error and request that it be corrected pursuant to…
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March 3, 2020
Liberty Power Holdings, LLC ('Liberty') hereby files a Complaint against Eversource Energy Company ('Eversource') and ISO-New England, Inc. ('ISO-NE') at FERC in which Liberty seeks compensation for what Liberty alleges is improperly calculated and billed charges relating to Load that was not the…
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February 6, 2020
ISO New England's 14th Forward Capacity Market (FCM) primary auction (FCA #14), for the delivery year 2023-2024, closed at a preliminary clearing price of $2.00 per kilowatt-month (kW-month) across New England, compared to $3.80/kW-month in last year’s auction.
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November 25, 2019
In ruling on an ISO New England compliance filing relating to electric storage participation in the wholesale market, FERC directed changes to ensure that electric storage resources will not pay both the wholesale and retail price for the same charging energy
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September 25, 2019
The results from the ISO New England capacity auction for the 2022/2023 Capacity Commitment (FCA 13) have taken effect by operation of law, after FERC did not render a decision on ISO-NE's results filing
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September 3, 2019
September 3 , 2019
FERC has extended until April 15, 2020 for ISO-NE to file a long-term fuel security mechanism.
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August 28, 2019
Report, "May Assist Market Participants With Their Estimations Of Forward Capacity Market Monthly Cost Allocations To Load Obligation"
ISO New England said in a market notice that, a new report, which the ISO said may assist market participants with their estimations of Forward Capacity Market monthly cost allocations to load obligation starting in the 2022-2023 capacity commitment period, is now available on the ISO New England…
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August 7, 2019
Costs Will Be Allocated To Retail Suppliers, Load
Due to the lack of action by FERC, ISO New England's proposed Inventoried Energy Program has become effective by operation of law.
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July 17, 2019
Says OCC Ignores Scaling Factor, Other Impacts On Capacity Costs
Spark Energy LLC has requested that the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority hold a hearing in PURA's proceeding addressing a declaratory ruling regarding the altering of the prices in fixed-price contracts, specifically, with respect to ISO charges
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June 14, 2019
The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority has requested briefing in its proceeding that was opened to determine if retail electric suppliers’ practices of altering the terms of a fixed-price contract constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices, including but not limited to altering…
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March 26, 2019
ISO New England has filed at FERC for approval to implement an inventoried energy program for the winters of 2023-2024 and 2024-2025
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