Hourly Matching Could Reshape Renewable Energy Procurement: What Buyers Need to Know
By Zac Bloom, Vice President, Head of Sustainability and Renewables and Sandy Beauregard, Director of Sustainability Services The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) is undergoing the most significant revision to Scope 2 accounting standards since the release of the original Scope 2 Guidance in 2015. The proposed revisions aim to improve the accuracy and […]
Wyman Station is a Problem Maine Must Solve | Opinion
By Eben Perkins, Chief Strategy Officer Maine doesn’t have a plan to replace the aging facility’s on-demand power once it retires. It’s time to get to work. And our next governor needs to be ready. With its 421-foot stack, Wyman Station towers over Casco Bay from the tip of Cousins Island in Yarmouth. Wyman’s shadow similarly […]
CMP Rate Plans: Recent Developments and Outlook
By Emmett Burns, Associate Manager While many recent conversations in the energy space have centered around the closing of the Strait of Hormuz and the subsequent impact on global commodity prices, there are other recent developments impacting our energy costs on a more local level. Here in Maine, Central Maine Power (CMP) has been busy in recent […]
Summer 2026: Why Capacity Tag Management Matters
By Dan Long, Client Development Coordinator Here’s a simple fact about New England electricity: Just one hour in the summer defines how you are billed for demand for 12 months. That hourly summer peak sets your capacity tag for the following power year as a representation of your contribution to overall grid stress on that […]
Inside the Perfect Storm Driving Today’s High Energy Costs
By Joshua Barber, Managing Director of Pricing “Perfect Storm” Driving High Energy Costs In the last few years, we have seen energy prices not only rise in priority within the energy space, but breakthrough into the class of “kitchen table” issues that lead the news and become top issues in statewide elections. Across the United […]
ISO New England Capacity Auction Reforms Progress Update
By Tarik Cetin, Senior Utility and Regulatory Policy Specialist Competitive Energy Services has been following ISO New England’s (ISO-NE) capacity auction reform conversation for several years, and this update continues that ongoing coverage. Back in March 2024, we took a first look at ISONE’s early thinking on reforming the Forward Capacity Market (FCM) and why […]
Surveying the Current Energy Landscape
By Matt Gamache, COO About a year ago, I wrote a CES Insights blog post about what we might expect from the incoming Trump administration from an energy industry perspective. The primary theme was one of uncertainty as we waded through a deluge of Executive Orders and tried to make sense of the onslaught of […]
NECEC Transmission Line & Cross Town Storage: Welcome Additions to New England’s Electricity Mix
By Eben Perkins, Chief Strategy Officer As we turn the page on 2025 and look forward to the new year, we are set to see two notable changes to the power grid here in New England. First, New England Clean Energy Connect (“NECEC”) is nearing commercial operation after years of delay and controversy. Second, the […]
Finding a “Climate Reset”: Four Perspectives on the Path Forward
By Thea Aslanian, Energy Analyst and Will Dickerman, Senior Energy Analyst Introduction Throughout 2025, several prominent voices in the energy world spoke out to articulate their views on the global energy transition and the future of climate action. In February, Daniel Yergin, Peter Orszag, and Atul Arya kicked off the conversation with “The Troubled Energy […]
2025 Year in Review: CES Insights
By Nina Callanan, Managing Director of Communications & Human Relations Throughout 2025, CES energy experts shared insights on a variety of topics including energy master planning, rate design and the act of changing the peak window to benefit the future of the grid, the U.S. renewable energy sector and how it’s evolving amid policy shifts, […]