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 […]

No New England Forward Capacity Auction This Year?

By Simon Pritchard, Managing Director of Analytics As regular readers of the Competitive Energy Services Insider Newsletter may recall from past years, the March-April newsletters typically feature an update on the latest New England Forward Capacity Auction (FCA). The FCA is the process by which the New England regional grid operator, ISO New England (ISO-NE), […]

Fuel Security Update: New England and Beyond

By Max Webb, Managing Director of Pricing Analytics Back in February 2023, Larry Pignataro and I co-authored a blog titled, Fuel Security: New England’s Biggest Winter Concern, inspired by a topic that CES clients regularly ask about and one that is a constant in today’s changing energy landscape. Though winter is well behind us, the […]

ISO-NE’s Upcoming Forward Capacity Auction Reforms

By Conor Larkin, Energy Analyst ISO New England’s Forward Capacity Market (FCM) determines the electric generation capacity needed to ensure grid reliability under peak summer and winter demand conditions in the region. The Forward Capacity Auction (FCA) sets the price at which existing and new power resources are compensated for the reliable capacity they provide. […]