Publications

May 2023 Alberta Electricity Newsletter: Imports Into Alberta Reverse Trend In 2023

Efficiency between markets is determined by the interplay of prices and costs. When one market offers lower prices compared to another, it tends to export more power, while higher prices result in increased power imports. Thus, a positive correlation is expected between prices and imports, and a negative correlation between prices and exports.

May 2023 Ontario Electricity Market Update: IESO Announces Initial Results of E-LT 1 RFP and Same Technology Upgrade Solicitation

In May the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) released initial results from the Expedited Long-Term Request for Proposals (E-LT 1 RFP), procuring 318.5 MW of gas-fired generation and roughly 780 MW of battery storage under the Category 1 storage category. Additional storage capacity is likely to follow from the so-called Category 2 storage proposals, i.e., those proposals whose price exceeded an undisclosed IESO threshold and which were referred to the Canadian Infrastructure Bank (CIB) to seek potential price reductions through lower project financing costs.

Summary and Commentary of BC Hydro Signpost Update for 2021 Integrated Resource Plan

BC Hydro filed its Signpost Update for their 2021 Integrated Resource Plan (2021 IRP) with the BC Utilities Commission (BCUC). As the name suggest, the Signpost Update updates the 2021 IRP to reflect changes in system needs that go beyond the capabilities of Near-Term actions.

Expedited Long-Term RFP and Same Technology Upgrade Results

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has released initial results from the Expedited Long-Term Request for Proposals (E-LT RFP), procuring 318.5 MW of gas-fired generation under the non-storage category and roughly 780 MW under the Category 1 storage category.

Battery Systems <5 MW begin capturing New York VDER revenue

The amount of operational battery storage in New York is relatively small but poised for significant growth. A New York Public Service Commission press release indicated that just 130 megawatts of energy storage in total was operating in the state as of November 2022. A wide variety of incentive programs, such as the Bridge Incentive program, have supported these projects.

A Proposal for Clean Energy Corporate Power Purchase Agreements in Ontario

On April 26 at the Ontario Energy Association Speaker Event in Toronto, Jason Chee-Aloy (Managing Director) delivered a proposal for clean energy corporate PPAs in Ontario and described how such PPAs are increasingly driving development of renewable electricity supply and economic development across multiple jurisdictions.

Whose Energy Storage Offer Is It Anyway?

We have been asked repeatedly how Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) (“storage”) will operate in Ontario’s wholesale energy market in the coming years, which led us to ask: what goes into a storage offer anyway?

March 2023 Ontario Electricity Market Update: What's Next For Procurements in Ontario?

The Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) is in the last stages of the Expedited Long-Term 1 Request for Proposals (E-LT1 RFP) for the procurement of new electricity reliability services.

March 2023 Alberta Electricity Newsletter: Managing the Energy Transition: Reliability and Connection

Challenges of Developing and Building New Transmission Facilities

An important contributor to the challenges of developing and building new transmission facilities is that the broad-based benefits that the facilities offer typically are realized by different parties: (1) the customer or transmission rights holder; (2) the transmission system operator or transmission owner; and (3) society.