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.
Read Full ReportBC 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.
Read Full ReportThe 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.
Read Full ReportThe 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.
Read Full ReportOn 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.
Read Full ReportWe 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?
Read Full ReportThe 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.
Read Full ReportAn 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.
Read Full Report2022 was a record-breaking year that saw the highest price, the highest recorded Alberta Internal Load (AIL), and the greatest number of wind and solar additions yet . The year also had the highest frequency of hours of congestion observed in the system, especially in the South planning area.
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