ISO New England (ISO-NE)

ESAI delivers fundamentals-based outlooks to help investors, IPPs, lenders, developers, and traders navigate the ISO-New England power markets. ISO New England Inc. (ISO-NE) is an independent, non-profit Regional transmission organization (RTO), headquartered in Holyoke, Massachusetts, serving virtually all of the New England states; Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. ISO-NE oversees the operation of the 32,000 megawatt bulk electric power system and transmission lines in New England, generated and transmitted by its member utilities. The ISO-NE grid does not extend to remote parts of eastern and northern Maine in Washington and Aroostook Counties. In these areas, residents receive their electricity from Canadian providers such as NB Power and Hydro-Québec. ISO-NE was created in 1997 as a replacement for the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), which was created in 1971.

Subscribers receive timely updates on Capacity Auctions, RGGI and MA CO₂ programs, Class I RECs markets, and federal, regional and state policy changes—along with long-term forecasts for Power, Natural Gas, Capacity, RECs, and Emissions for ISO-NE. Our research and market updates helps clients to:

Make critical investment and trading decisions.
Invest in, value and refinance power plants.
Conduct effective energy asset revenue and gross margin analysis.
Validate Asset valuation models and projections.
Get detailed supply and demand analysis including forecasts of projects in the interconnection queues and power plant retirements.
Stay up to date with unbiased near-term and long-term price forecasts.
Understand and manage market and regulatory risks.
Test analytical models.
Industry standard Benchmark Energy forecasts for Capacity, Carbon, RECs, Energy & NatGas price forecasts in PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE and MISO.

Benchmark Energy Research for ISO-NE

ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction Track Record

Request a report analyzing ESAI Power’s Pre-Auction Capacity Price forecast for ISO-NE’s Forward Capacity Markets (FCA’s) over the past 7 Capacity Auctions. This report compares our pre-auction forecast with actual FCA results across defined locational deliverability areas (LDA) for the past seven ISO-NE Capacity Auctions.

ESAI Power continuously monitors and analyzes the capacity markets in ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM and MISO. Capacity market projections incorporate detailed assessments of market drivers, including load projections, demand curve parameters, new capacity and retirements, and transmission constraints that impact locational delivery and pricing.

ISO New England Blog Posts

ISO-NE FCA18 Auction Dynamics and Capacity Price Forecast | Capacity Watch Blog

January 23, 2024

In ESAI’s latest Capacity Watch report, we analyze ISO-NE FCA18, Forward Capacity Auction. ESAI's coverage includes auction parameters, qualified capacity, and expected auction dynamics. These are all detailed in our Capacity Watch report.

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ISO-NE Forward Capacity Auction Track Record

ISO New England Blog Posts

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