NYISO and ISO-NE Forecast Preview: On Again Off (Shore) Again Relationships

Despite aggressive clean energy mandates in New York and the New England states, cost concerns have begun to test policy commitments. Rising peak demand, increasing capacity prices, a shift to winter peaks, and a scarcity of capacity resources further complicates the renewable energy development outlook in New York ISO (NYISO) and New England ISO (ISO-NE).

In a recent webinar, Dr. Gary Dorris, CEO of Ascend Analytics, and Dr. Brent Nelson, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy, discussed key developments, updates, and complications in northeastern energy markets, as well as Ascend's latest market forecasts for NYISO and ISO-NE.

Key Takeaways

• While policy support for clean energy goals remain robust, even progressive policymakers have publicly expressed concern about high offshore wind costs. With expensive resources needed to meet decarbonization goals, policy adherence and cost sensitivity in NYISO and ISO-NE will need to be monitored.
• While recent headwinds related to inflation, interest rates, and supply chain woes have been disruptive to in-process or previously contracted offshore wind projects, many of these projects will be resubmitted in future procurements in order to help meet aggressive clean energy mandates.
• Resubmitted offshore wind projects will see some inflation protection through cost indexing, and bidders will also likely price in the potential costs of breaking contracts and larger buffers to reflect off-takers' unwillingness to renegotiate, ultimately driving higher offer prices.
• Renewable resource constraints coupled with a restrictive regulatory environment severely limit the low-cost supply options available to meet clean energy demand in NYISO and ISO-NE.
• Underpinned by analysis from Ascend Market Intelligence™, the webinar offers guidance for where, what, and when to add new capacity resources in NYISO and ISO-NE.

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