With bullish demand growth coming from data centers, population growth, and new industrial load, ERCOT will struggle to bring sufficient supply online to meet growth expectations. This imbalance will be further challenged by policy risks at both the federal and state levels that may reduce the available supply of new generation resources.  

In the meantime, ERCOT will continue to ride a weather-dependent knife edge, with scarcity booms during severe heat waves and cold snaps, and price busts when that weather doesn’t materialize and demand is muted.  

Access this webinar now, or read more about Ascend’s upcoming ERCOT forecast release, and the challenges and opportunities for generators, investors, and LSEs.  

With California continuing to decarbonize, the low-hanging solar fruit is disappearing as curtailment and negative prices spread to more months throughout the year. Meanwhile, overnight electricity generation remains emissions-intensive, with fundamental inefficiencies and incompatibilities between the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) slice-of-day RA structure and California Independent System Operator (CAISO) interconnection processes impeding state clean energy goals.  

This webinar will discuss Ascend’s latest CAISO forecast release, discussing the costs of California meeting its clean energy goals, the corresponding outlook for power, RA, and REC prices, as well as challenges and opportunities for generators, investors, and LSEs. 

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Northeast states continue to experience tension between clean energy policy commitments and cost sensitivity. Given offshore wind project cancelations, sustained high clean energy costs, and other factors, meeting state renewable goals will require a number of changes to policies and market structures. At the same time, increasing demand means significant opportunities for renewable energy projects.

In this webinar, Dr. Gary Dorris, CEO at Ascend Analytics, and Dr. Brent Nelson, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy, preview Ascend's latest forecast for the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and ISO-New England (ISO-NE) power markets. Leveraging Ascend's proprietary market intelligence, they discuss opportunities for what and where to add capacity resources, the impact of the recent executive order opposing offshore wind development, and the implications of demand growth as both ISOs evolve into winter peaking systems.

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As demand for clean energy soars in Europe, certain policies and market structures in Great Britain and the Netherlands continue to undermine the economics of renewable energy project development.

In this webinar, Dr. Gary Dorris, CEO at Ascend Analytics, and Dr. Brent Nelson, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy, preview Ascend's most recent energy market forecasts for Great Britain and the Netherlands. Leveraging Ascend's proprietary energy market intelligence, they discuss the impact of gas prices on the European energy transition, what must change in both countries to facilitate profitable renewable energy project development, and opportunities for where and when to invest in clean energy projects in Great Britain and the Netherlands.

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Low capacity prices in PJM and MISO have been the norm for years. Load growth and improved reliability modeling has driven a resurgence in capacity value, creating revenue opportunities for resources that can be online when reliability risks are high. All signs in both ISOs point to a thermal renaissance.

In this webinar, Dr. Gary Dorris, CEO at Ascend Analytics, and Dr. Brent Nelson, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy, preview Ascend's latest PJM and MISO market forecasts. They also discuss market updates, as well as where, what and when to add capacity resources.

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Surplus solar in the Southwest has turned the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) upside down to create a new north and south divide, where the south has become the low-cost center of power while the north has some of the most consistent high power prices in the country.

In this webinar previewing Ascend's WECC Market Outlook, Dr. Gary Dorris, CEO at Ascend Analytics, Dr. Brent Nelson, Managing Director of Markets and Strategy, and Dominique Bain, Energy Markets Economist, discuss a market expansion tipping point in WECC. Leveraging Ascend MI™ energy market intelligence, they also highlight rapidly accelerating opportunities for renewable energy project development and contracting in the western US.

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In this webinar, we discuss our outlook on the SPP power market, identifying key dynamics and opportunities for renewables and storage.