Status Check

Abby and Tim take a look back at last week's extreme heat across markets, congestion patterns, demand destruction, and resource performance from SPP to New England.

Following a relatively quiet week across the markets, Abby and Tim dig into trends they have been seeing in the markets over the past few months, including estimated data center load buildouts in PJM and the impact of battery storage in CAISO. Looking ahead, we break down the risks posed by extreme heat in the Eastern Interconnect, potentially record-breaking load levels, a holiday gas package, th...

This week, Abby and Tim break down a new June 4CP peak in ERCOT, including Tim’s contribution to that demand, unsettled weather in the Central US, renewable records in the West, and look ahead towards another hot Monday in Texas and continued unsettled weather.

Following a volatile week, Abby and Tim break down price action in Nevada driven by failed ramp rates, demand destruction in MISO and COMED, the impact of strong demand around PJM’s data centers in Virginia and Ohio, and look ahead at an unsettled holiday week. 

In the first episode since meteorological summer began, Abby and Tim break down the opening days of 4CP season in ERCOT, CHPE flows in NYISO, more volatility in PJM, and natural gas fundamentals

Following a short holiday week, Abby and Tim dive into DA sensitivities in the new western markets, extreme congestion in data center alley, continued volatility on the New England Clean Energy Connect, and what to watch out for as we enter meteorological summer and coincidence peak season. 

With Abby out this week, Tim is joined by a special guest, Co-Founder and Head of Strategy at Grid Status, Connor Waldoch. They discussed how markets dealt with high cooling load in the East, power flow dynamics in New York with the addition of the CHPE, ERCOT’s large load forecast, and the evergreen topic of the impact of data centers on electricity rates. 

In a busy episode, Abby and Tim break down a host of new records in the West, April curtailment trends, Tim’s trip to the PJM Meeting in Baltimore, the launch of the CHPE, and a round of heat in the East next week.

Abby and Tim break down the first week of operations in EDAM, hydro availability in the west heading into summer, CHPE-driven volatility in New York, data center alley congestion, and the increasingly healthy nuclear fleet. 

Abby and Tim break down the first Day-Ahead clear of CAISO’s EDAM program, the first anniversary of the launch of IESO’s nodal market, Conastone 500kV XF congestion in PJM, and MISO summer capacity prices. 

Abby and Tim break down the launch of SunZia, news first broken on Grid Status, EDAM preparation, how PJM is handling early-season record-breaking heat, and another round of challenges plaguing Vineyard Wind. 

Abby and Tim break down a week of pricing trends in SPP West, solar records in New England, including BTM calculation methodology, CAISO wind re-powering, and the compounding impacts of warm weather and high outages across the East Coast next week. 

Abby and Tim break down the SPP West expansion, CAISO and MISO records, delayed nuclear outages in NYISO, PJM congestion, and why ISO-NE might see elevated prices starting next week. 

 Abby and Tim break down new storage records in CAISO and ERCOT, how the western US is grappling with record heat, increasing nuclear outages, and two offshore wind milestones in New England. 

Abby and Tim break down the bullish impact of daylight saving time across markets, the return of nuclear units in the East, and look ahead at market developments in SPP and what to expect in New England ahead of Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade. 

Meteorological spring is here, and shoulder season is in full swing across the country. Abby and Tim break down export trends in the West, volatile congestion in Virginia, natural gas futures with the war in Iran, and nuclear outages and returns. 

While Boston shovels out from another snowstorm, Abby and Tim break down developments in offshore wind, nuclear derates, renewable-driven congestion, and changes to the Western markets coming down the line. 

Abby and Tim preview another Northeast snowstorm, examine battery storage behavior in MISO, rainfall in CAISO, RTO West expansion, and assess the impact of the Calvert Cliffs nuclear refueling outage in PJM.

Following springlike temperatures across the West, Abby and Tim discuss rising solar-driven congestion in CAISO, Super Bowl demand impacts, Western Market expansion, LNG deliveries into New England, and declining oil generation as the Northeast thaws.

Ahead of another arctic blast in the Northeast, Tim and Abby break down the landscape following Winter Storm Fern, including oil and gas inventories nationwide, PacifiCorp parallel operations, and record breaking solar generation in ERCOT. 

In a very special episode, Tim and Abby are live from the Grid Status office in Chicago, breaking down Fern and its impacts across the central and eastern United States.

With low temperatures, snow, and ice on the horizon for much of the eastern US, Tim and Abby break down what's on their minds and the signals they're looking out for in the days ahead.

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