Operating Committee
NYISO presented the results of Phase 1 of the 2024 Cluster Study process at a special Operating Committee meeting Nov. 4.
The vast majority of the projects in the study are energy storage systems throughout New York. Of the 202 projects in the study, only three were found to be physically infeasible and barred from transitioning to Phase 2 of the cluster study process.
Three projects were examined for the 2025 Expedited Deliverability Study. Only one project, Empire Generating Units 1 and 2, was found to be able to satisfy the NYISO Deliverability Interconnection Standard at its requested capacity resource interconnection service level without system upgrades.
The committee unanimously approved both studies, with one abstention.
ICAP Working Group
The Installed Capacity Working Group received a presentation on the impact on consumers from NYISO’s planned implementation of FERC Order 2222.
NYISO found that reliability would improve from more participation of suppliers in the operating reserves program and that ancillary services prices for 30-minute reserves would increase slightly. No measurable impact was found on the capacity market. The order was also found to increase the price signals of new technologies.
The ISO also presented an update on the Improved Duct Firing Model project. It has identified elements of the model’s design that are incompatible with its current software. The ISO is exploring options, including possible tariff revisions, to implement the FERC-approved model design.
