January Operations Report

NYISO on Monday updated the Operating Committee on January operations performance and how the early-February cold snap event impacted the grid.

ISO Vice President of Operations Aaron Markham said peak load for the month occurred on Jan. 31, at 20,641 MW, lower than the 22,004-MW peak load for the winter and far below the record of 25,738 MW, set in January 2014.

The cold weather event, which occurred Feb. 3 to 4, did not drop temperatures as much as during the December winter storm, but it caused roughly 2,000 MW of day-ahead-committed generation to become unavailable in real time.

Markham told stakeholders that a full operations report on the February cold weather event would be shared in March.

Emergency Operations

Stakeholders approved manual updates for manual emergency operations.

The manual provides rules and regulations that NYISO and market participants must follow in the event of a power system disturbance to both prevent further disruption and restore normal operations as soon as possible. The revisions include removing references of shift supervisor throughout, updating indexed tables and clarifying contingencies for non-NYISO controlled facilities.

FERC Interconnection Waivers

NYISO attorney Sara Keegan told stakeholders that 22 generation projects requested interconnection waivers from FERC to participate in the forthcoming 2023 Class Year study, but only 13 waivers were granted.

FERC granted eight waivers on Thursday and five more on Friday. (See related story, FERC Grants Interconnection Waivers to 8 NY Renewable Projects.)