MISO has issued a cold weather alert for several balancing authorities in its North and Central regions for Jan. 29 through Feb. 1.

ISO-NE said it expects to have sufficient capacity on hand this winter to meet load, which it forecasts will peak at 20,357 MW in normal conditions.

The Mid-Atlantic region experienced heavy precipitation this summer that was great for hydro generation, PJM staff told the Operating Committee.

Lessons from the Jan. 17 MISO South emergency resulted in smoother management of the Sept. 15 emergency in the region, RTO officials told stakeholders.

NYISO experienced six days with peak loads of more than 31,000 MW this summer, compared with last summer’s actual peak of 29,677 MW.

A systemwide emergency, market innovations and the relatively calm summer topped the discussions at MISO’s Board of Directors meetings.

MISO declared a maximum generation alert Sept. 17 because of tight reserve levels amid forced outages and hotter-than-expected temperatures.

MISO has sufficient resources available to cope with warm conditions this fall, although there is a risk it may be forced to order emergency procedures.

Hot and humid weather and several unplanned generator outages sent ISO-NE power prices soaring Monday and led the RTO to purchase emergency energy.

MISO issued two maximum generation alerts and conservative operations declarations because of severe weather in June and a heatwave in July.