Road To New England -- January 29, 2021

A huge "thank you" to a reader for reminding me about ISO New England. With so much going on, I had forgotten. 

From a reader:

• cold snap in New England affection wholesale electricity
• oil is generating more power than wind through much of the day
• coal-fueled is maxxed out at the ~765 Mw capacity of the 2 remaining coal plants in New Hampshire
• the fact that over 1,000 Mw is being generated this early AM from oil indicates that the dual-fueled plants (gas/oil) are burning oil as the single dedicated oil plant in Yarmouth, Maine only has ~825 Mw capacity.
• this evening's 'rush hour' peak should be interesting to observe (if I remember, I will check).
  

Link here.

The graphics:

• New Englanders burning a lot of oil and coal to stay warm;
• oil: 5%
• coal: 5%
  
• spot price of electricity trending toward $200 / MWh;
• now that the grid has "caught up," only $85 / MWh

Natural gas in only able to meet 50% of demand.