ISO New England generation fleet to grow: COO

摘要

As ISO New England market participants awaited Monday's beginningrnof the independent system operator's 10th Forward Capacity Auctionrnfor the planning year 2019-2020, they learned that almost 9.4 GW ofrngeneration is already expected to be added by that time.rnDuring the New England Power Pool Participants Committeernmeeting, Vamsi Chadalavada, the ISO's executive vice president andrnCOO, reported that while total capacity, which includes demandrnresponse, is projected to decrease by 396 MW in 2016, it is expected tornincrease by almost 9.8 GW the following three years.rnHowever, about 4.1 GW of that total is wind and other renewables,rnand wind is an intermittent resource of which only a fraction may bernavailable at peak demand periods.rnAs a point of reference, ISO New England's peak load in Januaryrnwas 19,412 MW on January 19.