Energy Market Daily Digest — July 9, 2026
Market status — July 9, 2026 PJMWATCH NYISOWATCH ERCOTWATCH ISO-NENORMAL MISONORMAL CAISONORMAL Emergency Elevated Watch Normal PJM — Post-heat-wave 5CP assessment underway as loads return to seasonal norms 5CP Capacity Tags: Last week’s heat wave drove a preliminary hourly integrated peak of 161,910 MW on July 1, with July 2 forecast as high as 166,241 […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 8, 2026
Market status — July 8, 2026 PJMWATCH NYISOWATCH ERCOTWATCH ISO-NENORMAL MISONORMAL CAISONORMAL Emergency Elevated Watch Normal PJM — Standing down from last week’s emergency; 5CP tag hours likely set 5CP Capacity Tags: The June 30–July 4 heat dome almost certainly locked in several 5CP candidate hours. PJM reported instantaneous load of roughly 162,700 MW on […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 6, 2026
Market status — July 6, 2026 PJMemergency NYISOnormal ERCOTnormal ISO-NEelevated MISOnormal CAISOnormal Emergency Elevated Watch Normal Morning briefing for Monday, July 6, 2026. The story of the past several days is the Eastern heat dome: PJM, NYISO, ISO-NE, and MISO all ran at or near record demand through the July 4 holiday weekend, with federal […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 5, 2026
Market status — July 5, 2026 PJMelevated NYISOelevated ERCOTnormal ISO-NEelevated MISOwatch CAISOnormal Emergency Elevated Watch Normal Morning briefing for July 5, 2026. The story of the week remains the historic Eastern heat wave that pushed PJM to the brink of a 20-year-old demand record and triggered federal emergency orders. Conditions are easing over the holiday […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 4, 2026
Market status — July 4, 2026 PJMnormal NYISOnormal ERCOTnormal ISO-NEnormal MISOnormal CAISOnormal Emergency Elevated Watch Normal Morning briefing for July 4, 2026. The story of the week remains the historic Eastern heat dome: PJM likely broke its all-time peak demand record on July 2, NYISO declared an Energy Watch, and MISO printed four-digit LMPs. Conditions […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 3, 2026
Market status — July 3, 2026 PJMemergency NYISOelevated ERCOTelevated ISO-NEelevated MISOelevated CAISOelevated Emergency Elevated Watch Normal Morning briefing for July 3, 2026. A historic early-July heat dome over the eastern half of the country drove record demand, four-digit day-ahead prices, and federal emergency orders across multiple ISOs this week. Here is what matters today. PJM […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 2, 2026
A historic early-July heat dome is driving the biggest story in wholesale power markets today: PJM is forecast to break its 20-year-old all-time demand record, federal emergency orders are active in the Mid-Atlantic, and tight conditions extend across NYISO, MISO, and ISO-NE. ERCOT and CAISO are comparatively calm. Details by market below. PJM — Record […]
Energy Market Daily Digest — July 2, 2026
Market status — July 2, 2026 PJMemergency NYISOwatch ERCOTelevated ISO-NEnormal MISOnormal CAISOwatch Emergency Elevated Watch Normal PJM — Grid Emergency in Effect Emergency Orders: The DOE issued two emergency orders through July 3 as PJM forecast a potential all-time demand record of 166,304 MW — topping the 2006 peak of 165,563 MW. Demand Response: Data […]