New England's wholesale electricity prices fell last year as a result of lower natural gas prices and slightly lower demand for electricity, according to the 2012 Annual Markets Report.

Gordon van Welie, president and CEO of ISO-NE, is scheduled to join a roundtable discussion on natural gas issues Tuesday, May 14, 2013, with the US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee.

Electricity supplies during the upcoming summer in the six-state New England region are expected to be sufficient to meet consumer demand under normal weather conditions.

ISO-NE and NYISO announce the keynote speakers and panelists participating in their joint energy symposium, "Navigating Change," in May 2013.

ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie described the operational challenges resulting from the region's reliance on natural gas for electricity production March 19, 2013, at a hearing of the US House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power.

ISO-NE and NYISO will jointly host an energy symposium on May 10, 2013, in Boston. The event, "Navigating Change," will address some of the major drivers of change in today's electric industry.

ISO-NE board member Kathryn J. Jackson, PhD, has been elected Vice Chair of the company's Board of Directors, effective immediately.

ISO-NE has filed finalized results from the seventh FCM auction with FERC. The auction procured sufficient generation and demand-side resources to meet the reliability needs of all four zones in 2016/2017.

The seventh Forward Capacity Market auction administered by ISO-NE procured sufficient generation and demand-side resources to meet the region's reliability needs in 2016-2017.

Wholesale electric energy prices fell by nearly 23% last year to their lowest levels since 2003, according to preliminary figures from ISO-NE.