Solar generation met around 29% of New York’s electricity demand with more than 5.6 GW of generation during the noon hour on June 3, reaching a new record for the state, the New York Independent System Operator said Tuesday.
Most of that generation — 5.1 GW — was behind the meter, NYISO said. Front-of-the-meter solar accounted for 530 MW.
NYISO released its annual Power Trends report the same day, detailing declining reliability margins along with “rapid and uncertain” load growth, “underscoring the need for timely and sustained investment across a broad range of resource types.”
Rapid load growth is occuring alongside tightening reliability margins, NYISO said, and large loads themselves “increase system sensitivity to infrastructure delays. Combined with extreme weather, renewable uncertainty, and aging thermal units, load growth reduces margins for unexpected events,” the grid operator added.
At the same time, New York is transitioning toward a winter-peaking system with winter peaks rising more quickly than summer peaks, the report said.
