New England electricity market (ISO-NE)

• There is only a single trading hub in the New England region. The price at thsi hub are based on selected nodes around the Boston area.
• New England has to import fuel for almost all of its power generation requirements.
• The marginal fuel for the region is natural gas. The bulk of this supply comes from the U.S. Gulf Coast and eastern Canada.
• There are efforts to augment this supply by constructing liquefied natural gas terminals in Massachusetts.
• Most of the population in New England is in the southern part of the region: Connecticut and the area around the city of Boston, Massachusetts. In contrast, the northern part of the region is relatively unpopulated.