NYISO emergencies this year
How many days NYISO has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
NYISO emergencies this year
How many days NYISO has been under a capacity alert, warning or emergency this year, which days they were, how far up the ladder each went, and what is in effect now.
NYISO capacity emergency days in 2026
In effect now
Normal
No capacity declaration across the footprint
EEA days in 2026
0
NERC Energy Emergency Alert, any level
Warning or emergency days in 2026
17
17 days with any capacity alert · 0 covered all of NYISO
Days with a capacity declaration in 2026
- Sun, Jan 25Emergency action
- Mon, Jan 26Emergency action
- Tue, Jan 27Emergency action
- Wed, Jan 28Emergency action
- Thu, Jan 29Emergency action
- Fri, Jan 30Emergency action
- Sat, Feb 7Emergency action
- Sun, Feb 8Emergency action
- Thu, Jun 11Emergency action
- Wed, Jul 1
What this shows
NYISO's ladder
NYISO moves the New York Control Area between Normal, Warning, Alert, Major Emergency and Restoration operating states, and declares NERC Energy Emergency Alerts for capacity shortfalls. Only capacity declarations are counted here; operating states set for transmission reasons are listed below.
How the days are counted
A day counts when a capacity declaration at alert or above covers any part of it, in the market's own time zone, whether it covered the whole footprint or one region. Each day takes the highest step and NERC EEA level declared that day, and overlapping or renewed postings count once. Drills are never counted.
One ladder across markets
Every operator names its steps differently. Ask the Grid places each on one ladder, advisory, alert, warning, emergency action and load shed, with the NERC EEA level the operator states or its procedure defines, so a day here means the same thing in every market.
What people ask
Has NYISO declared an Energy Emergency Alert this year?
The EEA counts at the top of this page say, with each day it was declared. They come from NYISO's own postings and update within minutes of a new one.
What is the difference between an alert, a warning and an emergency?
An alert says supply may be tight ahead of time. A warning says reserves are short or about to be. An emergency action means the operator is already using emergency resources, and load shed means it is cutting load to protect the grid.
Why count a declaration that covered only part of the market?
A balancing area or region under an EEA is the market under an emergency there. The page shows how many days covered the whole footprint separately, and marks each declaration with where it applied.
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