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New York ISO

NYISO power prices

Zone prices, negative-price hours and the plant fleet, 2025 and 2026 to August.

Zone J New York City real-time, 2025
$67.03 /MWh
Zone J New York City day-ahead, 2025
$65.41 /MWh
Zone J New York City real-time, 2026 to Aug
$72.07 /MWh
Negative real-time hours at plant nodes, 2025
0.5%

NYISO hourly prices through August 2026 · EIA-860M August 2026 · Updated 2026-10-27

Zone prices

10 zones, January 2025 to August 2026.

Monthly average price

  • Real-time
  • Day-ahead
$0$50$100$150$200JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug20252026 to Aug

USD/MWh, mean of each month’s complete hours at the zone.

NYISO hourly prices through August 2026. Real-time July 2026 has under 90% of its hours at every zone and is not averaged.

Hours with negative real-time prices

  • Plant nodes275 nodes
  • Zone J New York City
0%0.5%1%1.5%2%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug20252026 to Aug1.8%

Negative node-hours over valid node-hours, real-time.

Real-time prices at 275 pricing nodes linked to plants. Node names are part of Pro.

Average prices by zone, USD/MWh, and the share of 2025 real-time hours below $0
Zone2025 real-time2025 day-ahead2026 to Aug real-time2026 to Aug day-aheadNegative hours, 2025
Zone A West$51.72$52.88$56.24$63.450.1%
Zone B Genesee$54.04$54.34$61.89$67.050.2%
Zone C Central$56.23$56.27$66.21$70.990.3%
Zone D North$56.51$56.82$66.77$71.730.9%
Zone E Mohawk Valley$58.84$59.14$68.63$74.110.0%
Zone F Capital$63.39$65.15$70.16$75.170.1%
Zone G Hudson Valley$61.88$62.38$70.53$76.690.2%
Zone H Millwood$63.19$63.16$71.30$77.350.0%
Zone J New York City$67.03$65.41$72.07$78.110.0%
Zone K Long Island$70.18$68.87$72.18$75.980.1%

Plant fleet

Operating plants
1,044
Nameplate
45 GW
Plants with hourly node prices
245 of 1,044
States
2

Nameplate by fuel

  • Natural gas26 GW56%
  • Hydro5.7 GW12%
  • Other4.9 GW11%
  • Nuclear3.4 GW7%
  • Solar3.0 GW7%
  • Wind3.0 GW7%
  • Battery storage0.2 GW1%

EIA-860M August 2026, operating projects by ISO region.Open the map

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