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Energy officials in New England are concerned that ISO-NE’s transmission planning process cannot adapt to the evolving resource mix, the growing investments in clean energy and the decarbonization of the grid. Without more robust transmission planning, they said, ratepayers in the region likely face higher costs and lower reliability, plus...

New England state officials last week heard suggestions for how ISO-NE’s electricity markets could be altered to aid in the implementation of clean energy laws and decarbonization mandates. The discussion Jan. 25 was part of the second of two public online technical forums to discuss reforms to the RTO’s wholesale market design...

Tensions between New England states and ISO-NE came to a head last year when five governors issued a joint statement calling for reforms to the RTO to enable their efforts to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions. (See New England Governors Call for RTO Reform.) A few days later, the New England States...

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and D.C. signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to launch the Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P), which aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles by 26% from 2022 to 2032 and invest $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices and public health improvements.

State energy and environmental policy leaders from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine outlined their long-term strategies to achieve decarbonization goals Dec. 15 during a webinar co-hosted by the Connecticut Power and Energy Society and New England Women in Energy and the Environment. Heather Hunt, executive director of the New...

Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) announced Tuesday a new competitive solicitation to procure up to 600 MW of offshore wind energy. Raimondo in January signed an executive order committing Rhode Island to meet 100% of its electricity demand with renewables by 2030. The order directed the state Office of...

New England states called on ISO-NE last week to increase its transparency and the role of states in its decision-making, saying the current structure is incompatible with their clean energy efforts and is raising costs for ratepayers. The New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) made the demands Friday in...

When the governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont released a joint statement Wednesday calling for reforms to ISO-NE, it read less like an olive branch and more like a precursor to a seismic shift in relations between the states and the RTO. The governors said they "require" changes to market...

An estimated 20,000 to 30,000 MW of offshore wind capacity representing a $28 billion to $57 billion investment in the U.S. economy will be operational by 2030, according to the U.S. Offshore Wind Power Economic Impact Assessment. OSW project development, construction and operations could bring a projected 83,000 jobs in that...

The governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont released a joint statement Wednesday calling for reforms to ISO-NE, saying the RTO is frustrating their efforts to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions. "Here in Rhode Island, we’re committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and decarbonizing our future. I’m...