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ISO New England Inc. is a regional transmission organization that oversees the operation of the electricity transmission system, coordinates wholesale electricity markets, and manages power system planning for the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and most of Maine.
Yes Energy
In New England, rules governing how new resources connect to the regional grid limit full use of the system’s potential. Precious “surplus” capacity can and should be leveraged to interconnect new, low-cost clean energy technologies to deliver more reliable, affordable power, says Alex Lawton.
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Energy experts and officials stressed the importance of proactive transmission planning, interconnection reform and increased demand-side flexibility at Raab Associates’ New England Electricity Restructuring Roundtable.
Western Maine Energy Storage
A developer in Maine is evaluating whether pumped storage – one of the oldest generation technologies still used on the New England grid – could play an increased role in the grid of the future.
ISO-NE
Several panelists and public commenters at the quarterly meeting of the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group criticized the RTO over its record on accountability and accessibility, as well as its policy related to distributed energy resources.
Calpine
ISO-NE kicked off NEPOOL discussions for the second phase of its capacity auction reform project, beginning long-awaited talks on accreditation and seasonal capacity auction changes.
Nexamp
A new study looking at the business case for comparable behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter battery storage systems in Massachusetts found that FTM storage “significantly outperformed” the BTM systems, despite significant programs and incentives supporting BTM storage in the state.
ISO-NE
The New England wholesale electricity markets performed competitively in 2024, while decreased imports and higher emissions compliance rates increased overall market costs, the ISO-NE Internal Market Monitor told the NEPOOL Participants Committee.
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FERC approved a follow-up filing for ISO-NE’s compliance with Orders 2023 and 2023-A, authorizing variations from the final rule related to interconnection point modifications, cost allocation, and commercial readiness deposits.
NextEra Energy
ISO-NE said it is open to capping the balancing ratio used to calculate Pay-for-Performance payments to prevent capacity resources from being required to provide more power than their capacity supply obligations.
Burns & McDonnell
As the first phase of ISO-NE’s capacity market overhaul nears its final form, New England stakeholders remain mixed on the proposed move from a forward to a prompt capacity auction.
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