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April 1, 2026

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Pipeline Expansion Highlights Key Questions About Gas in New England
A relatively small project aiming to increase gas pipeline capacity into New England is raising larger underlying questions about how the region will balance gas reliability and affordability with longer-term efforts to transition away from natural gas.
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Outgoing Mass. DPU Chair Van Nostrand Discusses Gas Transition
Two and a half years after taking the helm at the Massachusetts DPU, Chair Jamie Van Nostrand is leaving after leading it through a series of major changes in its approach to natural gas regulation.
Connecticut Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee
Escalating Conflict with Utilities Leads to Resignation of Top Conn. Regulator
The forthcoming resignation of Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Chair Marissa Gillett has created high-stakes questions around the state’s adoption of a comprehensive performance-based regulation framework.
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FERC: New England TOs Must Disclose More Info on Asset Upgrades
Eight New England transmission companies must provide the Maine Office of Public Advocate with more information on asset condition projects placed in service in 2022, FERC has ruled.
Rhode Island Energy
New England TOs Add 39 New Projects to Asset Condition Forecast
New England transmission owners have added 39 new projects in the annual update to the region’s asset condition forecast, the companies told the ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee.
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Demand Growth Accelerating in the Northeast, Eversource Says
The pace of load growth has picked up across Eversource Energy’s service territories in the Northeast, the company said during its second-quarter earnings call.
ISO-NE
ISO-NE Analysis Details Benefits of Demand Flexibility
Increased demand flexibility could significantly reduce production costs, capital costs, and transmission costs in New England by better-aligning load with generation and reducing peak loads, ISO-NE said.
Eversource Energy
New England Transmission Owners Add $95M to Asset Condition List

Asset condition costs in New England have grown by $95 million since March, according to an update to the asset condition project list presented by the region’s transmission owners.

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Limited Demand for Large-scale Data Centers in New England

New England is unlikely to see the development of large-scale data centers in the next 10 years but likely will see smaller-scale developments, industry experts said at the New England Energy Conference and Exposition.

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ISO-NE Open to Asset Condition Review Role amid Rising Costs
ISO-NE announced it is open to taking on a limited asset condition reviewer role, intended to help increase oversight of transmission infrastructure projects. 

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