Most panelists urged FERC to support state and RTO efforts to introduce carbon pricing during a daylong technical conference.

ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie told the NEPOOL Participants Committee that the RTO's emergency operation procedures have been implemented smoothly.

ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie said implementing a carbon price in New England would be “simple” but state officials need to support it before the RTO can act.

ISO-NE CEO Gordon van Welie briefed the NEPOOL Participants Committee on the RTO’s efforts to integrate state carbon policies into its markets.

State and federal regulators joined industry leaders at the New England-Canada Business Council’s (NECBC) 27th annual energy conference in Boston.

A new effort by the New England Power Pool could give ISO-NE’s most “senior” board members a longer shot at keeping their positions.

New England Power Pool stakeholders are discussing potential changes to ISO-NE wholesale energy markets to improve winter fuel security.

FERC Commissioner Robert Powelson said ISO New England (ISO-NE) needs to overcome its aversion to new energy infrastructure to avoid natural gas shortages in the winter.

ISO-NE power prices last year climbed from record lows, but they didn't recover by much after cheap natural gas and declining demand left them at the second-lowest level on record .

ISO-NE is racing to relieve natural gas pipelines constraints and interconnect new resources, CEO Gordon van Welie said.