ISO-NE presented the final stakeholder-requested sensitivities for its 2024 Economic Study, discussing the potential effects of adding 3.9 GW of hydropower to the Hydro-Québec system.

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.

New research by ISO-NE indicates bifacial solar panels with tracking capabilities could reduce the cost of decarbonizing New England’s generation mix by about $3.7 billion.

ISO-NE presented additional modeling scenarios for its 2024 Economic Study related to offshore wind and fossil retirements.

ISO-NE revised its compliance proposal for FERC Order 904 to allow generators to be compensated for reactive power outside the standard power factor range.

ISO-NE has outlined the transmission and economic models it plans to use to evaluate proposals submitted for the longer-term transmission planning process.

ISO-NE presented to the Planning Advisory Committee feedback on lessons learned from its competitive Boston-area transmission solicitation.

ISO-NE proposed a pilot study for its clean energy transition to test grid performance assumptions under high renewable penetration scenarios

NEPOOL and NESCOE are hiring Peter Flynn, a former National Grid executive, to serve as administrator of the Transition to the Future Grid project.

ISO-NE presented the Planning Advisory Committee with revised study scenarios and threshold prices for the 2020 Economic Study requested by National Grid.