Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.

Ruling on a series of complaints dating back to 2011, FERC ordered a reduction in the return on equity for the New England transmission owners, cutting the rate from 10.57% to 9.57%.

FERC dismissed a complaint about a $385 million asset condition project on an Eversource Energy transmission line in New Hampshire, finding it failed to demonstrate any violations by the company.

The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has asked FERC to initiate evidentiary hearing procedures to answer questions about the prudency of investments by New England transmission owners in asset condition projects placed in service in 2022.

Speakers at the ISO-NE Consumer Liaison Group meeting stressed the importance of proactive efforts to unlock the potential of demand response and peak shifting.

FERC approved an agreement among Versant Power, the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Office of the Public Advocate related to improperly classified expenses that resulted in the overbilling of wholesale transmission customers.

Maine’s utilities regulator supported advancing a power-to-fuel pilot program in a recent report to the legislature.

The Maine Generation Authority bill would create a state-run entity that builds renewable generation and is modeled after the Maine Turnpike Authority.