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.
Despite interest from the Trump administration, new gas pipelines into New England remain unlikely due to a lack of counterparties willing to pay for the new lines, energy industry experts said.
New York authorized its first tranche of projects under a 2024 order that sought to address urgent existing and anticipatedelectric infrastructure needs as the state pushes to decarbonize transportation and buildings.
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.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has ordered major changes to the state’s program for addressing pipe leaks, aiming to better align the program with its long-term decarbonization strategy.
The New Hampshire Office of the Consumer Advocate says National Grid should justify why the reliability needs addressed in its proposals should not be addressed through a competitive procurement process.
Business groups and environmental advocates expressed divergent views on a proposal by the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities that would require new gas customers to cover the entire cost of connecting to the system.
FERC approved filings by two Massachusetts utilities establishing distribution fees for standalone electric energy storage systems that connect to the distribution system but participate in ISO-NE wholesale markets.
