NYISO on May 21 asked developers to tell the ISO about any dispatchable generation projects that have not yet been submitted to the interconnection queue by June 13. 

Ross Altman, senior manager of reliability planning for NYISO, told the Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee that any responses would support the ISO’s Comprehensive Reliability Plan. 

“We are very concerned about the shrinking margins,” Altman said. “Just knowing that there’s anything else out there that’s early in the pipeline that could potentially be in service by the time we run into narrowing margins could be helpful for us in coming up with the Comprehensive Reliability Plan.” 

Altman said any projects submitted in response would be nonbinding and the ISO would respect all confidentiality requests from stakeholders. He said any information obtained through this request would be used “on an aggregated basis” and that the ISO would not identify any specific developers or locations. 

NYISO sent its request out to all stakeholders earlier in the week. The ISO is requesting the following information from developers: 

• • nameplate capacity (MW), or if a storage resource, energy capacity (MWh); 
  • fuel type and technology; 
  • location; 
  • anticipated project schedule and commercial operation date; 
  • ownership or development partners; and 
  • status of site control. 

Independent Power Producers of New York spokesperson Jordan Lomaestro told RTO Insider that IPPNY’s membership still was “digesting” the request and deciding whether to submit anything to NYISO. 

Lomaestro said IPPNY favored an all-of-the-above approach to new resources on the grid and noted its comments submitted to the Public Service Commission in support of any and all new technologies to support the state’s climate goals. 

Alliance for Clean Energy New York spokesperson Barry Wygel said the group did not have an official position on the request but noted that it “isn’t typical for NYISO.” 

“There’s some interest in seeing how the submitted information will be aggregated and what insights NYISO will share,” Wygel told RTO Insider.