In the wake of the New York Public Service Commission’s decision to cease planning its offshore wind underwater transmission network, NYISO has followed suit, tossing two years of planning studies. (See NY Steps Back From OSW, Halts Offshore Tx Planning Process.)

At the Transmission Planning Advisory Subcommittee’s meeting July 23, NYISO’s Jason Frasier thanked developers, ISO staff and stakeholders for their work and participation in the Public Policy Transmission Need process, initiated by the Department of Public Service in June 2023. NYISO revealed the bids in its solicitation in June 2024 and was targeting a selection by the Board of Directors in the second quarter of this year. (See NYISO Reveals Bids in NYC Offshore Transmission Solicitation.)

Frasier said that the ISO will now solicit feedback from stakeholders on the PPTN process for potential improvements.

Howard Fromer of Bayonne Energy Center asked whether developers would be reimbursed or compensated for their participation. Frasier said there was no mechanism in the tariff for developers to get compensated for a PPTN that was not finished.

Other stakeholders asked whether projects in the interconnection queue that were being built with the assumption of the PPTN would also be canceled automatically. Frasier indicated that those developers would need to withdraw or revise their projects. Absent a withdrawal notice, they would remain active.

A representative from Earthjustice asked whether any of NYISO’s studies of the benefits of offshore transmission would be retained or released. Frasier said that no benefit evaluation would be completed or released beyond what the ISO had already done.