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ISO New England Inc. is a regional transmission organization that oversees the operation of the electricity transmission system, coordinates wholesale electricity markets, and manages power system planning for the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and most of Maine.
In Massachusetts, a state with some of the most ambitious decarbonization policies in the country, fundamental disagreements between utilities and consumer advocates threaten to derail the transition from natural gas before it even gets off the ground.
New England experienced record high energy costs in the month of January amid cold weather, high gas prices and a heavy reliance on oil-fired generation.
Conflicting political and market forces have created major uncertainty about what the next wave of generation project will look like in New England.
After years of declining or stagnant power demand in New England, annual energy demand ticked up for the second straight year in 2025, potentially indicating the start of a broader upward trend.
Eversource Energy and National Grid introduced asset condition projects totaling about $110 million at the ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee.
As extreme winter weather descended on the Eastern U.S. and Canada, Hydro-Québec suspended power exports to New England on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line because of reliability concerns in Québec.
ISO-NE responded to stakeholder feedback and provided more detail on its proposed asset condition reviewer role at the NEPOOL Transmission Committee.
FERC partially granted a complaint by the New England Power Generators Association about the design of ISO-NE's Pay-for-Performance mechanism.
Debates about affordability continue to dominate state-level energy policy debates throughout New England, shifting the focus away from decarbonization, a panel of experienced lobbyists said.
ISO-NE is reforming its approach to acquiring sufficient capacity, which has shaken things up considerably, writes columnist Peter Kelly-Detwiler.
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