Maine's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future said solar and offshore wind energy siting will be among the state legislature's environmental priorities

New England state officials heard suggestions for how ISO-NE’s electricity markets could be altered to aid in the implementation of decarbonization mandates

ISO-NE and NEPOOL will brief attendees on the basics at the first of several online public technical conferences to be held by New England states.

Tensions between New England states and ISO-NE came to a head last year when five governors issued a joint statement calling for reforms to the RTO.

State energy leaders from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Maine outlined their long-term strategies to achieve decarbonization goals.

Combined heat and power systems harbor great potential for small applications, but adopters must face that system costs do not fall in proportion to size.

The COVID-19 pandemic upended legislative business across New England, though state legislatures still advanced energy legislation.

NESCOE called on ISO-NE to increase its transparency and the role of states, saying the current structure is incompatible with their clean energy efforts.

ISO-NE stakeholders said the call for reforms by New England governors is a precursor to a seismic shift in relations between the states and the RTO.

The governors of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Vermont released a joint statement calling for reforms to ISO-NE.