ISO-NE planners will update base cases for the Boston 2028 Needs Assessment to include a transmission line and offshore wind projects.

ISO-NE’s controversial proposal to compensate resources for maintaining inventoried energy during the winter became effective because of inaction by FERC.

The New England Power Pool Markets Committee continued to discuss impact assessments of ISO-NE’s proposed energy security improvements.

The NEPOOL Participants Committee approved changes to the requirements for submitting external transactions for capacity imports.

ISO-NE presented a new draft of the competitive transmission request for proposals template for stakeholder review at the Planning Advisory Committee.

New England regulators and stakeholders told FERC they fear ISO-NE’s fuel security proposal could increase costs without solving winter supply concerns.

NEPOOL voted to recommend requiring solar resources to provide meteorological and operational data to support power production forecasting.

ISO-NE advised FERC that it is revising its fuel security analysis for FCA 14 to assume more natural gas use and bigger contributions from renewables.

State and regional officials updated the Environmental Business Council of New England on the rapid progress of renewable energy development.

A new effort by the New England Power Pool could give ISO-NE’s most “senior” board members a longer shot at keeping their positions.