The Everett Marine Terminal will be needed to preserve the reliability of the Boston-area gas system beyond the 2030 expiration date of the facility’s current utility contracts, gas companies told regulators in recent filings.

Increased interest in data center development in New England has led to growing concern about potential negative effects on energy affordability and long-term resource adequacy.

New England transmission owners have added over $376 million in projects to the asset condition list since October while placing over $560 million in projects in service.

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.

Conflicting political and market forces have created major uncertainty about what the next wave of generation project will look like in New England.

Eversource Energy and National Grid introduced asset condition projects totaling about $110 million at the ISO-NE Planning Advisory Committee.

Commenters expressed support for FERC's proposal to adopt standards on gas-electric coordination, while suggesting further measures to promote electric reliability.

The Maine Office of the Public Advocate has asked FERC to initiate evidentiary hearing procedures to answer questions about the prudency of investments by New England transmission owners in asset condition projects placed in service in 2022.

ISO-NE identified nine projects to include in an interim asset condition review process starting in November, which will proceed as the RTO works to stand up internal condition review capabilities by the start of 2027.

Eight New England transmission companies must provide the Maine Office of Public Advocate with more information on asset condition projects placed in service in 2022, FERC has ruled.