ISO-NE presented the PAC with potential study conditions to identify transmission needs under increased penetration of distributed, renewable and storage resources.

Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a proposed voter referendum on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission line is unconstitutional.

New England’s grid will see diminishing returns from the incremental addition of offshore wind as more megawatts are added, analysis from ISO-NE shows.

Avangrid expects to begin construction this year on the New England Clean Energy Connect transmission project despite a potential referendum in Maine.

ISO-NE kicks off 2020 with a key deadline looming to file its Energy Security Improvements program to address winter fuel security concerns.

ISO-NE identified a 160-MVAR reactor at National Grid’s Golden Hills 345-kV substation as a key part of its solution to Boston’s 2028 needs.

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

Several projects in Maine have withdrawn from the interconnection queue since the second Maine Resource Integration Study began, the ISO-NE PAC learned.

ISO-NE projects net installed capacity requirements will increase and procedures could be needed to overcome a shortage of “operable” capacity.

Massachusetts is seeking to broaden its ambitious goals for procuring offshore wind and other clean energy, Department of Energy Resources officials said.