New York utilities recommended a coordinated grid planning process with a revised benefit-cost analysis method and a new advisory council to manage the effort.

New York transmission owners urged the PSC to reject a challenge to its new category for projects intended to help the state meet its climate goals.

The NYISO BIC approved tariff revisions allowing transmission owners to exercise a ROFR over upgrades to their facilities in the public policy need process.

The New York PSC designated NYPA’s Northern New York transmission line as a high priority, allowing it to bypass NYISO’s public policy planning process.

The New York PSC heard a progress report on a grid study to identify transmission upgrades and investments needed to meet clean energy goals.

About 5,800 MW of offshore wind can be interconnected to points along the southern New England coast without significant upgrades..

The New York PSC voted to study to identify distribution and transmission upgrades and investments needed to meet the state’s clean energy goals.

NYISO CEO Rich Dewey told the Management Committee the ISO will delay deployment of new energy and business management systems, missing the deadline.

The NYISO Business Issues Committee voted to recommend a cost-containment mechanism for the ISO’s public policy transmission planning process.

NYISO’s Board of Directors selected two transmission projects intended to address persistent congestion and deliver renewable energy to population centers.