Category Archives: ISO-NE

CPES Policy Committee Update: December 10, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • DEEP Announced Offshore Wind Power RFP Winner
  • ISO New England Publishes 2019/2020 Winter Outlook

INDUSTRY

DEEP Announced Offshore Wind Power RFP Winner
804 MW from Vineyard Wind’s Park City Wind Project were selected -read DEEP’s press release for more information 

ISO New England Publishes 2019/2020 Winter Outlook
ISO New England expects the region to have the necessary resources this winter to meet consumer demand under both normal and extreme temperatures. Consumer demand is expected to peak at 20,476 megawatts (MW) under normal weather conditions or 21,173 MW at extreme temperatures. Read more here.

CPES Policy Committee Update: November 5, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • PURA Announces Grid Mod “Solutions Days” for AMI, ZEVs, storage, energy affordability
  • ISO-NE Issues 10-Year Power System Plan for Region
  • Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting December 5, Boston
  • CommonWealth Magazine: Mass. picks lowest-price offshore wind option

CONNECTICUT

PURA Announces Grid Mod “Solutions Days” for AMI, ZEVs, storage, energy affordability
See the following notices for more information and how to participate:

INDUSTRY

ISO-NE Issues 10-Year Power System Plan for Region
ISO New England today issued its 2019 Regional System Plan (RSP), the biennial report that lays the foundation for long-term power-system planning in New England. Read the press release and report.

Next Consumer Liaison Group Meeting December 5, Boston
The next meeting of the Consumer Liaison Group (CLG) will be held on December 5 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston, MA. The CLG will be celebrating its tenth anniversary with the theme: What We Learned in Our First Decade and What We Can Expect in the Second.

CommonWealth Magazine: Mass. picks lowest-price offshore wind option

CPES Policy Committee Update: October 22, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • DEEP Issues Draft “Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut” and Announces Public Meeting
  • DEEP Issues Notice of Revised Scope, Updated Schedule for 2018 Integrated Resources Plan
  • FERC Approves First Compliance Filings on Storage Rule (Order 841)
  • New ISO Resource on Distributed Generation Interconnection

CONNECTICUT

DEEP Issues Draft “Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut” and Announces Public Meeting
DEEP’s Electric Vehicle Roadmap identifies specific policies, programs, and strategies that would enable Connecticut to optimize deployment of electric vehicles and associated infrastructure. A technical meeting and public comment session is scheduled for November 8.

DEEP Issues Notice of Revised Scope, Updated Schedule for 2018 Integrated Resources Plan
Learn more about the IRP process at DEEP’s website, and see notice of here.

INDUSTRY

FERC Approves First Compliance Filings on Storage Rule (Order 841)
FERC approved the first two orders implementing Order No. 841, the storage rulemaking aimed at breaking down market barriers to electricity storage.  See FERC’s press release for more information on the orders addressing SPP’s and PJM’s compliance filings.

New ISO Resource on Distributed Generation Interconnection
ISO has recently developed an informational handout on DG interconnection for state officials, developers, and other stakeholders – learn more here.

CPES Policy Committee Update: October 15, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • DEEP Issues First Progress Report and Last Four Goals of the 20BY20 Initiative
  • CT Issues Annual Cybersecurity Update
  • ISO-NE’s New Online Guide for Interconnection
  • U.S. EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050

CONNECTICUT

DEEP Issues First Progress Report and Last Four Goals of the 20BY20 Initiative DEEP released the first quarterly report of the 20BY20 initiative, a set of 20 short-term high-impact agency goals aimed at providing greater predictability, efficiency, and transparency for environmental permitting and regulatory processes to be achieved by the end of 2020.

CT Issues Annual Cybersecurity Update
The third annual cybersecurity review of Connecticut’s electric, natural gas, and large water companies was compiled in an ongoing effort by the state to detect and prevent cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure.

INDUSTRY

ISO-NE’s New Online Guide for Interconnection
Read a summary of the guide on ISO’s Newswire and access the guide here

U.S. EIA projects that renewables will provide nearly half of world electricity by 2050
In its International Energy Outlook 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that renewables will collectively increase to 49% of global electricity generation by 2050. Learn more here.

 

CPES Policy Committee Update: October 8, 2019

This update features policy, regulatory, legislative, and regional developments in Connecticut and New England. The policy updates are compiled by the CPES New Energy Professionals Team. If you are interested in learning more about the New Energy Professionals Committee or if you have ideas for future policy updates, we welcome your input and feedback. Please send comments to Kathryn Dube, CPES Executive Director, via email: kdube@ctpower.org.

In this Update:

  • PURA Announces New Framework for Grid Modernization
  • Three Bids Submitted for Connecticut’s Offshore Wind Source
  • New Report Finds CT #6 in Nation for Energy Efficiency
  • Developer Breaks Ground on New Energy Efficient Data Hub
  • ISO-NE 2020 Annual Work Plan Now Available
  • Summer 2019 Saw the Lowest Regional Grid Electricity Use in at Least 16 Years

CONNECTICUT

PURA Announces New Framework for Grid Modernization
PURA released an Interim Decision that details the Authority’s Framework approach to investigate methods for equitably modernizing the electric grid in Connecticut.  PURA splits its Framework into near-term topics for further investigation within the next two years, as well as, a long-term plan to ensure continued enhancements to Connecticut’s electric grid through a biennial integrated distribution system planning process. Press release

Three Bids Submitted for Connecticut’s Offshore Wind Source
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s recent request for proposals for up to 2,000 MW of offshore wind power has attracted three bids.

New Report Finds CT #6 in Nation for Energy Efficiency
In the annual report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Connecticut ranked 6 overall for its efforts supporting energy efficiency.  More here.

CT News Junkie: Developer Breaks Ground on New Energy Efficient Data Hub

INDUSTRY

ISO-NE 2020 Annual Work Plan Now Available
ISO’s work plan, published each September and updated each spring, outlines major priorities and activities for the year that are designed to improve upon existing ISO systems, practices, and services to New England.  Learn more here.

Summer 2019 Saw the Lowest Regional Grid Electricity Use in at Least 16 Years
In a new article, ISO discusses that despite a hot July, New England saw the lowest summer season grid demand and the second lowest wholesale pricing since 2003.  Learn more here.