Media Coverage

Jun. 21, 2024 | With record-breaking heat comes the possibility of record-breaking energy usage. But Rich Dewey, president and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), told Capital Tonight that the grid is resilient, and that adequate resources are in place to accommodate the kind of demand we have experienced this week.

Jun. 21, 2024 | New York Independent System Operator President & CEO Rich Dewey discusses the state’s energy generation capacity and demand for this summer and for future summers (and winters).

Jun. 06, 2024 | New York's electric grid will face supply shortfalls if the rate of retiring old fossil fired power plants continues to quickly outpace the addition of clean new energy supply at the same time demand rises, the state's grid operator said on Thursday.

May. 17, 2024 | The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) said on Friday electricity supplies are sufficient to meet expected summer demand this year under baseline conditions, but reliability concerns remain.

Apr. 19, 2024 | The New York ISO this week launched the nation’s first program to integrate aggregations of distributed energy resources into wholesale markets. The new market rules require participating DER to be at least 10 kW in size.

Apr. 05, 2024 | Electric grids across the U.S. are anticipating a rapid decline in solar generation during Monday's total solar eclipse, which will span multiple states.

Apr. 05, 2024 | Monday’s total solar eclipse will offer U.S. power grid operators a chance to help answer a pressing question: What happens to a solar-rich grid when there’s suddenly no sunlight?

Mar. 25, 2024 | Solar and wind farms in New York set collective hourly records for power generation as the state looks to move to emissions-free electricity by 2040.

Mar. 05, 2024 | The planned expansion of GlobalFoundries' Fab 8 campus in Malta is a shot in the arm for the Capital Region and the state of New York, promising good jobs and economic opportunity and strengthening our position as a leader in a crucial sector. The plan would triple the semiconductor plant's capacity and add thousands of permanent and temporary jobs.

Feb. 26, 2024 | As some of New York’s most influential politicians celebrate the infusion of federal money to expand the GlobalFoundries Fab 8 campus in Malta, questions remain about the ability of the state’s electrical grid to meet the needs of another high-demand project.

Feb. 16, 2024 | With a $3.26 billion investment, New York Transco and the New York Power Authority unveiled details of its Propel NY Energy project, aimed to fortify Long Island’s power grid by potentially bringing new underground electrical transmission and substations to Nassau County.

Dec. 15, 2023 | Students from Middleburgh recently got a unique, hands-on educational experience as they visited the New York Independent System Operator’s headquarters in Rensselaer.

Dec. 04, 2023 | The New York Independent System Operator, which manages New York’s power supply, says in a new report that while there aren’t significant immediate threats to the reliability of New York’s power grid, over the next 10 years, there are risks to electrical systems that must be taken seriously.

Nov. 30, 2023 | The operators of New York’s electric grid are warning with increased urgency that growing demands on the electric system – especially from mega-customers like Micron Technology — threaten to outstrip the system’s capacity to supply power.

Nov. 30, 2023 | The state’s independent grid operator had decided to keep fossil fuel power plants on line past their retirement date to ensure uninterrupted power in New York City. We discuss this decision and energy reliability concerns more broadly, with Kevin Lanahan, vice president of external affairs and corporate communications for the New York Independent System Operator.

Nov. 01, 2023 | Just over a year ago the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was signed into law, making $370 billion available for clean energy and climate programs nationwide. Recent data from the White House states that the IRA, combined with complementary programs like the CHIPS and Science Act, have spurred billions of dollars in US manufacturing while accelerating growth in new renewable energy technologies.

Sep. 27, 2023 | CEO Rich Dewey told stakeholders at an ISO Management Committee meeting that he recommended Nelson to the Board of Directors, which approved the promotion.

Sep. 18, 2023 | In its quarterly assessment of reliability of the bulk electric system, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) found a deficit in reliability margins for the New York City area starting in the summer of 2025.

Aug. 24, 2023 | NYISO delved into a plethora of upcoming projects, including the New York City public policy transmission need assessment and what the preliminary rules and assumptions will be.

Aug. 12, 2023 | Rich Dewey was half a continent away when his pager started beeping persistently. It was Aug. 14, 2003 and Dewey, who at the time worked in IT at the New York Independent System Operator, was in Houston helping to test a new software program for the organization. Also known as NYISO, the not-for-profit agency operates the state’s vast power grid, directing the flow of electricity from generating plants to where it's needed at any given moment.