Media Coverage

Jul. 06, 2022 | The state is planning to phase out fossil fuel generation, but its grid operator has warned that a declining resource base complicates those efforts, while consumers worry about rising costs. New York’s generation resource base and reliability margins have been shrinking for the past few years, complicating the state’s plan to eliminate fossil fuel generators and slash greenhouse gas emissions, according to the New York Independent System Operator.

Jun. 30, 2022 | With demand for energy increasing with rising temperatures, we’re analyzing the available electricity with Rich Dewey, president and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator.

Jun. 23, 2022 | Approval has been granted for construction of a large-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) at the site of an existing fossil fuel power plant in New York. Last week, New York State Public Service Commission approved an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, filed by power plant owner Astoria Generation for construction of a 135MW BESS at the site of Astoria Generating Station, a 959MW fuel oil and natural gas plant.

Jun. 20, 2022 | There could be nearly 13GW of energy storage on the grid in New York by the middle of this Century, providing an “exceptional tool” to help balance renewable energy generation, the CEO of the state’s network operator has said.

Jun. 10, 2022 | The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) provided an update on trends related to the New York power grid in its annual report. The report – called Power Trends 2022: The Path to a Reliable, Greener Grid for New York — focuses on the dramatic changes impacting New York’s power grid and NYISOʻs evolving role in fulfilling the state’s clean energy objectives.

Jun. 09, 2022 | NYISO yesterday released its annual report with critical information and analysis on how dynamic factors such as technology, economic forces, and public policies are shaping New York's complex electric system. This year's edition, titled "Power Trends 2022: The Path to a Reliable, Greener Grid for New York," focused on the dramatic changes impacting the state's grid and how the ISO is evolving its markets and performing critical system planning to fulfill the state's clean-energy objectives and maintain reliable electric service, NYISO said.

Jun. 09, 2022 | NYISO must quickly replace retiring fossil generation with clean resources with similar reliability attributes, according to its annual Power Trends report.

Jun. 01, 2022 | The nation recently marked a major renewable energy milestone – a day on which wind was the second largest source of overall electricity generation for the first time since the Energy Information Administration began gathering such data.

May. 27, 2022 | New York should have adequate supplies of electricity to meet summer air conditioning needs this year. But in coming years, as new mandates are supposed to phase out ‘'peaker'’ gas and oil plants that operate during high-demand periods, there will be a smaller cushion for dealing with heat waves, which are when the grid is most heavily taxed.

May. 27, 2022 | New York is preparing to meet summer electricity demands. To address concerns, the New York Independent System Operator reported on May 27 that the State’s electricity supplies are expected to be adequate this summer.

May. 23, 2022 | The NYISO Business Issues Committee approved revisions to the Ancillary Services Manual and ICAP Manual, and discussed FERC's approval of its BSM rules.

May. 11, 2022 | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Tuesday approved the New York Independent System Operator’s proposal to exempt clean energy resources from buyer-side mitigation, or BSM.

May. 03, 2022 | In the latest episode of the American Public Power Association's Public Power Now podcast, Richard Dewey, President and CEO of the New York Independent System Operator, discusses the dramatic growth in renewable energy seen in the state and detailed the grid operator’s role in relation to the development of new transmission projects in the state.

May. 02, 2022 | NYISO made it through last winter without any problems — and without any power from coal generation or the Indian Point nuclear plant, ISO officials reported.

Apr. 19, 2022 | New renewable energy records were recently set across the U.S., grid operators overseeing organized wholesale power markets in the U.S. said.

Apr. 14, 2022 | New York regulators approved two 25-year state contracts to buy electric power from the Clean Path New York and the Champlain Hudson Power Express projects.

Apr. 13, 2022 | New York is on track to reach the energy storage goals the state set in 2018, according to an updated report released by the Department of Public Service (DPS).

Apr. 05, 2022 | The Department of Public Service (DPS) has issued its third ‘State of Storage’ annual report detailing the state’s progress in meeting its 2030 deployment goal, which was doubled in January from 3,000MW to 6,000MW.

Apr. 05, 2022 | The New York Independent System Operator said March 29 that about 750 MW of incremental behind-the-meter solar power capacity has been added over the past year, helping the state recently set a record high of 2,328 MW of BTM meter solar output.

Mar. 22, 2022 | NYISO submitted a compliance filing to establish a proposed date for enhancements to its BSM rules and requested an extension to submit tariff changes.