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POLITICO | Transmission poised to address reliability issues from New York City peaker retirements

Feb. 25, 2021 | The closure of high-emitting power plants in New York City because of state regulations can likely be addressed with transmission investments and operational changes, according to the state’s independent grid operator.

RTO INSIDER | NYISO Proposes ‘Grid in Transition’ Metrics

Feb. 14, 2021 | NYISO proposed a three-tier approach for working on projects in its Grid in Transition initiative and how to measure their effects.

GREENTECH MEDIA | How US Grid Operators Plan To Tackle Energy Storage at Gigawatt Scale

Feb. 11, 2021 | How can U.S. transmission grids and wholesale energy markets adapt to the gigawatts of energy storage coming online over the next decade?

RTO INSIDER | RTOs Planning to Ride Energy Storage Wave

Feb. 07, 2021 | Faced with varying waves of energy storage resources, grid operators are taking steps to accommodate devices that are sitting in their interconnection queues.

S&P GLOBAL | Grid operators detail opportunities, challenges presented by hybrid resources

Feb. 05, 2021 | The status of hybrid energy resource participation in wholesale power markets largely dominated a Feb. 4 policy discussion among representatives of the nation's regional grid operators.

POLITICO | Con Edison pitches transmission investments to address peaker retirements, boost renewables

Feb. 02, 2021 | Con Edison pitches transmission investments to address peaker retirements, boost renewables

POWER MARKETS TODAY | NYISO wants storage to share interconnection requests

Feb. 01, 2021 | CSR request would change energy, ancillary markets -- NYISO asked FERC Friday to approve changes to its rules to let energy storage located next to wind or solar generator . . .

SYRACUSE POST STANDARD | OpEd: Union Leader: Let carbon pricing move NY toward renewable energy goals

Dec. 15, 2020 | Ted Skerpon is president and business manager of IBEW Local Union 97, in Syracuse.

S&P GLOBAL | FEATURE: NYISO looks to market rules, transmission planning in 2021

Dec. 14, 2020 | The New York Independent System Operator will work with federal and state regulators on buyer-side mitigation rules, energy storage rules, transmission development and its Comprehensive Reliability Plan in 2021 as the state pushes ahead with energy transition initiatives, NYISO President and CEO Rich Dewey recently told S&P Global Platts.

POWER MARKETS TODAY | NYISO seeks change credit calculations for TCCs

Nov. 30, 2020 | November 30, 2020 -- NYISO last week asked FERC to change its credit requirement calculations for some transmission congestion contracts (TCC) to better align requirements with the risks . . .

WETM | New York electrical grid ready to meet upcoming winter demand

Nov. 24, 2020 | The statewide electrical grid has announced their preparedness efforts to meet demands for the upcoming winter season.

ALBANY TIMES UNION | Electricity supply more than adequate this winter, NYISO says

Nov. 23, 2020 | The New York Independent System Operator said Monday that the state has more than enough electric generating capacity to meet peak demand this winter.

POLITICO | NYISO to mull more capacity market revisions to integrate renewables, storage

Oct. 28, 2020 | See link

RTO INSIDER | FERC: Send Us Your Carbon Pricing Plans

Oct. 16, 2020 | FERC invited states to introduce carbon pricing in wholesale markets but said it had no authority to initiate such programs itself.

ALBANY TIMES UNION | Commentary: Protect jobs, cut carbon emissions to improve New York

Oct. 09, 2020 | Nobody multi-tasks like New Yorkers. From the gleaming asphalt of the “City that Never Sleeps” to the well-tilled earth upstate, Empire Staters never waste a minute. So when it comes to protecting jobs and cutting carbon emissions, why not do both?

RTO INSIDER | Update: FERC Urged to Embrace Carbon Pricing

Oct. 05, 2020 | Most panelists urged FERC to support state and RTO efforts to introduce carbon pricing during a daylong technical conference.

UTILITY DIVE | FERC has legal authority to implement a carbon price, experts tell commissioners

Oct. 02, 2020 | The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission does have the legal authority to implement a carbon price, legal experts agreed during a Wednesday technical conference on carbon pricing.

UTILITY DIVE | NYISO hightlights case for carbon pricing days before hightly-anticipated FERC conference

Sep. 29, 2020 | New York's grid operator is hoping a highly-anticipated carbon pricing conference will convince federal regulators that carbon pricing is the most efficient way for the wholesale power markets to support state decarbonization goals.

ALBANY TIMES UNION | New Yorkers back carbon pricing for electricity, poll finds

Sep. 28, 2020 | Siena College and the New York Independent System Operator released a new poll on Monday that found a majority of New Yorkers approve of factoring the social and environmental cost of carbon into the price of wholesale electricity.

MICROGRID KNOWLEDGE | How New York is Changing the Energy Storage Play in US Competitive Markets

Sep. 18, 2020 | The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) last month became the first competitive venue in the world to allow energy storage to fully participate in a wholesale energy market.